Friday, February 29, 2008

"Project Runway:" Inviting Tim Home



Now that I am finally over the shock and horror of Christian winning “fan favorite," I am ready to blog about "Project Runway" again

This week, Heidi Klum bid “Auf Wiedersehen” to the four "Project Runway" finalists – Christian, Jillian, Chris, and Rami – and sent them home to work on their collections for five months. But not so fast, only three of them will be making it to the fashion Mecca of Bryant Park; Jillian and Christian are “in,” while Chris and Rami must battle it out for the third spot.

But before we got to the showdown, we went on a little road trip with Tim Gunn to visit each of the designers at home. It is hilarious seeing Tim Gunn out of his natural habitat: Parsons. He looks completely lost and awkward meeting everyone’s family and friends, but in an adorable, lovable way. On a completely unrelated note, I saw Tim Gunn walking down the street in NYC this summer looking as dapper and solemn as usual (I just wanted to brag about that).

Anyway, here are my quick hit reactions to an initial look at the designer’s collections…

Christian: Beautifully constructed (as usual). Way too much drama (as usual). And what is with Christian and those poofy neck things?
Side note: Christian sews and sleeps in a closet. Now I feel a little better about him winning “fan favorite;” he looks like he could use the money.

Jillian: I like that she’s sticking with the old-time warrior theme from the art challenge. It worked for her there. Blah colors, though.

Rami: There’s more than draping. Hallelujah! Joan of Arc theme is a little strange, but it works.

Chris: Human hair! There is human hair all over his collection! The collection is very intricate and innovative, but I can’t stop thinking about the hair.

In the end, Joan of Arc trumps Cousin It. Rami is chosen to go to Fashion Week, and Chris is out, which is sad because I love Chris and he worked extremely hard on his collection. At least he left us with his signature cackle at the end of the episode.

Next week, tune in for Fashion Week.

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