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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 5:14 pm
I looked @ the different designs and have to say I'm not that impressed with any of them. I'm over those huge sweaters with arms that go a mile past your hands and fall off your shoulders.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 5:15 pm
Cricket, I'm with you on the sleeves. Seriously, who can wear that shit?
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 5:30 pm
The spoiler threads showed the entire collections of each of the final designers before the finale aired. That is apoiler enough. Now can we PLEASE abide by my request to talk about the show from now on? 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 8:08 pm
Well one more show for the season. Wonder when they are starting the next season?
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, November 09, 2009 - 11:13 am
Sorry, I can't help get the discussion going again because I've sent myself to timeout until I can play well with others once more. Look for me around, oh, say, April 2011. Kidding aside, I don't know when the new season is. I've found Lifetime to be a disappointment. Hate their website, too.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Monday, November 09, 2009 - 12:10 pm
I guess the issue here is the talent again. But the challenges are not even interesting to me this year. I usually don't get the inspired by designs, maybe one per runway, so it seems pointless to me. The judging on this show has always been a bit weird to me, and apparently to Tim as well. Maybe it is the personalities, maybe it is the designs, but it just is not so much fun. I wonder how much the legal wrangling affected the producers during the filming. I am enjoying Top Chef a lot this year however, even though that is described as a spin off of PR
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Monday, November 09, 2009 - 12:18 pm
Was so unimpressed w/it on Lifetime, I missed the entire bottom row of "you're out"s...lol Past seasons, if I missed the original airing, I always tried to catch it on repeat, sometimes more than once-this season, obviously, not so much. I don't know if it's because I actually missed Michael & the other judge (can't believe I can't remember her name!) or what, but not the same as when it was on Bravo.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, November 09, 2009 - 1:11 pm
Nina Garcia? I THINK I read that for the next season they flimed at a better time when Michael and Nina wouldn't be so busy.. this first season for them was scheduled in ways that didn't make sense, I gather. Think it was Nina who said this. For whatever reason, definitely a flatter season.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, November 09, 2009 - 1:21 pm
Hopefully, next season will be back in New York so we won't have to miss Nina and Michael every week. What a donkey mistake moving it to Los Angeles.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, November 09, 2009 - 7:30 pm
Well I gather they also filmed it at the busiest time of the year for Michael and for Nina, when they couldn't be flying to LA and maybe would have been too busy even in NY. I'm thinking they rushed into it thinking that would help them "win" and then they were held up in litigation for a long time.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, November 13, 2009 - 7:46 am
Having actually seen the designs the three finalist came up with, I have to say I hate Irina's all black collection. It's depressing to me, like Berlin before the wall came down depressing. I like both Althea's and Carol Hannah's, and right now can't decide which I like best. I'll have to see 'em on the runway. I feel bad for Carol Hannah. Having a stomach virus is the worst thing, especially if you are constantly throwing up. I hope she can make it thru to the end, including finishing up her 13th piece. I have one question... do these people NOT KNOW that there is ALWAYS a "one last surprise"? Why do they come to NY for Fashion Week with so many garments unfinished? I can understand the alterations needed once they fit their models, but completely unfinished, like Irina's dress that was still held together with pins? They had what? At least 10 weeks, right?
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Friday, November 13, 2009 - 9:39 am
Thank you Sea-that's her, Nina! And I usually don't like her very much, but I really missed her presence this season. I understand the reasons why they may not have been as "there" as in the past-but my motto is, if it ain't broke why fix it? Thought they had a winner on Bravo-meh on Lifetime. Tried to watch last night, and Nina was judging, but still didn't have that, oh, spark, as before.
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, November 13, 2009 - 10:06 am
I favored Carol Hannah's collection from what I could tell, so far. She has this whimsical flair that I really like. I felt so bad for her having to deal with the virus.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Friday, November 13, 2009 - 11:07 am
I wasn't too impressed with Irina's all black collection either. Poor Carol Hannah, she's a sick little thing. Perhaps that explains that icky gawdawful tutu dress. Looking forward to the finale. Are they doing a reunion show?
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, November 13, 2009 - 1:55 pm
LOL, Sugar, I kind of liked the tutu dress.
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Friday, November 13, 2009 - 2:02 pm
The season that Christan won he was criticized following the Bryant Park showing by Michael Kors and Nina Garcia over the number of black outfits. I would be happy with either Carol Hannah or Althea winning. I like some of "Mean Irina's " outfits but not the attitude.
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 10:37 pm
Was there a new show this past Thursday?
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 10:58 pm
Yes, Kappy, the first half of the finale, so no winners or losers were announced.
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Kellsma
Member
08-27-2002
| Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 6:11 pm
I agree Costacat, every season they do this-"surprise" them with having to c ome up with another look. I would have it already figured out before I got there. I am always surpised with how much work they still have to do when they get to NY. I know some of it has to do with fitting their models but it is surprising that more is not complete.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Monday, November 16, 2009 - 4:12 pm
I don't understand not having every garment perfect when you get there, either. It almost seems like they want them to leave some unfinished, so they can get that urgency drama going. I hope their collections look much better on the runway than they did on the hangers. There wasn't any one thing I can even remember that seemed like it was all that different or original. But, it's hard to tell. It may look great on the models and when you see it all together.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 6:31 pm
I hope someone will let us know who wins tonight, because I can't get the show until don't know when!! It is the last night, right? Are they having a reunion show, anyone know?
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 11:59 pm
I'm just now watching the end of it (without having seen last week's or the beginning of this week's, LOL). So I can't comment on anything. But for those who want to know......
Spoiler Click below to view spoiler | Carol Hannah was Aufed. Then it came down to Irina or Althea. Irina was declared winner |
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, November 20, 2009 - 5:45 am
i was surprised that it wasn't Althea given Michael's love of sportswear.
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Nerovh
Member
06-11-2005
| Friday, November 20, 2009 - 10:43 am
Eh, whatever. I wasn't all that impressed with any of them. I did really like some of Carol Hannah's pieces, ani if I had been a judge I would have picked her. Maybe it's my dislike of Irina, but I just didn't like her stuff that much. It was hard to tell a lot of the stuff apart since it was all black, and those big sweater things she made looked so much like the stuff she had already done in the challenges. I think Irina is a sour person and I just couldn't root for her, especially after that comment she made about Althea when Tim was talking to them about the make-up being similar.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, November 20, 2009 - 11:54 am
Missed a lot of the season but saw the finale last night. All I have to say is...Rats.
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