I would have sent Lantie home over Beatrice

Same here. That ugly tulle-ish material with the python *crookedly* sewn on bodice - blech. I thought it looked way worse than Beatrice's, which was mostly unobjectionable.

I hated that guy (Gunner? Gunnar? Something like that) who got sent home first last year then kept bitching about the winning designer in what came across like jealous snits. What an unpleasant little shit. I hope he gets sent home soon.

Ven's stuff is GORGEOUS but that pink dress was a bit sedate. I did love that bustier though.

I think Christopher is going to have a hard time in future challenges, just looking at how much better made his first look was compared to the companion piece. I am so sick of Gunnar's sniping already.

Loved Ven's stuff. OMG, so gorgeous.

I don't understand Kooan's POV, but that kind of draws me in, like if I see more maybe I'll get it? We'll see. I suspect Lantie is going to crash as soon as she tries to make something that doesn't have snakeskin tacked on. Beatrice did seem like she was already in over her head as soon as the challenge started.

But I wonder if Beatrice is relieved -- how did she not know she needed decent sewing skills for this show?

Yeah, that was completely ridiculous.

(Gunner? Gunnar? Something like that)

GUNNAR DEATH-RAGE. OK, it's actually Deatherage, and probably closer to "dether-edge," but STILL.

Well, Anya won last year not knowing how to sew, so she probably decoded to go for it. You know what would be interesting? A PR show where you have an equal number of designers and constructionists (is that a word?), and they have to work together to make garments. Call it Project Runway: Partners

Anya largely designed around that, though (while cadging some assistance here and there where needed). She didn't come in to it shocked, shocked I tell you that it might even be an issue.

Yeah, I think Anya thought she knew how to sew well enough when she got there (even if she was wrong/right).

I agree with brenda that Anya knew her limitations, but I also think she was more confident about getting it done anyway. Beatrice said it took four days to make the dress she presented from home, and that's not a great sign. It wasn't a terribly complicated piece.

t has never watched Project Runway, but keeps meaning to

Wait, the show has participants that CAN'T SEW?! How? How the hell did they get through the selection process? Do they hotglue everything together?

t / will eventually succumb and watch the show

I have never watched either. The part that confuses me is that they can have no reference books-- if I couldn't have a patternmaking reference book, I would be seriously hampered. Draping a pattern is not really any easier than drafting, if you are doing it correctly.

At the audition she said she sewed all the samples, and they specifically asked her, so I guess there was some concern about her sewing skills even then, though we didn't see her saying "I only started sewing 4 months ago" like Anya.