New season on Bravo premieres on Thursday. Who is in?
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Me. Should be interesting how they handle the hosting since Karlie will only be judging a couple of episodes.
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With Cristian???
Yes. Mentor Christian Siriano returns with judges Nina Garcia, Brandon Maxwell and Elaine Welteroth.
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Allllllll in! Been watching since season 1, all the spin offs too!
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I love this show! Canāt wait for it to start.
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Oops, I gave him the wrong Christian spelling!
I may be in. I have to limit what Iām watching but think I could add in one more reality show. 
I have to say that I have really enjoyed this trio of judges and am looking forward to seeing them again.
Has anyone else watched the first episode yet? I agree with the winner. How was he able to make three outfits including one in 30 minutes. It must be so hard to be the first one out as you are being judged on only one design without any previous challenge designs that seem to influence judging. There were so many noās for meāthe lavender ābathrobeā and the pink suit with the lattice sleeves.
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I saw. I agree with the winner and with the one eliminated. But, and this could just be the edit, Bones came off obnoxiously cocky. Additionally, Darren should also have been eliminated since Bones basically made his garment.
I also felt the lacy if a host in the critiques made that time a bit discombobulated
Thanks for the reminder, I just watched. Iām also ok with the decisions. The person sent home did have an awful outfit. And Bones while a little obnoxious (?) with 2 of the top 3 outfits clearly was responsible for his team winning.
I can see potential for some drama from some of these contestants.
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I actually liked the blue puffy ballgown that was considered one of the worst but agree that the purple bathrobe had to go.
When it is a team challenge, itās okay when one team member does all the work, so I donāt think āsmoker boyā should have gone home. Heās taking his chances that no one will help him in the future but for a team challenge if the team wins no one goes home.
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That was not the brief.
There is a difference between āEach of you must make a garment that ties in cohesivelyā vs. āthe 8 of you must work together to create an 8-piece collection.ā
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So was the prompt āeach of youā over āthe 8 of youā? I donāt remember.
Probably not specific enough. The task was to create āa cohesive collection of eight monochromatic high fashion runway looks celebrating color" but each designer picked a color.
Not a big deal, because the lavender bathrobe was still the weak link. But Darren should assume he needs to step it up because the others wonāt carry him next time, Iām sure.
Right about Darren.
I do wonder if Bones got a bit of a bad edit because
- He seemed to recognize early that they NEEDED to work as a team but lacked leadership.
2.His comments to Christian were I think his reaction to #1 - someone needed to act as leader so might as well be him. - If he didnāt help Darren their team may have lost - who wants to start with a loss?
- He clearly had his outfit - a winning one at that - done early enough (15 mins?!) that he could whip up another outfit for Darren.
I think he was not being bossy but was just trying to be proactive and pull the reins in for his team. We shall see!
While it was a team challenge, the designers were also judged individually.
Lol - āsmoker boyā.
I disagreed with the eliminated designer - Iāve read all the previous commentsā¦this was an individual look within a team challenge, and āsmoker boyā needed to go home. That dress was not his design, nor did he sew it. The only part of it that was āhisā was the fabric choice.
I thought Bones was a bit cocky but I also tend to come across that way (especially in team projects)ā¦but he pulled off the cocky. Kind of āitās not bragging (cocky) if you can back it up.ā
For the record I think the ācoat dressā was a mess and that designer should also have been sent home.
There were a few audible gasps of joy out of meā¦that blue balloon dressā¦it looked expensive and couture - the red street look - holy moly! Stunning, and the model was perfect for it.
I love that there isnāt a āhostā per se - no need. It felt like Christian has matured a lot during Covid days. He didnāt seem quite as full of himself. Iām pleased because I actually like him.
Bring on the next episode!
I donāt remember (doesnāt mean it didnāt happen) contestants being penalized because another designer helped them with their weekly projects, even if it wasnāt a group project. Iāve often seen one designer sew for another, lend them fabric or notions, help with the design or fitting. Donāt see how that would be different for a group project, itās just one designer helping another. If thatās not allowed, they need to say so - no sharing ideas, materials, labor.
Would it have been better for Bones to not have helped the smoking guy and had the team be in the bottom? I think it is the team managerās job (even if self appointed) to wrangle everyone to the finish line.
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āSmoker boyā was part of the winning team and not up for elimination. Depending on the rules, he could have been disqualified for not making his own garment but that does not seem to have been the case.