Better Late Than Never- Episode 9

I = Scorpio

Bringing Sexy Back Thanks to Leanne and Emily!

Okay, Okay, I deserve a slap on this wrist… I know I slacked on getting Episode 9’s blog up, but truth is, I have been so busy! Fashion week, as I already said was crazy! And I was lucky to have my Mom in town to witness my first walk in FWBP, so I was keeping her busy through the weekend. Then all this week I was booking, booking, booking! WOO!!!

Back to Episode 9-

To be honest with you , I thought this episode was quite boring. The producers could have made it so much more interesting if they had focused on what was going on BEHIND THE CAMERAS- so that is what I am going to focus on.

But let’s quickly wrap up what I thought of the designs:

Jerell’s was beautiful, but too wearable. Blayne, poor Blayne, his design was HORRIBLE… he was the right “Auf-ed,” and so was Terri, she treated Keith like crap, and because he couldn’t get in any trouble or get Auf-ed twice, he didn’t care. I almost wish the producer’s would have eliminated THREE designers because Kenley’s was just HIDEOUS. Leanne should have won (but when don’t I think she should win). Korto a close second, with her Aquarius pantsuit (yes those were pants!).

Poor Blayne :( Even More: Poor Polina!

So on a night when we models usually come in for a fitting, the producers txt us and say we should expect to be there for a longer period of time. The buzz in the model room was that it had to be a cocktail party. Almost every season of PR has taken the designers and models to some kind of bar, club, or party to test out their designs, and what better time now that we were down to the final half.

We walk into the workroom expecting gorgeous cocktail dresses, and instead see double the designers, and crazy fabric being thrown everywhere. Our designers inform us that we will be attending a “Party” atthe Museum of Natural History that night, and wearing designs based on the Astronomical Signs.

Leanne + Emily = Dream Team

The producers fail to get us hair and makeup for the party (*cough*cough* cheap bastards), and we all showed up with practically no makeup on, because we had no idea we would be going out and having to look fabulous (nice that the producers NEVER inform us of anything). They could have at least told us to come hair and make-up ready.

Like I said... no hair and makeup! :)

An hour goes by, and we are thrown into unfinished garments, with no hair or makeup, and loaded into vans. Poor Germaine had to go everywhere horizontally because Kenley’s design was so massive. While in the vans I joked around with Germaine saying that the “Shoulder Bags” look like punching bags and made me want to practice some hits. All of the girls in the van were in agreement over the Aquarius? dress, and I proceded to pretend to punch one of the shoulders. Meanwhile, the designer’s van is stopped next to us at a red light, and at that moment, I accidentally hit the shoulder bag(no damage was done, it’s not like I was punching with actual strength), we all bust out laughing, and look to the designers van, and Kenley screams (noiselessly to us) and shakes her finger at me, all while Leanne is grinning her goofy grin and giving me two thumbs up in backseat with Korto! That was probably one of the most hilarious, memorable moments from the show! I wish it was on camera!

Germaine = My Punching Bag? or Minnie Mouse?

We finally pull up to the museum and drive in circles for twenty minutes because no one knows where we are actually supposed to go. The vans eventually park, and we all file out- we are then told that “They are not ready inside” and will have to wait for a bit.

“A bit” turns into almost 2 hours. They held us in a parking garage for TWO hours. We were not allowed to go to the restroom (poor Polina was sewn into her nude body suit, so she couldn’t even go if she had the opportunity), had nothing to eat or drink (what else is new) and even at 9pm, the humidity in the garage was very unforgiving (remember this was filmed in June).

To make a really long, lame party and story short, we had to make our “grand entrance” twice because the lighting wasn’t ready, we saw the previous season’s designers and I’m thinking, “woooo what a PAR-TAY.” I wish they would have aired more of the party, though, because I had some very hilarious exchanges with some of the designers, especially Miss Jay Mccarroll, and Heidi made the models do an impromptu walk off. Needless to say, the champagne was flowing through the stressed-out PR5 designers, and I really think it helped them loosen up for once, since they hadn’t had a chance to relax let alone breathe since the filming began.

The “party” wrapped after 1am. Most of us models did not get home until 2ish. Our call time for RunwayDay the next morning was 6am. Fun stuff, huh? Working hard for that MON-AY…. Wait…

I watched this episode with Polina, Leslie and my mom, and we all agreed how the entire world could see how tired we were that morning, even the designers. No one had any energy, I feel like a lot of the designers (maybe a couple of the models) were hung over, and the lack of sleep escalated the crankiness in the workroom.

With My Mommy!

Loved the Makeup!!

Thankfully I had amazing, and lots of makeup to cover my dark circles! As for my hair, it looked cool, but it was not fun! The hair stylist used about half a bottle of gel to shape and glue my hair to the side of my face. Needless to say, my face was NOT happy with me the next day… or should I say, I was not happy with what the gel did to my face! I had a Scorpio shaped line on pimples where my hair was placed! Eek!

You could "knock" on my hair it was so hard!

Going Home After Runway Day... Covering Hair

After the runway, the judges asked for only the bottom 4 designer’s models to stay, and released the rest of us. That threw me in circles, because normally we do our model elimination for the next episode the night of the challenge. Worried? Indeed I was…. Stay tuned.

XOXO
Karalyn