1/30 - PR18 Show Discussion

Boom. That was fast. Dayoung leaves for her health, and Marquise is back in as a result.

Sergio's dress was beautiful, so I'm glad he won. But I really liked Nancy's, too.

I agree Arielflies about Christian's critique not being helpful for Chelsea. And I'm pissed that they kept Victoria over her. Chelsea knew that her look sucked, but she didn't complain and threaten to quit.

I really wonder how much Victoria's drama on the runway played into them keeping her. To me, she's a one-trick pony with a bad attitude. Sadly, the judges have really been in love with that one trick (and it was impressive the first three or four times).

I think that tonight, though, she pretty much used up every little bit of capital that she had built up in past weeks. She'd better do something really impressive and new from here on out or she'll be toast sooner rather than later.

The judges were suckers to fall for Victoria's sob story, even if it was sort of true. They should have caught on to her when she admitted in front of them that she preferred to quit rather than be on the bottom again -- that line showed that it was more than just a lack of confidence. The guest judge picked up on her arrogance behind the meltdown; I wish the others had factored it in more.

Sergio's look was good, but I'm surprised they didn't ding it for catering to his usual "older woman" style. It reminded me of Daniel Franco's "Hollywood Wives" lingerie collection from Season 2. I preferred Nancy's, and Brittany's.

Overall I think that it was a mistake to make a sheer fabric challenge a 1-day challenge. They were asking them to make couture garments, of course most of them weren't going to look finished or fully thought out. I wish Christian had used his save on Chelsey, out of fairness if nothing else.

I'm seriously disgusted. At another forum someone posted a collection Victoria did that was comprised of all sheer fabrics so she blatantly lied about not knowing what "sheer" meant. I'm glad that Christian finally called her out about sending the same thing out to the runway with minor alterations. Disgusted at the whole "If I'm going to be on the bottom I'm going to quit" thing and wish the other designers hadn't talked her into staying. My patience with that one is at an end, and if she wins I will never watch this show again. Poor Chelsey.

Sergio's dress was very nice, too bad his arrogance makes him very hard to root for. And I really wish Brittany would stop badmouthing the other designers backstage because all it does is make her look petty.

What is the "helper" show?  Is it connected to Project Runway, and who are the helpers?

Okay, I understand. Usually the other designers come back to help during the last rush hours before the last (finale) runway. Yes it is weird that they are coming in so early. Just another twist.

Yes, that was not a good look on Brittany and Delvin. Conceited much?

I was underwhelmed with all the dresses this week. There wasn't one I really loved, but I do think Sergio's was probably the top one. Nancy's was good too, and I wouldn't have minded her winning. We didn't have to hear Sergio spouting off about a cause this week, and it helped him! But I don't want his ego to get even bigger than it already is.

I'm so over Victoria. They should have let her quit. I don't like those asymmetrical hems that she makes. They just look like two pieces that were cut wrong were sewn together, like they mixed two patterns together. I don't mind some asymmetrical hems like high/low but I guess I prefer flowy asymmetrical hems than choppy ones.

I think Christian is saving his save for someone like Victoria, but hopefully she's been in the bottom enough, and with this latest stunt of wanting to quit, that he'll just let her go if she gets auffed. (I don't miss Heidi per se, but I do miss that! ) I really liked when he told her the elements of her garments that were the same. He just rattled them off. I think that put her into a deeper funk, but she needed to hear it.

I don't remember if it was during the episode or in the After Show video on YouTube, but someone said that Brittany spent time explaining to Victoria what sheer meant. But it's certainly possible that she still didn't quite understand. The explanation we heard on the show was that it's "see through," and she did choose that lace, which was "see through" in a different way from sheer. The other fabric yellow fabric she used definitely wasn't sheer, but she had some lighter yellow that appeared to be. She seems to just be falling apart in general now that everyone isn't constantly telling her that she's wonderful. It's kind of sad what perfectionism can do to someone.

I don't buy the "didn't understand" excuse. It was explained, she knows what fabrics everyone bought, and she could have asked for clarification. She just likes to design what she likes to design.

She only doesn’t understand when it’s convenient for her.