S5 contestant Terri Stevens presented her fall 2009 collection at Brooklyn Fashion Week and we find ourselves hesitant to say anything because we didn't want to start the week off by being so negative. But kittens, it's just not to our taste. More importantly, it doesn't look particularly polished, which is surprising, because her competition work was usually very polished. Some of the elements or pieces are downright bizarre, like the sequined pants and the weird ruffly/pleaty things that seem to be haphazardly stuck here and there. Then there are the ...um, crotch treatments that make the models look like they're wearing jockstraps. We like the harlequin check jackets, but that's about it. We're disappointed, to say the least. We liked a lot of her competition work and assumed that she would produce a polished collection of RTW separates, but who's ready to wear this stuff?
Irony abounds, darlings. The one we wanted sent home from week one kinda grew on us and the one who deserved more wins under her belt couldn't get off our TV screen fast enough last night.
Were they not the cutest team? It seems no matter who Stella is paired with, we want them to get a reality show together.
Dear GOD, kittens.
What are we supposed to say here?
The Duchess nailed it: it's a joke.
When clowns get tumors, is this what they look like?
Variation on a theme: clown farts.
We don't get it at all. Why pair all those candy colors with a flesh-colored aerobics outfit? What was the point to all the leathuh straps, aside from giving Stella something to do?
"Think out of the box, Heidi."
Even though Blayne started out pretty damn annoying, we were kind of fond of him by the end. He's just this clueless kid who seemed to be having quite a bit of fun throughout the competition.
Sure, he played to the cameras too much and he never produced anything that proved to us that he should be there, but we can't hate people who try and bring a little lightheartedness to all the pretension and bitchery. Au Revoir, Blayne de Soleil.
Worst team ever? Quite possibly.
Keith was still in full-on feel-sorry-for-me mode and while we don't blame Terri for having little patience for him, the fact is, she was OUTRAGEOUSLY nasty the whole time. There's fun bitchery and then there's just ridiculosity.
And speaking of ridiculous...
Although, to be fair, we really didn't see this as deserving of the auf. We don't exactly like it, but there were others on that runway that screamed "SEND ME HOME!"
Really, the only thing we hate are those ridiculous sleeves.
They look chip in a chip way, no?
It's kind of ironic, because during the drag challenge, Terri made a decidedly UNdrag garment and now for the avant garde challenge she makes something that would fit right in at the Night of a Thousand Gowns.
Oh, right. We hate the big tails, too.
The rest of it's just okay. Not avant garde, but then again, what was last night?
We kinda wish she'd stuck to the fur idea. It might have bumped this look up a bit. As it is, it just looks kind of tacky and tawdry.
And how DELICIOUS that Xaviera couldn't keep herself from busting out at the Duchess' comments. That is a PR first.
"Voodoo princess in hell." That's about right.
We're not giving Keith a free pass here. He was whiny and annoying but from what we could tell, he started off ready to help Terri. Her over-the-top bitchiness toward him was just ugly to watch and we kind of think since she clearly couldn't keep it off the runway, it played a part in the judges' decision to send her home. Sucks for her, because she did some damn good work during the competition and didn't get enough recognition for it. On the other hand, she was just so damn nasty last night that we couldn't work up a lot of sympathy for her.
Certainly, if you do something well and you're in a competition, it makes sense to return to that well often.
And it helps if you're thin enough to try them on for fit
But kittens, we are getting so tired of the TerriPants. Especially when they're always the same pair of high-waisted, flared leg pants.
The coat is nice - but she's made quite a few of those, too.
And the fabric for that blouse is kind of ugly. Yes, we know it came from DVF but she didn't HAVE to pick it.
Face it, if this came down the runway and you had to guess who the designer was that made it, you'd all guess correctly. Terri's good, but because she keeps returning to the same silhouette and the same basic 3 pieces, it makes us question how good she is.
We admit it. We've been a little mean to mean girl.
Well, she kind of softened our hard gay hearts this week. Her crying jags were utterly real and kind of sweet and charming.
Unfortunately, the dress was kind of bleh. Pretty, but nothing spectacular.
First off, the fabric choice. It is a nice print, but we're not sure we'd want to see an entire dress made out of this print. It's a bit overwhelming.
There's just nothing to get really excited about with this dress. It's pretty, but that's about it.
Yeah.
That's about it.
We can understand wanting to keep things simple and make one killer piece but this wasn't really killer. Not bad enough to raise the judges' ire, but not good enough for a win, either.
Well, that's not true. One judge seemed a little irate.
"That's it? This so-called 'dress?' You thought you could get away with this kind of laziness? A good German girl could have clothed an entire family in the time it took you to make this thing! I am disgusted."
"I like the dress."
'It's actually made beautifully."
"Very simple, but very chic, very wearable, sellable."
"Don't pay attention to Heidi. She's feeling a little German today." "Stupid lazy American cow."
[Photos: Barbara Nitke/Bravo - Screencaps: Projectrungay.blogspot]
