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]
I like Amanda much more than her designs, for the most part. Her aesthetic seems like Drunk!Betsy Johnson meets meets 70s Crochet or something. She's just so funny and down-to-earth, though, and she really doesn't have the ego some of them do.
Tim saving Char was sort of surprising -- I had no idea he liked her so much -- but so sweet. He was all teary when she had to leave! I love Tim Gunn.
I really like the way the save was presented. That he told her if it was later in the season I'd save you, and it just kept bothering him.
I hope she makes something amazing soon. I really like her but her designs haven't wowed me yet.
Face Off - I don't think they should have saved Sasha. I am liking George more and more each week.
Hey, Adam Shankman got a book deal! Scroll down to the fourth item: [link]
PR: man, Sean and Kini's looks were both SO GOOD. Yay.
Sad to see Fade go. He had some "safe" looks that I really liked.
And the rainway was so cool!
Otherwise, my thoughts are basically -t's.
I continue to be baffled by what the judges see in Sandhya's work. Even if the colors she chooses are drastically different in person than on TV (which, sure, is possible), I can't imagine looking at that test pattern jumpsuit covered in pinwheels and seeing anything other than circus clown! And everything she designs is like that!
Sean and Kini were both amazing this week, though - I was really glad they chose two winners. They were so different I'm not sure I could pick a favorite.
I agree -- Kini's was outrageously gorgeous, but Sean's was just so cool, using the rain to actually interact with the dress. I do hope Kini gets a solo win at some point, though, because he really deserves one.
Sandhya is refreshingly true to her own aesthetic, but she's only ever made one thing I would consider wearing (the evening gown thing for Heidi, where she used such expensive fabric), so that's not really a recommendation.
Yeah, before they announced who won I couldn't make up my own mind and was prepared to just be outraged on behalf of whichever didn't win, because I could make an arguent either way. Way to derail that, judges.
The rainway was very cool. I was prepared for much weaker effects.
When Nina was talking about Sandhya's jacket/cape/thing and saying something about it taking real sophistication to elevate it, it was not clear to me whether she was saying Sandhya was successful or not. Heidi had a point that it was cheerful, I guess. I don't know. What confuses me about her work is that I remember liking her audition portfolio quite a bit and hardly any of her competition looks seem to have what I liked.
I thought Nina was saying Sandhya's coat still needed to be elevated somehow. I didn't get the feeling she was impressed.
I wanted Kini to win because Sean's already won a couple, and one of them Kini helped with.