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Project Runway Philippines Episode 3 Recap

August 14th, 2008

Project Runway PhilippinesHere’s a recap of Project Runway Philippines Episode 3. Enjoy!

Previous Episodes Recap
The show started with a recap of the first two episodes where Loida Hunter and Lorymer Villareal were eliminated.

The Challenge
Carla Sibal, Editor-in-Chief of Mega Magazine, is introduced. The winning design for this challenge will be featured in a fashion editorial in Mega Magazine.

Jojie Lloren introduced model, TV host, writer Sarah Meier.  The challenge is for the designers to design an outfit for Sarah Meier.

Sarah explained to the designers her own personal style. She wanted a fusion of music and fashion. She wanted a fusion of designs inspired by Motown, jazz and blues and high fashion. Sara wanted something like Erika Baduh meets Yves Saint Laurent.

Challenge Title: Design an outfit for Sarah Meier that has both hip-hop and couture sensibilities.
The winning design will be worn by Sarah in a fashion editorial in Mega Magazine. Only six designs will be chosen to be shown on the runway.

The designers were given 15 minutes to sketch.  Then one by one, they pitched their designs and concepts to Sarah.

During the consultation with Sarah, various design concepts were presented to her. Lord Maturan was pretty interesting (as he always is) during his presentation.  He told Sarah.

Lord: I just hope you’re digging it, coz I’m digging you.
Sarah: And honey, I am digging you too.
Lord: Coz if I were straight, I’d be like, so having a crush on you!

Sarah seemed satisfied when she heard the magic word from Ava: Sneakers!

It was quite interesting that Sarah actually told Mara (and sincerely at that) that they would get along (well) and that they could hang out even after the show.

Sarah picked the following designers (with the corresponding reasons):
Mara Reyes – Sarah tried to design a dress once and it looked exactly like Mara’s design.
Veejay Floresca – Sarah announced that she has already tried on one of his dresses before and she felt beautiful in it.
Lord Maturan – The designer said all the right words
Aries Lagat – Sarah has always been kinda schizophrenic not knowing if she’d wear pants or skirt.
Ava Paguyo - same as the previous designer.  Sarah’s unsure if she wanted a boy or a girl but wanted to do both
Charette Regala - a little bit out of realm, but want to see it happen

View the Sketches and Final Designs at the bottom of this post

Pick Me Up!
Like we mentioned in last week’s recap, this episode would be a team challenge.  The six chosen designers
Ava – Philipp
Veejay – Bo Parcon
Lord Maturan – Eli Gonzales
Mara Reyes – Jaz Cerezo
Charette Regala – Ivan Raborar
Aries Lagat – Winnie Chua

When it came down to Aries, he was stumped because even if he was left with one designer, he had difficulty “choosing” because he actually forgot Winnie’s name!

Thank You, Metro!
The designers then headed to Metro Gaisano where they were given 15 minutes to shop for their fabrics.  The budget for this challenge was not mentioned at anytime during the show.

6 Hours until end of Day 1
The teams started working on their dresses. Aries was worried about how Winnie was going to perform since she was not very strong in the sewing department.

Charette explained that she chose Ivan because they complemented each other.

Jaz thought Mara chose her because of her sewing skills and that her dress in the rpevious challenge had a serpentine cut which was similar to Mara’s current design.

Ava shared that she chose Philipp as a partner because she knew he was good in the craft, plus he won the last challenge. She said she picked the best.

4 Hours Until End of Day 1
Aries said that he found Winnie a bit slow but it was alright since he was able to monitor her progress.

Winnie commented that she felt that Aries was treating her like a househelp because he was giving her a

Ivan noticed that Bo always made some comments on everyone else. Case in point:

Bo Parcon: Ayoko talaga  ng mga sunog-sunog portion
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Project Runway Philippines: Quotable Quotes

August 5th, 2008

While we’re patiently and excitedly awaiting for the next episode of project Runway Philippines (click here to view UPDATED PROJECT RUNWAY PHILIPPINES SCHEDULE OF AIRING), why don’t we do a quick rundown of words, statements, and lines from the pilot episode, which are quite memorable and may become eventual buzzwords and statements:

Teresa Herrera

  • Ingat.
  • In fashion, not everyone will make a good fit.

Jojie Lloren

  • I will be your mentor, and also your tormentor.
  • You know, I just can’t imagine that on a human figure.
  • So it’s really a poncho.
  • It’s like green pancakes.

Rajo Laurel

  • I’d say, put it back on!
  • The black and the orange actually reminds me a bit of Halloween.
  • Nakakatakot!

Bo Parcon

  • There’s one designer here, Ivan, nung nakita ko siya, personality itself it’s not fashionable.
  • Fashion is my passion… This is me. They’re going to love me or hate me, so wala akong pakialam (I don’t care).

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Project Runway Philippines Episode 1 Recap

July 31st, 2008
Project Runway PhilippinesImage via Wikipedia

Since this is a franchise of a very famous and international reality TV series, we cannot help but compare the show to the original Project Runway series.  I am a fan of the US series and have watched all the seasons (1 to 4 and currently watching 5) of Project Runway (US) hosted by Heidi Klum and Mentored by Tim Gunn.  I have also watched the first seasons of both Project Catwalk (UK) — hosted by Elizabeth hurley and Mentored by Ben de Lisi — and Project Runway Canada, hosted by Iman and mentored by Brian Bailey.

Please bear in mind though that this will not be a review, but more of a recap of the whole first episode of Project Runway Philippines.  This blog is not in any way affiliated with the producers of the show, the contestants, or the airing networks (ETC and SBN21).

Let’s begin the show!

The show opened with a typical Project Runway OBB where the designers, host Teresa Herrera and mentor Jojie Lloren talk about the show and themselves. The designers then started arriving at Amorsolo Mansions, the official residences of the contestants.

Project Runway Philippines (via ETC)
Project Runway Philippines (Image via ETC)

Introductions were made, roommates were known, old friends were reunited.

Designers Contestants of Project Runway Philippines:
Bo Parcon
Eli Gonzales
Veejay Floresca
Aries Lagat
Lorymer Villareal
Lord Maturan
Loida Hunter
Jaz Cerezo
Mara Reyes
Philipp Tampus
Ava Paguyo
Ivan Raborar
Charette Regala
Winnie Chua

After the designers have settled in their official residences, they received the Project Runway welcome letter which asked them to leave all their belongings and head to their welcome celebration.  The designers then headed to the Liwasang Bonifacio (close to the Philippine Post Office and Intramuros) where Teresa and Jojie welcomed them. In similar fashion to other Project Runway shows, Project Runway Philippines welcomed the designers to the show with celebratory drinks. As if showing the world an identity for Project Runway Philippines, the drinks were… drumroll please… BUKO JUICE! While all the other seasons and shows I’ve seen had champagne, PR Philippines had Buko Juice! Toast, the tropical way!  There’s nothing wrong with fresh coconut juice (straight from the shell).  It can actually reflect the tropical climate of the country as well as the freshness and uniqueness of our designs. See? May relate!

After the welcome party, » Read more: Project Runway Philippines Episode 1 Recap

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