Comments on: For Gretchen Jones, Reality Just Might Bite

By: heather

heather — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:56:00 +0000

Thank you thank you thank you!!! I’ve been trying to articulate this to my friends for months now!!! Silly people brainwashed by reality tv once again. Now, when can I start buying Gretchenwear!

By: summer

summer — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 01:48:25 +0000

Gretchen is
1. a horrible designer. (Clothes made for 60 year old women who can’t see)
2. She’s a backstabber in team challenges
3. She didn’t treat micheal nicely. I don’t care if he wasn’t nice, she shouldn’t have returned it with her meanness.

It has nothing to do with her being a woman, (what an ignorant, sexist excuse), or editing because her actions on the runway and her designs weren’t cut, copied, and pasted.

also, several of the winners have been female. poor excuse for a poor designer.

By: Amy DuFault

Amy DuFault — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:16:49 +0000

Hi Christina,

Take a breath.
Knowing a lot about what happened that you don’t on the show I will say that editing was everything and that the minute Tim Gunn said those words to Gretchen is when all the hating started.
Agreed?

They edited out on the reunion show his formal apology to her. I asked Gretchen at different points in the show if she really walked around telling people what to do and she said they edited out all those people calling on her for advice so it looked like she was some bossy girl walking around telling everybody what to do.
Creating at least one person you don’t like is part of every reality show and unfortunately, Gretchen was the one.
(still not sure why it wasn’t Ivy or Mondo who were always rude?)
If you watch the whole season all over again you’ll see everyone talked behind each others backs.

I’m not sure the Lifetime network is helping in this at all either. Trying to get people to keep talking about your program and underscoring the winner picked by your hosts is, in my opinion, a really bad idea.

I keep harping on this show and Gretchen because I really think shows like this are a great representation of how duped we’ve all become believing what TV offers us as truth and I am scared that we all believe what they feed us.
Your comments scare me Becki and Christina.

By: Christina Mills

Christina Mills — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:47:29 +0000

I get really sick of people throwing out the whole these people are edited this way blah blah blah, it they didn’t act that way those scenes would not be in there. And an hour and a half is a lot of time to fill so they included a lot more in each edit, lets be honest there is a reason there are a lot of scenes of her being being dislikable because she has dislikable habits, being judgmental, arrogant, mean, bossy, and controlling. If she didn’t talk about people behind their back there would not be scenes of her talking behind peoples back. She did do things like walk from station to station giving her input like she is Tim Gunn. That’s not clever editing thats what happened. Its great that she is a sustainable clothing designer, we do need more of them (her terrible collection at fashion week aside) but that doesn’t mean she is a good person.

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By: Becki

Becki — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:20:24 +0000

First, Gretchen is not a great designer, in no way, shape or form. Who would wear anything she has designed on this show? She doesn’t even dress well herself! And if she has had to struggle to get to where she is, then she should be a better person for it, not the mean-spirited, jealous, heartless egotist she has turned out to be. She needs a change of attitude and lessons in humility. A few lessons in sewing wouldn’t hurt, either. The best episode to date was the one where Tim Gunn totally put her in her place — and if anyone noticed, she didn’t stand up for herself then! She knew he was right. I would not be proud to call her MY friend.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:35:32 +0000

I love that you wrote this post, good for you! Some of the things written about this girl are just plain ruthless, although everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I am a Gretchen fan, and I have no doubt that she’ll go to fashion week. This season is so much more exciting than the last two. Project Runway fan for life!

By: Amy DuFault

Amy DuFault — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:01:03 +0000

Again, hard to be vocal when you’re being edited Remy.
They asked her at the beginning if she was sure really wanted to portray herself as a sustainable designer if that gives you any idea of how little she has to say.

If she wins I hope she takes it all and establishes herself and rebuilds herself.
Much bigger voice now than at one time having to sell baked goods in front of her apartment building just to buy fabric.

By: Remy C.

Remy C. — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:29:20 +0000

The sustainable element is excluded from the show, whether in editing or by Gretchen staying silent to fit in. I think the problem here is that she has not been vocal about her green convictions, in essence setting aside her number one asset to fit in with the rest of the crowd, which wants to design for the Jersey Shore. In the event Gretchen wins… unlikely given the atmosphere, would she turn down the $100.000 prize? Would she stick to her principles like a Marlon Brando would? Or would she take the money and justify it somehow knowing everything that we know about the company? Shows like Project Runway, channels like Planet Greenwashing, only succeed in watering down our message of emergency, hurry up and wait for the sake of the sponsors. We need to create our own media if we want to kick ass, because all the mainstream will ever do is corner us, and make us look defused. You can feel Gretchen’s frustration on the show, and that’s because she allowed herself to be muzzled.

By: amyd

amyd — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:20:13 +0000

Oh man, I could write a lengthy comment back to each one of you but instead I will just say, having just left Gretchen at the Project Runway finale in NYC and seeing all 10 final collections and designers, it’s hard not to appreciate all of them.
Genevieve, you’re right about how hard they all work. Each designer was so damn tired they came out crying (except April).
And Danielle, yes, Gretchen is pandering to the wrong crowd but a strange necessary evil these days is right. How sad. I talked to Gretchen’s family about some of the other things she’s had to do like selling baked goods outside her apartment to buy fabric. This may not be the worst venue she’s had to walk down!
And to anyone who considers Tim Gunn a respected person whom you base all your opinions on, shame on you! He’s part of the show and just as edited as the designers.