*spoilers!
episode 04 of this week's Project Runway is everyone's favorite, the unconventional challenge, or The Ultimate Hard and Soft challenge. yay! this is the episode where the wacky, way outside of the box crazy designer kick some ass, in theory. this is their time to shine, but for some reason they never do. all i can say is that it was an unexpected elimination. i didn't see it coming, or i saw it coming when the judges were deliberating. but up until then, i didn't see this one coming.
i do feel the need to mention that as of this episode all the designers have been pretty calm and collected. no drama, no cat-fights, no backstabbing; actually that is what i really like about Project Runway, the lack of said drama. i figured that with the added "teams" plot this season, i was expecting some drama. maybe that is what the producers were thinking when they added the "teams." i'm glad the designers haven't stooped to a petty level. this was an amazingly good week, and i thought the elimination was really hard. no one stuck out as the "awful" designer. i must mention Daniel's pajamas at the beginning of the episode. they were totally kick ass. i love it when people can rock the crazy loud colors. only a certain person can wear what he does because half of fashion is the personality of the wearer. good lord, listen to me. it's like i know something about fashion. i don't, believe me, i really don't.
in this episode we saw some of the designers being moved around. the teams were becoming a little too lopsided, and if they were going to continue this way, the dream team would be done for. like Matthew pointed out, the teams are getting to a point where the judges are going to send home really good designers because they are on the losing team and the mediocre designers will last way too long because they are on the winning team. this was the only concern i had with having teams this year, some designers will last too long because they were lucky enough on being on the winning team. so the teams were reorganized.
the dream team add Stanley & Layana but lost Michelle. it was a good choice for the dream team to take those two because they are very strong designers. i loved Michelle's reaction to joining team keeping it real. i love that she has such a strong distaste for Patricia.
let's talk about the teams and final designs:
the dream team -
finally, they won a challenge. yay! it was about time and they needed it. otherwise i could see a possible mass suicide from them if they lost again. i think a lot of confidence came from adding Stanley and Layana. they were the leadership the team needed.
Benjamin--who had kind of taken the helm in the past--was just drowning, and he really needed to get his shit together before trying to save the team.
Stanley brought a vision and was able to bring the team together under the Dior theme. it was a great idea.
during the work period, i really thought they were screwed with time management issues (i'm looking at you Samantha and Benjamin), but they pulled it together. bravo team!
Matthew - i loved his top. all together it was okay.
Stanley - i loved his dress. it was just pretty. i loved all the green leaves.
Tu - he surprised me with his dress. i really liked it.
Benjamin - he pulled it together, and it was beautiful. the top that he wove was gorgeous.
Samantha - i really liked her skirt but thought the whole design was just okay.
Layana - i loved it. it was so pretty and whimsical, just beautiful. i was my favorite.
and the winner - Samantha - which surprised me and i did not agree with. but what do i know?
team keeping it real -
to me, they started out strong. their brainstorming session seemed to go well. they seemed like they were all on the same page, which is very important. but then they forgot to make sure everything went together. it was not cohesive.
i was loving Richard this episode. when he said he wanted his design to be something like "RuPaul meets Gilligan's Island," i died. i want to see that dress, and i want RuPaul in it.
watching Joseph is always interesting. when Michelle said his dress was like a "sea hag garment," i shouted for joy. i will say this now, Joseph: i do not get your style. i've seen his style plenty. i live in a hipster's paradise, so i know his client base, but it's just not for me. however, he did jump in and save Amanda.
oh Amanda...
this team had no cohesive design. period. and the whole fashion through the decades theme was terrible. ugh. but the dresses were impressive. it was a hard call and a hard elimination.
Daniel - a lovely dress.
Joseph - when i saw it go down the runway i was shocked because i really liked his dress. i thought it turned out nice. i think his end dress was not what he was going for at all.
Richard & Michelle - okay. very Madonna.
Patricia - another designer who always surprises me. i really liked her dress. but i felt it was very similar to Joseph's dress.
Amanda - an okay dress but i thought it was the weakest. everyone hated her moss and kind of threw her under the buss during the judging.
Kate - it was a pretty dress but i felt it looked like a craft project, just like Tim said. i think it was the hem.
and the loser - Joseph, and this surprised me. i really felt that it should've been Amanda just because it was the weakest. none were bad. but halfway through the judges deliberation the shift went off of Amanda's dress and onto Joseph's. i'm not a big fan of Joseph, but i don't think he should've gone home in this challenge. this was a good episode and a hard elimination. needless to say, i was shocked.
i hope to have the next episode up tomorrow and then the one that airs on Thursday up on Friday to get caught up. we'll see if that happens though.
Project Runway airs Thursday nights on Lifetime. enjoy. xoxo.
(photos from Project Runway at mylifetime.com)
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