Saturday, February 20, 2010

I'm such a twit...

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Thursday, February 18, 2010

"A little bit of fashion"

Programming note: I tried to read over last week's post, and it took me about 20 minutes to scroll to the end. I am making a conscious effort to make these recaps shorter. Only the juiciest bits, served up weekly.

Alarms ring at the Atlas apartments, and Janeane is jumpy and nervous and self-questioning. In a blatant attempt to clothe Heidi Klum's growing brood of British-German aufspring, the challenge this week is to design a look for 5 and 6 year old girls. Some designers are excited, like Seth Aaron, who we learn has a daughter, but we also learn that kids are like kryptonite to Jonathan. Which is funny, cause his haircut is taken straight from this little guy.

Sketch time in the workroom, and Jonathan jokes (I think?) about making a kimono-sleeved romper. Jonathan really likes rompers (I actually just learned what this word means. Apparently it exists to describe hideous outfits like this). Reigning champ Anthony is nervous, because his design aesthetic normally celebrates volume, but "these little girls ain't got no booties or no breasts so I don't know how this is gonna work"! Well, I think it was this sort of light bulb moment that led to the creation of Bratz dolls. Jay, who is low-key and dead serious in his interviews, says that kids nowadays are so fashion forward. As opposed to when I was a kid, when it was all about blowing hot air on your shirt to see it change color. Those were the days! We also witness Jonathan doing a great, great Michael Kors impression. I am reminded of Santino Rice from Season 3's Tim Gunn homage. Mila is doing, surprise, color blocking. I love the footage of Mila being given the cold shoulder from past episodes. Now she's more "centered", so people are okay with her being kind of an ice queen. Seth Aaron's kid will have a punk, pink and black look. He's so brash and original and has really grown on me. I'm calling it now- I think this season's token straight guy could win the whole thing. Not since Jeffrey Sebelia has such a thing happened. The designers are suspicious that there has been no visit from Tim. Mila is nervous. Janeane weeps quietly.

The next morning, Jonathan's hair has gotten so big, that he says it's "go big or go home". His personality is really emerging, and he is a funny dude, albeit one with questionable hair and black petal pushers. Janeane, meanwhile, is like totally worried. She's married, and calls home for support from her hubby. Ah, the Project Runway call home-death knell. Uh-oh, Janeane Marie.

There is a surprise coming. Mais oui. Tim announces that the designers must design a corresponding look for their model. Of course! Now it gets good. Ha, Emilio has to translate cupcake to haute couture.

As they work on these new looks, the other designers begin betting on how long Anthony can go without talking. They literally gag him, then decorate the gag with big painted red lips. Anthony's verbosity was held in check in 14:56, record time. Ah, bloated show filler.

Tim time: he thinks Janeane is rocking a Halloween look. She like hates Halloween. And Amy's Easter-colored swatch pants could either stop the runway or be clown clothes. It's a bold move. Tim cracks a smile when he learns that Seth Aaron's daughter- who's probably named Magenta or Twickenham or something, has 200 handbags. At age 11! Tim leaves saying that He.Is.Profoundly.Wowed.

This Jill Scott Lifetime movie- brilliant or totally derivative? An emotionally charged church confrontation? Mo'nique lite? You be the judge. Thirty nine seconds of estrogen and melodrama.

The designers fit their models and send them ALL to get their hair did. Seth Aaron, like Mila, always styles a great look, I must say. Jonathan states that his strategy has been to start safe and then slowly break out of the pack. Really? So mediocrity is a strategy? Ugly-ass butter romper was designed to hew to the middle?

Random observation- the designers this season seem to switch models every week! In seasons past, they'd develop a rapport with a model over the course of the season. Now they're traded and switched like basecall cards. I'll swap ya a Gregorina for a Tiffany Amethyst, girls!

The guest judge this week is fashion designer and mom Tory Burch, proving you can be named Tory and succeed in life. On with the show!

Anthony's kid's look is okay, though very Easter, and the model looks cute- a nice magenta and a cute neckline.

I love Amy's looks- very, very bold, but she took a huge risk. Both model and kid look cute.

Ben's kid's look is really boring, but the model's blouse has a great cut and contrasting light/dark blue hues.

Seth Aaron- wow, that little girl does look stylish (watermelon pockets!). And I love the white and black, uh, color blocking on the shirt, and the pants are super cool.

I actually really like Jesse's look for once. The two designs complement each other- little Madeleine and her sexy au pair. Love the neckline and shoulders on Brunette Cameron Diaz.

Oh, Jonathan's poor, wee model. She is wearing a glorified raincoat, and Brandise the model is wearing a ball of shimmery coconut.

Maya's little girl looks super cute, but the pants on the model do not fit the crotch well. Why is this so hard? Also, that shade of yellow for the jacket is too school bus for my taste.

Mila's looks are great- colorful and whimsical for the kid, sleek and sophisticated for Cerri (yeah, I've been watching some Models of the Runway).

Emilio's designs are very Easter Sunday- no, wait, they're a baptismal gown! The pencil-thin dress on the model was well-tailored, but that lavender color is ugly.

I actually like Janeane's looks. They're not great, but real people would wear them. Orange shirt for the kid, bright pink jacket and black capris for the model. Simple, but it works.

Jay's designs are way cool. The combination of plum and black, with ruffling on the model's shirt and pocket's on the kid's look, are stylish.

Top three: Jesse, Seth Aaron, and Jay. All deserved! The judges think the skewed back on Jesse's child's dress is cool. Seth Aaron is commended for producing two strong looks, and his jacket is the best-tailored garment Kors has seen this season. Jay is told that both looks are chic, and very New York.

Bottom three: Janeane, Amy, and Jonathan. Heidi tells Janeane she made a cheap mall outfit without making the little girl in said cheap mall outfit cry. The leggings and top don't match, and the model's jacket is a home ec. project. Ouch, Heidi. Jonathan's bolero jacket is not comfortable, and is pushing into the little girl's skin; unlike Janeane, he went TOO sophisticated. Michael Kors calls his model's dress a tornado of toilet paper. Many people would not feel comfortable dissing a kid's look, but not our Micky K. He proceeds to say that Amy's kid looks like the house was on fire and she grabbed every garment in the house (enjoy thirty nine seconds of Michael Kors highlights from this season). Amy's pants are a trainwreck and circus-like. Heidi thinks it's hideous, while Tory Burch chimes in and says that she doesn't like the color palette.

Bitching time: The judges love that Jesse did a tailored wool coat, that Seth Aaron's kid's outfit has whimsy, and that Jay's pieces work great on their own. Amy was just different for different's sake, Janeane's looks appear to have been bought on mark down (a cardinal fashion sin!), and Jonathan unleashed the conceptual toilet paper twins.

Seth Aaron won and jumped for joy.

Elimination comes down to Amy and Janeane, and it's no contest. They'll save Amy for her promise. Yep, Janeane is auf'd. Nina can't stand to look at her. It's all very sad. Oh, she's sobbing. Go home, little Janeane. Go home.

Next on: hardware store. Unconventional materials challenge, yes!

Aufwiedersehen, and danke schoen for reading, little frauhlein!



Thursday, February 11, 2010

"Run for cover"

Back in Project Runway land, the men folk awaken, and Anthony uses his Bible as a weapon, smacking Emilio awake. We are also treated to incredible footage of Mila, immediately after being named first runner up a week ago during the soup challenge, parading into the green room and singing to the designers "Number Two, Number Two". Amazingly, no one got up and sang God save the Queen of Maroon Frocks, and amazingly, one week later, Mila is bummed that no one congratulated her. Well, congratulations, Mila, you've just been crowned Season 7 bitch. Bitchiness will become a theme of this episode...

The designers are lead to the Hearst building, and for a moment I think this challenge will involve the art of British artist Damien Hirst, in which dresses would look a little something like this. Tim introduces the Editor in Chief of Marie Claire, who announces, "Welcome to the Hearst Building. This is where our office is". I can't help but snicker at the obviousness in this statement. The reward for this challenge, we are told, is unprecedented- the designers are to design a look for a celebrity to wear on the cover of the magazine. The issue in question is the April cover, and there are certain rules given: The photo will be cropped, so the following elements help: color, patterns, eye-catching design, strength, and sexiness. They're also reminded that this will be a spring issue. The celeb wearing the design? Ms. Heidi Klum. This is a remarkable challenge, and one that would have normally been saved for the final episodes in previous seasons. How will the producers top this?
Sketch time for 30 minutes, then Mood. We see Tim at his most understated excited here (it's all in the furrowed brow). At Mood, Tim looks pained, like he doesn't think challenges should be this grandiose for the first half of the season. Well, he's either pained, or seeing the awful nude color Mila is selecting. "Thank you, Moooood", Tim exclaims to no one in particular.

An eery quiet hangs over the workroom, and you can tell the producers are just grasping at straws. What do you do when you have several hours of nothing but a needle pulling thread? You focus on Seth Aaron singing and humming to himself. Jay and Emilio are annoyed, and Anthony asks him if he smoked anything besides a cigarette. Watch it, Seth, he will smack you with the Good Book! Boring old Ben is working on a colorful magenta-fuschia creation, and Janeane, meanwhile, realizes she's doing bridal. "Damn it, Janeane, don't blow this." I like that Janeane is somewhat self-aware, but self-awareness does not mean you can make it work.

Martin Scorcese, after winning an Oscar for "The Departed, or, "The Depah-ted", has retained the services of Leonardo DiCaprio to make a horror film a la "The Ring". Martin Scorcese. Horror. Dead women haunting foggy islands. You be the judge.

Back in the quiet workroom, Jonathan announces that he's making a space suit. But boy oh boy, that hispter combover has got to go. Janeane is, and I quote, "trying not to emote the dread that is boiling up in my stomach". I wish I made that up. What can you do, this is heavily edited reality tv, folks. Anna's working on shorts. For a magazine cover. With no construction experience. Alrighty then, printmaker lady. Jesse says his biggest competition is half the people in the room, continuing with the theme of self-awareness among the show's least talented tonight. Mila chimes in that she doesn't see any great competition for herself among the other designers so far. Oh, Mila, you are so endearing.

It's Tim time (quick, get out your LBD!) Anthony doesn't know what his dress is gonna look like, though it is short but not formal, and he just starts cutting the strips out. Tim is not concerned, but I am!
Janeane's sketch looks pretty uninspired to me, and she tells Tim she hasn't met the judges yet, and he snort/guffaws and says that's a good thing! He knows there's nothing wrong with sneakin' in under the radar! Now, it's Anna's turn, and when Tim warns you that your design looks like clown clothes, watch out, cause you could have an angry Heidi Klum on your hands. Ben's "Madame Buttterfly on acid" look is potentially very awesome. Emilio is working on a cocktail dress (boy, designers really love making cocktail dresses, don't they? Are they singlehandedly propping up the flagging cocktail party industry?). He has actually willingly chosen to work with red again. And I'm sorry, call me fashion illiterate, but what is ombre? It's pronounced the way that annoying kid in my sixth grade Spanish class would say "hombre". He also liked to say, "Yo me llamo Jason" with llamo said like the English word llama. Ah, but I totally digress. The design in question, red and made of ombré, looks Victoria's Secret-esque.

The models enter, and we see that Jesse is making a Renaissance Faire costume, complete with braiding up the front of his teal corset. His feline-looking model should be able to pull it off. And whaddya know, Anna's shorts don't fit. Yikes. Emilio lispily notes that Anna hath very limited eck-thperience. Teehee, I like his lisp. Speaking of feline... Jay astutely notes that there's something insincere in Mila. Emilio takes the insight further, and is bothered with her design aesthetic, as it is just color blocking. So true. Even her shirt is color blocked, and looks an awful lot like this geometric thingy. Anthony's dress is actually looking cool, and he says that, life isn't fair, so why the hell should Project Runway be? Emilio's dress is looking too short, and I wonder if this is the first misstep for him. I just adore Anna's Irish model Cerri's accent. I really hope for this reason alone that Anna is not eliminated.

Morning of the runway show, Emilio announces that it's gonna be a bloodbath on the runway. His dress IS red... Jonathan agrees: a total carnival. A bloody carnival. Anthony is vamping in the mirror. Anthony just loves Anthony. Work those hips, girl. Janeane has a hunch that the bottom two will be her and Anna. Eh, I agree. Janeane can't find her jacket among a pile of scraps, and that is so not a good sign. Jay's dress is looking soooo boring. Does he think a simple summer dress is worthy of a magazine cover?

Time for Garnier consults. Take it from me, designers: the more specific you are with your hair designer, the better. So Emilio, simply saying "make it edgy" may not cut it. Tried that once!
Emilio correctly notes that there are a lot of muted colors, and he is so right. Did everyone not hear the rules?? Maybe Ben's colorful little dress will sneak in there and take the gold? It's like a fun, flirty Rubiks cube. Oh God, Janeane's dress does look bridal, down to the wispy strands of hair framing the model's face.

Random question: is the workroom a few feet away from the runway room? different floors? different buildings? Just wondering.

It is Lover's Lane weekend on Lifetime. Nothing underscores one's singletonness any more than watching Lifetime on Valentine's Day. Step away from Channel 47, ladies.

Runway time: Our guest judge today is Joanna Coles, Editor in Chief of perhaps the #4 or 5 fashion magazine in the country, Marie Claire. First up is...
Amy, whose model, actress Robin Wright, shows off a black, red, yellow dinner napkin/necktie thing that is either brilliant or ghastly. If I can't tell the difference, it must be brilliant.
Seth Aaron does a severe, gray leather suit with shoulder pads. Too formal and 1980's for my taste, but he's convinced it'll be the top-selling cover in the history of women's fashion magazines. Yeah.
Jesse designed a short, tight, v-necked ho uniform in a garish forest green. Perfect for slutty Renaissance Faires.
Anna has managed to give this lovely Irish model a crotch. That is all I will say. Perhaps for this reason alone, she will be on a one-way flight tomorrow back to Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin.
I will admit, I like Anthony's light blue/turquoise ruffled look. The model manages to make it look nice, even though she looks about 40 years old (even though this model is probably really 25, which is like 100 in model years).
Janeane's done a cream-colored bridesmaid's dress, but like more boring that the majority of bridesmaid's dresses out there. I believe this looked better when Katherine Heigl pulled it out of her closet and strutted around in it for James Marsden, aka the poor man's Tom Cruise.
There is no question that Mila is a good stylist. The model's hair, accessories, makeup and even attitude all go with the shape and color of this short dress. Unfortunately, the dress itself looks nude and gray, which means boring plus boring equals yawnsville.
Emilio is hoping that Heidi will want to return to her Victoria's Secret days, with this lovely little red negligee.
I actually love Jay's. Maybe not for this challenge, but beautiful nonetheless. It's got a unique cut, with a long flowy back and a short cut up the front, and some very Grecian detailing on the shoulder. The uniqueness saves it from the boring color. His model is fierce, too.
Jonathan says his golden/brown look is like butter, but I don't know, it is awfully short and tight. An original design, for sure, but very 80's and too Melanie Griffith in Working Girl, in my opinion. Minus pants, of course.
Maya's dress is very disappointing. It's similar to Janeane's in color and lack of wow factor.
Ben's is super cool- it's futuristic, and I love the combo of yellow, brown, and green, and the contrast with the shiny black belt. Love it!
The top three and bottom three are Ben, Anna, Anthony, Janeane, Emilio, and Mila.

Kors thinks Ben's dress will cut through the noise of the magazine stand. Anna's look has no shape or silhouette, and wow, leave it to a British judge on a reality show to master the fine art of the insult. Here's her take: it's like three ingredients in a dish that you leave you nauseous. Hehe, I had previously typed anuseous. Damn, nauseous is hard to spell. And contains an anus. Moving on: Anthony announces that his inspiration was Heidi, and figured she'd want to show off her post-baby body. Kors announces that the costume drama is over. The oh so witty Brit: if that's where next spring's gonna be, then beam me there.

One more random question of mine: why are fashion experts always such dowdy dressers themselves? Grace Coddington and Suzy Menkes, I'm thinking of you.

Janeane was inpsired by the ocean and sea colors and seashells. Hmmm, could have fooled me. Kors thinks the cover lines, like "894 new ways to please your man's earlobes", will get lost in all the seams and details. Editor in Chief says she is not getting the sea reference unless it's a polluted sea with plastic bottles in it. Oooh, this beotch is starting to remind me of this beotch. Hey mean lady, you made poor little Janeane pout! Mila, who I'm sure still thinks she's snuck into the top 3, is promptly told by Michael Kors that the "peach" color comes off as an ace bandage. Ooh, she's getting ripped! It is a jog bra with a V-neck. Strike three? According to Nina Garcia, the inverted triangles on the bottom of the dress look like they're pointing at the model's crotch. Mila is looking stoic, but inside is casting a spell on Nina with her witchy magic. When she says that it looked much peachier in her hands, Michael Kors' eyes nearly roll out of his pumpkin head. So amazingly, Emilio's trampy red dress is in the top 3. Kors admires his construction skills with jersey. Yeah, I guess you could say Emilio's a construction worker of sorts. Nina Garcia likes the detailing, but thinks with ribbons it feels very junior. Agreed! But, cut off the straps, take down the model's ponytail, and voila! She's Clark Kent! Well, no, but it DOES look way better. Um, where did those scissors come from??

Bitch time with honorary bitchitude: For Mila's look, Heidi states that she would have to put on a lot of self tanner before wearing that dress. And we learn that Emilio's scissors were, aha, in his pockets! The judges like this. They also think that Anthony's look has charm. Holy black gay man from the ghetto, Batman, Anthony wins! He is thrilled. This is an understatement. But he has no immunity, which I think would otherwise really help him. While his dress was pretty, Ben should have had that magazine cover in the bag. Mila is noticeably pissed that Anthony beat her. Bottom two is between Anna and Janeane. Anna, you are...out. She is proud of herself, and hell, she's 21, she'll be aight.

Next on: Kids? Kids?? No, Michael Kors is NOT critiquing kids!! I'm afraid I may have serious ethical issues with this challenge.
Aufwiedersehen Marie Claire readers and Project Runway viewers!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

"Design your heart out"

It's 9:55, and I prepare to change the channel to Lifetime. My channel changer is confused. Lifetime? Where's that? Where are you taking me? You're not on your period. What, Lifetime, where who, wha-
And we're on the Lady Channel. The producers get us all caught up with who's bonding with who- Twee Anna is bonding with twee Janeane in a very soft-spoken way, and Jesus delusionally announces that he is excited to show the judges he's capable of designing amazing stuff (for the Miss Teen San Diego pageant). Maya and Mila are fast becoming buddies, and seeing them both primp their bobs side by side, I realize that one is the mirror image of the other. Maya says something about how they both have similar styles and like to wear the same color(s), from the Morticia Adams collection.
The designers gather in the runway hall of doom, and Heidi proves that, once again, she can wear ANYTHING, as she comes out wearing a little beige pocket square.
They then move to the workroom, where Tim Gunn introduces them to the VP for Innovation at Campbell's Soup Co., and I am intrigued by this job. I've always liked soup in a can, what kitchen -challenged person doesn't? Does this job involve adding extra letters to alphabet soup? Adding new veggies like bok choy to the veggie beef, or finding new ways of dicing celery for chicken noodle soup? But I digress. The challenge, as presented by Tim and Soupy: Design a signature dress for Campbell's adDress your Heart program. The color red must be prominent, the Campbell branding must be present, and the contestants will be designing for survivors of heart disease. The winning design will be sold on projectrunway.com and sold to benefit the American Heart Associaiton. Wow, this challenge has a lot of components.
Have the real-life models been pre-assigned to the designers? Jay is inspired by his model Julie, who once died for 2 minutes. He's got a new Filipina fairy godmother. Jesus says that he's happy his model is tiny, and is designing her a fitted dress. I remember last week's next week on promos, and we saw Nina poo pooing a short, tight outfit. Uh-oh, J.C....
Enigmatic Ben (he even looks kind of non descript) is planning on a cutout back and a sexy design for his model, and it looks promising. Anthony majorly bonds with his model, and we learn that his mom just had heart surgery, and they had to move to Georgia for it. Anthony and his model are both in tears. Oh my, these challenges are noble, but they can be such downers.
The designers return from Mood, and I swear, for a split second the cameras show Anthony in his skivvies. Did I imagine this??
Anna is a trained printmaker and is self-taught as a designer, which I admire, but she seems awfully new to the craft of making clothes, as she traces the Campbell's logo onto red chiffon. Maya is working on an abstract heart form, which looks promising. To Seth Aaron's model: I hope you did not watch this episode. If you did, you have just learned that you were Seth Aaron's largest design ever. Those size 6s are such heffers.
Surprisingly enough, the first commercial tonight is for Campbell's.
Back in the workroom, Amy's fabric has a mind of its own. Amy's style and personality are coming into better view now, and I like her- she's very talented but unassuming, and seems refreshingly drama-free. Go Oakland! Jay's emerging design has a lot of vertical lines, and he is trying to make his model look taller. His model seems awesome. Shit, I want her as my Filipina fairy godmother. Seth Aaron's model pressures him to do a Grecian look, and he begrudgingly begins a redesign for her. Janeane freaks out when some of her fabric falls into a bucket of Ping's tears that had been left in the workroom from last week.
Tim time. Jesse is doing a white jacket, and Tim says that's all he's got going for him. Mila is preparing a gown with stars and red and ivory taffeta, and Mila's mini-me Maya is doing a subtle heart shape. Seth Aaron went Greek (which reminds me of this great scene from "Analyze This"), and Tim says it's not a recognizable Seth Aaron piece. With 2.5 hours left, Seth Aaron is changing course. Seth Aaron has majorly grown on me. Last week he defended Anthony's design, and now he is bold enough to start over with so little time left. Meanwhile, Emilio is dishing on Anna-his former partner from last week- and Jay's "trainwreck" dress. The bitch has emerged!
Jill Scott, what has happened to you? In the Lifetime Movie Network movie "Sins of the Mother", she is playing the mother of an actress who must be the same age as her. And what is up with that ugly weave? Now instead of recording amazing albums, she's doing Lifetime movies. Playing the mom. What happened to this fierceness? Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
It's the morning of the show, and Anthony is beaming. He is just a ray of sunshine, and I love his smile. Mila and Maya primp their severe black bangs together. Seth Aaron's retool of the Grecian dress is now looking more decidedly Seth. While Anthony is funny and loud, Jonathan is droll. He says that his is more of a cooter gown than a couture gown. Being mentally 9 years old, I find that hilarious.
Emilio is spot on when he says that Mila's dress looks like a cheap flag at the Thanksgiving Day parade. I thought it looked like Betsy Ross couture. Jesus, meanwhile, seems to have a promising career in dressing strippers. Or the Real Housewives of Orange County.
People are scrambling to finish their designs, and it is a fashion emergency of Chernobyl proportions (Jonathan's words, not mine).
The next ad for Campbell's features a chicken and sausage soup, and I wonder how heart healthy this can be.
Alright, I take it back. Heidi cannot really wear anything. Are those maternity harem pants? Schatzi, if we can see your distended belly button, it's not good maternity wear. This outfit is too legit to quit.
Our guest judge today is Mrs. Harvey Weinstein, I mean, Georgina Chapman, of Marchesa.
Here comes the fugly:
Jonathan's dress is a lovely a christmas tree wrapped in shiny christmas wrapping paper. The ruffles, the ribbons, ick.
This is the first dress of Emilio's that disappoints me. The dress makes her look pregnant, and I don't think she was. She's expecting a big can of minestrone! (If you were pregnant, I apologize, heart disease survivor).
Maya sends down the runway a red and gold version of Bjork's infamous swan gown.
Anthony does a nice look for once, though I initially thought the model was wearing a bustier. Nope, just the Campbell's logo under a smart red business look.
Amy's dress looks very boring and Grecian to me. But all these Grecian looks appear the same to me. It's a Campbell's soup toga party, catered by the Soup Nazi.
Oh God, Jesus' dress is held up by a rhinestone collar/necklace that doubles as a lasso for collecting dollar dollar bills. The model looks just thrilled.
Anna made her model look like a linebacker for the Chicago Bears. The big bustled top and panelling on the boobs does not help.
Wow, what is up with the parade of ugly?
With no disrespect to Jay's Filipina fairy godmother, the dress guarantees that she gets voted prom queen at the Grandma prom.
Jesse's jacket is somewhat original, but he clearly cannot design for real women. Plus, the Campbell's corsage is just so sad-looking.
Ben's dress is the first to look good, in my opinion. It's red and gold with a nice silhouette, and it's backless.
Mila's dress does look different from all the other harlot-red gowns. I still think the star is a little much, but the trim on top is nice, as is the fit.
Janeane's cream-colored bed ruffle on bottom, plus the white flower petal cutouts at the neckline, make this all look very Grandma-chic.
Seth Aaron's dress is original, makes his model look light years younger, and she seems to love it.
The top three and bottom three: Mila, Maya, Anna, Amy, Jesse, and Jesus.
Georgina Chapman likes Mila's dress, and Nina likes the braiding and the star. Jesse could be eliminated for the sad little brooch alone. Kors thinks the model looks like a majorette, but Nina likes the neckline. Jesus' look is everything tacky combined in one garment- the built-in straps, rhinestones, short, tight, ick. Mrs. Weinstein is more diplomatic and says that there's just too much going on. Nina loves the movement in Amy's dress, as well as the fabric and the modernity of it (well, I guess we were looking at two different dresses). Anna is told that the razorback silhouette is not best for the woman's broad shoulders. Kors says it's not even an evening dress. Maya is told that her look has a nice shape, and everyone liked the draping and the cute clutch.
Time for judge cattiness: Michael Kors says of Jesus: taste can't be learned. Ouch.
Return from the commercial break, and Maya is safe. I catch Mila gloating for a split second. All may not be well between the Bobsy twins (ha) next week. Amy is the winner. Jesse is safe, and between Anna and Jesus it is....Jesus who is out. Not surprising. He puts up a very brave front, and Tim seems to be sad to see him go. When will a Latino make it to the top 3 on Project Runway?? Emilio, I'm looking to you...
Next week on: one of the biggest challenges in Project Runway history. Ooooooh.
Aufwiedersehen amigos!