Project Runway Canada, my guilty pleasure

Everyone knows I have a reality TV addiciton. It should come as no surprise that my current favorite show is Project Runway Canada. I got addicted after seeing that first episode. In the next 4 days I went on to watch both season 2 and 3 of the Heidi Klum - Tim Gunn US version. Bravo has this amazing ability to produce smart compelling reality TV, I'm also a big fan of Top Chef. The Canadian version doesn't seem to have the same frenetic pace as the US version but it'll more than satisfy me until November 14th when Tim Gunn can grace my TV set again.

I love Next Top Model but it's really a show about catty girls giving (hahaha) "fierce" looks. Whereas Project Runway is really about the Fashion industry while ANTM is just set in the fashion industry. The fashions on the show doesn't bear much to reality of most peoples lives and the Tru Drama store certainly doesn't sell that category of fashion. However, if you're into fashion you'll appreciate your wardrobe a lot more after watching the show.

British Columbia seems very under represented in the show. While there seemed to be like 5 from Toronto we've only got 1 from BC. What's wrong? We on the left coast have more to offer than sweatpants! I'm all about the home town, so I hope Carlie Wong from Vancouver does well. She's really young but she seems to have it together. I didn't know until episode 3, but she is or was an assistant designer at Mac&Jac/Kensie. At one time we had some Kensie stuff but found it a bit on the plain side and of course when Jones NY bought them out, it really didn't make sense to continue with the line. Besides Carly I'm hoping to see much much more from likes of Stephen, Biddell, Shernett and Marie Genevieve. Stephen in particular cracks me up. I would love to see him try to beat up on Biddel!

One thing I thought was weird was that the main retail sponsor is Winners. Yes, Winners sells fashions, just not the current seasons fashions. So a chain that sells irregulars, overstocks and seasons past products seems odd as the accessories sponsor.