Jeffrey-the-Pinheaded-Shmoo won.
To paraphrase him: This TOTALLY sucks.
Uli was robbed. Laura was robbed. Michael was mugged on his way to Bryant Park by some thugs frontin' Yo Hoochie Momma's House O' Bling.
He was an odious, mean-spirited hack and still, he won. Ugh. PR may have just jumped the shark. I knew I couldn't trust that whole redemption edit. And one final thought: what's the point of rehab if you are still a loathesome twat?
On the other hand, part of me rejoices in the thought that the too-cool-for-rules Jeffrey-the-Pinheaded-Shmoo will have to spend the next year being mentored by people he thinks are sell-outs and hacks, designing pret a porter for women who are shaped more like his baby mamma than the swizzle sticks in skinny pants he so clearly prefers.
Still and all, the fact is that he made an older woman cry, just because he didn't like her daughter, and I don't care how they paint Angela's mom as a whiny, passive-aggressive; the fact is that he gloated about it to the daughter and bragged about what an atrocity he made her mother wear; he heaped incessant hateful abuse on Laura (Why doesn't that woman have a stroke and die?; Moth balls and chicken soup, etc.); the constant "I'm a genius and the rest of these guys can't hold my crusty jock strap"... all of that makes me despise him.
I know a lot of folks out here in the blogosphere, especially on the Bravo site and on Blogging Project Runway think that the producers demanded he win for ratings. Maybe. Maybe not. But the editing surely didn't help the viewers believe that JTPS won for his show.
Ulia and Laura were both praised for having 12 pieces that made a cohesive collection. Jeffrey-the-Pinheaded-Shmoo was criticized for not. He ran over budget and had to give up the blonde Barbie wigs. Michael Kors rolled eyes over that. Fern Malis pointedly told Uli not to leave Miami, that her work could go in stores tomorrow and race out the doors. Nina Garcia said that someone stopped her at the tents to ask where they could buy/contact Uli. Of all the interviews of celebs and fashionistas shown, only one preferred JTPS's collection.
And as for that collection, all I can say is sand-blasted, acid-washed denim is fashion-forward? Would you really trust a man who dresses himself in plaid cuffed manpris to dress you?
In the words of my beloved, departed grandfather (a tailor): Feh. Dun't vaste yer money.
Posted by Miz Shoes at October 18, 2006 11:05 PM
Howdy!
Well, I posted my comments down on your Oct.12 blog.
I'm disgusted. Completely disgusted.
JTPS is proof that hate sells.
What am I saying? You know our govt. as well as I do;
it's contagious: the twats rule.
R/S
Posted by: Ragmop/Sandy at October 18, 2006 11:11 PM
I love love love "what's the point of rehab if you're still a loathesome twat?"
Honestly, it's a phrase that can be used on a lot of people in life.
And. As a protest?
The first thing I'm doing when I have a job again? Buying something of Uli's. And Michael's. And Laura's.
Posted by: Marcia at October 19, 2006 09:32 AM
I know that last statement has a typo, because a "twat" is certainly one of the nicest, warmest, fuzziest little creatures ever to appear on the planet!!!! I mean, when the Goddess invented twats, she must have been coming off of a superb prior evening, and must have just finished inventing fresh canteloupe daiquiries!!!! and TWIT certainly describes him - although he is so mean-spirited and nasty, I find "Twit" to be quite kind. So in keeping with your own, inimitable style!!!!! (BG)
Posted by: oowoman at October 19, 2006 09:57 AM
I was using the British slang, wherein it is NOT so nice, warm and fuzzy. And it used up a lot fewer letters than "ugly, mean-spirited, toxic personality, burnt-out, won't even marry his baby mamma, junkie to the core, nasty unrepentent fucktard"
Posted by: Miz Shoes at October 19, 2006 10:05 AM
I should have known. Assholes always win in Hollywood; it's been that way forever, and it will never change.
And now I want to get really, really rich so I can hire Laura as my very own personal designer.
I shall nevah watch PR again. I was kidding myself, believing for one minute that show was about the creative product.
BLEAH.
Posted by: MildChild at October 19, 2006 10:30 AM
Ack! That episode is still on the DVR awaiting my spouse's viewing. She is gonna be pissed...
Posted by: Solonor at October 19, 2006 11:29 AM
ohmyfriggingod! Laura's collection was regal,mature, and just dripping with sophistication, yet that idiot Lee Harvey Jeffrey won because of a dress full of zippers! Innovative, my arse! He is an evil asshole. I can only hope that once he arrives in hell, he will be forced to make blue polo shirts for Macy's for eternity.
Posted by: Sharon at October 19, 2006 03:50 PM
I had only seen a few shows from this cycle (we record them all and I watch them when I can) and I remember disliking Jeffrey from the very start -- just for his ghastly neck tat.
So, I had not seen the last couple of eps, when it was narrowed down to the final four. Yesterday, or the day before, my son said casually, "So, Jeffrey was the Project Runway winner." I gasped. "WHAT? JEFFREY WON?" I can't remember my exact words after that, but knowing me, it was prolly something along the lines of, "He's a fucking asshole."
So, in spite of the spoilers all over the 'sphere, I will watch the recorded eps I haven't seen and check out this travesty for myself.
Posted by: terry at October 20, 2006 08:55 AM