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    Image of GlasgowRose GlasgowRose
    11/22/09

    In reply to Project Runway: Fashion Weak
    Check out the video for Irina's Spring 2010 collection - still stealing from Madonna (Love Profusion video) with rolling blond model & butterflies. Ugh.

    [irinashabayeva.com]
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    11/20/09

    In reply to Project Runway: Fashion Weak
    So is New York Magazine going to let Irina's thieving ass slide by this time? Or will they be taking legal action?
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    Edited by heywhat at 11/20/09 6:30 PM heywhat was starred heywhat was unstarred
    Image of VioletViolet VioletViolet
    11/20/09

    In reply to Project Runway: Fashion Weak
    I really liked Irena's collection. Maybe she's a bitch, but her collection was just as good as any of the previous winners' and I'm glad she won.
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    11/20/09

    In reply to Project Runway: Fashion Weak
    I absolutely hate it that every finale, M. Kors wears those damn sunglasses. A. It's dark in there - sunglasses are so silly. B. Why the Diva attitude? It really, really irks me!
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    11/20/09

    In reply to Project Runway: Fashion Weak
    Ok, so here's the scoop on how they came up with "designer introductions" during the runway show, when in reality the designers were hidden backstage during fashion week.

    Missy Schartz at Entertainment Weekly (who was at the Bryant Park show last February) says they filmed the segments where you see designers on the runway separately, on the same day they had the real show in front of the public. (See her recap where she mentions this here: [www.ew.com]) They had to stick a bunch of extras in some seats to fill up the front rows for those shots. Schwartz surmises that they are probably all employees of Lifetime. (I'm guessing also Bunim-Murray.)

    So they basically held two shows: One for the public, in which the designers' identities were hidden, and then a second one in front of just the judges and a few extra seat-fillers, where they had the designers come out and introduce themselves - and then appear later to walk with the models at the end of their shows.

    Then they spliced the two together to create the illusion that the public got to see who the designers were. (Which, as Brian points out, is totally stupid, because the whole world knows that didn't really happen.)
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    Edited by MisterHippity at 11/20/09 4:37 PM MisterHippity was starred MisterHippity was unstarred
    Image of Zira Zira
    11/20/09

    @MisterHippity:

    Do you know if they did something similar when Project Runway was on Bravo or was this one of Lifetime's brilliant innovations?
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    11/20/09

    @Zira: I don't think so. In those seasons, they just had decoy collections from designers who didn't make the finals but whose auf'ing had not yet aired.
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    11/20/09

    @Zira: They never had to do that before, because usually everybody knew who the final four, five or six designers were by the time the final runway show happened. So they'd have every designer left (as of the last show aired before fashion week) do a runway show. One to three of these were "decoy" shows and the others were real.

    They couldn't do that for this season, because none of the episodes had aired when Fashion Week happened. So they had to keep every designer's identity a secret.

    They'll probably go back to the old model next season. That season starts Jan. 14, and fashion week will likely be in late February. So they'll probably do the "decoy" thing and show six or seven collections at Fashion Week again.
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    Edited by MisterHippity at 11/20/09 5:32 PM MisterHippity was starred MisterHippity was unstarred
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    11/20/09

    @scouts honor: Or ... what scouts honor said (much more succinctly).

    #tips
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    11/20/09

    @MisterHippity:

    There was a fascinating article in one of the rags about how the Bryant Park fashion shows for each season are too far in advance of the actual season.....what is actually shown in the fashion shows doesn't reflect what will actually be in stores because its too far in advance. Its a throwback to an earlier time when it took much longer to produce and ship clothes.

    There's been a lot of talk about changing the dates for the Bryant Park shows.
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    Image of Brian Moylan Brian Moylan
    11/20/09

    @MisterHippity: That's going to be interesting, because Fashion Week is February 11th-18th. If the season starts January 14, only four designers will have gotten the boot before the finale is filmed. If they use 12 designers, that means 8 will have to show. If they do 16 designers (as they did for season six), that means 12 will have to show. That would be pretty crazy, either way.
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    11/20/09

    @Brian Moylan: Well, I see your point ... there would have to be more decoys than usual. But not quite as many as your counts, I don't think.

    The P.R. show is always the last day of Fashion Week, which is a Friday. So that means they'll hold the final on Friday, Feb. 19.

    Now the show starts on Thursday, Jan. 14th, so that means they'll actually have time to air six episodes before the final runway show (1/14/ 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11 and 2/18). So that means, if they have 16 designers again, they'll be left with 10 still standing by the time the runway show happens.

    But I think they'll do a double-elimination just before the runway show (as they did in the last season in 2008). So there will be 9 left. And then maybe they'll show nine collections (where five or six will be decoys).

    But that's still alot of decoy shows. The most they did before, I think, was six shows (three decoys) in 2008.

    Obviously, if they have fewer than 16 contestants, the number of decoys needed would fall accordingly.

    This is why I'm really surprised they waited in until 1/14 to air the premiere. I thought they' do it on 1/7, to squeeze in that extra week before the final show.
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    Image of katekate is squared katekate is squared
    11/20/09

    In reply to Project Runway: Fashion Weak
    The only garment--literally the only one--that I liked was the knee-length gold dress that Carol Hannah made. And of course, it was on a model with the worst walk in the universe.
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    11/20/09

    @katekate is squared: Also another clue this was a fake show.....there was a lot of diversity in the runway models!
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Blogging Project Runway, The Final Episode
    So the moral of the season is:

    Black is the new suck!
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    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Blogging Project Runway, The Final Episode
    Here's the poet Robert Burns himself, reciting "Auld Lang Syne."

    Apparently, they had primitive motion-picture devices back in the 19th Century.
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    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Blogging Project Runway, The Final Episode
    WE are the true winners of season 6!

    Us!! The live-bloggers!
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    Edited by MisterHippity at 11/19/09 11:21 PM MisterHippity was starred MisterHippity was unstarred
    Image of summeroflove summeroflove
    11/19/09

    @MisterHippity: Awesome! Good night and catch you in two weeks!
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    Image of swedishcouscous swedishcouscous
    11/19/09

    @MisterHippity: thanks for everything!!
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    11/19/09

    @MisterHippity: Thanks for making the season bearable Hip! I'd heart you any day!
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    Image of adiam7 adiam7
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Blogging Project Runway, The Final Episode
    Good night MisterHippy , thanks again for the great hosting. See you on Bravo
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    11/19/09

    @adiam7: Night Adiam!! see you after turkey day!
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    Image of Brian Moylan Brian Moylan
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Blogging Project Runway, The Final Episode
    Ok, guys. Tune in for the recap tomorrow! I can't wait to see what new mean things I can say about this.
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    11/19/09

    @Brian Moylan: Thanks brian.

    Did you see my e-mail about the picture? But don't bother if it's at all difficult ... it's no big deal by any means.
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    Image of katekate is squared katekate is squared
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Blogging Project Runway, The Final Episode
    OMG Guys before I go, I have to drop this bomb on you:

    [projectrungay.blogspot.com]
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    11/19/09

    @katekate is squared: Ooh, scandal. Cool.

    Irena's in trouble! Nah nah-nah nah nah!
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    Image of adiam7 adiam7
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Blogging Project Runway, The Final Episode
    I cannot justify watching a recap of this shit. Last week was torturous enough.
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    Image of swedishcouscous swedishcouscous
    11/19/09

    @adiam7: you're a champ, you can watch this with your hands tied behind your back (ok that last part may be necessary to avoid the remote)
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    11/19/09

    @swedishcouscous: They should have brought everyone back , the models and the designers and there may have been genuine drama there. This is laaaame
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    11/19/09

    @adiam7: wouldn't that be the reunion show? was that not a line item in the budget?
    no? figures...
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    Image of katekate is squared katekate is squared
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Blogging Project Runway, The Final Episode
    It's been a blast, y'all. I'll see some of you at the Top Chef liveblog, but I'm looking forward to next season so I can see the rest of you again. Good night!
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    Image of GonzoMaz GonzoMaz
    11/19/09

    @katekate is squared: Nite Kate!!!
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    Image of adiam7 adiam7
    11/19/09

    @katekate is squared: Good night Kate
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    Image of dippitydoo dippitydoo
    11/19/09

    @katekate is squared: see you in a couple weeks!
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    11/19/09

    @katekate is squared: Goodnight Kate!
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    Image of Heneage Heneage
    11/19/09

    In reply to Live Blogging Project Runway, The Final Episode
    Ok, kids - got to go to bed, tomorrow's the last day of boot camp!
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    11/19/09

    @Heneage: Goodnight Hen! See you again soon!
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    Image of dippitydoo dippitydoo
    11/19/09

    @Heneage: i bet you are so sexy, lifetime will switch itself back to HD
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    Image of katekate is squared katekate is squared
    11/19/09

    @Heneage: woooo boot camp! Clearly it's only ending because you can't get any sexier. Good night!
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/19/09

    @Heneage: Good luck! And, ya know, if you'd like to recap the whole experience on WS, I would not object.
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    11/19/09

    @MisterHippity: G'nite Hip. G'nite all.
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    11/19/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: Goodnight, Naugy!
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