The United Nations. A place where over one hundred countries come together from around the world to trade recipes and animated cat gifs. Not unlike this very website.
This week, Ke$ha tells the sewtestants they can buy a random flag for a quarter from this table she has setup on the lawn of the United Nations building. Yes, Ke$ha is bringing back the yard sale, so get hip, kids. As always, there are spoilers. There will always be spoilers. So, click at your own risk! Continue reading
I can’t say I’ve ever given more than half a shit about the Emmy Awards (or really any awards show) but I’m starting to think that the costume designers on FX’s The League deserve a trophy for their note-perfect work with Dr. Andre Nowzik. Continue reading
In the decades following her death, Marilyn Monroe has been exalted as the human embodiment of bygone Hollywood glamour and unmatched sex appeal but recently, she has been given another accolade: the counterweight to our culture’s ever-thinner beauty ideal. The oft-invoked argument centers around the declaration that Monroe was a size 8/10/12/14 and if she were alive today, she would be considered overweight and probably, never would have been a star. (These claims are inherently problematic because women’s apparel sizing has varied considerably over the years, rendering numbers utterly useless as indications of proportion and because such conjectures are speculative and sensational in nature.) Continue reading
Now that the eldritch tendrils of Flying Spaghetti Monster Elisa Jimenez have been banished from the competition, it’s time to get serious. What could be more serious than a challenge to make a gown to wear to the opera? A “couture” gown, no less. In one day. Yes, a gown that normally takes weeks or months to painstakingly hand-sew, let’s slop one together in a few hours, shall we? As always, there’s spoilers, so read on at your own risk! Continue reading
Tension and conflict. Action and resolution. These are the themes for the premiere episode of Project Runway All Stars (PRAS). The producers artfully sprinkled our designers around lower Manhattan and had them act surprised as they “ran into each other.” So you had Sweet P standing on the curb like Cyndi Lauper in 1982, Elisa Jimenez floating above the sidewalk on a cloud of eldritch energy, Rami handing out neck braces to all the men who got whiplash cruising him. Kenley dashing to and fro with pinking shears, hoping to poke someone’s eye out. Anyone’s eye, really. As always, there are spoilers inside, so read on at your own risk! Continue reading
Kanye, who has never been known to be modest, or quiet, or controversy-free, would like you to continue experiencing the performance art he considers his fame, now with an extra dollop of erratic, strangely garbled self-promotion and a heaping spoonful of “Just What Is He Talking About?!” Continue reading
During winters when I was a kid, my Dad insisted we wear real, proper shoes to school. I have no memory what type of shoes these were. Desert boots? Penny loafers, complete with shiny penny? Wee, child-sized Oxfords? No clue. I do vividly remember, however, the footwear I was desperate to wear to school instead. The footwear my father thought too flimsy to keep our feet warm through a New Jersey winter. The footwear I put in my bag and a few blocks from home, changed into, so desperate was I to have them on my feet, always. Sneakers. Continue reading
Marry the Night – the Gagameister’s latest video/short-film – is, according to the singer, her most autobiographical. It’s also one of the funniest things she’s done since showing up in drag at the VMAs.
Bear with me, here. I’m going to need a little bit of sympathy and understanding from you, fellow Crasstalkers, because some of you might hate me for the next few things I’m going to say. Particularly those of you who live in places where it gets cold. I live in sunny Southern California and I freak out and need a jacket when it’s 60 degrees outside. I am a baby when it comes to weather. There are probably babies that are better equipped to deal with it, emotionally. I understand all of these things. I apologize. Continue reading
Now that Project Runway Season Nine is safely put to bed, let’s take a look back towards last season. The judges decided, for some reason, that Mondo Guerra was not to win Season Eight, even though he was clearly in the lead and favored to win. Let’s catch up with Mondo and see what he’s been up to and answer the question: Is there life after Project Runway? Continue reading