I came back from my sort-of vacation by which I mean, I worked only 40 hours a week for a while, to do the recap of the latest episode of Project Runway over on AfterElton.com:
Oh Project Runway how I missed thee. You're back for the first time since December 12, and hard as it is to believe, you're gayer than ever. That's because not only did Team Gay prevail once more in this challenge, but none of its members were sent home, and the guest judge was openly gay designer Zac Posen. And… drumroll… the gay Levi's commercial aired during the show, the first time I've seen it anywhere but Logo. Project Runway is now officially gay TV.
But also, I'm sad. That's because this week's challenge epitomizes the very thing I hate about reality competition shows: The fake factor. Fake time constraints, fake budget constraints, and fake raw material constraints.
The designers had to use nothing but whatever they could grab in five minutes at the Hershey's store on Times Square, and had one day to create their outfits. Now, I'm guessing that AfterElton.com asked me to recap this show not just because I'm a girl but because I actually know a little bit about fashion.
But as a girl, yes, chocolate is my native food. Nonetheless, there is no overlap between those two sets of character traits, and I'm not even remotely interested in what kind of garment can be fashioned from Hershey's kisses. I'd like to know what a designer can design out of, you know, fabric. Call me crazy.
It's all here.
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