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Kappy
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06-28-2002

Friday, October 01, 2010 - 7:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
Thank you guys for the links above!

Have to agree about Mondo and Andy - wouldn't want to be one of the judges! I like April's ideas even if I don't necessarily care for her style. They're unique and don't make me think of the past. Gretchen has alot of ability but I think it's her palette as well as style that I just can't warm up to. All the rest have at least one or two outfits that show me why they made the show to begin with so congrats to them all.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Friday, October 01, 2010 - 7:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Full episodes are on lifetimetv.com.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Saturday, October 02, 2010 - 2:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Tish,

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She's definitely from last season, and she went far in the competition (maybe even to fashion week). Brandise was the only one with short dark hair that I remember from last year and I know Brandise went far in the comp.


Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, October 02, 2010 - 6:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Lexie, I think she was the model that won. If not she was def one of the final 3's models for fashion week.

I think this has been my fav season. I adore Mondo and what a powerful moment that was. I dont know how the judges held back tears. I loved this whole ep.

I really like Michael and I really hope its not him that cheats but editing wise I would think its him or Gretchen. or it is editing and the scene where Tim says you have to go is just him at the end of the show telling the auffed designer to go pack up their things and no one leaves due to cheating

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Saturday, October 02, 2010 - 10:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
I think she was the southern model who couldn't get a sentence out for the hair color commercial. Her designer did the fairy inspired dresses. She shared the table with the long haired straight guy everyone had a crush on. She did make it to the final, but I can't remember the... Carol-Hanna's model is who is in the nipple gown

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Saturday, October 02, 2010 - 6:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Gemma, I get so confused because the designers kept switching up models last year. But I don't remember there being two models last year that had really short dark hair. Brandise is the only one I remember that had short dark hair.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Sunday, October 03, 2010 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Will someone please give him a hug please?

Just watching Thurs show about their making fabrics. Its a 3 hanky show! When the parents/family came in - I was ready to tear up... then when Mondo shared his story.. and then he told the judges, and everyone is crying/tear up - - someone, go give him a hug!!

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Sunday, October 03, 2010 - 1:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
I do believe that is Lisa, from season 1 of Models of the Runway: http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/models-of-the-runway/models-of-the-runway-season-1-models/lisa-blades

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Sunday, October 03, 2010 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Thanks Yankee - she's the one that had the raspy voice!!!

Aitch41
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01-09-2009

Monday, October 04, 2010 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aitch41 a private message Print Post    
From fashion week collection - I like Mondo's long black and white dress and Christopher's little black dress. Other then that - I don't understand alot about fashion. I live in a town with one stop light and my view at work is of the ocean. It seems as if life happens behind me ---- but, I'll go with Mondo for the win!

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Monday, October 04, 2010 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
I love everything about Mondo, his personality, his designs, even his mixing prints and colors. I think he probably has the most talent of all and I will be very happy if he wins.

I do wonder sometimes, though, what the judges' reaction would be if one of the other designers had mixed bold colors and prints together like he does. Somehow I don't think they would have gotten the same reaction.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, October 06, 2010 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Much as I'm no longer a fan of Grandpa Gunn, he's done a great video about LGBT teen suicide for the It Gets Better Project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GGAgtq_rQc&feature=player_embedded

In the video, Mr Gunn reveals that he, too, attempted suicide when he was a teen. It's quite powerful

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, October 06, 2010 - 5:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Kathy Griffin has done a video on that subject also. Not as powerful as Gunn's but it's pure Kat with a little humor

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
Gretchen gets on my last nerve. She thinks she's all that and a bag of chips. Plus, Ivy sure showed her true colors! Wow, I guess Gunn put her in her place. I'm glad Andy did so well tonight....with Mondo coming in 2nd.

Kappy
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06-28-2002

Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 9:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
Wow, Ivy is a piece of work. I almost turned the program off because she is that repulsive.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Thursday, October 07, 2010 - 9:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
In spite of Ivy, really enjoyed tonight's episode. I love the way Mondo turned it around after scrapping his initial design. I think for him having an assistant in Valerie (who was so strong beginning of the season) helped. And I was glad to see his model come back. Hopefully, they will be able to switch again.

And Andy...wow! Totally impressed! I tried to look at the first design without looking at the designer's name so that I could give a more objective first reaction. No question, Andy's was the definite and absolute winner. And Mondo rightfully for second.

I did question April being in third....I thought her designs were dreary and not sports-like. Probably would have given third to Gretchen.

Terolyn
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05-06-2004

Friday, October 08, 2010 - 4:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Terolyn a private message Print Post    
can anyone explain to me what the accusation of cheating was all about? I heard Ivy say the girls found something in the bathroom. I think she said tape. Why would finding tape be an issue and why would it Michael C that was responsible? I am confused.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Friday, October 08, 2010 - 4:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
It was the packaging material for tape, as I understand it, possibly a special kind of tape?
It was shown very fast, but I THINK Michael C said that his model used tape for some kind of breast enhancer?? In any case, they are not supposed to use tape to hold up a garment to the model's body, and that's what the accusation was. However, Tim Gunn said that neither he nor the judges nor any of the video taped documentation showed that tape was used for that purpose.

Anyone else with more clarification?

Marameko
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07-15-2002

Friday, October 08, 2010 - 4:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marameko a private message Print Post    
Ivy should feel ashamed of herself ; we already know she's bitter............

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, October 08, 2010 - 5:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
The issue has to do with how the designer's clothing fits on the model. If the model has to tape the garment in place (to avoid shifting or over exposure) then that could be considered cheating. From what I understood, the tape found was the type used for the fake booblets that Michael C's model used, and was not used to tape clothing in place.

Ivy really deserves a head table at the bitter party. I hated seeing everyone gang up on Michael C. Including Casanova, who had no business getting all snarky considering what HIS designs looked like.

I actually thought the bottom two should have been Christopher and Gretchen. And I absolutely loved that Heidi called Gretchen out. Her ego does not match her abilities and I'm still unable to see what the judges like about her designs.

Daydreamer
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05-30-2008

Friday, October 08, 2010 - 5:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Daydreamer a private message Print Post    
Beth, as I understand it, there is a special, two-sided tape (not packaging tape), specially made for use on fabric, to ensure a garment adheres to the body, and doesn't gap, slide off, or accidentally expose a body part. (Fashion stylists use it on clients walking the red carpet at events, for example, to make sure plunging necklines stay in place, etc.)

But designers on "Project Runway" are not allowed to use that tape to keep a garment in place, because they are being judged as much for their cutting and tailoring skills as they are for their design.

So when the outer packaging for this two-sided tape was found in a ladies' bathroom, the assumption was that someone had cheated, by using it to make an ill-fitting garment stay in place.

And as the other designers suspected Michael C.'s tailoring and sewing skills were inferior, they also assumed he was the cheater that week, which was the week of the Jackie O challenge, especially as the blue dress he made had only one shoulder and was very clinging.

But as Michael C. explained in last night's show, that dress actually had some kind of wiring or other suppport designed and sewn into the inside of it, to keep it in place.

As he also explained, because the fabric of it was so sheer, his model opted to use a "nude bra" under it, which is a bra without a back strap or shoulder straps, just two nude-colored, smooth cups. To keep her BRA in place, the model used that two-sided tape. But as she used it only on her undergarment -- which Michael C. did not design, and which was not part of what he was judged on --it apparently was allowed.

(As an aside -- last season, when they showed "Models of the Runway" after "Project Runway," there was a controvery one week with some of the models accusing another model of having used that two-sided tape to keep her designer's dress in place, because they could see the gum residue from the tape on that model's skin.)

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Friday, October 08, 2010 - 5:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Well actually what I took from the accusation - back in the Jackie O challenge Michael C made a blue dress that had no sides - from here down to there! (I only know because they re showed the dress on the runway) there is no way the model could've stayed in that dress without tape - and that Micahel C explained his model used tape to keep her bra on made perfect senes - because she probably used one of those bras that only cover the.... cup of the breast - as in no hook in back - it only covers the front...

ITA that Ivy is bitter, between her and Gretchen, they think they have a right to be bitter!! Heidi was right in giving Gretchen a "smack down" (eye roll, Gretchen throwing her fabric, her stance on the runway with her arms crossed) unfortunately Gretchen just viewed it as "Heidi hates me" Well, no Gretchen, you have to pay your dues I believe in the designer industry - how many designers work for big name designers (like Michael Kors etc)

I think one thing that this show has done is it has given a spotlight on designers that would never go or do anything - but on the other hand, I dont think it shows what most designers that earn a living do -

Gretchen just believes she is all that, and everyone else is wrong, or hates her... some days I wish I could muster that attitude and get away with it!!

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, October 08, 2010 - 6:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
IVY=UGLY.

And I don't mean physically. She has no class. I was so disappointed in the other designers as well, such as April, who also were so nasty to Michael C. (Or Mike C) as April called him.

Especially when Ivy brought in Michael's child--that was the lowest, nastiest, unclassiest thing ever.

Shame on you IVY!!

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, October 08, 2010 - 6:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I really think the final 2 s/b Andy and Mondo. But I sure hope Michael C makes it to F3!!!

Nerovh
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06-12-2005

Friday, October 08, 2010 - 6:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nerovh a private message Print Post    
I despise Ivy, but I wasn't really surprised by her atitude. I was disappointed in the other designers who cheered her on, though. Especially April. And a couple of those designers that were so eager to be on Ivy's "team" weren't even there for the Jackie O challenge, so what right did they have to even take a side? I saw Peach nodding and looking like she knew all about it, when she had no business weighing in at all on that subject. I was glad that Tim made Ivy look like the bitter loser that she is.

I can't stand Gretchen and I thought she made a complete fool of herself last night, but at least she didn't jump on the dogpile with Ivy.