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Man, it seems like forever since the last miraculous episode of "Project Runway" doesn't it? To recap: Chris March came back. And that's all that really mattered.
At the beginning of this episode, the designers were still talking about how ugly Steven's dress was, and how happy they all were to still be there. We had to go through the boring choosing-of-the-models, and yes, we do always talk about how boring this part of the show is. Because it IS. They need to skip it. No one cares about the models. Sorry.
So, finally with that out of the way, Heidi told the designers they were going to have to wait until tomorrow to hear what their new challenge would be, and it would start early the next morning....Which began with Tim Gunn showing up at their rooms at the crack of dawn. A sleepy Chris March asked Tim where his pajamas-with-feet were, and Tim replied he'd removed them. The spoilsport! They eventually ended up in Times Square, and their destination was the Hershey's Store. Uh-oh! Edible garments! And never-ending product placement!
They were given five minutes to run around the store and grab whatever they wanted. Which they did, like a bunch of kids in a candy store. (Yeah. We went there!) Luckily for them, there was more than just candy there; there were promotional items like stuffed animals, and pillows, and gigantoid candy bars. So, needless to say, if there was any kind of fabric on anything, most of the designers grabbed it. Chris mentioned that he had a lot of experience with using food in costume designs, and his key take-away from that was: Don't use food to make clothes. So he stuck with pillows that looked like chocolate bars.
Back at the studio, the designers had until midnight that night to get the whole thing done. Jillian was the only person who chose to actually use candy, hoping to form a bodice out of Twizzlers. For some of the designers, it was obvious that they were using tacky fabrics from the store's novelties. For others, it was hard to tell if they were attaching things to non-Hershey's Store fabrics. (Speaking mainly about Jillian's and Christian's outfits.) Chris explained his dress as Stephen Sprouse inspired, and got it finished pretty quickly, allowing us to get some more shots of his ASTOUNDING snoring as he took a nap in the studio.
In other designer news, Elisa talked about her daughter, and how her daughter got her to audition for the show. She also went on to explain how she was given the opportunity to launch her own t-shirt line in London, and on her last night there, she was hit by a Porsche while she was a pedestrian in the street, resulting in a broken neck, and three to four inch cracks in her skull. She was also in a coma for five days.
Wow. This explains so much. And who didn't think the minute she started to relay this story, "That's it. She's out this week." And if you weren't thinking it then, you had to be thinking it the minute she revealed the silver balloon sleeves for her dress. Tim came around to assess, and his best line was when he told Sweet P. her skirt looked like "a coffee filter, or a maxi pad." Which immediately made us wish they had been sent to the Kotex store instead of the Hersey's store. Which immediately made us wish there was such a thing as a Kotex store in Times Square. A place where you can buy your own personalized monogrammed tampons? We're so there!
Come runway time, Jillian was freaking out about her Twizzler dress, and we were freaking out about the utter ugliness of Elisa's "Gretel" dress. Ultimately, Jillian's dress held up, and looked completely fabulous, and yes, extra points should be awarded to her for using actual food, and having it turn out presentable.
As for the rest, the judges, including guest judge Zac Posen, picked Rami's dress over Jillian's as the winner, and we have to admit, the skirt on his outfit was pretty fab. They also liked Chris's, although they were surprised he went with such a refined design when he's known for making such outrageous costumes. Sheesh. They're either giving him flack for being too costumey, or not costumey enough! You can see all the designs here.
The loser was Elisa, with her brown and silver nightmare. As much as Christian bugs us, we have to admit to laughing when he equated the sleeves on Elisa's dress with "swimmies."
So long Elisa, you kook, you!
All images from Bravo's "Project Runway" site.
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I absolutely loved Chris' dress this week. I loved the fact he used the Hershey's logo in the design but you actually couldn't read it. I was getting sick of all the product placement like the Kit Kat bars and everything else.
As usual, great recap.
I was bummed, Elisa was starting to grow on me and I appreciated her refraining from spitting on the fabric to "imbue her essence" or whatever reason she gave for doing it (at least in public)...oh well, they were right about the dress, unfortunately.