Fug Girls: The Biannual Fashion Week AwardsNow that it’s all said and done (and we’ve had some serious naps), we can take a look back at the highlights of a Very Special Week.
‘Project Runway’ Returns: Our Early ThoughtsAfter all the drama leading up to this season’s premiere of ‘Project Runway,’ we had our worries — but the Fug Girls think it’s all gonna be okay.
Tim Gunn: Cindy McCain’s Updos Are Far Too TautTim Gunn tells ‘Time’ that Michelle Obama looks relaxed in her style, while Cindy McCain’s ponytail looks like a sorry attempt at a face-lift.
‘Project Runway’ Loses ProducersNBC struck a deal with the show’s executive producers to prevent them from following the series over to Lifetime. This show is really doomed.
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Tim Gunn Wants Nina Garcia Back on ‘Project Runway’We caught up with Tim Gunn at last night’s Parsons Benefit and asked him what’s going on with Nina Garcia. He can’t imagine ‘Project Runway’ without her.
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Breaking: ‘Project Runway’ Moves From Bravo to LifetimeWe’ve just received word that come this November, Project Runway will move from Bravo to Lifetime, the “No. 1 network for women” and made-for-television movies starring Meredith Baxter Birney. Please note the adjustment on your DVRs!
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Christian Siriano Dresses Heidi Klum, Dates a BrooklyniteChristian Siriano has been rubbing elbows with celebrities on the West Coast, but he’s finally back in New York. Last night, at the Mercedes-Benz BlueTec Auto Show kickoff party, we caught the Project Runway winner when he wasn’t chatting up fashion-world insiders like Fern Mallis and the Heatherette boys.
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‘Project Runway’ Did Not Help Malan Breton’s GameChristian Siriano might be the next Marc Jacobs in Tim Gunn’s eyes, but that doesn’t mean it will help him get laid, at least according to ex–Project Runway contestant Malan Breton.
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Tim Gunn: Christian Siriano Is the Next Marc JacobsTim Gunn offered lofty praise of Project Runway winner Christian Siriano at last night’s GLAAD Awards. “I really believe he is his generation’s Marc Jacobs. I really do,” Gunn said.
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‘SNL’ Spoofs Christian Siriano With ‘Fierce Hot Mess’Last week we reported Christian Siriano and Jillian Lewis think Project Runway needs a new format. And like manna from heaven, the good folks over at Saturday Night Live came to the rescue.
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Fugs on the ‘Project Runway’ Finale: Talented, Qualified Contestants Are … BoringAfter Christian Siriano was crowned the fiercest designer in the land on Project Runway’s fourth-season finale, we felt happy but slightly empty. Not because we didn’t think he deserved the win, but because we hadn’t gotten our dramatic fill. There was no fighting. No abject horror. Not even a whiff of impropriety. What kind of self-respecting reality show fields a finale full of talented, qualified contestants who neither sabotage each other nor do anything to make Heidi Klum want to vomit on her shoes?
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Setting the Odds on the ‘Project Runway’ WinnerThank God the Project Runway finale is upon us once more! It’s been nearly a year and a half since neck-tattoo enthusiast Jeffrey Sebelia was crowned last season’s winner and, at the very least, we’re jonesing for a new victim to insert into those terrible Saturn ads.