Project Runway Through the Years

By -
I've been blogging Project Runway almost as long as I've been blogging. The first season I covered was, perhaps, the best selection of designers ever. Everyone remembers the "fierce" winner Christian Siriano and his team challenge with Chris that resulted in the Organza Extravaganza!

Flash forward to the first time a villain took the prize in season six when Mean-a Irina won during Lifetime's rather rocky first season after a long Runway hiatus. But the network quickly redeemed itself by providing the wonderful Seth Aaron as season seven's well-loved winner. I'm still trying to find a black and white striped jacket like the one he made during the season. In fact, I wouldn't mind owning most of his winning collection.

While the last complete season of Runway resulted in so-so fashion and an OK winner, season eight introduced us to the wonderful Mondo only to let Wretched Gretchen win. Of course, Lifetime made it up to us by staging an entire season of Project Runway All-Stars with crazy huge prizes just so Mondo could grab so more screen time and secure the win he deserved. We were appeased.

There is no telling what the future of Runway will hold. We can be assured that great more designers will be kicked off before their time (like McKell) while terrible ones advance to higher rounds. I keep holding out hope that they'll amp up the challenges to the level of the olden days--or take on some of my dream challenges. At least we know that most everything should be well and good as long as the producers allow Tim Gunn to abide by his Golden Rules and keep making it work.

Comments

Jael Paris said…
I keep forgetting to tell you, there's a new guy at work who looks like Christian Siriano. Turns out he's the bassist in my boss's band, which is even funnier.
September 13, 2012 at 10:58 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Shop: Green Tree Jewelry

By -
Image
Shop: Green Tree Jewelry Why We Love It: It is unintentionally "big cat" theme week here at FMF. Hence the the two sets of big cat earring featured up front. However, this shop has a lot more to offer than cats of all sizes. These laser cut wooden earrings range from fun swirling designs to intricate peacocks. Best of all, the earrings I've featured here today all cost only $12.95. (Although the shop sells some other higher priced goods). Price Range: $12.95 - $79.95 Links: Facebook Favorite Items: Click through the slideshow below to see some favorite items. View this collection on Polyvore Shop: Green Tree Jewelry by fashionbeccafabulous on polyvore.com Pictured: Tiger Earrings ; Koala Earrings ; Ring-Tailed Lemur Earrings ; Radishes That Hang On Your Ear Earrings ; Cup of Coffee Earrings ; Scissors Earrings ; Rhino Earrings ; Peacock Earrings ; Lion Earrings (also pictured above) All linked earrings cost $12.95.
Read more

Happy 10th Anniversary... and goodbye.

By -
Image
What we looked like in 2009 Ten years ago I created, Fashion Me Fabulous, wrote up a handful of posts, picked a layout and send it all to my friend, Jael. “I’ve started a fashion blog. What do you think?” She gave me a few tips, wrote a couple “guest posts” and before long became my blogging partner. Together, we built a blog and community I could have never built alone. From the end of 2007 to the end of 2014, Fashion Me Fabulous ran regular content about fun, affordable fashion. Jael and I covered fashion week , reviewed fashion books , wrote about fashion history and did more shopping than seems humanly possible to search out the best clothes and accessories . We explored our personal styles , scoured Etsy for unique creations . I watched every single episode of Project Runway and blogged about it. Jael created an amazing presence on Polyvore . We learned all sorts of things about coding and websites and content and graphic design and so on. (You can tell if you look at ...
Read more

Dramatic Makeup

By -
Image
October is the perfect month for anyone who loves a dramatic look. Because of Halloween, you can get away with more in the makeup department than you can the rest of the year. You want to try false eyelashes? Go for it. You want to color your eyebrows? Do it. Color outside the lines with eyeshadow? Why not? Live it up so much in October that people will think black lipstick in November is practically normal.
Read more