hey look no updates. I am a terrible blogger. sorry guys.

I know. I know I suck a blogging. I skipped season to sum up last season. I was team Carol Hannah. Logan rocked those silver pants and things got catty at the end Nina was MIA often, and Tim was gold as per usual.

The seasons so far..... we have had some forgettable faces. some people stepping up to the plate, more on the models, talking TV show and butt cheeks.

as for the first episode. i honestly woke up the next morning and could not remember who got kicked off that's how much the first ep stuck with me. other than people stressing out and that one girl crying way too much. Big deals in the first ep. we are back in NYC and Heidi is about to pop. preggers again. i have said it once i will say it again....baby makin' machine...in heels. mad props Heidi.

Ep two ...my favorites were anna's potato print dress yeah crafty dying! I love some solid costume crafts! I liked Anthony's the burlap look soft and flowy and the I love love love the red color and my other . Jay's had some fun texture and the top fit well...kinda reminded me of the duster from beauty and the beast... and I liked the lace on Jonathan's dress. I'm glad people stepped up to the plate on the first kind of crafty challenge.

and of course we have the i drape like I don't know what the crap I'm doing designer....ping. Oh ping. you have your own design aesthetic. But really how did you not see her butt hanging out that poor model she kept her chin up at least. oh man. that was soooo bad so much more a critical eye and construction...also she totally heard the whole industry party wrong...potato patch party...what?!

and so the new season begins...

carrying on.

it's that time again. now in LA with Lifetime. Michael is still orange. Nina still seems sour. Heidi is expecting again. Tim is still one of my favorite people ever. unfortunately thanks to NY and it's hurricane weather lately I lost the TV literally as the new crew were being ushered out to the runway.bust. I will catch it sooner or later. But last night there were 3 straight hours of proj runway. not bad. On a side note go check out http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/project-runway it's full of stuff I am impressed, portfolios from designers pics and videos of parts of eps (no full ones yet checked this morning) they even have links to pieces from the designers you can buy on line which was sweet. dig around Tim and I sent Kay a message earlier this week, we hang out.

I don't even know where to start there are so many new designers and two hours of old favs (and Santino) to talk about, expect more soonish.

- Casey

pretty little things.

so my latest finds. i have been putzing around etsy for some inspiration and christmas shopping. and i stumbled on this litte diddy. It is a cute little place and i really like the found object vintagey look of the necklaces. my personal fav is definately the skeleton key locket doo-dad. take a look around. it makes me wanna dig around a thrift shop and get crafty....i've got a few new ideas now to finish off that christmas list, and more temptation to avoid all of the anatomy and micro work...ugh.

so project runway is dunzo. and instead of writing more post witht he main descriptives being ok and eh. i move onward and forward. I am gonna post some nifty little site that i stumble upon and who knows there else this will go. annny who . my most recent find is Meat Market Vintage.
intrigued? so was i. the link i put down is the myspace page. which has the links to the ebday store as well as a link to their blog. they have quite the collection of sweet vintage finds on the site, since its ebay it ships whereever you need it to. the prices are solid. and its updated really often, which was what i was most impressed with. they have a wide range of decades available. annnd a solid dress selection. it's primarily chick clothes. boys, i will keep an eye open for you as well. check it out.

night!
casey leigh

initial reactions

initial thoughts on the final ep. Korto made two new designs before the show!! ballsy ambitious crazy and a first. and they looked great and fit in soo well. way to take the info and constructive ideas. i really wanted her to win her line was my favorite the colors were great, interesting shapes and well fitted, there was variety but it was cohesive. the only dud i saw was that white garment. not big with ruffles. but over all the best i think. she did get fan favorite and 10 000 dollars and lets face it some good publicity so i am not too bummed. Leanne won she had new and interesting construction the use of green fabrics was a big influence but the line was a little too monotone for me. But Kenley did not win. her face when tim gunn turned out to bethe guest judge was priceless, at least she took soem advice in the end even though she was still suuuuper snooty. haha the judges were not sad to see her go. she was pissed understandably, she had a couple of winners the black tight fitting dress was a fav of mine, but she still had the same bubble silhouette things going on that she did like 5 times in the show with diff fabric, and the attitude totally sunk her. and her sister looks just like her dark curtain of bangs right down to the same scowl. ha.
on the guest judge situation, j lo couldnt show c she hurt her foot?! mmmmk. i think if she were the judge korto would have had it. im thinking she would go toward the multi shape flattering, sexy loud hip colors and dresses korto made over the monotone subdued architecture of leannes design aesthetic, one of the big reasons christian won last year was posh spice beign a guest judge, the second episode i said that he would be a perfect designer for mrs beckham and low and behold she was guest judge and loved him. i think things would have been different yes. but I LOVE LOVE LOVED the fact tim had the chance to be a judge he knows whats up and as he said he was going to be impartial to the back stories of the designers i felt better knowing he was a judge and knew the personalities and where they come from as designers. he knows the craft and the looks. i wonder how last min the decision to throw him in was did j lo stubher toe that morning and called in sick or maybe a few days earlier. either way you could tell that the finale was not as big to anyone so much this yr, viewers and judges, tim did get choked up but that is just tim's teddy bear way., even though it was even to a lesser degree than normal. they got a quick congrats wheres a car where's the fam, much less intense or elating as previous episodes. more to come later on the other top 6 and maybe some pics.

finals

so we are down to the final 3. we have kenley. Leanne. aaaannnd Korto. Tim did his field trips to each of the final contestants houses to critique what they had done so far and spend some bonding time with the winners. honestly a day to play with tim would be as big to me as the fashion week show. he listened to African drums with korto, went on a bikeride with leanne. worried over jerell's fishnet met his fam. and when he went to kenley's he like what he saw, and left, there were no friends to visit with no day date. needless to say, im thinking tim does not like her either. understandably i suppose. korto leanne and jerell shared laughs hugs and tearful good lucks and goodbyes....kenley well she just left pissed and nose up in the air. Only to return, with a "sorry im a bitch" huh.

now one of the things for the line this year was a required wedding dress and in true proj fashion they threw out another challenge shortly before the next elimination, how they didnt see this coming once again proves they need to watch the show and do some more reasearch. they had to make a bridesmaid dress as well. and they would be judged on the two on the runway. mind you the top 6 are showing not matter what to keep the winner a secret as fashion week has come and gone.

jerell went home - his dresses has a good idea behind them but in the end it didnt look right on the model the top was wayyy to low, and the jewel encrusted layered intricacies of the dress looked more slapped on and muddled than ornate . the crumbley fabrics look wrinkly and sloppy more than fun and texturied.. and the wedding dress boob wings bugged the heck out of me. the flower head piece thing was cartoony. but the colors were pretty and in theory i liked the idea of the jewels and jewel tone colors. ugh. maybe i am just really biased by kenleys sour attitude. i dunno.


kenley did a feathery 50s style dress. bbbbbbig surprise. i thought it was funny when she got mad at people for shortening hems of bridesmaid dresses stating that they were copying her or stealing her ideas or something....right kenley really calling dibs on short bridesmaid dress hems, open a brides magazine, not that original worry. and hey look the bridesmaid dress was a blue 50s style just bubbled and a short hem. it tied in and wasn't crazy and didn't have any details to mess up and bog her down. it was a pretty color, it fit in and was clean in lines. but just like everything and anything else she does. and shes still snooty and was mean to tim, so i am steadfast in my anti kenley mentality. im stubborn i know. whatev.


Korto worried me. she is the one i want to win ( sorry i jinxed you now) her line is pretty, great colors and fun. but these dresses did not fit in the line. she has two polar end here the wedding dress. people ragged on the color but i wasnt against it. what i was against was trying to hard to prove you can do details and completely bogging down the dress with a ruffled mess. on the other hand you had the too simple bridesmaid dress. i think the skirt needed to be more fitted to sophisticate it a bit maybe it just seemed more like a simple summer dress in a fancy color. i dunno it was missing something to make it a brides maid dress, and it was too simple for the judges maybe it need more shine the khaki was kinda drab it need a little something something.



Leanne- her dresses fit in well with the rest of the line, they were interesting and were deff her without being too repetitive. the detail in construction a draping were soft and romantic but still intricately structured, with out being stiff or overworked. the mix of structure and flowy fabrics created an interesting dynamic, shes got the technical skills for sure. of all of them her dresses looked like they belonged in a wedding, and they worked well together.