A little Project Runway chat. I like this season and think it includes more experienced designers than any of the other seasons. Though there are a few quirky people, right now, there are no standout talents to me. I know that will change.
I was talking to Tom after last night’s episode about something that surprised me and why I think all the designers were so freaked out. Not one of the designers–at least after the “you’re in” group was moved off the runway–had applied his or her individual vision to the challenge. They were all freaked about doing menswear and freaked about Tiki Barber instead of figuring out how to put their particular spin on it. As my example, I talked about what Uli would have done last season. She’d have played to her strength and done a design she might have described as:
I pictured Tiki doing a pre-season interview on location with several Miami Dolphins players. Because he’s out of the studio and in south Florida, I wanted to put him in softer colors but with classic cuts that (blah blah blah), and I made this tie to add a little tropical element (blah blah blah).
None of last night’s designers really combined their strengths with Tiki’s profession and barely even took into account the things HE told them about what he liked or how he liked to conceal his flaws. While they were working, they barely mentioned Tiki at all.
They did, however, like those male models. So did I!
