'Runway' Goes to the Dogs This Week

Editor's Note: I'm still on vacation, but how could I not watch and write about 'Project Runway'? Thanks to Jeff for holding down the fort this week.  See you next week. -- Kenneth

Last night's 'Project Runway' was a romp in the park. The dog park that is. And just like in every dog-park-U.S.A., it was full of people you want to talk to, and those you say Hi to only because your dog won't stop sniffing their dog's bottom.

Enter Angela Keslar. What in Rin Tin Tin's name are the judges thinking??? Once again, Heidi, Nina and company said goodbye to someone who was good and let Angela stay. Why? Angela is annoying and her design was a joke. It looked like she bought the top at Ross Dress for Less and "matched" it (I'm being generous) with a skirt from the 50 percent off bin in a Victoria's Secret knock-off-store. It was butt-ugly. Please judges, I'm begging you: Tell her she's OUT.

This week's assignment was to create an outfit for a lady and her dog, with the dogs serving as inspiration for the kind of lady who would  supposedly own said pooch. Judges wanted people to come up with stories about who each contestant's theroetical lady was, which seemed awfully contrived to me. Although Robert Best had one of the best lines, "My dog belongs to a Park Avenue princess who's just checked into rehab," I agreed with him when he said, "I have a thing about stories: I think they're stupid."

Still, the challenge set up a good test of talent and determination (or lack of it.) Uli and Michael did the best job, creating stunning dresses that, yes, told a story. And their dogs got to wear stuff that they probably would not die from embarrassment being seen in,  unlike most clothes for dogs.

The two drama queens of the night were, of course, men.

  

Keith is so full of conceit that he basically ignored the dog outfit part of his assignment (read: he did nothing for the dog) because he just didn't feel like doing it. Can his design skills, which are razor sharp, keep him invincibly moving forward each week despite his lack of respect for the rules of the runway? Although Keith is turning out to be an ass, I did laugh at the way he referred to Laura as "bad mommy." I foresee more confrontations for these two hard heads.

Bradley was the other drama-mama of the evening. Is it just me or does he look like he's just come from living in his car? Even Tim Gunn tip-toed to the edge of advice -- he's not supposed to give any -- and told the homeless-looking scruff that he should think about starting his dress over since, according to Tim, "If it's not pretty, it doesn't matter."  Bradley should thank his lucky stars that it was his birthday; that's the only reason I can think that Nina Garcia heaped praise over his final design. She loved it's "volume". Huh?

All in all, I thought this episode lacked the punch of the previous two this season. But what I and the six gay men who joined me for the show really wanted to know was: do we need to put out an APB for Michael Kors? Where is he? Was he "disappeared" and Heidi hoped no one noticed?

EW cast the same Kors-question out this week in their intro to an enlightening and delightful interview with Katherine who talks about how she feels about getting kicked off.

I have the feeling things are going to get interesting again next week. Someone is asked to leave? Uh-mah-gawd!

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