Project Runway

Last season on Project Runway...clothing designer Michael Kors deadpans: "Your dress looks like barefoot, Appalachia, Li'l Abner Barbie." And that's all you need to know to catch up.

If you haven't checked out what will prove to be this summer's most delicious reality series, then you need to jump on the ever-growing Project Runway bandwagon. Mix together a gaggle of clothing designers--a few cute gay guys with classy designs, some of the world's most arrogant straight men, a couple of down-to-earth sophisticated women, and some nutjobs who can't even sew--and you've got me screaming and laughing at my tv every Wednesday night at 10 p.m.

This summer's Project Runway promises to provide even more wonderfully saucy quips than last year. Honey, the dagger-like verbiage is flying, from Tim Gunn's gem in the first five minutes of the show ("When I thought about having to work with Santino again, my brain began to bleed") to Michael Koors indictment of a designer's awful dress ("I don't want to see my Grandma's undies"). And where would we be without the no-way she's-gonna-say-it digs of Heidi: "Is his accent even for real?"

A few thoughts about last night's premiere episode:
1) Why wasn't Michael, the guy who made the dress out of coffee filters, in the top few designers?
2) How many more times will we have to see/hear Malan "I'm the greasy white guy from Taiwan who talks in a fake British accent" break out into creepy laughter? It was bone chilling.
3) Wasn't it great that the person who deserved to go actually got voted off? Although with Stacey not hanging around, we won't get to see her learn to actually use a sewing machine.
4) Is it just me, or is Laura, the mother of five kids, a Rene Russo look-alike?
5) Rock designer Jeffrey is so Santino it just isn't funny. I mean, not funny. Not. Even. Interesting. I think we've been there, done that.

My picks for the top three this season, and I reserve the right to change my mind: cute gay Robert from California; Uli, the cool blond German lady; and Bradley from LA. Now, I love Rene Russo, but she doesn't have the (designing) legs to stay. And the same with Michael and Keith. Good designs so far, but can they keep going to the end?

My choices for the next three to leave in no particular order: Vincent, who shall be referred to hereafter as Crazy Hat; Malan, who I'm guessing causes some scandal (and is the accent real?); and poor, poor Bonnie who's first dress looked like a tablecloth--granted, it may actually have been made from a table cloth.

More scoop on Runway later!