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crankyoldmanNow, I've always been around artsiness. Sometimes this is good, sometimes it's hideous. One of my favorite things about my hometown was the fact that no matter what strange thing I decided to wear, there was always someone 10^5 times stranger. I think that I sort of missed being around artists and I replaced that always being around creative people thing with my online haunts, and let me tell you, my LJ f-list alone has got some pretty fabulous art talent in a ridiculous amount of media.
I also RSS a few people I'm too shy to actually friend, because I'm a dork.
Not that there's not any crazy artsy people around here, but it's way more subdued. People that in an attempt to "be taken serious" get sort of lost in the greyish background of everyone else wanting to be taken seriously. While I don't miss the ridiculous mindless crap I hear on the streets of B-town sometimes, I do miss the shit the art students wear and how they seemingly have style-offs with the older hippie-turned-yuppie set (the older ones are kicking their ass by the way). I love street fashion, because it's more real, but there's something to be said for the craziness that is runway fashion. I also like knowing the trickle-down rate of how high fashion makes its way into department stores, which is the highest of my price range, really. My favorite types of clothing should make it to my area by the time I'm out of school and can possible afford it, I estimate. The Midwest takes a while.
I just figured I'd say that, so that everything under the cut makes sense. Also, I need to have a happy Project Runway icon. But this quintessential Nina one is too funny.
For the first time since Jay, I agree with the winner. Yes I love Jay, shut up.
Sure, Christian's a little punk, but when he's nervous? You can totally see he's just a kid. A kid who's clearly been sewing since he was a fetus, because damn. He's a little sewing machine.
One of the things that annoyed me about Season Three was that Jeffrey was already established. In debt, sure, but established (also High Fashion Punk Wear strikes me as an inherent contradiction). Christian lives in a little closet space of an apartment. I think as the seasons have progressed, they've gotten less and less about finding "new talent" and got lazy and are getting people that have jobs but want to be their own bosses. Does that sound unfair? Probably. But I've got a soft spot for people with nothing more than a point of view getting a shot.
Also, I never really liked Rami much. For all he says about designing for "real women" draping and overworked stuff looks terrible on a lot of women! Sure, some of it looked great, but what girl wants to look like a pair of curtains or a chair? I mean really? Sure, Christians stuff was RUFFLES GALORE, but it looked like clothing? If that makes any damn sense.
Jillian's stuff was cute, though, I'd wear some of it. It was the skirts that did me in. Too bad I'm in an area that's never warm enough for me to wear a skirt. But her stuff was all over the place, and a little too... casual at times?
I mostly agree with Christian winning because he got the thing about runway fashion--it's a show. Everything is exaggerated so that when the trickle down happens, only the important basic elements of the design remain. The fact that Victoria Beckham liked a lot of it was vaguely frightening (because I'm convinced that woman is an alien, I mean EAT FOR GOD'S SAKE) and skinny pants are the bane of even me (mostly because I grew up hating my twigginess). But it's fashion. No one besides the dress up dolls that are Celebrity wear that stuff.
I can't help but like Princess Puffysleeves. It's vaguely impressive that someone can be twenty-one and still retain that level of passion and enthusiasm, to be honest. Usually at that age we're all getting hit up HARD by the "real world" and losing our minds. My other favorite was Chris, actually, and I was sad he didn't make top three. I loved the crazy shit he put together (safety pins on the skirt of one dress especially, but I have an inherent LOVE of safety pins because of the utility they represent). Also, his collection was like Haute Couture Vampire, which cracks me up. Dear costumers, I love you.
But I'm happy. Even if I had to watch it on youtube because our stupid university has five billion music video channels as part of their cable package but not freaking Bravo. For those of you without Bravo too, this person is the most hardkore Project Runway youtubber in the history of ever. Combine youtube with my BetterYoutube script for firefox and it was almost better than watching TV as my monitor rocks.
I'll stop being a dork now. God, I can't wait for the Project Rungay boys to get untired and comment on this. They make my life.
I also RSS a few people I'm too shy to actually friend, because I'm a dork.
Not that there's not any crazy artsy people around here, but it's way more subdued. People that in an attempt to "be taken serious" get sort of lost in the greyish background of everyone else wanting to be taken seriously. While I don't miss the ridiculous mindless crap I hear on the streets of B-town sometimes, I do miss the shit the art students wear and how they seemingly have style-offs with the older hippie-turned-yuppie set (the older ones are kicking their ass by the way). I love street fashion, because it's more real, but there's something to be said for the craziness that is runway fashion. I also like knowing the trickle-down rate of how high fashion makes its way into department stores, which is the highest of my price range, really. My favorite types of clothing should make it to my area by the time I'm out of school and can possible afford it, I estimate. The Midwest takes a while.
I just figured I'd say that, so that everything under the cut makes sense. Also, I need to have a happy Project Runway icon. But this quintessential Nina one is too funny.
For the first time since Jay, I agree with the winner. Yes I love Jay, shut up.
Sure, Christian's a little punk, but when he's nervous? You can totally see he's just a kid. A kid who's clearly been sewing since he was a fetus, because damn. He's a little sewing machine.
One of the things that annoyed me about Season Three was that Jeffrey was already established. In debt, sure, but established (also High Fashion Punk Wear strikes me as an inherent contradiction). Christian lives in a little closet space of an apartment. I think as the seasons have progressed, they've gotten less and less about finding "new talent" and got lazy and are getting people that have jobs but want to be their own bosses. Does that sound unfair? Probably. But I've got a soft spot for people with nothing more than a point of view getting a shot.
Also, I never really liked Rami much. For all he says about designing for "real women" draping and overworked stuff looks terrible on a lot of women! Sure, some of it looked great, but what girl wants to look like a pair of curtains or a chair? I mean really? Sure, Christians stuff was RUFFLES GALORE, but it looked like clothing? If that makes any damn sense.
Jillian's stuff was cute, though, I'd wear some of it. It was the skirts that did me in. Too bad I'm in an area that's never warm enough for me to wear a skirt. But her stuff was all over the place, and a little too... casual at times?
I mostly agree with Christian winning because he got the thing about runway fashion--it's a show. Everything is exaggerated so that when the trickle down happens, only the important basic elements of the design remain. The fact that Victoria Beckham liked a lot of it was vaguely frightening (because I'm convinced that woman is an alien, I mean EAT FOR GOD'S SAKE) and skinny pants are the bane of even me (mostly because I grew up hating my twigginess). But it's fashion. No one besides the dress up dolls that are Celebrity wear that stuff.
I can't help but like Princess Puffysleeves. It's vaguely impressive that someone can be twenty-one and still retain that level of passion and enthusiasm, to be honest. Usually at that age we're all getting hit up HARD by the "real world" and losing our minds. My other favorite was Chris, actually, and I was sad he didn't make top three. I loved the crazy shit he put together (safety pins on the skirt of one dress especially, but I have an inherent LOVE of safety pins because of the utility they represent). Also, his collection was like Haute Couture Vampire, which cracks me up. Dear costumers, I love you.
But I'm happy. Even if I had to watch it on youtube because our stupid university has five billion music video channels as part of their cable package but not freaking Bravo. For those of you without Bravo too, this person is the most hardkore Project Runway youtubber in the history of ever. Combine youtube with my BetterYoutube script for firefox and it was almost better than watching TV as my monitor rocks.
I'll stop being a dork now. God, I can't wait for the Project Rungay boys to get untired and comment on this. They make my life.