"MAN. What a nightmare of an episode that I cringed through as I remembered more and more of it! There's barely any focus on the workroom time and the actual designs of the contestants' swimsuits (which are also largely cheap and skimpy). There was an inordinate amount of focus on the behavior of the models and the designers complaining about their sizes (although they were uniformly waifish), and I was amazed at how much backstabbing and sniping there was in the confessionals."
"Worst of all: I had completely forgotten that in this episode, the designers have to sell themselves and their models to New York Post gossip columnist Richard Johnson; the goal is to get a mention from him in print. Austin Scarlett shoves his 16-year-old model in a thong in Johnson's face and when the men are talking about whether she should have champagne, Johnson really creepily says that "It's not even illegal in New York, 16." He's ostensibly talking about the drinking age, but YUCK. The smug fumes ruined my day."
Season one, episode six, "Making a Splash," features minimal focus on workroom time and the contestants' swimsuit designs, which are largely cheap and skimpy. The episode centers on model behavior and designers complaining about model sizes despite uniformly waifish models, with extensive backstabbing and sniping in confessionals. Designers must pitch themselves and their models to New York Post gossip columnist Richard Johnson to secure a print mention. Austin Scarlett pushes a 16-year-old model into wearing a thong, and Johnson makes a creepily permissive remark about the drinking age. Later episode "Hit the Streets" receives a two-star rating.
Read at Vulture
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]