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Well, Lifetime as granted us one more season of Tim Gunn. Season 10 is set to premiere on Thursday, July 19th at 9:00 (8:00 central). Let's see this year's crop of designers. In order of who looks the weirdest: Kooan Kosuke  Age: 30 From: Himeji, Japan Q: Have you won any awards? A: Fusion Fashion Show, "The Best Designer of FIT of 2006." Q: Biggest fear as a designer? A: A Think about the time that everyone stops wearing clothing. Q: Fashion must? A Fashion must fashion! Snowflake rating: 8.5/10 Buffi Jashanmal  Age: 32 From: Dubai, UAE Q: Biggest fear as a designer? A: Failing! And not seeing Lady Gaga in my designs! Q: If you had to name your label, you`d call it... A: It is called Quiet Riot Dubai, but I registered my line in NYC under "Naked Inc." I HATE THAT NAME NOW! Q: Favorite books/authors? A: "The Secret" - I am pretty hardcore about sending out the right vibes and all that. Snowflake rating: 8.5/10 (upped because of "The Secret") Andrea Katz  Age: 58 From: New York, New York Q: What's playing on your iPod while you design? A: I enjoy silence. Q: Fashion faux pas that drives you crazy? A: JEANS! Q: Favorite super model muse? A: Not a fan of super models - I prefer super people. Q:If you had to name your label, you'd call it... A: A+R=T. Snowflake rating: 8.5/10 Dmitry Sholokhov  Age: 33 From: New York, New York Q: How are you described now? A: Ambitious, strong, a bit sarcastic. Q: Have you won any awards? A: GenArt Award, "24 Hour Catwalk" grand prize winner, the Parsons Designer showcase at DEBUT, finalist in the Saga Furs Design competition, finalist of the Gap Design competition, Gene Kahn Scholarship Award. Snowflake rating: 7/10 (THOSE CREEPY EYES) Fabio Costa  Age: 29 From: Brooklyn, NY Q: Weaknesses as a designer? A Tendency to overlook finishing touches. Q: Ugliest item of clothing/accessory you've worn? A: A bedsheet-draped tunic, on my birthday. Snowflake rating: 6.5/10 Elena Slivnyak  Age: 28 From: San Francisco, CA Q: Weaknesses as a designer? A: Time management. Q: If you had to name your label, you'd call it... A: Already have one. IIMUAHII. Q: Challenge you hope they don't bring back? A: Team challenge. Ugh! I hate those! Snowflake rating: 6.5/10 Nathan Paul  Age: 33 From: New York, NY Q: Any cultures/places you wish you could design for? A: European culture. Q: Hobbies? A: Singing, mentoring, taking in the arts. Q: Favorite books/authors? A: The Bible. Snowflake rating: 6.5/10 Christopher Palu  Age: 24 From: Massapequa, NY Q: Ugliest item of clothing/accessory you've worn? A: JNCO pants. Q: Challenge you hope they bring back? A: The light challenge with Pharrell from "All Stars." Or drag queen. Snowflake rating: 6/10 Melissa Fleis  Age: 31 From: San Francisco, CA Q: How are you described now? A: Independent, passionate, focused, funny, hardworking, creative, busy. Q: Challenge you hope they bring back? A Hardware store. Snowflake rating: 5.5/10 (it's the crazy eyes, again) Alicia Hardesty  Age: 27 From: Brandenburg, KY Q: Biggest fear as a designer? A: Getting stuck in a 9-to-5 working on someone else's goals and plans. Q: If you had to name your label, you'd call it... A: Original Tomboy or Mod-Huck. Q: Any cultures/places you wish you could design for? A The people of Syria. Snowflake rating: 5/10 Gunnar Deatherage  Age: 22 From: Louisville, KY Q: If you had to name your label, you'd call it... A: DEATHERAGE Snowflake rating: 4/10 Ven Budhu  Age: 28 From: Kew Gardens, NY Q: Fashion must? A: Every woman should have a little red dress in her closet. Q: Challenge you hope they don't bring back? A: Menswear challenge, because my background is focused on womenswear. Snowflake rating: 2/10 Sonjia Williams  Age: 27 From: Boston, MA Q: Have you won any awards? A: I wont a first place award for a design competition in Boston. Q: Biggest fear as a designer? A: To run out of ideas. Q: Fashion faux pas that drives you crazy? A: Leggings as pants drives me crazy! Snowflake rating: 2/10 AUF'D: Episode 1: Beatrice Guapo  Age: 28 From: Marina Del Rey, CA Episode 2: Lantie Foster  Age: 47 From: New York, NY Episode 3: Raul Osorio[/b]  Age: 27 From: Minneapolis, MN As the designers get eliminated, I will augment this first post to reflect who is currently in the running. This year's crop seems to be back to the Project Runway staple designers. Older crazy lady, commercial girl, draping guy, flamboyant guy. I hope that this season gets back to what makes it good, instead of reinventing the wheel. Just remember the reason why we still watch this show: 
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Judging by the casting clips, which can be seen on lifetime.com, I think Kooan will be absolutely painful to watch. He'll either be gone after the first two or three episodes or go all the way to the end simply to have someone to piss off the other designers and create drama. Finally, Tim Gunn is back. I'll admit that Joanna Coles turned out better than expected on All Stars, but there's nothing better than the original recipe.
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| # ? Jul 10, 2012 19:53 |
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DominoDancing posted:Judging by the casting clips, which can be seen on lifetime.com, I think Kooan will be absolutely painful to watch. He'll either be gone after the first two or three episodes or go all the way to the end simply to have someone to piss off the other designers and create drama. I liked Joanna Coles, surprisingly. She didn't try to be Tim Gunn part two, she was just this Cruella DeVille old school fashion bitch, and her honesty made her all the better. Tim Gunn is still the best, though. One of these he'll adopt me. Please?
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| # ? Jul 10, 2012 23:29 |
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I think Andrea Katz has by far the strongest pre-show portfolio of the group, hopefully she can do things well on a time constraint!
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| # ? Jul 12, 2012 14:53 |
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I'd actually love if they brought Joanna back to do more mentoring or perhaps permanent judging position. I remember when she was speaking to Austin and just walked off to his surprise. My one hope for the season - Stop giving them extremely short deadlines and expecting magic. Ie. 6 hour challenge.
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 00:47 |
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Andrew_1985 posted:I'd actually love if they brought Joanna back to do more mentoring or perhaps permanent judging position. I remember when she was speaking to Austin and just walked off to his surprise. Agreed. I know that the All-Stars season was on a shorter production schedule, but I hope that Lifetime can at least give this season more than 2 weeks to film.
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| # ? Jul 13, 2012 07:17 |
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toadee posted:I think Andrea Katz has by far the strongest pre-show portfolio of the group, hopefully she can do things well on a time constraint! From the questions in the OP she already annoys me and the show hasn't even started yet.
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toadee posted:I think Andrea Katz has by far the strongest pre-show portfolio of the group, hopefully she can do things well on a time constraint! Those sandals...I can't. God, I hope this is better than last season. I turned it off a handful of episodes in. Shameful.
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 20:06 |
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CubanMissile posted:From the questions in the OP she already annoys me and the show hasn't even started yet. Her answers are quite horrible, aren't they? This would be a good opportunity for the producers to repeat that Levi's denim challenge from season 4. "A+R=T"  .
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| # ? Jul 14, 2012 23:36 |
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DominoDancing posted:Her answers are quite horrible, aren't they? This would be a good opportunity for the producers to repeat that Levi's denim challenge from season 4. Yeah, I really wanted to include all of her Q & A stuff, because the whole list is just amazing.  is not enough to convey my hatred for her pretentiousness already.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2012 07:09 |
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I'll set the over/under for how many new age buzzwords she uses in the first episode at 10. Edit: nevermind, she doesn't seem like a new ager, but I can easily see her in a "Keep Austin Weird" t-shirt while giving "tea" as an answer to a question about her favorite coffee blend. CubanMissile fucked around with this message at Jul 18, 2012 around 13:52 |
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Her clothing portfolio looks a lot better and is a hell of a lot more prolific than the others, so, I don't really care what her choice in hot beverage is. If she can make something like them on PR itll be good stuff. Plus crazies are the most fun to watch, I hope she's totally batshit along with than Japanese dude.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2012 14:17 |
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That's if she can operate with a deadline in a stressful environment. Something tells me that someone who "prefers silence" will have a difficult time dealing with all the other designers around all the time. But she could always just go the full Mila by being a huge bitch to everyone and just focusing on making the same black and white outfit over and over again.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2012 15:06 |
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Hopefully we'll get a winner this season who knows how to make more than just one outfit. Oh wait sorry, Anya knew how to make two - jumpers and maxi dresses, my mistake.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2012 15:17 |
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loving Anya. She deserved to win because she needed to be rescued from that tropical paradise home she lives in. Well, at least she had cool hair.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2012 15:21 |
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toadee posted:Her clothing portfolio looks a lot better and is a hell of a lot more prolific than the others, so, I don't really care what her choice in hot beverage is. If she can make something like them on PR itll be good stuff. Plus crazies are the most fun to watch, I hope she's totally batshit along with than Japanese dude. Crazy's only good for so long. Her portfolio is decent, but there's a fair bit of repetition, and a lot of that chunky, over-worked stuff. DEATHERAGE'S portfolio is good, too.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2012 20:08 |
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Well, there's no accounting for taste. I like chunky and overworked, I think her plays with silhouette are awesome and pretty fresh, as is her use of differing things for prints. And, I always love crazy, reality TV is about as 'real' as Pro Wrestling, so it might as well be loony and entertaining.
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| # ? Jul 18, 2012 21:16 |
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First episode tonight on Lifetime. And yes, Tim Gunn is the only reason to keep watching this.
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| # ? Jul 20, 2012 00:23 |
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Stupid Pacific time zone. I have 3 1/2 more hours to wait for Tim Gunn. 
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| # ? Jul 20, 2012 00:49 |
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I didn't know this was going to on, till my mom called me and said to watch it. I must have missed the advertising blitz.
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| # ? Jul 20, 2012 01:01 |
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I forget just how many designers they start out with every season.
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| # ? Jul 20, 2012 01:06 |
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You know, I didn't think it was SO awful. I am more excited for this season than I was after the first episode of the last season. Chris's gown was gorgeous and I was to see what else Ven can do. The insta-feud between Gunnar and Chris is hilarious. Also, the preview for next week looks incredibly dramatic, and they also edited it to look like someone died. I hope no one died, but I am all for some mega drama. (Life as a grad student is really boring- this is all I have.)
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| # ? Jul 20, 2012 02:33 |
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thepitgoddess posted:
Just think, in a few years you'll only have this AND crippling student loan. (I just finished my Master's degree in June...)
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| # ? Jul 20, 2012 03:43 |
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Hello Project Runway goons. I have literally never watched this show in my life, but I'm planning on watching it because Chris went to my middle/highschool and I was friends with him in drama club. Also his mom works for my mom. I'm really excited to watch it, actually. Hope Chris does well.
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| # ? Jul 20, 2012 04:57 |
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Why is Lifetime's new logo a cock in profile? I'm glad they aren't doing the eliminate 4 before the first challenge like last year. That was seriously messed up.
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Ima Giraffe posted:Why is Lifetime's new logo a cock in profile? WTF? What a horrible logo!
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| # ? Jul 20, 2012 13:05 |
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Inveigle posted:WTF? What a horrible logo! I figured it'd be a woman being beaten by her husband, maybe clutching the hand of a young daughter, based on what they air. Or just Heidi Klum next to Abby Lee Miller from "Dance Moms."
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| # ? Jul 20, 2012 17:27 |
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thepitgoddess posted:Also, the preview for next week looks incredibly dramatic, and they also edited it to look like someone died. I hope no one died, but I am all for some mega drama. Nobody died, but Tom And Lorenzo posted this a while ago: http://www.tomandlorenzo.com/2012/0...y-meltdown.html So it seems as if there's something insane coming up in one of the next episodes. I liked the episode, but then again it let the designers be pretty much themselves, and those episodes always lead to more satisfying results then the "create a gown out of cat skin in six hours" challenges. Kooan was a lot less annoying than I expected him to be, and the pieces they brought from home showed that there's some talent amongst these designers. I just hope the producers don't ruin it by having too many drama challenges.
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| # ? Jul 20, 2012 19:31 |
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I'd've cut the other lady - that tulle dress was atrocious. Also I kinda liked the orange/grey combo of Beatrice's.
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DominoDancing posted:I liked the episode, but then again it let the designers be pretty much themselves, and those episodes always lead to more satisfying results then the "create a gown out of cat skin in six hours" challenges. Kooan was a lot less annoying than I expected him to be, and the pieces they brought from home showed that there's some talent amongst these designers. I just hope the producers don't ruin it by having too many drama challenges. That first episode was just too much for me. Two looks per designer? I can barely keep track of all the new faces and looks when 16 designers just do 1 look in the first episode. But sending 32 looks down the runway in the first episode, it was just overwhelming. I couldn't really pay attention until the judge's panel. So far nobody stands out for me because it's just really way too early and way too overwhelming right now.
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| # ? Jul 20, 2012 20:10 |
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I just love that this extraordinarily fabulous, effeminate little gay man's name is GUNNAR DEATHERAGE  and he's getting a villain edit. He seems like Chris's evil twin.I think this is the first season where I don't actively hate anybody's aesthetics. Everyone seems pretty interesting and I'd like to see more from them all. I really liked Chris, Alicia, Melissa, and Elena's work, and Ven seems like he's super skilled. E: Kors's "I believe in python bibs!" cracked me up. So happy the old judges are back after Mizrahi and whoever else was on All-Stars. QuickbreathFinisher fucked around with this message at Jul 20, 2012 around 21:46 |
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Tupping Liberty posted:I'd've cut the other lady - that tulle dress was atrocious. Also I kinda liked the orange/grey combo of Beatrice's. God yes, Lantie's stuff was just hideous. As the judges said, she just reworked- badly reworked a vintage dress as her first outfit, and then made a lovely tulle and python abomination for the second. Sure, Beatrice was boring, but at least it was loving wearable.
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Gay Poops posted:God yes, Lantie's stuff was just hideous. As the judges said, she just reworked- badly reworked a vintage dress as her first outfit, and then made a lovely tulle and python abomination for the second. Sure, Beatrice was boring, but at least it was loving wearable. True, but boring is the worst sin a designer can commit on this show. They'll almost always eliminate boring.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2012 05:00 |
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I don't really think Andrea is going to be very crazy or annoying judging from her behavior in the first. Also wondering if she knows Tim Gunn from before the show considering the have both worked as fashion professors in NYC. I'm not sure why nobody on the judging panel seems to get that Kooan's stuff would sell to a ton of weird teenagers in Japan. Isn't that just as valid a market as old white people in America?
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| # ? Jul 21, 2012 11:41 |
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Either Gunnar or Chris needs to leave the show soon, because I can't tell those fuckers apart. They have the same personality, they look alike, they talk the same, I can't tell who's who. Also there've been a LOT of gay guys on the show, but is this the first time one of the contestants has been an open lesbian?
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| # ? Jul 21, 2012 14:01 |
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Women's Rights? posted:Either Gunnar or Chris needs to leave the show soon, because I can't tell those fuckers apart. They have the same personality, they look alike, they talk the same, I can't tell who's who. I don't remember anyone quite as butch before. I wonder if we have a token straight guy again this season?
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| # ? Jul 22, 2012 00:11 |
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I'm not sure if I've ever seen anyone look so out of place than Lauren Graham whenever she was called upon to say anything.
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| # ? Jul 22, 2012 07:48 |
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Ghostpilot posted:I'm not sure if I've ever seen anyone look so out of place than Lauren Graham whenever she was called upon to say anything. I thought she acquitted herself nicely compared to most non-fashion guest judges.
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Women's Rights? posted:Either Gunnar or Chris needs to leave the show soon, because I can't tell those fuckers apart. They have the same personality, they look alike, they talk the same, I can't tell who's who. To me, Chris' face sort of looks like Michael Costello's, so that's how I'm telling them apart. But if would help if either Chris or Gunnar decided to be the evil one and grew a goatee.
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MD2020 posted:To me, Chris' face sort of looks like Michael Costello's, so that's how I'm telling them apart. Gunnar was already pretty annoying in the first episode and he's got Cruella de Vil hair, so just go by that.
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