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This, from the husband...

Since Wednesday is usually "hump day," the halfway point to the weekend- wouldn't that make Sunday the PR hump day? Sunday - a day normally given to rest and reflection, and recreation... preparation for the long workweek, now combined with the mid-week, get-past-the-halfway-point, turn the blahs to happier expectations... Anyway, so out with the old, in with the new. Time to brush away the last shreds of Jeffrey and Angela, what's next on Project Chopping Block? ("Auf mit der Head")...

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thanks MissOtis and good morning hon!!(for the links)

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Good morning, Gina. I really liked Kara's collection. More than Daniel's or Chloe's. I've never entirely lost my hippie streak.

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Kayne's- Fabric choices were excellent, the colors were very flattering to Pamela, Michael's mom. Those tailored, pin-tucked ivory satin cuffed capris weren't easy to make within the time constraints, and they looked like they fit Pamela very well. (I don't care and/or get it when people say women of short stature shouldn't wear capris. I'm 4'10", and from the South, what, our legs don't get hot like tall peoples'?) Tim Gunn mentioned proportion issues with this outfit in his podcast, it looked like the sleeves were too long/not quite right to me. The poncho/scarf thing bothered me, it looked like it was either too big or too little, but I loved the colors. Shorten the sleeve and/or add a pretty detail like a cutout (more skin!). The neckline needed a deep V, and maybe the print fabric would look better as a long scarf. (Oh, the irony of Nina saying "too matchey-matchey" while sitting next to the Kors times two in matching orange and black.

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Welcome Art I., really good post. Can't wait to hear more forom you...
Just a quick note, though, on the great cropped pant debate. I don't think it is so much a matter of not expecting petite women to show any leg, but a matter of where the pants are hitting them in proportion to the rest of their bodies. If pants are cropped and stop mid-calf, it shortens you. That's why fashion experts advise women to wear flowing, long pants...they add length and are forgiving (i.e., they don't cling). Or else....

The most flattering length, on all women, is either just below or just above the knee. Anyway, that's what I've read several times/places from just about every fashion guru. Not everyone wants to be seen in bermuda shorts, however, so skirts are the usual option. I think another poster mentioned that the best part of nearly every woman's body is the cleavage, the collarbone, and the lower legs. So it's good to highlight those. (That deep V you talked about would! It also brings attention up to the face).

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Thanks for the fashion tips, I for one need all the help I can get!
Also welcome Art...I thought your post was very thoughtful and it inspires me to look at lot closer at the designs.

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(Still from the husband)

Good job, CALady! I sang your song for Damsel, apologies to Bing Crosby... She is much in admiration.

Might we perchance get some insight on Tim Gunn's personal constellations this evening? Tonight the man who is the ultimate unbiased mentor morphs into the... universal fan? Next.. The Evening News with Tim Gunn....? I'd watch.

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I have also thought it strange that they PR have made us so cynical in how we view things that are a part of the program.
After Tim revealed how Nina Garcia influenced the judges in voting for Chloe I now do not believe much of what I see. Tim as far as I can see is the only one that gives us the straight poop on what is actually going on.

That is one reason I can not get too upset about Jeff's tirades and confrontation with Darlene. I don’t excuse it by any means, I just wonder what was edited out and ended up on the cutting room floor.

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I have also thought it strange that they PR have made us so cynical in how we view things that are a part of the program.
After Tim revealed how Nina Garcia influenced the judges in voting for Chloe I now do not believe much of what I see. Tim as far as I can see is the only one that gives us the straight poop on what is actually going on.

That is one reason I can not get too upset about Jeff's tirades and confrontation with Darlene. I don’t excuse it by any means, I just wonder what was edited out and ended up on the cutting room floor.

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I think Tim Gunn's "straight shooting" is one reason we are seeing less and less of him on the show. He seemed to be a cardboard cutout or puppet on the Larry King show. When the designer Vincent was brought up, Gunn got to say "hmm" before Heidi Klum launched into a energetic defense of Vincent. I think Gunn is being subtly marginalized for correctly characterizing Chloe's "winning" runway show as "upholstery".
He is universally respected, so they are making him a "figurehead".
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I have also thought it strange that they PR have made us so cynical in how we view things that are a part of the program.
After Tim revealed how Nina Garcia influenced the judges in voting for Chloe I now do not believe much of what I see. Tim as far as I can see is the only one that gives us the straight poop on what is actually going on.

That is one reason I can not get too upset about Jeff's tirades and confrontation with Darlene. I don’t excuse it by any means, I just wonder what was edited out and ended up on the cutting room floor.

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I think Tim Gunn's "straight shooting" is one reason we are seeing less and less of him on the show. He seemed to be a cardboard cutout or puppet on the Larry King show. When the designer Vincent was brought up, Gunn got to say "hmm" before Heidi Klum launched into a energetic defense of Vincent. I think Gunn is being subtly marginalized for correctly characterizing Chloe's "winning" runway show as "upholstery".
He is universally respected, so they are making him a "figurehead".
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Good points. I also read in an interview with him that this schedule of filming conflicted with his work schedule at Parson and that he was not around as much for this season as past seasons.

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Welcome, great ideas!!! I have been wondering the same...Like the time they give them...maybe they shouldn't get weeks but why not more days...this allows for better work as well as more drama...come on producers everyone wins....

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32 production days. Any more days = more production costs = less profit for producers = not going to happen.

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Well than maybe less challenges, more people kicked off during group challenges, and more complex challenges...I don't know. I get the whole money makes the world go round thing...but one has to hope for integrity...

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Welcome, great ideas!!! I have been wondering the same...Like the time they give them...maybe they shouldn't get weeks but why not more days...this allows for better work as well as more drama...come on producers everyone wins....

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32 production days. Any more days = more production costs = less profit for producers = not going to happen.

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I hope that the production time was the result of the switch from a fall debut to a summer debut of the season. I have hopes that next year more time will be given so that the editing can be more even. I'll keep my fingers crossed with that hope in mind and wait and see.

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Kara's PR collection:

http://www.karajanx.com/

Kara's 2006 fall collection:

http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/2006...unway/karajanx/

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I really like Kara's PR collection. In fact, I wish we'd seen that instead of Chloe's "Brass Plum" show. I was really disapointed in Chloe's shiny, matchy-matchy fabric choices. AND, seeing the great things Kara did makes me even madder that Kara wasn't in the real final three. I was always irritated by the fact that Chloe announced that she didn't really want it, anyway, and then took up someone else's spotlight. Poor Kara.

Did they have Kara do a mock-collection in case someone dropped out or couldn't show? Knowing this helps explain why Chloe didn't pick Kara as her sewing slave for the 13th look. I always thought that was a little odd, and the producers/show never mentioned it.

If that is the case, how do you think Kara orchestrated her 13th look? I mean, if she was really playing along, wouldn't she have had to do a last minute look, too?

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Kara's PR collection:

http://www.karajanx.com/

Kara's 2006 fall collection:

http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/2006...unway/karajanx/

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I really like Kara's PR collection. In fact, I wish we'd seen that instead of Chloe's "Brass Plum" show. I was really disapointed in Chloe's shiny, matchy-matchy fabric choices. AND, seeing the great things Kara did makes me even madder that Kara wasn't in the real final three. I was always irritated by the fact that Chloe announced that she didn't really want it, anyway, and then took up someone else's spotlight. Poor Kara.

Did they have Kara do a mock-collection in case someone dropped out or couldn't show? Knowing this helps explain why Chloe didn't pick Kara as her sewing slave for the 13th look. I always thought that was a little odd, and the producers/show never mentioned it.

If that is the case, how do you think Kara orchestrated her 13th look? I mean, if she was really playing along, wouldn't she have had to do a last minute look, too?

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When Fashion Week was held, the show in which Kara was eliminated hadn't yet aired, so she showed at Fashion Week, so as to not spill any beans. But, since she was showing, she was, also, not eligible to be chosen for anyone's 13th design (according to Kara's statements after the series ended.) But, do you remember the camera showing an "obviously" put out face on Kara, when she wasn't chosen by Choe? Once again, editing. lol We are their puppets.

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Welcome, great ideas!!! I have been wondering the same...Like the time they give them...maybe they shouldn't get weeks but why not more days...this allows for better work as well as more drama...come on producers everyone wins....

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32 production days. Any more days = more production costs = less profit for producers = not going to happen.

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My disagreement to your comment is reducing costs in other areas. Here are just a few suggestions that I'm not sure have been made before. Again, forgive my laziness in not reading the thousands of postings and wasting your time if this is a repeat comment.
1. First challenge: 6 groups of 5 designers = 30, you illuminate the worst 3 groups. No room for sabotage, you get to see how they function in a team, see construction proficiency and design ability. Task: $25 at Good Will to design an 8 piece mix and match outfit for a teen going back to school. Could even work a teen model search out of it bringing in additional advertisers increasing revenue. Low cost....cuts the dead wood and incompetents from the group and gets the only team challenge done and over with so you can see who is and is not a team player. It also reduces preproduction time and expense because you don't have to spend so much time narrowing down the # of contestants. Educational because people who need to be inventive with their wardrobe budget can see how to remake recycled items into modern, contemporary fashion on a tight budget.
2. Another task lets say for the Miss America gown, why not decrease cost at the front by first having all the designers make their dress in muslin. Keep the final designs and loser until the end. The worst is canned and the top 3 get the money to make their design producing the winner only professional seamstresses put the final dresses together so nobody sees them....not even the designer....until the runway. The seamstress making the winning design gets some favored prize of a job, article, something furthering their career based on their quality technique. Less money spent and another aspect of this industry introduced to the show....the life of the seamstress who actually DOES all the work (yes, I favor the underdog in most cases LOL)
3. The humbling task: make them go door to door asking for any fabric scraps or notions they can get to put together an everyday design. No cost plus America can get an idea of just how few or many people out there do sew. It's not as indimidating as people think. Everyone use to do it even men during the depression.
4. The children's design program where a child model find and prize can be awarded. This brings in additional advertisers from the children's industry ... hence increased revenue for the show. Would also draw in a much larger viewing audience because this market has exploded with 'home grown' designers who would take an interest in a show on children's clothing design.

... running out of time.....where is the men's clothing challenge????? Yes women's wear is primary in the industry but we can't forget the quickly growing class of metrosexuals with $$$ to spend. This seems to be a big opportunity missed in my book. How about designing something for Donald Trump and maybe new wife and child too????? Just a thought....he's rich...he could cover that cost just to advertize and promote himself and his shows.

The ideas are infinite but the show seems to be stuck in a rut. Is it safe to think we won't have to watch the agony of the 'living plant' outfit? After 2 disastrous seasons of that stupidity, I hoped that's the end of that.

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Kara's PR collection:

http://www.karajanx.com/

Kara's 2006 fall collection:

http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/2006...unway/karajanx/

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I really like Kara's PR collection. In fact, I wish we'd seen that instead of Chloe's "Brass Plum" show. I was really disapointed in Chloe's shiny, matchy-matchy fabric choices. AND, seeing the great things Kara did makes me even madder that Kara wasn't in the real final three. I was always irritated by the fact that Chloe announced that she didn't really want it, anyway, and then took up someone else's spotlight. Poor Kara.

Did they have Kara do a mock-collection in case someone dropped out or couldn't show? Knowing this helps explain why Chloe didn't pick Kara as her sewing slave for the 13th look. I always thought that was a little odd, and the producers/show never mentioned it.

If that is the case, how do you think Kara orchestrated her 13th look? I mean, if she was really playing along, wouldn't she have had to do a last minute look, too?

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When Fashion Week was held, the show in which Kara was eliminated hadn't yet aired, so she showed at Fashion Week, so as to not spill any beans. But, since she was showing, she was, also, not eligible to be chosen for anyone's 13th design (according to Kara's statements after the series ended.) But, do you remember the camera showing an "obviously" put out face on Kara, when she wasn't chosen by Choe? Once again, editing. lol We are their puppets.

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