Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Project Runway Season 7 contestant guide: Who's going home, who's going to the tents and who's just crying
Posted by Amanda Allwood on Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:45 AM
It's that time of year again, Project Runway is about to be welcomed back into my home with an open mind, a hopeful heart and a judge-y attitude.
In prep for this monumental event, I have painstakingly watched all the audition, casting AND homevisit videos, picked out the best and worst and brought them to you in a handy little guide to Project Runway Season 7. Gimme your thoughts in the comments and check back on Friday afternoons, starting Jan. 15, to see if I was right at all, about anything.
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Current City: Los Angeles, CA
Premature judgment: It feels like Tim is just letting her through because she is a Runway audition "veteran" and he feels real bad. Her designs are either disjointed or pageant-y, yikes.
Will be kicked off... Week one, hopefully.
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Current City: Chicago, IL
Premature judgment: One word: Messy. I am predicting that she is out early. I just don't see her unique kind of crazy lasting very long but IF I am wrong, she will excel in the "make a garment out of something weird" challenge.
Will be kicked off... Week one or two.
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Current City: New York, NY
Premature judgment: I have no idea why he got in based upon his casting session. He may be a technical genius but his style feels very matronly.
Will be kicked off... Very early on, if I had to put my money on it, week three.
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After the jump, two Florida boys, Jesus, who's going to the tents and so much more...
Current City: San Diego, CA (or Heaven?)
Premature judgment: I will not be saying anything bad about Jesus, except that he killed a seal (watch the casting video)....so there is that.
Will be kicked off... I refuse to make any more statements regarding someone named Jesus as I am afraid of lightning, floods and locusts.
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Current City: Providence, RI
Premature judgment: Based upon the audition tape I can only come to the conclusion that he was chosen due to his fabulously flamboyant qualities, which will lead to some fabulously flamboyant shit-talking.
Will be kicked off... within about six episodes, not too long to make us wonder why he's there, long enough to talk about the other designers behind their backs.
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Anthony (aka The Lost Man of "Men on Film")
Current City: Atlanta, GA
Premature judgment: I give him two snaps and twist. Sadly, I see him folding under the pressure. Even in the audition they were accusing him of making a very typical gown and he looked like he was going to cry. Eighty percent of the cry count in Season 7 will be from Anthony.
Will be kicked off... First half of the season.
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Current City: Vancouver, WA
Premature judgment: He wants to be an edgy designer but he is all pop-punk. He will make a fantastical designer for the next Panic! at the Disco tour.
Will be kicked off... He might make it to mid-season, long enough to keep things pretend-rockstar and studded, until we all remember that we hate studded clothing and none of us are going to be looking for clothes to wear in music videos.
Note: You MUST watch his audition tape: "I want all the cake and then I want some of yours (creepy mouth click noise)"
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Current City: Los Angeles, CA
Premature judgment: She has an interesting aesthetic but it feels a bit one-note. She will struggle with making something new and different week after week.
Will be kicked off... mid-season
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Current City: Orlando, FL
Premature judgment: I love his glasses (in the video). I love his slick hair. I love his tie-cardigan duo. I almost love his dresses. I love that he lives in Orlando. I am rooting for this Florida boy.
Will be kicked off... Despite my lovefest for him, I think he will only last til about midway through the season. The challenge to make something for a real, adult person will send him packing.
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Current City: Portland, OR
Premature judgment: Her designs are not my style by any means, but I can see the construction skills that got her on the show. She will probably utter the words "I am not here to make friends."
Will be kicked off... Somewhere around week 10.
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Current City: Tampa, FL
Premature judgment: Tampa, represent! What's up hometown boy? Seriously, how do I not know this guy? Okay, I have to say that I do like his designs. [Editor's Note: Ben won Best Local Clothing Designer in Creative Loafing's 2007 Best of the Bay Readers' Poll!]
Will be kicked off... I want him to make it to late season but I don't see him making it too far past the 3/4 season mark. I will be stoked if he's top five.
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Current City: New York, NY
Premature judgment: Someday, she will make Lady Gaga a lovely lil' get-up, until then, she will struggle to be taken seriously as a designer...and a person. Also, she is from the Bronx, so she will be a be-otch to at least one defenseless girl (or gay man).
Will be kicked off... in the last part of the season, the judges will want to see if she can make a "wearable" piece. She probably cannot.
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Current City: Riegelsville, PA
Premature judgment: Her favorite designer is listed as God. She is going to loooove Jesus. Her dresses are all over the place. I have a love/hate relationship with her and her garments.
Will be kicked off... Never, she has God and Midwestern values on her side.
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Current City: San Francisco, CA
Premature judgment: Innovative and chic. I could see him going far on innovation but everything is very worked over...he may have an issue with time. He is sassy, I see a fight brewing between him and one of the other designers.
Will be kicked off... Very late season, maybe even making to to Bryant Park.
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Current City: Los Angeles, CA
Premature judgment: Her background is in print-making, she only recently got into fashion design. He looks are clean, feminine and sophisticated. If she can keep from becoming a blubbering girl (she has a weepy quality), she will go far.
Will be kicked off... Headed to the tents.
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Current City: Oakland, CA
Premature judgment: Gorgeous textures!!! Oh my god, I heart her and her fabulous garments. She also seems very intelligent, which is not something we can say often about these designers.
Will be kicked off... Making it to the finals.
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