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trinityvixenOoh, a documentary about Jay McCarroll, the first winner of Project Runway, you say?
I remember reading a Time Out New York piece about the various winners and runners-up on Project Runway over the years and it sounds like they get a bum rap. I mean, we all know that they're there for the exposure, which should, theoretically, help their careers. But I think we all know what happens when your season is up--people look for the new thing. They get new favorites (hell, I cheated on Jeffrey by falling even more madly in love with Biddell on Project Runway Canada). Then they have to scrounge for jobs that they may be qualified for but are given shit about because a) they're not real designers, and, perversely, b) Hey, you're a REAL designer, why aren't you out there making fashion? Jay had it especially bad because he turned down the prize money--ostensibly the only thing besides the exposure that makes the hell of living on reality TV worth it--because it meant that PR would, essentially, have a percentage of everything he ever did EVER if he did. Sucks, man.
It's a conundrum, no doubt. I wonder what the winner of tonight's season will face? Because this has been the most blah-blah boring season yet. If someone like femme-bot Jillian wins or DON'T QUESTION ME Rami? Aiyah. Yes, I'm pulling for Christian, why do you ask?
I remember reading a Time Out New York piece about the various winners and runners-up on Project Runway over the years and it sounds like they get a bum rap. I mean, we all know that they're there for the exposure, which should, theoretically, help their careers. But I think we all know what happens when your season is up--people look for the new thing. They get new favorites (hell, I cheated on Jeffrey by falling even more madly in love with Biddell on Project Runway Canada). Then they have to scrounge for jobs that they may be qualified for but are given shit about because a) they're not real designers, and, perversely, b) Hey, you're a REAL designer, why aren't you out there making fashion? Jay had it especially bad because he turned down the prize money--ostensibly the only thing besides the exposure that makes the hell of living on reality TV worth it--because it meant that PR would, essentially, have a percentage of everything he ever did EVER if he did. Sucks, man.
It's a conundrum, no doubt. I wonder what the winner of tonight's season will face? Because this has been the most blah-blah boring season yet. If someone like femme-bot Jillian wins or DON'T QUESTION ME Rami? Aiyah. Yes, I'm pulling for Christian, why do you ask?
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Date: 2008-03-05 06:22 pm (UTC)