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Project Runway; The Finale

Well folks, it’s been a long journey, but we did it.  We hung in there through the end.  You’d think we’d get a prize of some sort, but I’m, assuming Bunim-Murray wouldn’t agree, so we’ll just have to settle for this.

So, welcome to the final PR Liveblog of the season, and just remember, Project Runway All-Stars starts soon!  Oh, and Project Accessory is on after tonight’s show, so there’s that.

Tonight’s PR starts at 9PM EST on the Ladyparts Network (Lifetime).  See you in the comments! Continue reading →

Project Runway Season Nine: Go to Your Corner

Hey kids, shake it loose together. It’s the final challenge before the Fashion Week kids are chosen. Are you excited? Are you thrilled? Are you filled with a lingering ennui, one that can’t be shaken no matter how many cigarettes you smoke, drinks you drink, bums you roll in an alley? No? Just me? Well, then, on with the show!

We join Smeagol and Gay Ryan Reynolds in their room at Atlas, where they discuss Miss Bertina. Oh, Miss Bertina, how we mis-judged you, they lament. You should have stayed and Kimberly Goodpants should have left, wails Smeagol. We hardly knew ye, weeps Gay Ryan Reynolds. How sentimental. A quick fade over to the ladeez and it’s all back-slapping and smiles. What is our lesson to learn here? Spoilers and more, after the jump. Continue reading →

Project Runway Liveblog; Final Five!

Yep, we’re down to five fine sewtestants.  Ok, let’s not sugarcoat it – we have 5 people who can sew and attempt to make good TV.  Basically we’re watching for the auf’ings at this point, aren’t we?

Speaking of auf’ings – who’s your choice?  As usual, I’m interested in seeing Joshua go down in flames, but I’m pretty sure Barbie has been doused with enough of the Nina haterade to go downhill this time.  Who will win?  Who will lose?  Who will end up drunk by the end of the episode (this girl)? Continue reading →

Gap Closing a Third of all US Stores

Today Gap announced that they are closing one third of their U.S. stores to focus on international growth. Folks, you might have to get those flat front chinos somewhere else. Or maybe you already are and that’s why they have to close all these stores. Shoppers are abandoning Gap’s classic looks for stores with trendier options. The chain expects to remove nearly one million square feet from its Old Navy stores by the end of fiscal year 2013 as well. No word on whether Gap’s upscale store, Banana Republic, will be affected by store closings. Continue reading →

Project Runway Season 9: For The Boids

Style! Fashion! Attitude! Well, scrap the first two. This week, every week, every hour of every day and all the time, it’s all about the ‘tude.

In this week’s episode of As The Head Turns, we join our beloved designers in their Atlas apartments. Notice how errybody is all “they smile in your face, all the time they want to take your place.” Back stabbers! Each and every one of them. As always, there’s spoilers inside, so click atcha own risk! Continue reading →

Time To Start Halloween Planning

According to Moneyland, we Americans are going to collectively spend just a little less than seven billion dollars on Halloween this year. In 2005, planned spending for Halloween was just north of three billion dollars. These figures are courtesy of a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation. Even accounting for inflation, it seems obvious that we, as a country, are addicted to Halloween. Continue reading →

QOTD: What’s Your Worst Clothing Disaster?

Example: the time last month I tried some clothes on at a store. Spent the rest of the day with the zip of my pants undone. Fairly standard, happens to everyone.

Getting out of the car after running quite a few errands. Notice I have my slippers on.

Friend of mine, a very beautiful woman with a glorious figure, once walked many, many blocks of Yonge Street (a slightly raunchy street in Toronto) with the buckle of her fancy, rather gaudy belt entirely undone, the shiny parts of it bobbing and flashing in the sun. She didn’t notice until she was back home. Continue reading →

Project Runway Season 9: Oliver Must Die

An autumn chill crept into the Parsons building as Heidi strutted down the runway in a black frock, telling the designers that while there are only eight sewtestants left, a show at Fashion Week is far from guaranteed for any of them. Schadenfreude, Heidi, is it your middle name? As always, there are spoilers inside, so click, click, click at your own risk! Continue reading →