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Peabody PR After Party

Heidi Klum, executive producer Jane Cha, executive producer Desiree Gruber and PR designers attend the "Project Runway" party after the 67th Annual Peabody Awards at the Rusty Knot.












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A-List Awards - The Fashion Show

Well.

That was kind of a bust, wasn't it? Not that it was completely without entertainment value. Certainly, Kathy Griffin could keep us entertained by reading her insurance policy. And Lorenzo says that the live version was a hell of a lot more entertaining than the broadcast one. For one, Kathy came out and started off by reading a list of the words that Bravo wouldn't let her say and she did it in her inimitable Griffin style. Also, the wardrobe malfunction bit she did with Lance Bass was not ready for prime time but it sure as hell was funny. What you didn't see were her gigantic rubber boobs and his gigantic rubber penis. Since the whole joke hinged on that, it came across pretty flat when they blurred the offending body parts out.


Still, how much fun was it to see an All-Star Project Runway challenge?


It was so weird to see Laura and Mychael back in the work room alongside Nick and Sweet P and Chris and even (god help us) Daniel Franco. Of course we were thrilled because it gave us .... MORE DRESSES TO RIP! YAY!



When there were rumors floating around a couple of months ago that there would be an All-Star PR season, we rolled our eyes and declared the idea lame.


But after last night, we've definitely warmed up to the idea. Come on, who wouldn't want to see Laura's maribou feathers go toe to toe with Chris's human hair skirt? Or Sweet P vs. Alison? Nick v. Christian? Ah well. It's probably for the best.


The dresses from last night are all being auctioned off for relief efforts in Myanmar. How cool is that? You can own a Laura Bennett original AND help out your fellow man.

As for the dresses themselves, well...


Let's just say there were varying levels of fabulosity. You want more? Then continue to Page 2.

You can watch the whole runway show here, first:


[Photos: WireImage/Bravotv.com/Project RunGay]

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Red Carpet Runway

The NY Daily News has a rundown of some of your favorite Project Runway designers and how many of them are designing for celebrities and private clients (ever notice how Santino's always "in talks" with someone but never actually seems to make anything?), with a special focus on everyone's favorite sissy bear.


"With his infectious laugh and creative use of human hair, March became a star of "Project Runway's" fourth season. "Cry-Baby" producer Elan McAllister loved his clothes, and when the series aired a photo from his application portfolio, she knew she had to meet him.


The picture featured March dressed as Tracy Turnblad, the lead character in John Waters' movie "Hairspray." And it just so happens "Cry-Baby" is the latest Waters film to get the Broadway treatment. "



"I figured he could design something beautiful that still captured the spirit of the show," McAllister says. At their first meeting, she said she wanted to look glamorous at the theater and flamboyant at the after-party.

In response, March blended goth colors and loads of safety pins with a wrap that tastefully conceals the flair. "She's a bit of a wild child, but she also has to be sitting in the theater during the show, and meet with celebrities and cameras," he says. "So this is sleek and sophisticated with a bit of a twist."

March says McAllister was a "fantastic" client, though not everyone who calls him is ideal. "A lot of times, people are simply interested in seeing me because I was on television," he says. "They have this impression of me as a magical unicorn that has stepped out of the TV."

He adds, "Those are the requests that aren't interesting to me. You get a feel for whether a person is really interested in your work."


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The dress is nice. Not spectacular or anything, but nice enough. He really goes for that goth thing, doesn't he? We have to wonder how comfortable such a dress would be for sitting in the theater, though.

[Photos: Countess/WireImage - Screencap: Project RunGay]

He's Back!

Kittens, Alex crawled out of his hole and scribbled this for us, such is his commitment to your entertainment. He said he's got another strip in the works for us so clap loudly!

[Illustrations: Alex Cox/Projectrungay.blogspot.com]


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Living La Vida Princess

Christian was honored at a private cocktail party at The Library at Buddakan in New York City last night. Check it:


With Jay Manuel


With SissyBear


With his BF Brad Walsh and friends.


With Marcia


PR Executive Producers Desiree Gruber and Jane Cha


Amanda and Marcia

Also, from New York Mag:

Heidi Klum to Wear Christian Siriano on German TV

"Last week we learned Project Runway winner Christian Siriano fit Heidi Klum for some outfits. We figured she did it just so she could be a goody-two-shoes hostess and say she supports her winners. In the past she's been fitted for — and not worn — Project Runway winners' designs (cough, cough Jay McCarroll). So we did a little digging to find out if this was a setup for another fit and ditch. Klum's rep assured us it's not. So where will Klum don these outfits of whimsy? The faraway magical land of Germany, of course! She'll be all Christianed out while hosting Germany's Next Top Model."

[Photos: Wargo/WireImage]

Ripping the Collections: Chris, Part 2

Get your tomatoes and warm up your pitching arms, girls!

Heavy and depressing and uninteresting bordering on ugly. It completely obliterates whatever figure that model has. Another point - and for us, this is the biggest complaint we have about Chris' collection - it just doesn't look modern at all.

Similar to the first silk screened dress in that it's a very simple design where the print is doing all the work of garnering interest.

People keep asking "How can you say this collection is dark when Christian's was almost all black?" Take an objective look at this. It's not that it's black; it's that it's heavy and dour and depressing-looking. Christian's collection, whatever flaws people may think it had, was exuberant and over the top and even joyful. Looks like this are the exact opposite of that.

We give him a lot of credit for the materials he used. The safety pin skirt and the hair trim really made a statement. Unfortunately, looks like this, no matter how much people might not want to hear it, are the very definition of costumey. It's too severe and the silhouette is old. Very old.

This is interesting and we kind of like it. The bodice is very pretty. We hate the skirt, though. Again, not because we're grossed out by the hair but because it's just flat ugly. She looks like a muppet from the waist down.

It's hard to tell from the pictures, but poor Marcia could barely walk in this. She had to lean so far back to keep the wrap in place that we feared she was just going to topple backwards on the runway. And again, this look was very heavy and added about 30 pounds to her figure.

In the end, we have to go with the term the judges may have over-applied to him: costumey. In this instance, they were exactly right. In many cases, these clothes simply didn't make the wearers look better; they made them look heavier and older. All the interest was generated in the materials he used. When your strong points are safety pins and human hair, then yes, you're making costumes.

With its Catholic iconography and references to blood and body parts, this was a surprisingly goth collection, which means that it's extremely limited in terms of its appeal and in the end, pretty dated. We reiterate: there simply wasn't anything new or fresh-looking here. It was a lot of old-looking styles and silhouettes made more interesting by his choice of materials.

This isn't to say that we don't think Chris is talented. We do. He's enormously talented. He has a gift for making astonishingly dramatic looks utilizing a wide range of techniques and materials. It's just that this collection really hammered home the point that he should remain a costume designer and not a fashion designer. He has the potential to be a world class costumer but sadly, in our opinion, doesn't have the potential to be a world class designer.

[Photos: WireImage/Getty Images/Elle.com - Slideshow: Projectrungay.blogspot.com]


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Ripping the Collections: Chris, Part 1

It's SissyBear's turn and oh, kittens. Are we ever in TROUBLE.

Now, why are we in trouble? Well, we fear you're going to come after us with torches and pitchforks. See, a great many of you swooned over this collection and some of you even went so far as to opine that his could have won the whole ballgame, but we...didn't like it at all.

He says his was a Sweeney Todd-inspired, goth collection and we're not sold on that as being the best inspiration to start from. He employed rich fabrics in deep colors, but the overall effect was too heavy and too dark. On the other hand, he styled his models beautifully, took real risks with his materials, and each piece was flawlessly constructed.

Let's start the show.

A beautiful, dramatic dress. It's not reinventing the wheel but it's definitely a look that will get you noticed. Not to point out the obvious or anything, but it's the silkscreen image that makes this look. Without it, this is just a simple gown with a halter neckline.

This is okay. Not great, but okay. That Mildred Pierce silhouette is more than a little dated, though. We kindasorta like the detail on the skirt, but the fabric's so heavy, it might just be too much for one look.

And let's get this over with: we hate the hair trim. Not because it's hair but because of the way he used it. Peeking out of sleeves and running across the yoke of a jacket, it just gave each girl a slightly werewolf look to her and what woman wants that?

We just don't like all the heavy velvets he used in the collection. They dragged everything down, in our opinion. Overembellishing so many of the looks served to make them even heavier. Frankly, there's nothing we like about this look. It looks like a velvet bathrobe and pajama set.

This on the other hand, is very pretty. Beautiful color. And we love the detail on the back.

Again, it's looking like a very dated Mildred Pierce/'90s powersuit silhouette to us. Beautifully accessorized, but all that heavy velvet looks old and dreary.

This is one of the few looks that seemed fresh and youthful to us. We love the way he used the lace and we really love the way he accessorized, but we can't get past that bizarre hem. It's distracting and terribly unflattering.

[Photos: WireImage/Getty Images/Elle.com - Slideshow: Projectrungay.blogspot.com]


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