the Flat Screen: "Project Runway" Ep 3 - Surf Tag Team

The designers go on a field trip to the heart of Cali, "The Beach", and are greeted by Tim in flip flops (aka mandals), slacks, a blazer and some fly shades in typical Gunn fashion. The challenge this week is a Surfwear Look - with Garnier in the building where this week the focus is not only, the challenge but a fab hairdo as well. This week they are also forced to be in teams of two. So much dreadful Project Runway drama has been due to 'TEAMS'. Teams can be the death of many people and throw in a reality show where creative people who are not used to working with people have to work together and WIN?! Sweet drama...anyhoot, immediately Ra'Mon freaks out from the thought of teams because he knows.

Soooooo...Shirin is an automatic team leader because of her win last week and despite, immunity Shirin pulls no punches that she is in it to win it by choosing Carol Hannah as her partner.

The other teams were:

• Logan and Christopher
• Nicolas and Gordana
• Mitchell and Ra'Mon
• Althea and Louise
• Qristyl and Epperson
• Johnny and Irina

They get 20 min to consult with the surfer girls to brainstorm and get an idea of what they "really like". Nicolas, as team leader, could care dayum less what the surfer girls have to say and Epperson treats Qrystyl like she's beneath him despite her being the team leader- which shows in their immediate clash when they are choosing the fabric. Mitchell mentions that he chose Ra'Mon to "carry him" but questions his choices of fabric and concept.

The tension between Qristyl and Epperson GROWS completely out of control and Ra'Mon quickly sees that he clearly is going to have to pull the weight. With all of this and this already big challenge, Heidi raises the stakes because obviously the surfer look is super easy so she makes them create a second look AND--->> in the words of Ra'Mon, "CAPITAL W T F!" ...Second Look is Avant Garde / Surfer Comparison look.

It's clear that Epperson and Qristyl are still struggling with their "partnership" ....Carol Hannah's Model bailed out on them due to a commercial and they seem happy when they bring back sports built model, Valerie. Tim hearts Johnny and Irina's, Avant garde concept. But then again, pretty much, Tim loves everybody's starters UNTIL yes, you know it...he reaches Mitch and Ra'Mon and FINALLLYYYYYY, Ra'Mon takes the reigns to try to avoid the chopping block and makes every piece while Mitch is perfectly ok with making the swimsuit but wait, isn't Mitch the leader? Yikes. All good signs that Mitch is on the way out. Epperson and Qrystl actually have a blow out on the floor! Like a 'you said, I said' blowout, I loved it! It tickled me inside and truly showed us all just how weak Q is and how controlling Epperson is....hmmmm

To the runway we go...............................

The Judges this week: Fab Max Azria, Nina Garcia, Rachel Bilson, and of course, the lovely Heidi.

I truly love that dude Ra'Mon! Shirin and Carol Hannah's look was super hot - the surfer look with dress was very wearable and cute. The avant garde piece looked like something fit for a queen and I mean that in a good way...totally wearable and fashion forward. Nicolas had two great concepts but wouldn't have been nothin without Gordana. Logan's and Chris' avant garde piece was fab and Chris is great as a lead showing versatility. Max Azria is immediately impressed by the work done on Johnny's dress.

To sum it up, the motto of this week thanks to Max Azria, becomes "If you're not a team player, you can't be a designer". Epperson's and Q's "bad marriage" almost cost her but the verdict was in....... Heidi calls Mitch out on his pure laziness so dear friends, Mitch finally got the boot for only making the swimsuit yet he left with a little dignity with a big ol' flunkie smile on his face. Ra'Mon got his well - deserved WIN which I had to cheer towards the TV because he totally deserved it. See his winning looks at the top.

@TheAutty on Twitter

Live It, Love It, Share It - http://www.ourbloc.com/

Fashion BLOC: How to Soften your Jeans...

I've heard of this tip before but honestly never tried it until I got these awful jeans from Tarjay (Target) ...anyhoot, the jeans are the perfect fit but so stiff that I couldn't help but think of this tip...SO if you have a stiff, itchy pair this is what u need to do...
What you need: Fabric-softening dryer sheets (doesn't matter the brand - most sites say Bounce but I've tried them all).
How it's done: Rub the dryer sheet all over the surface of the jeans. Of course, for darker washes or black denim, turn those inside out to keep them from ruining the way it looks. You'll feel the difference supa fast, but keep going till they're as soft as you like.
LIVE IT, LOVE IT, SHARE IT - http://www.ourbloc.com/
@TheAutty on Twitter

The Stoop: Want to Save on New Clothes? Look in your closet

Before you go out and buy new clothes for this upcoming season or because you hate what you have. Go to your closet, pull out all the clothes you like but there may be one or two things wrong with it that could use a little tweeking.
There are soooooo many shirts you love that you wear all the time and some you keep pushing further back in your closet, why not add a cute necklace to that shirt or put a vest on it? or have you tried to add a belt to that old dress? or have you ever thought about putting new buttons or adding studs on that coat or blazer?
Its all about the minor details that go a longggg way, besides, who couldn't save a buck or two?....How do you spruce up your old gear?

LIVE IT, LOVE IT, SHARE IT - http://www.ourbloc.com/
@TheAutty on Twitter

The Stoop: + so this is on my mind .

+ basically ,

im tweeting and the homie tweeted this

RT @NikkiLynette I dnt like the word "freak." Yuck. A grown woman who luvs sex SHOULD NOT be called a freak. She should be called a catch

^

now - if THIS sht isn't the truth ,

then hunny ...

slap me .

we're women ,

GROWN ass women .

so therefore -

terms you learned in junior high should NOT be used to describe a sexual woman .

and thats honestly what it is .

go FUCK YOU if you have a problem with so called " freaks "

fuck the bland btch ....

its fine -

because when you try to run back -

we'll be fucking the dudes with the good dick who you sent us to ...

and guess what ??!

he's WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY more freaky than you .

=)

the Flat Screen: 'Project Runway' Episode 2 - Preggo Challenge

Another visit to Heidi delivers this week's challenge of creating a look for an actual celeb, supermodel, and tv star, Rebecca Romijn , also hot mommie-to-be.

Which brings this week's challenge to "Preggers Chic Challenge" - Romijn is pregnant with twins and yearns to have an outfit that shows a beautiful silhouette and is slightly, form-fitting.

Off to Mood with a $200 budget, Shirin opts to go left from the rest of the people with a vision of making a dress and a coat. Qristyl (my apologies for the misspell on the last post) looks like a fish out of water when pressured with deciding the perfect fabric for their preggers client. The nerves take ahold of Ra'Mon as he begins to create his piece and play back feedback from last week in his head as it was "being too safe". Unlike Ra'Mon though, Mitchell is again annoying by going with the goal of safe or in other words, "I'm gonna try not to get on the chopping block this time around". Tim may have went too far with his comment of "cuckoo already happening" about Malvin and his chicken lays an egg concept but I heart Tim for keeping it real. Malvin's "chicken leg" vision is a hot mess and scares me right off the back because my secret wish to eliminate Mitchell looked slim to none.

Off to the runway,

The pressure was on since Kors was replaced this week by Monique Lhuillier which left 3 moms that know what's hot when it comes to maternity clothing.

Louise with her tiered beauty in red and amazing attention to detail really impressed me; dyeing her lace top and putting layers in the dress to compensate the changes of a pregnant woman's body; love the inverted seams on Johnny's dress, although it was a boring piece it kind of gave the dress some type of pop it desperately needed; Shirin's vision in fruition was hotness; and Althea was a major plus for considering the client's mission to be sexy; the back screams "I'm preggo, but hey I still got it".

Ginormous WTF to Epperson & Malvin; AND of course, my man I love to hate, Mitchell, who tried to play it safe with an everyday t-shirt and shorts look but then got slapped in the face because despite the easy design; his construction was YET AGAIN poor and frankly, sloppy and amateur.

Finally, Ra'Mon created a dress that basically said "Hey look at me, Im caught up" and ummm...that's not in a good way.

The verdict is obvious....Shirin WINS with her fab dress full of fly details that even I can appreciate as a non-mother, this dress makes one hot mommie (see the winning look above). As far as the loser, which came first: the Chicken or the Egg? In Malvin's case, neither. The piece proved to be unflattering and totally inappropriate (yes, inappropriate). He got the boot and I totally agree. But yet, I can't help but wish Heidi added Mitchell to the boot. But he's off to another show because the whackos obviously need to be weeded out first. But here's to next week!

See what Shirin had to say about her winning look...

By: Autty @TheAutty on Twitter

For random rants, never before heard music, weekly inspiration, fashion love and so much more...check us out at http://www.ourbloc.com/!

The Stoop: from my head to your PC.

+ our bloc welcomes ME !

ha ,
thank God i'm FINALLY fckn here .
=)
welcome to the GREATEST show on earth .
and i DO mean SHOW .
yes hunny ,
just to warn you ,
im VERY uninhibited .
i will say WHATEVER is on my mind .
so ,
if you get shocked easily ,
or if you aren't used to someone who REALLY speaks their mind, [ i say tht b/c ALOT of ppl say they do , and really dnt ]
then step the fck off .
otherwise -
share the love .

from yours truly ,
Bee Cardoza

The Mental Relaxation: The good old day...

Ahmad said it best, "sometimes I wish I was a kid again." My thoughts/memories that come from my childhood are priceless. I have reason to believe that I had the greatest childhood of all times..lol, no really :-)

By way of rhyme I present a little of my past...

Giggles, smiles, friends come to mind when I reminisce on the times I had. Goin back into the 80's, even the 90's fads. From singing regulators by Warren G with a group of friends on the porch, to running street races till my feet started to hurt. Boy was I quick but Jimmy was faster, the only girl on the block still able to roll with the latter... Mortal Kombat competitions, Street Fighter game nights.. whole street went from Nintendo to Sega G in one one night. Boy did we stay in accord, our parents were so great always letting us be out till what some would call late, as long as our friends' parents were around.. all our parents could relate. Remember the Lemon Heads, or Swiss Cake rolls, remember Boston Backed Beans or Chocolate Rolos? No one recalls the water melon heads but I was all over it like ya'll was on keds.. Back in the day I look up and I smile those were the good days think back for a while..

I remember setting up stage, putting my karaoke on display.. you guessed it right there's a meeting today. Jimmy and I would assemble ALL the other kids on the block to listen to us discuss our goals and intentions as we talked non stop. Yes we were long winded and loved our self given positions Jimmy as President and VP was my description. We were so serious about our offices, of course we knew what was best.. we'd go through the trouble of even being well dressed, as we presented our speeches for all to hear, the karaoke was on blast but we certainly didn't care. After the meetings it was snack party time, which was of course my forte.. everyone bring candy and I'll distribute it this way.. I made sure I had a good amount, I felt as VP I was entitled... then I'd give the rest out as music played in the meanwhile..

Well this was a glimpse, a look back into my past through memories that I hope will last.. I loved being a child having no cares to bare but I'm glad I grew up with positive memories to share...

Comment below and let us know what some of your greatest child hood memories were.. maybe we can all relate.. :-)

Written By: Always Inspired

the Flat Screen: 'Project Runway' - Episode 1

First of all, welcome to L.A. & F.I.D.M. ! We missed you Heidi & Tim! Welcome quirky personalities, divas & future stars!

Let me just say I love the model spin off 'Models of the Runway' which shows the hit show, 'Project Runway', from the models point of view where they have no choice but to hope the designers deliver and it will take the attention off of them. But Heidi makes it perfectly clear, it is a battle for the models too. The greatest thing is you get the inside dirt on the designers (how they really are) and you get to see how they were even chosen anyway. So I'm geeked to see how that will be :-) The first challenge is the Red Carpet Challenge with the infamous, Nokia theatre as their inspiration. The red carpet is where many designers fall in love with Fashion. Guest judge Lindsay Lohan joined the wonderful judges, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors, and Heidi Klum for judging. Of course, Tim started it off with his infamous saying, "Make it Work" as he had to talk Johnny, new designer and former methhead, out of quitting or at least from giving up on the first frickin challenge because the pressure was TOO much. Mitchell annoys me immediately because he doesn't have his dress ready but the real reason is the measurements he took were ALL wrong. But he blames the model,Yosuzi , being 5 inches thicker - like really? like overnight? like women never lie about their true sizes? BUT, I can tell that Mitchell is already a hot mess and I will celebrate the day when he goes. But a part of me is curious about good ol' Mitch despite my previous comment but again, that's a tiny, minimal , itty bitty curious. People to look out for this season: Love Ra'Mon (should be careful since his piece was seen as safe & well structured), Irina (although the dress was very long), Love love love Carol Hanna and Christopher, where his piece was coined as having "had some bite to it" but he needs to be mindful of colors chosen People to NOT look out for: Hated Mitchell and Crystal ...Ra'Mon stayed whispering, a sly "Call Me" to Lohan. Ari was booted for her eclectic, out of this world fashion that had nothing to do with the red carpet or any that I know of. But still, I feel sort of melancholy because I wanted to see more innovation this season and I believe Ari had what it took. However, the verdict was in and Christopher wins the first episode and gains immunity for his rough meets feminine red carpet look. Winning look at the top or you can see at http://www.mylifetime.com/.

@TheAutty on Twitter

For random rants, news, exclusive music, fashion tips, and much more - Go to http://www.ourbloc.com/!