Noooooooooo!
And so it comes to an end. Last night Janeane Marie was sent home from Project Runway. Toward the beginning of the episode, they dropped a dead giveaway—whenever they have a tender moment with one of the designers talking about how homesick they are it’s a big, obvious hint that they’re about to have their homesickly wishes come true. So when Janeane was shown talking to her husband, and longing for “just one hug and kiss,” you knew it was going to be over, especially coupled with her own lack of confidence toward what she was working on. But beyond even that, I can’t say I’m surprised. Janeane hadn’t really differentiated herself from the crowd in early episodes, and after coming under fire last week she needed to make the extra push to get out of the danger zone. Her outfits in last night’s mother/daughter apparel challenge weren’t bad bad, but it was too simple for the judges’ taste, and there was the unfortunate matter of the Target-y looking jacket. But still, not terrible (and the leggings on the little girl are really cute!):
Click through to see what Janeane has to say about it, plus vote in a poll to decide the big question: WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT SETH AARON?
Ooooooh, dis! I tend to agree with her assessment of Seth Aaron‘s work, but as my colleague Dave Bow pointed out, “the judges cream themselves over that pop punk thing when it’s tailored well.” So true, Dave, and whether it’s plaid with zippers or checkers with zippers, Seth Aaron is turning out exactly that. He won last night’s challenge:
I’d be all over that top (the grown-up one) except that it’s edged with—you guessed it—white zipper. And I ain’t no hollaback girl, if you know what I mean. What to do about this Seth Aaron. . . Is he our new champion with Janeane out of the picture? Or is the line in the sand differentiating Portland from Vancouver meant to remain un-crossed? Shall we embrace this punky zipper-happy designer as our own adopted hero? Should we, in fact, holla back?
SHOULD PORTLAND ADOPT SETH AARON AS ITS SURROGATE PROJECT RUNWAY REPRESENTATIVE?
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Seth works in Portland as a freelance stylist so you shouldn’t feel guilty about that ‘couv thing.
Sure, he even worked with my BF at Iridio. But living in the ‘Couv and working in PDX is hardly one of the reasons Portlanders DON’T have a problem with our neighbors to the north. And yeah, personally I’m in, guilt-free, for the rest of the season even if Seth Aaron doesn’t make it to the finals (but I really think he did). This is more to gauge reader interest in tracking the episodes.
I’m not a fan of his style, necessarily (I wouldn’t wear it myself), but I can recognize when something is well-designed/well-tailored. There have been good designers on PR whose work I would definitely have worn, and good designers whose stuff I definitely would not have worn.
By the way, this was one of my favorite PR episodes — I don’t know, something about watching the designers react to and deal with the kids. There were some extremely funny lines in there. Plus, it took the designers out of their comfort zone, which I always like…
Spoiler alert. Thanks, now I don’t have to watch it.
Yeah, I hadn’t seen the episode yet, I was a little bummed that there wasn’t a warning that you were giving away the results. But whatevs. Personally I can’t stand Seth Aaron’s stuff but I still hope he does well.
Do all the “Rocker” Designers only come from the NW? Remember that guy last season from Seattle. The straight one. Who was originally from Idaho? Yeah, him.
Did anyone else think Amys pants were prettttttty interesting? Heres what Jay Mccarroll had to say about Tory Burch’s assessment…
“project runway. tory burch is officially the most heinous bitch on planet earth. um…ps miss fashion designer, orange and blue are in fact complimentary colors. i thought amy’s pants rocked the nation. if they were balenciaga all of those idiots would be saying how whimsical and amazing they were. such a shit episode.”
“she will now officially be referred to as tory bitch. in context…”oh jessica, i totally adore your new tacky patent leather ballet flats adorned with giant gold overindulgent hardware”…”why thank you…they are tory bitch”.”
-Jay Mccarroll
HA!
I thought Amy’s pants (and the kid’s outfit) were totally funky and I loved the colors. Yea Jay!!!!!!!
I heard from one of Seth’s friends that he wins. I’ll never watch the show again if it’s true. I mean the guy has some talent, but taste….ugh. This is not anything new or desirable. It’s as everyone says “Hot Topic”.
Someone needs to say it, and it might as well be me: Seth has BAD taste. But then again, I’m not a fan of rockabilly anything, Chrome Hearts jewelry, gothic crosses, Ed Hardy, black fingernails…