Project Runway Season 12!!!!!!!!!

Two things:

Did they ever have that "anonymous" judging round that they plugged all season? So many episodes Heidi said there would be a round of judging where they didn't know who did what, yet I have no recollection of when that happened?

Does anyone know if anyone has ever won the whole thing without ever winning another round? Justin stands a decent chance of doing so.

Okay, I'm sure there's an internet full of people who will disagree with me, but I think all the judges were spot-on, and that they ranked the final four designers in the correct order.

Bradon: I was oh so close to nailing this prediction. But, yeah, once you saw everything out on the runway, it didn't all fit together. His most successful pieces had that white print with the little purple flowers and the shiny champagne fabric (which also best fit his inspiration). If he'd focussed on that, he would have been the favourite. So just a little shocked that he didn't turn out a more cohesive collection, since it has seemed that his vision has been so focussed.

Justin: Fantastic and smart pieces individually. Taken as a collection, just slightly underwhelming compared to the top two.

Alexandria: Now we see what Heidi saw all along, and the reason that the internet would pillory me. I think it was a helluva collection. It's like you had to see a fuller body of her work to get her vision. Definitely very marketable. But the reason that she didn't win was that the collection needed more range. That vest with the holes in it, I could definitely see at Macy's, and who knows, we may soon.

Dom: Well, I predicted she'd be in the top three, and technically I'm right. I sometimes thought she was hit-and-miss throughout the season, but I think it took me a while to get her vision. Of the four collections, hers struck the best balance of range, originality, and marketability.

So I'm probably not going to watch the next season. I'm weird about these reality contest shows, in that I get attached to the set of contestants I follow in a season and have trouble envisioning other contestants on the show. But we'll see. I definitely enjoyed watching this season--mostly because I had all of you to share the experience with, so thank you.

Justin was my favorite from the beginning. But his overall collection was a bit underwhelming. Only in color though. His detail and construction was amazing. And his had a story from beginning to end.

Dom has always been the wild one. I could have gone either way. Some of her looks during the season bordered on costumey. But her collection was great.

Alexandria should never have been at Fashion Week. She had too many disasters this season. Her collection was good, but then again Heidi put her there and I think that is unfair to the other designers.

I knew Bradon was doomed when that first piece came out. It looked like a Christmas Tree slip. He had some nice pieces but they were so mismatched and all over the place.

I look forward to the drama of the reunion show! :-) Oh and are you all watching All-Stars? It looks like it may be another fun season. And I adore Alyssa Milano. I'm sure she'll be "Charming". *wink* *giggle*

I mostly agreed with the judges on the ordering. Bradon's collection was a bit disappointing, and the weakest of the four, imo. He had a few individual pieces that I liked, but also a few that I did not care for at all. I agreed with Nina that the collection lacked the cohesiveness that the other three collections had.

I have to give Alexandria credit. Her collection was greatly improved over the pieces that she sent down the runway last week. And she avoided flooding the runway with ugly drop-crotch pants, so that's something too! That being said, I found her collection to be a bit underwhelming. There were some individual elements that I thought were cool - the pants with the glove pockets have grown on me since last week. But I also found her collection pieces to be a bit repetitive. Like when I saw the glove pocket pants come down the runway a second time, but in a different color. To me, I just didn't see much "wow factor" there. I also agree with Vidan that she should never have gone to the finals in the first place. Heidi played the role of Alexandria's personal advocate way too much this season, and there were several weeks were she should have been the one sent packing.

Ah, sweet Justin. I would've ranked his collection above Alexandria's. I liked that his collection told a story, I liked the variety of individual pieces. I thought everything looked really polished and great. I did agree with Nina that there probably should have been more "wow factor" pieces. Although that glass tube dress was just a stunning on second viewing as it was when we saw it last week. I'm very, very glad Tim Gunn saved him. It was clearly the right call to make. :)

I loved Don's collection. The use of color, the collection's theme, the variety of prints, pretty much everything was just wonderful. I even failed the "straight dude" test because that bathing suit didn't register with me that way at all, haha. :lol: All in all, a great runway show. I'm glad that she was the season's winner.

I'll definitely watch the reunion show. I'm not 100% sure on All-Stars. I missed most of the P.R.'s season's other than the first couple, so I don't know who any of the "all-stars" are, haha. I do tend to get sucked into reality TV very easily, though, so there's a good chance that I'll end up watching it.