Last night's episode of Project Runway was probably the most rousing yet.
Confirming preseason rumors, one of my favs, Jack, was booted last night after exhibiting an outbreak of MRSA (staph infection) above his lip. Sadly, Jack opted to leave the show to seek medical treatment, though rumors are still flying about whose decision it really was. [click here to visit Jack's MySpace page] How about one last Jack pic before we move on? God, he's pretty...
To keep the competition at a high, Jack's replacement arrives: It's last week's auf'd contestant, Chris March! It may not have been such a surprise to saavy PR-watchers, because there were a few slight mentionings of the big man early on in the episode, which rarely ever happens, but it was nice to see someone who did not deserve to go home get another chance.
For the challenge, the designers received a different set of models: women who had recently lost a significant amount of weight, ranging from 40-something pounds to 139! The women arrived on the runway dressed in their former-self's favorite outfit, and each was randomly paired with a designer. The contestants were given $10 at Mood and one day to create a new look that fit the client both physically and personally.
Poor Steve got stuck with an enormous, gaudy, beaded, lacy, polyester wedding dress. The rest of the outfits were pretty bad, but Kit put on the dress and said she felt like the Corpse Bride.Chris was allowed to work through the night to make up for lost time (which produced the classic Tim Gunn quote above), Ricky wore high heels better than I do and Kevin showed how selfless he is by helping the desperate Steve when it came down to crunch time. And can I just say the best part of each episode is Christian's pre-runway commentary, where he picks out whose designs are "God awful" and will "make the judges die because of it." He's a little bitch, but I love him.
Overall, the runway produced some mixed results. Christian and Kevin clear favorites; both of their models looked fantastic and their fashions would definitely sell. Kevin took a canary yellow blazer and turned into a hot tube top for God's sake!
The judges also placed Jillian in the top three, which I think is absurd because she barely followed directions. Instead of taking the client's top, she purchased the same color fabric from mood and turned into a dress. Hello cheater. Rami or Kit probably should have landed above Jillian with the youthful but classy designs they turned out using the original fabric.
Chris, Elisa and Steve fell into the bottom three this week. To me, Elisa's outfit was the most hideous. Not only did it look "frumpier" than the original outfit, she had to have made her 50-year-old model make the "rock and roll" hand sign on the runway, which should be grounds for elimination itself.
With the wedding dress, Steve had the biggest challenge ahead of him. At the same time, he could have come up with something phenomenal, and he delivered what the judges called an outfit for a funeral, a French maid's outfit, or an outfit for French maid going to a funeral. It was terrible. Had Kit gotten something like that, her outfit would have rocked. No doubt.
In the end, Steve went home, and deservedly so. And even though the jacket he designed this week looked extremely similar to his first week's look with less stripes, Christian took home top honors and scored immunity from elimination next week.
Five down--10 to go. Make it work!
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