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PR live-blog: 5.6 “Good Queen Fun”

8:04: The designers are picking models. I fucking love drag queens. They’re so beautiful and fun.

8:06: The designers have an opportunity to be theatrical, Tim reminds them. Also, their different personas must be preserved in the designs.

8:08: Under the harsh neon lights, the divas still look flawless. Also, I love that the designers all refer to their clients as “she” and “her” instead of saying “he” or “him”. Yes, even Joe, though he is a bit confused. He wants to make a retro pantsuit, though. Uh oh.

PR live-blog: 5.5 “Welcome to the Jungle”

8:00: Daniel pumps iron! Keith looks good all sweaty! Blayne is all “Team Dramalicious!” as the designers head back to the runway to learn about their next challenge. But Heidi tells them to go back to the showroom, where Tim will give them the deets.

8:02: Blayne hopes the high powered, chic, professional woman they have to design for is not Hillary Clinton, as he can’t do a neon pantsuit. Which I think would be right up his alley.

PR live-blog: 5.4 “Rings of Glory”

All times Central unless otherwise noted. Like that would ever happen.

7:52: 8 minutes to go…

8:01: Patrick thinks it’s a waste of time to show the designers waking up the morning after a challenge. I have to agree — what’s to show if none of them are hooking up? Bo-ring. Patrick also thinks they should do a challenge on no sleep, a la the wedding wars challenge on the last season of Top Chef. I’d be down with that.

PR live-blog: 5.3 “Bright Lights/Big City”

8:04: Tim looks hot in that raincoat. The designers, wearing orange plastic ponchos for their double decker bus tour, do not. The designers are dropped off at random locations to take pictures that will inspire their outfits for the challenge, which is to make outfits inspired by New York City at night.

8:08: Would it be wrong if I renamed Leanne and Emily “Feist 1″ and “Feist 2″?

PR5.2: Pre-order Suede’s winning dress

Suede's winning dress for PR5.2, "The Grass Is Always Greener"

Guess what you can pre-order now from Bluefly.com? It looks darling, no? It’s priced at $280, which I think is terribly reasonable, but only 150 are being made. Not so reasonable, so e-mail your size info to nana.brewhammond@bluefly.com to reserve today.

PR5.2: live-blog

Note: All times are Central. Deal with it, suckers.

8:00: “Any decision involving Suede not going home is a good one.” How about changing your name?

8:02: Kelli gets first pick at the models, so she sticks with her model from the first. Jerell is salty because Jennifer took his model. Ooh! And Belle is out, even though she was super-cute.

8:04: Next challenge is cocktail dresses, where the models are clients. The designers head off to the workroom, where Tim fills them in on the details. Green fabrics — cool but kinda ho-hum. The twist? The models are going to pick the material. Uh-oh.

PR5.1: live-blog

8:08 pm: The designers have joined Heidi and Tim on the roof for champagne. Right now, there are simply too many of them for me to keep track of names. Patrick says (via IM): “that old dude from detroit lookslike dantefrom clerks”. Bwahahahaha.

8:09 pm: Designer girls are embarassed by their own stank asses when Tim wakes them up super early the next day. Do they not know the way of Tim? He is an early-rising motherfucker.

guess who’s never buying clothes in Chicago again?

Cook County sales tax will be the nation’s highest at 10.25% as of tomorrow, July 1st. I had hoped to take my mom on a little pre-birthday shopping trip when she, my dad, and Patrick arrive for their visit later this week, but that might be in trouble. Maybe a trip to the ‘burbs?

Tax All, Folks [Chicagoist]

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