I have been a Kenley fan all season so far but I must admit that she should have been knocked out this week. That outfit was horrible although I am not sure LeAnn did much to help the presentation of the outfit with her mean look and weird arm gestures that I guess were supposed to be hip hop.
New PR Power Rankings
1. Jerell – On a roll!
2. LeAnn – She got Country and didn’t make it look tacky!
3. Korto – Solid every week
4. Kenley – Attitude and apparent lack of flexibility probably lead to her departure before Fashion Week.
My favorite sports writer (perhaps my favorite columnist period), Bill Simmons (aka The Sports Guy) wrote an article which I believe perfectly describes the new dynamics that are present in American sports viewing. These dynamics are driven by the huge growth of Fantasy Football over thelast few years as now it seems EVERYONE is playing (just ask my wife about the growth of fantasy football in our home!). This growth resulted in the fact that last Monday’s (9/15) NFL game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles was the most viewed event in cable history! I was shocked at this fact but can totally see how it happened as the Cowboys and Eagles contain some of the most popular fantasy players in the game.
Was at the Swell Season show at Central Park on Wednesday night so I did not get to see Project Runway until Saturday so here are some quick thoughts as I flip between the Emmy’s, the last Yankee Stadium game, and watching NFL highlights of my kick ass fantasy football week.
Jerrel is on a roll now. Coupled with Joe’s elimination, I put him in third place now in the Power Rankings. I am kind of happy that the mothers of the girls the designers had to design for were not around at the fitting as well as the preparation for the runway show. They were just being disruptive to the designers.
Next week’s highlights indicate that Kenley’s combative nature will be the focus of the episode. While I still consider her my favorite, I am most concern with her disrespectful comments towards Tim Gunn, who is super nice to them and is clearly looking out for the designers with his advice. I dont mind her debating the judges at the runway show but she should be nice to Tim Gunn.
Anyway, here are the Phil Power Rankings for the week.
1. Kenley – Was very close to winning again so despite all the criticisms from the other designers as well other viewers of the show, until she is in the bottom pair, she will remain at or near the top of this list.
2. LeAnn – Judges seemed a little disappointed in this week’s dress but she has been strong.
3. Jerell – Gaining momentum after a slow start to the show. He may end up being the most versatile of the designers so right now I think he has a spot at Bryant Park.
Today’s episode was one of those which I had not much to say about the clothes since they were so out there in terms of imagination and design tht it was way beyond my comprehension of what is fashionable. The designers were teamed up with already eliminated contestants and they had to create a design based on the horoscope signs of one of the team members. As I was watching it, I immediately got concerned that Kenley, my favorite so far, would be knocked as her design, which consisted of some plaid shirt unde a boustier (spelling?) with a zebra print belt and floral shirt looked like a big insect. However, I became confident she would stay when the judges did not destroy it but said they had seen designs like that in the past.
I was not surprised Blayne was knocked out. It was obvious the writing was on the wall for him when Michael Kors said the outfit looked like it was “pooping fabric”. I was surprised however, that Terry was knocked out. I expected better from her but her animosity towards Keith, her partner in the challenge, took control of her.
Since it is Football Season and many sites have their Power Rankings for NFL teams, I will create the Phil Top 5 Project Runway Power Rankings. These will be changed weekly based on each episode. This week’s ranking:
1. LeAnn – Another strong performance combined with Kenley’s disastrous insect like costume puts her in the top spot.
2. Kenley – Still think she is headed to Bryant Park but needs to bounce back strongly. Her combative personality makes for good TV.
4. Jerell – This week’s winner has been on a LeAnn like run of week to week improvement.
5. Korto – like Joe she is progressing under the radar.
Next week, I will have to rely on the DVR as I will be attending the Swell Season (Glen Hansard from the Frames and Market Irglova’s project for the movie Once) show at Central Park Summerstage on Wednesday night so the review will probably come on Thursday or Friday.
This is pretty scary. Noel Gallagher of Oasis was attacked from behind during a show in Toronto on Sunday, September 7. The video is below. The story is that this blogger was upset at some verbal shots Noel took at Radiohead and decided to take matters into his own hands. I cannot believe that someone can get so upset over what someone he totally doesnt know says about a band that he may like that he resorts to physical violence. Noel could have been more seriously hurt by this cowardly act. Of course, the guy was not even man enough to hit from the front but had to take a cheap shot from the back.
Another good place where you see people taking artists’ words a little too much to heart is the great documentary on the Dixie Chicks called Shut up and Sing, which chronicles the effects of Natalie Maines’ comments at a London show in 2003 about how she is not proud President Bush is from Texas. You see boycotts of radio stations by country fans as well death threats against the Chicks themselves. Pretty disturbing but a great documentary. It has been running on Starz lately so you may catch it there or definitely put in on your Netflix or Blockbuster.com queues.
I have wanted to keep weekly thoughts on Project Runway on this blog as I tried to do with Hell’s Kitchen and Top Chef earlier in the summer but I usually either am putting my son to sleep at that time or I myself fall asleep while watching it at it’s original airing, forcing me to catch up with the shows later in the week.
Anyway, I am caught up so here we go.
This week’s episode was my favorite of the season so far as they got a major league designer, Diane Von Furstenberg to be a judge and give the challenge. I was getting a little worried that the show was having too many former Project Runway contestants or celebrities such as Natalie Portman, Apollo Ono, and Brooke Shields as judges and that they were unable to get higher profile judges such as Roberto Cavalli last season anymore. I was proven wrong (as usual).
Anyway, the challenge was to make an outfit based on Marlene Dietrich’s character in the 1948 film Foreign Affair that could also be part of Von Furstenberg’s fall collection. LeAnn won this challenge, her second in a row as the designers loved her blue dress with gray jacket (great verbal description, huh?). My favorite for this season, Kenley, seemed to have come in second. This results adds to my prediction that both will be at Bryant Park at the end (I think Terry or Joe will be the other). This is surprising because I thought LeAnn should have been eliminated in one of the first few episodes but she got by and seems to be in the zone now.
I think it was also time for Stella to go. She seemed to only be able to do leathery biker-like outfits and did not have the flexibility and creativity to go to the end. I think Blayne, Korto, and maybe Jerrell will be the next ones out.
Anyway, I ask you, my legions of reader(s) to let me know your thoughts on Project Runway this season. Who do you think will be going to Fashion Week based on what you have seen so far as well as any thoughts you may have on the show.
