Pure Cringe: Classic Bravo TV Show Recaps & Bravolebrity Book Reviews

Project Runway Season 1, Episode 4: Collaboration

In this episode of Pure Cringe, we unpack 'Edgy Edwardian Chic', Vanessa is impaled by a needle, and Austin is reduced to a blubbering mess.
Join us as we revel in an episode full of paranoia, hurt feelings, and outlandish fashion!
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Project Runway Season 1, Episode 3: Commercial Appeal

Today's episode is brought to you by the letter 'A' for anxiety.  We see our cast of designers panic as they try to create a look for a major retailer.  
Some Highlights:
Our brief and sweaty soccer careers
Robert coins the term, 'Banana Republican'
Snatch Patrol
Kevin is a pill
Human Origami
Tim Gunn as the Human Zamboni
Stick around until the end to hear the categories and our predictions for the next episode!
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Bravo Book Club: Pretty Messed Up (Pretty Mess by Erika Jayne)

We start our second season of the Bravo Book Club off with the prettiest mess on Bravo, Ms. Erika Jayne!  Her book Pretty Mess is everything you were expecting and more!
Highlights from our review:
We see the origin of Erika's independent/icy personality
How hard is it to get fired from a strip club?
Who is Lobotomy John?
Enjoy as we chip away at Erika's ice princess veneer to find a lukewarm, semi-interesting person underneath.
Stick around to hear our hilarious recap of Erika's drunken meltdown in Aspen in Season 12 of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills!

Project Runway Season 1, Episode 2: Vision

On today's episode, the remaining 11 designers try to create a garment that embodies 'Envy'.
The highlights:
Michelle and Maria gush over Robert, Austin, and Jay
We meet Baby Cries-a-Lot
Kevin is compared to both Gollum and Captain Queeg from the Caine Mutiny
It's death by a thousand bolts of cotton jersey!
Stick around until the end to hear the categories!
 

Project Runway Season 1, Episode 1: Innovation

Hello Bravo TV Fashion Friends. Welcome to our rewatch of the first Season of Project Runway! We hope you will join us for our unique brand of 'stitch & bitch' recap! Let's make it work, people!
In this premiere episode of the series, we:
Roll out new categories--stick around until the end to hear the winners this week!
Fight nausea during quick-cut cinematography of NYC.
Meet the contestants & models only to discover there are too many to care about.
Meet the judges, fan favorite fashion guru Tim Gunn, and our host, Heidi Klum!
Wax incredulous over early 2000's fashion and the cost of everything!
Obviously already have our favorites....
Names dropped: Jojo Siwa, Terri Nunn, Black Veil Brides, & Chris Farley.
Stay tuned until the end to hear the categories!
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Pure Cringe Season 2 Coming Soon!

Join your hosts, Maria and Michelle, as they 'make it work' recapping Project Runway's iconic first season.  Young Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn, plus 12 dramatic designers--what could go wrong?!?
In between, join the 'Bravo Book Club' where they'll read and review books written by Bravo TV stars. They are mostly honest and always hilarious!
Buckle up buttercups--Season 2 of Pure Cringe is coming!

Welcome to Pure Cringe!

Welcome to Pure Cringe, where two old friends have a blast recapping classic Bravo TV shows & books penned by their favorite Bravo TV stars!
Together, they’ll dissect every romance, every jaw-dropping scandal, & every hilarious moment of your favorite Bravo shows at their peak--the early seasons! In between, they explore what happens when messy Bravo TV reality stars become published authors--buckle up for candid book reviews and breakdowns of some of the most infamous moments on reality television!
Meet your hosts, Michelle & Maria, where iconic reality TV drama collides with the bookshelf, and let the binge-watching begin! 
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Bravo Book Club: I Mustache You to Stop Sleeping With My Friends (Fancy AF Cocktails by Ariana Madix & Tom Sandoval)

Welcome friends to our boozy review of Fancy AF Cocktails by Ariana Madix & Tom Sandoval.  For this fabulous experiential episode, Michelle outdid herself with drink prep (see our IG for proof!), and we both thoroughly enjoy ourselves/get buzzed.  
Cheers Everyone!  
Stick around until the end to hear about our new rewatch series for next season!
 
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Bravo Book Club: Truth Is Trashier Than Fiction (The Naked Truth by Danielle Staub)

Welcome back to another book review--for this episode we invite you to join our discussion in progress on Danielle Staub's book, The Naked Truth.
From her meager beginnings as Beverly Merrill to fucking her way to the middle of reality TV, we talk about it all!
This slice of New Jersey heaven was a blast to record We hope you enjoy it too!
Check out Sweety Treaty Co. for some of the best candy we've ever had!
Cringe along with us during the recap of one of Danielle's most iconic scenes...
RHONJ Season 10 Hair Pull Heard Around Jersey (Margaret vs. Danielle)
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Bravo Book Club: If You’re Shallow & You Know It, Clap Your Hands! (The Andy Cohen Diaries by Andy Cohen)

Welcome back to another book review!  In this episode we discuss 'The Andy Cohen Diaries', by the Zeus daddy of the Bravoverse, Andy Cohen himself.
We'll meet you in the mythical land of ninjas and two-hour massages.
Stick around to hear us break down Andy's starring(ish) role in Lady Gaga's epic G.U.Y music video.