This week, two of my favorite reality shows signed off with satisfying (if, in one case, anticlimactic) season finales. On Bravo's thoroughly addictive Project Runway, Chloe Dao won on the strength of her glamorous, vivid collection, which to my eyes did outshine both Daniel Vosovic's and Santino Rice's. But in the bigger picture, I still feel Daniel won the season, so I was a bit deflated when it was all over.
Daniel dominated many of the challenges, and even his relatively tame collection was lovely to behold. And unlike businesslike Chloe, Daniel's passion for his craft was evident throughout the season. (The less said the better about Santino, who did manage to create a couple of stunners in his collection. But he's had his time hogging the spotlight, and I'm more than happy to move on.)
And then there's WB's adorable
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Be sure to check out the prefinale thoughts of Project Runway's Santino and Chloe, too!
At just 24 years old, recent design-school graduate Daniel Vosovic set a Project Runway record, winning five out of 11 design challenges. The shaggy-haired New Yorker handled the pressure of the competition's tight time constraints and tough judging process with surprising ease — even with the added obstac
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Project RunwayI did not expect a regular ol' reunion show to elicit such tears of laughter. Brilliant montage editing. Brilliant idea to get Guadalupe wasted before taping. And yes, I am truly happy that they've kept Santino on the show until the finale — how else would we have so many excellent clips of him: talking back to the judges; talking smack about the other designers (OK, he was too mean to Diana); doing impressions of Tim Gunn (my stomach hurt by the end of his broken "Make it work" robot routine); and, of course, singing in "Project Runway: The Musical," costarring Andrae and Nick.
In the actual reunion footage, Santino was rather weak, defending his nas
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