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Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


Vortex - Aug 02, 2012 5:15:44 pm PDT #19676 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Ugh. There is some serious crack on the runway tonight. Im not surprised that Kenley's look was in the top two. It was a beautiful dress, beautifully constructed. It, however, is not a red carpet look. As one of the designers said, it looks like she could wear it to church. nina liked that it was short, but its not dressy enough.

Irina's dress was just boring. Its a basic white dress. The only interesting element was a necklace.

I thought that April or Valerie's dress (the silver or the gold).


-t - Aug 02, 2012 6:01:17 pm PDT #19677 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I agree. The gold was my favorite. The silver looked weird across the front to me, like it didn't quite fit right, or was draped oddly, I don't know. But from the back it was gorgeous.

Irina still really rubs me the wrong way.


Vortex - Aug 02, 2012 6:08:41 pm PDT #19678 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Yeah, she was a stone cold bitch to them. Although the dress was a hot mess, she didn't have to be as nasty as she was.

I wanted to see more of Laura, I miss her!


-t - Aug 02, 2012 6:10:37 pm PDT #19679 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

She was a nice treat! More Laura would have been good.

It's interesting that the top two looks (as determined by the judges) were the ones that had one designer with a strong vision and the other teammate just kind of going along. Take note, future contestants, I guess.


Jessica - Aug 03, 2012 3:19:06 am PDT #19680 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

The silver dress was weird, but it was weird in that high-fashion red carpety way. It looked exactly like something April would wear to the Emmys, and I kind of loved it.

Kenley...meh. She likes one silhouette that's easy to do. I agree that her dress was beautiful and well constructed, but there really wasn't a lot of design to it. It was basically the same dress she wears every day, with some pleats.


Amy - Aug 03, 2012 3:21:19 am PDT #19681 of 23273
Because books.

I missed some of it -- what did they think of Laura's dress?


brenda m - Aug 03, 2012 1:21:43 pm PDT #19682 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

When Elena was ranting about how tough you have to be in Ukraine and nobody's going to say please and thank you and somehow this all related to Buffi working too slow it kind of cracked me up. When my friend Val and I visited my brother in Moscow we asked him and his GF (now wife) how to say pardon me or excuse me. You know, as good Canadians do.

They both looked at each other, thought a bit, looked at each other again. Stumped. Completely stumped.


-t - Aug 07, 2012 10:26:39 am PDT #19683 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Tim Gunn was, of course, super charming on TDS.

what did they think of Laura's dress?

It was one of the "safe" designs, so they did't really talk about it.


Vortex - Aug 09, 2012 5:30:11 pm PDT #19684 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Raoul is still in?!!? Those pants were a WAR CRIME. Buffi got the loser edit, but I could not believe that that hot mess of a pair of pants won. I don't know who Raoul is fucking, but he needs to be thanking his lucky stars.


-t - Aug 09, 2012 8:48:00 pm PDT #19685 of 23273
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Those were very bad pants, but when they asked to see Buffi's dress without the pink thing over it that hem was almost shocking. I don't know how she made such a mess of it.

The top three were all lovely. I'm glad Sonjia won, I've consistently liked her designs so far.

I think I liked Heidi's Pebble outfit.