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CHIC.TV's Lauren Scala talks with Nina Garcia about her new must have book, Project Runway and her new role at Marie Claire. The One Hundred by Nina Garcia and Illustrations by Ruben Toledo - A Guide to the Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Own.

There was a moment in last night's episode of Project Runway in which the contestants were in legendary fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg's personal fabric room, tossing very expensive fabric around, moaning and complaining and crying. And it was just so indicative of this limp season, a moany group of people rattling around more talented folks' territory. Though last night wasn't all bad! There were some lovely designs. I have nice things to say, I promise. This week's challenge began with the gang trudging into the deepest bowels of the Meatpacking District, sent off by Tim Gunn to meet a "fashion legend." Little gay rutabaga Blayne hoped it was Mary-Kate Olsen. Doesn't everyone want to marry her ("other than Tim Gunn") he wondered. No Blayne! Only you. The legend turned out to be the decidedly more legendary than MKO Diane von Furstenberg who though looking increasingly like the head witch from The Witches (it's the hair! a "CVS Halloween aisle fright wig," my costume designer friend calls it) was a welcome dash of poise and class. Her challenge to our bumbling boobs was to design an outfit within the theme of A Foreign Affair, an old-timey talkie about Marlene Dietrich being a singer and sort of a spy. So that was fun. 1940's intrigue! (Though the movie is actually a Billy Wilder comedy, not some smoky suspense film.) Mousy little Leanne took this as a cue to skulk around the design room, pretending to be a spy. Like a crazy person. I think she said "Leannimal" at one point and then I fell off the couch and did a sad, slow Three Stooges walk around the floor. She's so weird and kind of annoying! When I righted myself and brushed the dust and bottle caps off my shirt, I saw that Joe had apparently tripped balls back to the drag queen challenge, making the same damn pink thing. Korto made a nice bright frock with a strangely fitting jacket, Jerrell once again tailored well and designed awfully, Terri did her old pants and jacket soft shoe, our live blogger's predictions were correct and Kenley wept and wept and wept and wore feather epaulets (and made a nice little Chinese kaleidoscope dress), Suede's gonna do what Suede's gonna do, and then there were other people, probably. Leanne won for a very pretty dress and coat ensemble that was, gasping for air!, almost like something from one of the earlier, better seasons. (That's my nice thing.) The really important people to talk about, however, are grizzled old Rizzo the Rat(bones) Stella and the microwave-reheated pile of French fries Blayne. Stella had good intentions with her pantsuit, but then she took some Austro-Hungarian leap into the shadowy Danube with that stern-looking trapeze cape. And, you know, the pantsuit was poorly made. Plus Stella is just kind of a crazy and urban-zombie-esque. Blayne. What to say of Blayne's Gummi Bears-inspired, jodhpurs-meet-culottes blunderbuss of a "garment." One of two things is going to happen. Either Blayne will meth-scratch his Circus Peanut face off, or he'll design something so spectacularly awful and crazy and inexcusably approved-of by the judges that the universe will fold in on itself and we'll all wink out of existence. I, for one, am hoping it's the former. Anyway it doesn't matter because ol' rickety Madame Bones Stella was sent to that giant roadhouse in the sky, where she'll dance drunken rockabilly tarantellas with Ratbones, swigging ice cold homemade beer from the bottle, happy to be back where the boots scuff the floor and the toilets don't have doors. Meanwhile Blayne will hum and glow for at least another week, his strange emanations hurtled into space, warning away any would-be alien invaders. And for that, I guess, we should be thankful.

West Seattle Blog talks with Hotwire Coffee's Lora Lewis about how Blayne did in this week's episode of "Project Runway."

Heya! It's me, Joshua David Stein. I'm back briefly to talk about Bravo's study in sartorial mediocrity dubbed "Project Runway." We're now deep in the heart of Season 5. Some of the people term loosely used on last night's episode were familiar faces. Other faces we saw were strange and stranger. Laura Bennett was a familiar one. The once-pregnant redhead from last season (the season with Hung and Marcel and Capricorn) was a guest judge. It was nice to see her Paltrowian mug. Then there was this thing called a RaytchillZoh (sp?) who was also a guest judge. Earlier in the episode we met a funny-talking cargeigh named Christopher Webb. Where was he from? HE WAS FROM SATURN! And by Saturn of course we mean Torbay, an east-facing bay and natural harbour, at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south-west of England. But more than a cavalcade of stars and seams, the show was about one thing, a thing with four doors and an EPA estimate of 32 MPG Highway: SATURN. The contestants idiot sheep people they are were invited to go to rooftop. This caused confusion and hope. Blayne thought perhaps it was some exclusive celebrity and they had to go "rooftop style". Mariah Carey was mentioned by Korto. [BLAYNE WALKS LIKE A FUCKING KEEBLER ELF! WATCH VIDEO!] Even when they arrived at a parking garage, that sneaky bitch hope still filled their eyes with stars. They got on a freight elevator. Only Joe, the man from Detroit, remained unfazed. You could see in his eyes he'd been through this shit before. Anyway, Mariah Carey wasn't waiting for them. Only a fleet of affordable yet chic hybrid vehicles [NB: Saturn, please email me my car at joshua@joshuadavidstein.com".] They had to use car parts and upholstery to make their outfits. To skip over the boring bits quickly: Keith, the whiny ex-Mormon, bitched, moaned. Terri made a shite Jeepers Creepers joke then rolled on the floor. Jor-El redeemed himself when he said, "Don't trust the bitch" referring to Terri and then flashing a false smile. Korto wove this fairly beautiful mod dress out of seatbelts. Everyone used seatbelts. Suede didn't use suede. Jor-El did. Cat Power stuffed her models panties and made a great dress. Stella calls her sidekick on a Sidekick. His name is RATBONES. He has an iron cross tattooed on his forearm and his motto is, "if you don't like it get the fuck outta here." Ok, ok, I'm on my way out. On to Judgment Day. Is guest judge Rachel Zoe the Montauk Monster? Rachel Zoe from what I pull from the cultural ether, is a celebrity stylist for Lindsay Lohan and others who reportedly drugs her charges into skinniness. Is that fairly accurate? She's a girl-version of Blayne but brined, a deflated doll, a beige tarp thrown over a tower of bones all bungied together and animated by greed. One of those Godzilla dolls you get from Archie McPhee. She also has her own ill-fated show called the Rachel Zoe Project. From the flash of previews, it involves the small raisin woman yelling at other people and occasionally crying. She seems horrible. The show seems horrible. I bet she doesn't even drive a Saturn. Keith's outfit was by far the worst. Stella's was also pretty bad but Keith's was just inexcusable. Of course he made excuses. He blamed the model for sitting down. He blamed the critics for not appreciating him enough. He was pissy on the runway. Of course he was eliminated. Most or our tireless live blog commenters seemed to agree with the choice. And they have impeccable taste, so sorry Keith. He left, muttering "no worries" through red eyes on his way back to SLC. The voice of reason last night belonged to 5 percenter Michael Kors who advocated personal responsibility. Rachel Zoe, a woman who perhaps could learn something about personal accountability, scowled like an uncomprehending demon. When the television lights were dimmed, the spark left her eyes too and a PA snuck up behind her, opened the rubber nipple and let out any remaining air.

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It's a widely known fact that drag queens are magical space fairies, sent to this Earth to rescue most events (Thursday nights out, birthday parties, brises) from gloom and boredom. So it was disheartening to witness last night a situation that was so fraught with misery and frustration that even the drag queens' faggy cosmos magicks couldn't salvage it. Of course it's Project Runway of which I sing—un-watered hanging Babylonian garden of a once great series that it is. At least the judges demonstrated their impeccable taste and kicked one of the season's chief annoyances out on his bedazzled behind. The challenge was drag queens, as introduced by a Flight of the Valkyries-costumed Chris March, the lovablest contestant from the ridiculously superior last season. There wasn't really any context to the challenge or, rather, there wasn't really any NBC/Universal marketing tie-in so that felt both refreshing and, admittedly, a bit strange. I couldn't help but feel that there was nothing timely about the whole smoosh—wasn't mainstream drag queen mania birthed and put to bed in the 90's by movies like The Birdcage and Too Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything IRS, Love Wesley Snipes? Whatever, it brought Chris back so that was fun, but then he didn't even get to be the guest judge! What hooey! It was nice to see RuPaul alive and well and living in Stevie Nicks' hair, at least. Design-wise, there weren't too many surprises. Jerrel, though he is so so so annoying, can make clothes well. The trouble is he has no taste, as witnessed by his strange mess of greens and blues this week (and his floppy dustbowl prom queen ensemble from the Olympics challenge.) Those brown haired girls are proficient enough, but so sleepytime. Stella fell down some stairs in Detroit in 1976 and hasn't been the same since. Suede's design was capable if uninteresting, like the designer himself. Terri's was fabulous, probably because she was the most excited about the damn dairy queens and she chose the hardest one. It was nice to finally see someone take a risk rather than lashing together some little cocktail dress. Speaking of lashing together, Keith fashioned another of his car wash fringe debacles and Blayne did something involving wings and Silly String that was so bright it made a 10-year-old girl from Tokyo blush (I know it's drag queens, but this was just urgly.) Also, Blayne continued on his Quest for Catchphrases, prancing around the design room saying that if he was a drag queen (rather than the tree burl dipped in buffalo sauce that he is now) his stage name would be Neonlicious. Because, I guess, what? Farrah Moans. There's a funny, punny drag name! Neonlicious is that new flavor of Mountain Dew you can vote for over the phone. Tranny Ferocia—or whatever Christian's chosen wrestler name was—was even cleverer. Someone put Blayne in a drawer, please. And then, pfffft, Joe won for his infantile "Ann-Margaret on The Love Boat" sailor pantsuit. For some reason, the outfit, and the way his model wore it and walked in it, made me really uncomfortable. It was like watching Shirley Temple, fifty-years-old and drunk, doing some kind of Charles Nelson Reilly pastiche. Or something. (I'd been drinking at this point.) At least Daniel went home for once again failing to complete the assigned task, choosing instead, as always, to make one of his poorly-crafted, boring frocks. No tears shed for the loss of his "high-end glamor" aesthetic or whatever it is he's peddling. So yeah, if I seem exhausted it's because I am—with drag queens, with this show, with August (and everything after.) I switched over to the Olympics once the show was done and there was competition that felt fresh and exciting and genuine. And those damn things have been around for thousands of years. Though, they didn't try to have five competitions in three years, now did they? Oh, and look. Love. Blech.

Author: nina3 Added: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:35:42 -0800 Duration: 114ABC did a great story featuring the amazing fashion designer, look at what an inspiration she is! http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:35:42 -0800 Duration: 33That's Kira in the Audi in Beverly Hills being filmed by MTV cameramen for an MTV reality show! Does she have a new project or is it just for The Hills? She and Audrina hang out... http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:35:42 -0800 Duration: 13Cool video of hot new fashion designer Kira Plastinina surfing. She's been everywhere lately, hanging out with Chris Brown, Esmee Denters, Audrina Partridge and opening stores in the US. I saw her on TRL She's pretty good in this clip but still wipes out at the end! http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:35:42 -0800 Duration: 33That's Kira in the Audi in Beverly Hills being filmed by MTV cameramen for an MTV reality show! Does she have a new project or is it just for The Hills? She and Audrina hang out... http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:35:42 -0800 Duration: 114ABC did a great story featuring the amazing fashion designer, look at what an inspiration she is! http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:35:42 -0800 Duration: 13Cool video of hot new fashion designer Kira Plastinina surfing. She's been everywhere lately, hanging out with Chris Brown, Esmee Denters, Audrina Partridge and opening stores in the US. I saw her on TRL She's pretty good in this clip but still wipes out at the end! http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:35:42 -0800 Duration: 33That's Kira in the Audi in Beverly Hills being filmed by MTV cameramen for an MTV reality show! Does she have a new project or is it just for The Hills? She and Audrina hang out... http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:35:42 -0800 Duration: 13Cool video of hot new fashion designer Kira Plastinina surfing. She's been everywhere lately, hanging out with Chris Brown, Esmee Denters, Audrina Partridge and opening stores in the US. I saw her on TRL She's pretty good in this clip but still wipes out at the end! http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:35:42 -0800 Duration: 114ABC did a great story featuring the amazing fashion designer, look at what an inspiration she is! http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:35:41 -0800 Duration: 29Chris Brown on one knee at designer Kira Plastinina's runway show in L.A.! Cute...but isn't she kind of young for him?? http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:35:41 -0800 Duration: 22Video of Kira riding horses at Sunset Ranch in Malibu. I love her itunes podcast. I wonder if this footage is for her MTV reality show? http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:35:41 -0800 Duration: 36Danity Kane looking fly in their new fashions. Sitting pretty with designer Kira Plastinina! http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:35:41 -0800 Duration: 47Kira Plastinina shopped at one of her stores before her mega birthday bash in Hollywood where Chris Brown performed. I wonder if she has to pay for the clothes! http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:35:41 -0800 Duration: 18Leighton Meester from Gossip Girl is out in Hollywood Shopping and enjoying the afternoon. Her pal, designer Kira Plastinina is there to give her advice on the best looking clothes! http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:35:41 -0800 Duration: 12Audrina Partridge hugs kira plastinina. Cute. http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:35:41 -0800 Duration: 34Kira Plastinina models while wild zebra gets a little freaky in the background http://www.kiraplastinina.com/

Author: nina3 Added: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:35:41 -0800 Duration: 264Kira Plastinina gets featured on MTV, during TRL. She owns 50 stores and is only 16, its crazy. http://www.kiraplastinina.com/