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July 17, 2008

Our Baristalicious Project Runway Contestant

FruitLike the rest of the world, we tuned in for the season premier of Project Runway last night. We knew that West Seattle barista Blayne would be part of the cast. (Does the name Blayne make anyone else think of this?) The guy is crazy-obsessed with fake-n-bake tanning, and his catchphrase is sure to drive us batty. But, his first diaper-inspired design was just wacky enough to get him through to round two.

Earlier today, in a Seattlest email thread, we discussed what could be said about dear Blayne. Seattlest Jack scored the winning response. Before we share it with you, we want to also give a shout to Portland-based designer Leanne Marshall (self-proclaimed "silent fashion assassin," and we kind of believe her).

Okay, hit it Jack:

"Girlicious" is dumb. I get it. You think you need a catch phrase, but "fierce" and "tranny" were taken. Try harder. Hell anything would be better. How about balls? Or tainty?

"OMG, this dress is so balls."

"Does this seam look tainty to you?"

Also, he reminds me of this joke:
This guy is waking down the street and he passes a guy going the other way who has an orange for a head, he thinks to himself that if he doesn't ask why this guy has an orange for a head it will annoy him for ever, so he chases after this guy and says " 'scuse me for asking, but why have you got an orange for a head?"

"Well the gentleman replies, its a really funny story actually. One day i was walking through town minding my own business and this Genie pops up out of nowhere, and says i can have three wishes. So i thought about it for a while, and for my first wish i asked for £100 million, the genie then clicked his fingers and told me to go and check my bank account and then disappeared. So i went and checked it and low and behold there it was just over £100 million in my account, then the genie pops up again and says 'what is your 2nd wish?' Not being a very big hit with the ladies I decided to ask for 10 women on call at any hour of the day to fulfil his every sexual need. "Done" says the genie and disappears into thin air, when i got home i was greeted by 10 beautiful women who immediately ripped my clothes off and begin to pleasure me in ways i never imagined. Later on that day the genie pops once again and says "right, only one more wish left, what will it be?" realising this is my last wish, i thought long and hard and after 20 minutes of silence i said

"Can i have an orange for a head?"

Considering Blayne's bright orange tan-in-a-can skin, this made us giggle. What do you think? Is Blayne here to stay for a while?

photo courtesy of Seattlest Flickr user twatson

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Comments (3) [rss]

I immediately thought of waiting for Guffman--in my head I'd written the piece under the Headline "Red, White, and Blayne"

 

fake tan = lame
"girlicious" = lame
Blayne's first design = lame

wow - he's hitting 0/3.

better step it up a notch or he'll be outalicious.

 

At this rate, Seattle will get relevancy in the fashion world by 2244!

 
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