Project Runway: Live-blogging continues


As we all know, Project Runway is in its 5th and final season on Bravo, with word out that it will be moving to its new home at Lifetime for its next run. I have mixed feelings about this. I have mixed feelings in general when it comes to Project Runway and the course it has taken. What started out as a pleasant surprise, as a delightful diversion, has come to seem a tad stale… a bit stagnant. New challenges don’t seem that new and even new contestants seem to be cookie cutter copies of old originals. I get the feeling that this season they did not go for talent so much as they did for type. They chose people who offer more of a brand than design potential.

But… isn’t a brand what these contestants ultimately want? Aren’t they here to build their own brand? Yes, but shouldn’t a brand come after creative evolution? Shouldn’t the brand be the icing on the creative cake? While I griped last season that there was not enough “personality”, I get the feeling that this season there may be nothing but personality. I’m probably wrong and hope I am. I know there is talent there. Stella, for all of her hard rock look and talk of “leatha”, does seem like she has creative substance behind the packaging. Blayne, however, with his “girlalicious” and other pre-written tag lines, feels contrived to me. I feel like he’s selling me Blayne and not what Blayne can bring to the design world.

For as much as I love snark and love the clashing of crazy personalities, I realize what I really want to see this season is pure, unbridled creativity, creativity with total disregard for the “fame outcome”, and that includes the challenges the producers bring to the table and even the snippets that come out of Tim Gunn’s mouth. I don’t want more PR soundbites merely for the sake of bites. I want a creative meal. I want honest expression. I hope this season of PR does not rest on its laurels and I hope the contestants are truly more concerned with being true to their inner muse than they are with their outer package.

That being said, snark will no doubt continue this evening as we live-blog yet another potential creative explosion. Sandra Bernhard is tonight’s guest judge… did I say snark?? Join Claire and me, below in the comments. Live-blogging starts at 8C/9E.

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