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on another lighter note, "project runway" finale thoughts. (spoils, duh.)

Posted by b. (aka starrynit) Nov 13 '15, 17:58

lighter as in no death; but it had some things that really annoyed me, so...

first they gave the designers only 7 weeks (probably because of heidi's schedule?) instead of the multiple months they were given in the past, then they have the judges give less than 2 days based on seeing only 3 out of 10 pieces, to make major changes - I think it was tight in the past for the last part, but the turnaround time from regular eps to tim visits to nyfw seemed unreasonable; and that's likely a big reason why 3 designers out of 4 had to make such significant changes.

as I said the other day, I liked ashley from the start, until she lost her fabric-choosing mind among other bits, but then she got some sense back. I knew from part 1 of the finale, if not before, that we were being led to her being the winner. I'm not disappointed in her winning as much as, say, oh-so-blah-collection gretchen in the past; but, really, I don't think any of the 4 would have won vs. the top 2 in most recent past seasons. ashley had the plus-size shiny* edge, and she would have had to *really* sucked to not win.

all three of the other collections were disappointing to me, both before and after their critiques. edmond, my other fave from the start, lost his mind in a sea of gowns and showstoppers especially, and that sucked his time so he was rushing when he got to ny; candice got too inside her own head with drama and bigger-is-better; and kelly, who I grew to really like after a couple of eps, just didn't have a high-fashion collection - her special sauce vs. mall wear was her textile work (sans glitter) and that's not what makes a winner - really have no idea how she spent 9K unless it included covering her rent. eep.

I just took a look at a spoiler site that had swapnil's deception collection; and, if he'd gotten his poop tight and been able to stay, he totally would have won (at least if not for a plus-size fix). by a landslide. :/

*which is both amusing and gross to me, because the current state of plus-size offerings shows that it's decidedly unshiny for most designers and retailers - the struggle to find decent adult clothes for non-outrageous prices is really real. *sobs*

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oh, I had this open to mention, too - this model actually made me gasp in horror when she came down the runway. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 13, 19:27
awesome review. lots of food for thought. I was a huge ashley fan from the start. - loosi at home Nov 13, 18:14 12
- your second sentence was, I think, part of the thinking of the judges/producers (including tim there, as he's one). - b. Nov 13, 18:17 11
  - I'm sorry but they were both horrible bitches. and not that good. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 18:18 10
    - I was agreeing with you about the mean girls. -- nm - b. Nov 13, 18:23 8
      - it was funny in the reunion show before they got to the mean girls part, everyone basically agreed with Tim that ...minor spoils - Peglegpete Nov 13, 18:28 7
        
        I haven't yet watched the reunion, finished the finale last night. - b. Nov 13, 18:32 6
        
        here is Swapnil's collection for those who have not seen it yet. -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 13, 18:39 5
        
        here's what I looked at - I take issue with the comments of whoever captioned at your link. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 13, 18:42 4
        
        I was looking at the dresses, not their captions when I found it. I didn't even read them -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 13, 18:47 3
        
        oh, sorry, I wasn't criticizing you, just that writer. :) - -- nm - b. Nov 13, 18:48 2
        
        I know, but I also wanted you to know my criteria when I found it :) - Peglegpete Nov 13, 18:54 1
        
        owie, hope it's very short-term! -- nm - b. Nov 13, 18:55
    - agreed -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 13, 18:23
Swapnil was really disappointing since he didn't give it 100%. His fashion week collection would have crushed (yes, crushed) all 4 others. -- nm - MDH Nov 13, 18:05 8
- honestly I didn't think he was all that. - loosi at home Nov 13, 18:15 2
  - View his collection and see how wrong you are. -- nm - MDH Nov 13, 18:17 1
    - yes. and, for the weeks he was high, he didn't have a VS vibe at all to me. - b. Nov 13, 18:21
- exactly. - b. Nov 13, 18:13 1
  - it was hugely significant to TIm, he tweeted about it. I love Tim so hard. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 18:16
- Man was an idiot. He gets that chance and doesn't give his all, he deserves to be Auphed. - toblr.2 Nov 13, 18:12 1
  - he was all SMOKE lol no fire -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 18:16
- He wouldn't have a collection because he would have smoked it. -- nm - Dano Nov 13, 18:10

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