Tim does tell them that they can use muslin as a support system, but none of it can show. Most of them choose not to use the muslin, but fold, or glue or paint the paper to make it more easily workable.

Johnny has this idea to make a stylized origami birds that will be on the shoulder and appear to hold up the dress. I think that Tim hit the nail on the head when he told Johnny that it looked like the birds attacked the dress. Instead of taking what he had and trying to re-work it, he crumpled it up and threw it away. You know, there was only a few hours left to the day.

I thought that Shirin's dress looked a lot like an air filter, no seriously like an air filter.

Christopher made a dress with an armor like top and a flowy, feathery floor-length bottom. It was quite lovely, actually.

Gordana made a simple cute dress. The judges did not agree with me, and she ended up in the bottom three.

Irina made a trench coat that had a stylized collar and sleeves. She crumpled up paper to make it look like ruffles. I thought it was ugly. U G L Y -- it ain't got no alibi ugly. Again, the judges LOVED it. -- This is the PR I am used to. Completely disagreeing with the judges. Now, I'm back in my comfort zone. Ahhhh....

Althea created a lovely short dress. She cut strips of the newspaper to create a lovely pattern that kind of wrapped around the dress in a very pleasing way. Nice job Althea.

Nicolas made something that he said was punk inspired, but I didn't see it. I agree with the judges that it was more bug inspired than anything else.

Louise, Carol, Ra'mon, Logan, and Epperson all had designs that didn't excite me, but they didn't horrify me either. They all were sent on to the next round.

The winner that I would have chosen -- Christopher. The actual winner of this week. Irina. What? Yeah, OK whatever it looked to me like a robe you would get in a hotel.

This week's Auf -- Johnny. No surprise here! He even concocted this whole scenario on the runway that his original work got ruined by a steamer that spalttered on it and ruined it. First he told the model that it was a steamer, he told the judges that it was an iron. Tim was completely outraged at the lie that Johnny told. Wow.

I wonder what will happen next week........we shall see.

All of the models want to stand out, but in a good way. Some of them have ideas that just do not mesh, but then again, they are not the desingers. They are not really good with colors either. Heh heh -- good luck designers.

At least all the designers can sew and design. Some of them have questionable taste -- Qrystil, Nicolas -- but at least they can sew.

Runway show--

Qrystil -- short black dress with a bottom that was angled, sleeveless, but over one shoulder. Meh

Nicholas -- short white satin dress with grey piping around the collar (which goes around the neck). Here's the thing, I don't think it fits her well. The top seems too big and baggy.

Irina -- mid-thigh length print dress with a belted jacket. I like this look. Very chic. Nice.

Gordana -- short simple dress with a lovely braided pattern from the bodice to the bottom. I liked the design, but not the color. The model is washed out.

Shirin -- royal blue slip dress with what looks to be a flowered pattern on on strap. Very form-fitting an quite lovely. I really love the color!

Logan -- Blue/black-laced top with a shiny poofy blue poodle-like skirt. Not my favorite, and now I am beginning to question his taste too.

Christopher -- Emerald green cocktail dress that has a pleated pattern on the top and the bottom. The color is good. I liked it.

Epperson -- warm brown colored slip dress that he made some similar colored stripes on. The back was the best part to me, but still. Meh -- kinda boring and ho-hum.

Johnny -- plum colored slip dress that had a little more material and wasn't so form fitting. It was Ok.

Althea -- Three piece outfit in dark and light grey with short shorts and a tank-like top with a blazer over it. Honestly, from the way she was describing it, I thought it would have been much more interesting.

Louise -- simple black dress with a hugely ruffled collar. it looks really good on the model. This is one of my favorites too.

Ra'mon - short electric blue dress with an insanely huge blue flower-like bow-like thing on the left shoulder. Hm, haven't made up my mind about this one yet. Like the a-symetry, but not sure if I can get passed the poof.

Carol -- Cute plum and black dress with two mis-matched straps with a VERY low back and a tiny train. I really like this one. Sophisticated and chic.

The judges favorites: Carol, Epperson, Althea.

They didn't like: Logan, Johnny, Qrystil.

My winner would have been Carol, my auf Qrystil.

The actual winner: Althea. Auf'd: Qrystil.

This is also their first team challenge. Yes, the groans were loud. Now, granted designers in general do what they do because they have strong ideas about looks and fashion. This makes it hard to bend your concepts along with others. On the other hand, no person is an island. Even in fashion, you have co-workers and bosses you have to get along with.

Shirin gets to be the first to pick a team mate, as she won the last challenge. Tim picks names out of the velvet bag to choose the other team leaders. You know THAT should be a challenge -- create and outfit to go with the velvet name bag.....hmmmmm. I digress. The other team leaders are Logan, Nicholas, Mitchell, Althea, Qrystil and Johnny. The teams are Shirin/Carol; Logan/Christopher; Nicholas/Gordana; Mitchell/Ra'mon; Althea/Louise; Qrystil/Epperson; Johnny/Irina.

The designers tear through Mood in 30 minutes to get their materials. Nicholas and Gordana work very hard making a macreme, hand dyed knit top. Epperson and Qrystil are fighting right off the bat about, well everything. Mitchell is basically watching Ra'mon work and design and sew and pretty much everything while he is ummm, I don't know what he is doing. In the middle of the game, they change the rules. They now have to create a second look that is avant-garde to go along with the surfware they are making. They do get another $200 and another trip to Mood for the new challenge. The other groups seem to be getting along well and meshing their styles quite well.

So, while Ra'mon is gone to Mood, Mitchell is pretty much attempting to sew things together. Why? I don't know, and I bet he doesn't either.

Carol's model has taken a commercial opportunity, so she needs a new model that can be there for her fitting. This is a competition for them too, so I wonder why she would leave in the middle. Hm.

Meanwhile, Ra'mon is hand dying fabric and working his butt off while Mitchell is wandering around bugging everyone and not working on a thing! I really can't believe it. This is crazy. I am thinking that maybe the comment from last week was right. Mitchell maybe should have gone last week, at least Malvin could sew.

The best pieces that I thought came down were from Johnny/Irina --lovely beach look with long sleeved t-shirt and a nice macrame back and their avant garde was a gorgeous brown colored dress with a very intricate woven design. Ra'mon -- I really liked his flowy beach look and the blue and brown colors went very well together. I didn't really care for his avant-garde look. Hand dyed chartreuse neoprene in an dress -- meh (but what do I know). Shirin/Carol. I think these were my favorites. The bikini with a colorful wrap/cover and the long flowing blue gown were lovely.

I didn't mind Althea/Louise's design, but it didn't thrill me. Same goes for Logan/Christopher, nice but not the best.

My least favorites came from Qrystil/Epperson, Nicholas/Gordana -- their avant garde look is like an 80's lace nightmare dominatrix, no really. The first look wasn't bad though.

At least the judges agreed with my bad choices. They were much more fond of Ra'mon's avant-garde look. So much so, that he won the challenge. The most interesting part of the show was that Mitchell, the other half of the winning team is in the bottom. It didn't surprise me, considering he didn't do ANYTHING, but it was a Project Runway first. Mitchell with his lack of work was auf'd. Maybe he will learn to sew and design and come back some other year......naaahhhh!

The guest judge for this episode is Rebecca Romijn! A very pregnant Rebecca Romijn. She is married to Jerry O'Connell, who is just a hottie! She looks absolutely gorgeous and is looking for some fashionable pregnancy wear.

Their challenge is to design a pregnancy look for her. It can be for any type of event, and she wants something to celebrate her pregnant shape. This is a huge curve for most of the designers, they are used to designing for rail-thin models. In order to help them, their dummies (and their models) are decked out with pregnancy bumps.

They have $100 and 30 minutes to shop at Mood for fabric. Some of the designers are really struggling, and others are full steam ahead.

The concepts are running from negligee to comfort to fertility and birds nests. Um, alrighty then. Going along in the process, I am really worried about Malvin his chicken and egg concept is just, well, how can I put it delicately...stupid! Who wants to be pregnant and look like you literally have an egg protruding from your abdomen. Seriously, sometimes boys have no clue.

Off to a good start, I think are Althea, Louise and Shirin. In trouble are Malvin and Mitchell. It would appear that first impressions tell a lot.

Ra'mon also had a good start and a good concept, but in the end, Mitchell and Rebecca hit the nail on the head. It looks like a bowling ball bag. Sad, but true.

The weirdest thing about the challenge is that the models coming down the runway look so bizzare. Most of the bellies are just not in the right place on their bodies. Maybe they can only strap on a certain way, but completely un-natural and funky. Ah well, what can you do.

My favorites: Althea -- beautiful long gown with a patterned bodice, Lousie -- short baby-doll like red dress that is just adorable and Shirin beautiful long dress with a fitted, lined jacket.

My least favorites: Malvin -- chicken and egg 'nuff said; Mitchell -- he just can't make anything well -- it all looks so sloppy and Ra'mon -- I think I would like his if he would have used a solid color or a non-bowling ball bag pattern.

The judges seem to agree with me about the faves and the pans. I am a little worried about it though, because usually we don't have all the same thoughts. Maybe the judges are in a mellow zone....hmm we will see as the show progresses.

The winner they chose: Shirin. I would have had a very hard time deciding between hers and Louise's. The auf -- Malvin. Which I totally agree with. Mitchell had some problems, but at least he didn't have a chicken and egg concept. *shudder*. ]]> tag:www.tvfodder.com,2009:/project_runway//37.4560 2009-08-23T01:33:51Z 2009-08-23T02:12:25Z

Jennifer Lopez was originally going to be the guest judge, but was injured and not able to make it. At the last minute they had to find a substitue judge. Guess who they asked? The incredibly elegant and dapper Tim Gunn! Yeah. I adore Tim. He is always encouraging and guiding, no matter what the desginers are putting together. The funniest part of the episode was when Kenley found out that Tim was going to be the judge, she said something to the effect of "Wow, if I would have known that I would have been nicer to him." Um, Kenley, dear, you should have been nice to him anyway. Youth is definitely wasted on the young.

Leanne's collection had some beautiful pieces that all used the wave motif her previous sketching inspired. Her wedding dress is truly lovely, as is the bridesmaid dress she made to accompany it. My biggest problem with Leanne's collection is the lack of color. The only colors we saw in the WHOLE collection were white, beige and the same light turquoise. Snore. It could have been so much more lively and exciting if there would have been some more color to look at. I will say this for Leanne, from her very first creation for Project Runway to her collection at Bryant Park, she matured a lot as a designer and learned very quickly how to edit and present her design concepts. Bravo Leanne!

Korto used brilliant color throughout her designs. Vivid greens, bright oranges, creamy yellows and tempered them all with a dark beige as well. The colors were breathtaking. Her garments were lovely. She decided to scrap her wedding dress and her bridesmaid dress and make two entirely new pieces in the two days she had left. Talk about ambition. In the end, I think she made the right decision. The alternate pieces she presented were much nicer than the overworked originals. The major criticism she got from the judges was that some of her pieces looked overworked. Her creations remind me of Uli's. Not in style or look, but the flow and ease. People can actually WEAR her clothes! What a concept. Can you tell who I think should have won?

Kenley also used lots of brilliant colors. She spent a lot of time painting the fabrics herself, which is commendable. My problem with her collection was that it was way too reminiscent of the 1980's. Big shoulders, garish colors (that didn't fit cohesively in a collection) and way too many outfits that had poofy hips. Who the hell wants their hips to look BIGGER. (and not just a little bigger). In the end, her collection inspired by Alice in Wonderland looked more costumey to me than anything else. I hope that this experience teaches her that she needs to learn to take constructive crisicism and input that into her work. No one is going to overlook her attitude when she goes to sell her designs.

All in all, I think that Korto should have won the prize. Of all of them, her collection was vivid and cohesive. Unfortunatley for me, (and Korto), the judges decided that Leanne would be the winner of Project Runway. Congratulations Leanne and good luck with your collection. ]]> tag:www.tvfodder.com,2008:/project_runway//37.3748 2008-10-10T02:07:07Z 2008-10-20T01:37:32Z

As you may remember, last week the judges couldn't decide who should go home. So, instead, they decided to give all of th designers $8000 to go and create a collection for Bryant Park, but only three of them would acutally compete. The caveat? They had to include a wedding dress that would go with their collection. The wedding dress would be the piece they are getting judged on. They all go home to start their collections.

They have two months to get inspired and create their collections. The collections each need to have 10 pieces. (don't forget the wedding dress). Tim makes his seasonly pilgrimage to visit each of the designers at home and hang out with them and their families.

Korto -- has set up shop in an artist colony. She is using the woods and breathtaking view around her to gather inspiration. The collection we see uses lots of bold colors and beadwork. So far it looks quite nice. The wedding dress, however, needs a bit of work. It is a beige color that just doesn't do it for me.

Jerell -- is working at home. His collection is completely Jerell. Lots of layered looks with toooooooooooooooo much stuff. It looks to me like he is just layering fabric over fabric over fabric because he can. Tim advises him to take a serious editorial eye to the work. his wedding dress has waaaaaay to much fabric IMHO and the bodice is just too busy with beads and poof that come off te chest.

Leanne -- is working at home as well. She spent a few days by the sea (Mr. Todd, ooh, I know you'll love it) sketching and garnering inspiration. Waves have proven to be her theme. She is layering the fabric in wave patterns that look quite attractive. Her wedding dress is full of waves, but in a good way. Tim suggests that she take a critical eye and edit her design. She is the only one that I think took Tim's suggetion to heart. She edited her gown and it really turned out lovely.

Kenley -- also working at home. She seems to be on a rope theme according to Tim, she says it is because she grew up on ships. Well, OK. The wedding dress she comes up with has a VERY poofy tulle bottom with a fitted top made entirely of flowers. It was rather nice and interesting. (It turns out, that according to Michael Kors, a MUCH more fanous designer just put out a look very similar -- poor Kenley).But all in all, it was nice.

They all travel back to New York to take their wedding dresses down the runway for the last competition. But wait, it can't be that simple! There is another challenge waiting for them. They have 1 day to create a bridesmaid dress to go along with their wedding dress. ARGH! Aren't they done yet? So, they all run off to Mood to get fabric so they can start working. Here's my runway impressions of the bridesmaid outfits, as I already gave you my wedding dress impressions:

Jerell -- horrific. He chose a semi-glossy blue fabric that was not made at all well. It puckered and was wrinkled everywhere. He had flowers coming out of the side near the bodice. it just didn't work. He mentioned to Korto that bridesmaid dresses were supposed to be ugly, and he definitely hit the mark.

Korto - Meh. The bridesmaid dress was made from the same color fabric, which is the first big no-no. It was a short pleated halter top dress that was very un-inspiring. Sorry Korto, but this was a miss.

Kenley -- made a very cute short blue dress with a see-through mesh top that was made very well and complimented the wedding dress nicely.

Leanne -- adorable cream and light teal-blue short dress that used the wave pattern across the bodice with a lovely effect. Really nice. I liked it.

Bottom line, someone has to go. This week it was Jerell. He was my pick too. So the three designers that will be competing at Fashion Week are Leanne, Kenley and Korto. I am looking forward to seeing their collections come down the runway. ]]> tag:www.tvfodder.com,2008:/project_runway//37.3729 2008-10-03T00:42:35Z 2008-10-20T01:39:57Z

All of the designers have trouble executing their designs this week.

Wendy www.tvfodder.com/amazing_race There are only 4 designers left this week and they are all on pins and needles (sorry) anticipating Bryant Park and Fashion Week. Tim takes them on a fieldtrip to the New York Botanical Gardens. They are each given a camera and an hour to find inspriation in nature. The gardens are truly lovely, and I am definitely putting it on my need to see if I ever manage to get to New York.

The pressure is definitely getting to all of the designers. Tears, rants, and taunts are in huge evidence this time. No one seems to get along with Kenley, but I blame her for that more than anyone else. She has been nothing but combative and condescending to everyone. Including the judges! Get a grip! You are not all that Kenley, You ARE talented, but you need to learn to take criticism.

Alright, let's get to the outfits.

Leanne finds inspiration in a lavendar plant. She makes a lavender dress with lots of ruffles going along the bodice and all along the dress. It is a very different look for her, more soft and flowy. I was not terrible impressed.

Korto was inspired by a beautiful flower that had petals that were almost like elongated tear drops in beautiful orange and yellow colors. The dress she made had the same colors in the flower and she added some lace here and there. The dress was made very well and it fit the model perfectly, but it was rather static. Not my favorite of her designs.

Jerell was inspired by a beautiful purple rosebush. His dress had a bodice that had a lovely beaded pattern on it with a long skirt and lots and lots of layers. Again, it wasn't his finest work. All I wanted to do was reach through the TV and pull up the bodice. It was soooooo low!

Kenley found these textured leaves for her inspiration. The dress she created looked like it belonged in a bad Kung Fu movie. The dress is floor length with a dog collar like top and these hideous scale-like (that's what she wanted, Heidi!) things on the bottom. Yikes.

In my opinon, no one did a good job this time. They had two days to pull of their looks, but I was completely disappointed with all of them. Honestly, I cannot even pick a winner. It was just too sad. This was an unbelieveably disappointing last episode before Bryant Park. *sigh*

The Winner -- Jerell, barely.

Auf'd -- no one yet. Since they couldn't decide who to send home, they are letting them all create collections for Bryant Park, but only three of them will be able to show and compete. I certainly hope that they will do a better job on their collections than they did in this challenge. Make it work, people!]]> tag:www.tvfodder.com,2008:/project_runway//37.3710 2008-09-25T03:14:46Z 2008-09-25T03:49:08Z

This week the judges completely send home the wrong design! ARGH!

Wendy www.tvfodder.com/amazing_race This week leaves 5 designers waiting to see who will make it to Bryant Park. Heidi meets the designers on the runway along with their models. It is once again time to choose new models. Most of the designers stay with their models, but Leanne chooses to steal Tia from Suede, much to the chagrin of the model she has been with this whole time. All is fair in love and fashion.

This week, Tim tells them that they will be designing for each other. What? Yup they will be the models for this week. Which begs the question, WHY did they have to choose new models this week? Couldn't it have waited for next week? Duh. Ah, well, who knows what things are in producers minds. Not only do they have to design for each other, but their inspiration must come from a music style. And not one of their choosing. The velvet bag is back and chooses their client as well as their music style.

It breaks down like this: Suede -- designing for Jerell with a music style of Rock N Roll. (not that unbelievable) Leanne -- designing for Korto with a music style of Country. Uh, yes, have some. Jerell -- designing for Kenley with a music style of Pop. Kenley Spears here we come. Kenley -- designing for Leanne with a music style of Hip Hop. Yup, you heard right dog! Korto -- designing for Suede with a music style of Punk. Edgy.

Everyone gives great lip service to the fact that they will not throw their fellow designers under the bus, yet they tell a different story to the cameras. It IS a competition after all. They get 1 hour to consult with their clients and then they all head off to Mood to but fabric.

Ok, I am just going to say it, Kenley needs to get laid. No really. She is so ridiculously uptight. Sorry. Had to be said. And she has NO IDEA what Hip Hop looks like. Even though the other designers and Tim try to tell her. Whatever -- they don't know what they're talking about.

OK Runway Impressions --

Korto -- really does look a little bit country. Leanne created a long black skirt with a fuschia colored blouse with "country" pocket embellishments and a wide gold belt with cowboy boots.

Jerell -- looks like Jerell. Suede's outfit of black form-fitting jeans, a black vest and a patterned tank was OK. Not great, but not extraordinary either.

Kenley -- looks exactly like Kenley Spears. The outfit Jerell designed is a short black skirt with a fishnet top that has silver cups to hide the, well, you know what. It has a high spangled collar with knee high go-go boots. Really a great job.

Leanne -- Very high waisted and fitted (albeit poorly) jeans with a flower patterned top and a ridiculously short jacket. This is the antithesis of Hip Hop. Tim tries in vain to steer her in another direction, but she won't have any of it.

Suede -- is the epitome of punk. Korto created a black jean that she bleached to create a new texture and color patern with a sleeveless shirt that has chains and a ripped-like pattern sewn in. Fantastic job Korto. And let me just say that Suede knows how to work a runway.

My Winner -- Korto, My Auf-- Kenley.

Judge's Winner -- Korto, Auf'd -- Suede.

I have to say that this was a totally unfair auf. Kenley's outfit was so much worse in scope and fit and style than Suede's was. I am really upset about it all. There is no way that Kenley embodied Hip Hop more than Suede did Rock N Roll. Boo Hoo Judges. I am crying FOUL. Sorry, Suede. You should not have gone home.

Oh, I forgot to mention that the guest judge was L L Cool J. No really, and Kenley still wasn't auf'd! Grrrrrrrrr. L L is promoting a new clothing line -- big surprise. I wonder if Lifetime will be as much of a sponsorship whore as Bravo is. Ah well, we shall see.

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Who will be the first guest judge after the switch?

Wendy www.tvfodder.com/amazing_race According to OMG, Lindsay Lohan will be the special gvuest judge for the new season when it premeires on Lifetime next January.

The tentative date for the premiere is January 20th, 2009. Let's hope that Lindsay can stay out of trouble long enough to "make it work".

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The designers do make-overs with limited success.

Wendy www.tvfodder.com/amazing_race Heidi meets the designers on the runway and brings out a line of middle-aged women. Everyone assumes this is the mom challenge, but apparently no one is related to the women they bring out. Heidi explains that these are the moms of the clients they will be designing for. Then the "real" clients come out. Six young ladies all recent college graduates are here for a complete make-over. Hair, clothes, the works.

The designers are paired up via the glorious black velvet bag, Heidi just picked names and went down the list. They all get 30 minutes to talk with their clients and figure out what they are going to make. Some of the groups got along well with their designer, others were less cooperative. Leanne got the group that had the most opinions (and you know the phrase, opinions are like _____, everybody has one). There wasn't a whole lot of drama in the workroom this time, at least not that they aired. I mean no one was lableled lazy for not making sleeves or anything, so let's get right to the runway impressions.

1. Joe -- totally missed the mark. Created a 3 piece suit-like garment with pinstripes and a shirt that was also striped that just was not in the least flattering to his client. It was such an outdated view of women in the work world it was laughable.

2. Leanne -- Simple blue dress with a patterned top that you couldn't see because it was hidden by this gray jacket with huge fluffy buttons that cut the client in half and made her look very frumpy. It was better without the jacket.

3. Jerell -- Brown, brown, brown that is all I saw in this out fit. Short skirt, tank and jacket combo. To me boring and brown. Meh.

4. Korto -- Cute short green patterned dress with a very well made tailored jacket that fit absolutely perfectly. Nice job, as usual!

5. Suede -- Short dress with a purple, orange and brown print that was passable, but the jacket that he put over it was brown long sleeves with a ruffle-cuff and just plain bad.

6. Kenley -- floral print dress (what a surprise) with a brown vest and wide cream colored belt. Not my favorite by any means, but not as horrific as others.

My Winner -- Korto, My Auf -- Joe

Judges Favorites -- Kenley, Korto, Jerell

Judge's Winner -- Jerell

Auf'd -- Joe

As a side note, for those of you that don't know, Bryant Park has already happened this past weekend, of course we won't see it on the show for a few weeks, but if you just can't wait, you can do a search and be able to see some of the designs that went down the runway. See ya next week!

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The designers are faced with lots of changes this week. Some of them are from without and some are from within.

Wendy www.tvfodder.com/amazing_race This week the designers are thrown quite a few curveballs. Heidi meets them on the runway and brings out the special helpers for this week. It turns out to be all of the designers that were previously eliminated. She tells them that they will be partnering up with one of them for this challenge, and she assures them that they will not have the opportunity to return. They do not get to choose the partner they have. Tim meets them in the workroom with the velvet bag. He goes by their zodiac signs when he chooses partners from the bag.

The challenge this week is to create an avant-garde look inspired by one of the team members zodiac sign. They chose among themselves which sign they wanted to use. The designers were paired up thusly: Jerell and Jennifer, Blayne and Stella, Terri and Keith, Joe and Daniel, Kenley and Wesley, Korto and Kelli, Leanne and Emily, Suede and Jerry (remember him first one gone with the horrendous horror-film lab assistant?)

Some of the teams get along very well. Others did not. Terri and Keith were worse than oil and water - no really! She didn't even let him cut the fabric. Honestly, I'm not sure what he did do. Mostly they just showed him asking her what he could do and Terri either ignoring him or telling him nothing. Way to use your resources Terri. Some of the creations really do look avant-garde. Some others look ridiculous. No, even more ridiculous than almost anything we have seen so far. Who woulda thunk it was possible.

They are told they will have 2 days to finish their creation. When they arrive on day two, there is an invite for them. Heidi wants them to showcase their designs that evening at 8:00! Four hours sooner than they thought and also, there will be TWO designers elimiated this week instead of just one. Remember the thing about curveballs. This was one low and inside.

They arrive at the Planetarium (where the reception was being held) and are greeted by Heidi and lots of designers from past seasons. They will be the judges and the judging will happen tonight at the party. They will still put their designs down the runway, but at that point the decision will already have been made. Interesting concept and curveball two.

Runway impressions:

Suede and Jerry -- chose Libra and they made a blue and gray pantsuit with these scale-like things hanging from the back. Really it just looked cheap. Suede is lucky that Suede's competition screwed up even more.

Leanne and Emily -- chose Scorpio (best sign ever) -- made a short red dress that had a black exoskeleton-like circles and curves that came over the top and wrapped around. It was nice and I definitely GOT the Scorpio part.

Korto and Kelli -- chose Aquarius and pulled it off really well. They created a blue flowy gown with scallop like shoulders it was lovely and flowy. Nice.

Kenley and Wesley -- chose Aquarius as well and didn't come up with any thing close. They made this HUGE poofy sleeves -- think costume, think the poofiest 80's sleeves prom dress and multiply it by about 10,000! No REALLY! It was made out of a purple plaid and it had a short flower patterned skirt. I cannot even fathom what she was thinking. Horrific!

Joe and Daniel -- chose Aries fire sign. They created a lovely dress using reds, golds and oranges. There were multiple ruffles and a cute short jacket. Definitely fire sign, absolutely adorable.

Terri and Keith -- Leo was their inspiration. At the Planetarium the night before, this dress had a huge faux-fir collar. The dress is long and golden and not spectacular. She gets bad vibes from the past season designers and removes the collar and adds this equally hideous red poofy sleeved thing (what is WITH the poofy sleeves) Yuck. The dress was bad, but her attitude toward her teammate was worse.

Blayne and Stella -- also chose Libra but did an even worse job than Suede and Jerry. They made this corset-like nude colored body suit with some leather bindings and unbelieveable swatches no, not swatches, bolts?, yes BOLTS of fabric coming out of one side only. Juvenile - my four year old could have made it. Michael Kors hit it right on the nail -- She looks like she's pooping fabric.

Jerell and Jennifer -- Sagttarius was their inspiration. They made a long check patterned skirt with a short spaghetti strapped sequinsed top and a jacket with a really out there outerspace like pattern and sleeves with lots of layers.

Judges Favorites -- Jerell, Korto and Joe. Judges Least Favorites -- Blayne, Kenley, Terri and Suede. My winner Jerell, my Auf's Blayne and Kenley.

Winner -- Jerell!

Auf'd -- Blayne and Terri.

It looks like next week will have even more drama than this week did. I can't wait to see what it turns out to be. See ya then.]]> tag:www.tvfodder.com,2008:/project_runway//37.3651 2008-09-08T13:10:46Z 2008-09-08T13:28:22Z

Delays push the fall start of Project Runway on Lifetime to January.

Wendy www.tvfodder.com/amazing_race Now, all of you project Runway fans know that the show is moving from Bravo! to Lifetime. We all thought is was happening this fall, but according to Hollywood Insider they will not be running the show until January! Also according to EW.com, there is major lawsuit involving both networks and the show itself.

It would appear that Bravo! was not happy with letting this show go to another network. NBC/Universal alleges that Weinstien Co. did not give them first refusal for the new season.

Lifetime says they just want more time to give Project Runway more advertising (as if they are not already advertising whores -- oops, did I say that?) to give them the best start possible. Also according to EW.com, this has nothing to do with advertising and everything to do with Lifetime being able to get all their ducks in a row to start production.

In truth, it doesn't really matter WHY they will not have a fall start. I mean, it's not like the writers' strike would have an effect on this show the way it devastated Lost and Heroes (I'm sure there are others, but those are my favorites). Ah, well, unfortunately it is us fans that have to deal with the repercussions of all this studio problems.

I hope that studios (movie and television) realize that they can only push the consumer so far before they encounter a backlash. I mean right now, I am still planning on seeing Harry Potter next June, but I am really angry about the start date change. I am more forgiving of Lifetime as they do not have the show "in the can" so to speak.

At least we can take comfort from the fact that we still have a few weeks to see what creations Korto, Suede, Kenley, Jerell, Leanne, Blayne and the rest will come up with. Hang in there!

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They get their fabrics from Diane's own storehouse. Amazing! They have 30 minutes to find what they need. There are fantastic looking fabrics everywhere you look. It was amazing. They are also given a Look Book of the new collection so that they can see what kind of look the collection has. The look book is filled with lots of layers and sheik spy/shanghai/woman about town.

There wasn't much drama in the episode this week, so let's get to the outfits!

Blayne -- short black capri-like pant with really really bad poofy legs. With a black jacket that is not bad and of course a bright colored shirt.

Jerell -- three piece outfit that is color-challenged. He put an electric blue belt with a long jacket and a short skirt. Bleech! Jerell for me is either right on or waaaaaaay off. Guess which one it was today?

Joe -- Shanghai inspired outfit that was badly made. Just badly made. The hood/cape he made was cute and the shirt with the frog buttons was a good color, but the seams didn't match up in the back. Yikes.

Kenley -- took a flowery print (who woulda thunk it?) and made a short dress with black lace to break up the print. It was a nice dress, but it had nothing to do with the challenge really.

Stella -- Pants with a halter top of the same fabric and a magician-like cape. No kidding. Poorly made too. Ouch.

Leanne -- Beautiful long blue gown with ruffles on the back and a short cropped trench coat. Lovely really quite beautiful.

Korto -- Long dress in a black and white print with a splash of yellow silk in the front and along the halter-like sleeves. The print is gorgeous! It also had a short black off the shoulder. Very nice!

Suede -- God awful print that is reminiscent of I don't know what. Just yuck and he made a floor length dress out of it with a short vest that was even worse if that is possible.

Terri -- Pant, Jacket, Shirt combo -- yet another surprise! At least it looked nice.

Judges favorites -- Leanne, Kenley and Korto. Judges least favorites -- Suede, Stella and Joe. My winner -- Korto, my Auf -- Suede.

Winner -- Leanne

Auf'd -- Stella

This was a true fashion challenge. Kudos Bravo TV!!! See ya next week!]]>