Project Runway has become something of a caricature of itself in the past few years, but let's never forget how amazing this show was and -- sometimes -- still is. The reason it remains my favorite reality competition show of allllll time (excepting perhaps The Mole) is its judges are such callous buzzards. So offensively dismissive. So haughty in their derision. So unnecessarily mean. So everything I want my children to be. Ten seasons in, Michael Kors is still the most damning character on that panel, and because he turns 53 today, I say we revisit his most hilarious and cutting barbs. So happy birthday, Mr. Kors! The crotch on your birthday is Insane.
(I've listed his quotes according to the garments he insulted. Scroll below each picture to read his legendary retort.)
1. Raymundo Balthazar's Barbie dress (season two)
Kors: "She looks like barefoot Appalachian Li'l Abner Barbie."
2. Marla Duran...
(I've listed his quotes according to the garments he insulted. Scroll below each picture to read his legendary retort.)
1. Raymundo Balthazar's Barbie dress (season two)
Kors: "She looks like barefoot Appalachian Li'l Abner Barbie."
2. Marla Duran...
- 8/9/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
Reality TV judging: It’s important. I can only commit to a TV talent show if I believe there are tough, fair-minded judges keeping the circus under control. Since we’re headlong into enticing seasons of The Voice and American Idol, the time is right to reflect upon the best judges in reality TV history – the ones who boast authority, smarts, sass, and fearsomeness. Oh, and some evil too!
10. Nina Garcia, Project Runway
The glamorous Marie Claire editrix has no time for fashion with a less-than-editorial edge, and she’s regularly the most intimidating part of a panel that also includes the fire-breathing Michael Kors and the perpetually aloof Heidi Klum. When she’s not dispensing displeasure at the drop of an accessory, she’s sighing with the kind of amazing contempt that warranted Meryl Streep an Oscar nom in The Devil Wears Prada.
Best Quote: While critiquing Santino Rice’s horrendous,...
10. Nina Garcia, Project Runway
The glamorous Marie Claire editrix has no time for fashion with a less-than-editorial edge, and she’s regularly the most intimidating part of a panel that also includes the fire-breathing Michael Kors and the perpetually aloof Heidi Klum. When she’s not dispensing displeasure at the drop of an accessory, she’s sighing with the kind of amazing contempt that warranted Meryl Streep an Oscar nom in The Devil Wears Prada.
Best Quote: While critiquing Santino Rice’s horrendous,...
- 3/8/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
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