Not that I wanted him to win, or liked his collection, but I hate that reasoning. Not enough drama to the show, baby! But there it is again, my long time issue with the judges – if it’s commercial, it’s not good enough. Nina wished there were more pieces in between the one show stopper and the other ready to wear items.ĭuring the reunion show, Emilio actually asked Nina flat-out why he didn’t win, and she gave Michael’s answer: Emilio produced a sales rack ready line, not a collection created to wow on the runway.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see her end up in that dress (assuming she can buy it at auction, right – aren’t they auctioning them all away?). Faith Hill raved about it all in a manner that made me fear they’d give him the win. The judges still love his print (yack), and are a fan of some of his coats (especially a lovely blue wrap) but are most blown away by the admittedly stunning billowy green-gold gown, with a sheer black overlay, that closed the show. He had a lot of turtlenecks, and stuff that I found pretty plain. The collection paired black with deeply saturated colors scarlet, chartreuse, and a bright blue, as well as the ESOSA print (in pinks and purple and green). Now I wonder when Mila’s comment was made, and if the collection’s name gave everyone flashback’s to the 90s. Then after the show, Raven Simone said it brought the 90s back. Seriously? Mila had already told us in the confessional that she thought his look was very 1994. (Less so when I read on Tim’s blog that the editors actually left out most of his disagreements with Emilio.) I wasn’t blown away by his clothes. I was so unbelievably relieved he didn’t win, but I did feel sorry when he was so gutted. He cried full-out with his head in his hands backstage after losing. They didn’t say so, but I thought it was nice we got a nice range of separates – coats, pants, sweaters, skirts and dresses. The judges were also huge fans of her leggings with sheer strips and patterns in them, and were thrilled that she listened to their critique and brought the hair and make up styling up to date. Although I was with Heidi on the white t-shirt with the black lines I liked that a lot. I respect the technical skill behind that, but I didn’t love them as much as the judges did (Heidi and Nina wanted to wear them). The judges loved some of her “mixed media” dresses – the ones where she used big swatches of differently weighted fabrics and somehow made that work. My favorite bits of Mila’s shadow inspired collection were Brandise’s coat, and the purple and black dress, and the purple dress. I hope she’s able to make a career as a designer she seems to have found herself again, and feels like this is her vocation, and I think that’s really awesome. (Uninteresting clothes and a nasty personality – a big downer of a combination.) Really the more pictures I see of Mila’s collection, the more fantastic I think it is. I liked Mila’s collection quite a bit, though, and I’d have been okay with her winning – as opposed to Emilio, which would have been Meana Irina all over again.

As you know, I decided some time ago that Seth Aaron was my horse in this race. This made me really nervous, and more than a little sad. Did they rotate them in and out? Hate the damn decoy collections, hate them so much! Honestly, did they have camera crews following all 10 designers as decoys, too? That’d waste a lot of film, don’t you think? Also, we got to see some of the designers who showed in the finale sitting in the audience. I also couldn’t help wondering where they hid the other 7 designers who showed, and how they worked all of that out. The judges had minor quibbles with all the collections, but by and large also loved them all. I honestly had no idea who was going to win, did you? I knew what I was hoping for, but I really had no idea what would happen, which is kind of cool. I don’t think I would go there, not at all, but I’m happier with this season than the last one. Nina says that this is one of the best groups of designers they’ve ever had.

There’s very little pre-show drama, and despite 3 models not showing up for Bryant Park, we don’t focus on that at all either. E: Emilio, Mila and Seth Aaron collectively knock the judges socks off in the last ever Bryant Park Project Runway show.

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