Project Runway Australia

First it was the US, then the UK, then Canada ... now Australia.


Project Runway Australia (PRAus) premiered this past Monday, and after seeing the first episode I think will be watching the entire series. I have watched all the incarnations of Project Runway and I think that the Australian version is the best. I know that is a bold statement considering that I have only see one episode, but until I am proved otherwise, I am going to stick that statement.

With Project Runway US premiering on July 16th, the original show isn't as enjoyable as when it first premiered. I have become indifferent to Tim Gunn because a mentor he doesn't do much to assist the designers on the show. That may be due to editing, but since I have been watching the show I have rarely seen him touch the clothing that is being made or offer assistance to make it better. Saying, "make it work," "that worries me," and "that's a whole lot of look" doesn't really give clear guidance to the designer. As much as I like Tim, he has been reduced to catch phrases.

Mentors Ben di Lisi (UK), Brian Bailey (Canada), and Henry Roth (Australia) and willing to tell the designer what is wrong with the garment they are making, but is the designers choice whether to use the advice. I think that's how things should be. But there has been an issue with a mentor being too helpful. Ben di Lisi, in series 3 of Project Catwalk, was accused by the other designers of giving too much help to a particular designer. Ben got all offended, but not to level of Tyra Banks on ANTM.

I will be watching the rest of the series, but I won't be doing a recap of the show. I may comment on episodes from time to time, but recaps are really time consuming. If you don't live in Australia, you should be able to catch the episodes YouTube at some point or bitTorrent.


If this guy's hair can't convince you to watch, then there is nothing more I can do.

Links:
Project Runway Australia
Project Runway US
Project Catwalk
Project Runway Canada