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Pretty big second (first?) challenge for the designers
Design for the Marie Claire reader and have your look put up in Times square on a 40 foot billboard.

$150 and a day to sew and the designers are set loose.

Jason thinks of Infinity and Nicholas thinks of circles. Raise your hand if you think they're f*****. imes.

With the extra 30 minutes, we get to see a little more of the workroom drama and Gunn-isms. For eample we see Casanova asking sailor boy to help him, "just a simple question" and gets shut down as sailor boy just doesn't have time to pattern make for other people.
Jason is doing infinity, like 8 like Season 8 like crop circles. Where did this guy come from? Is he messing with us? Tim gives him some tough love but Jason thinks he's the "straight guy in a gay man's world...don't be so hard on me" Please girlfriend, that doesn't mean you can get away with sloppy looks.

Gretchen thinks Nicholas is ripping him off. Tim tries to talk him out of the Little Red Riding hood cape to no avail. Oh Nicholas! I'd like you to stick around!

Gretchen and Casanova are "hips buddies" since Casanova lets Gretchen know he "doesn't have boobies" to be bosom buddies.

And now, let's all give Mondo a hug. Poor Mondo and his talent, it keeps him from forming friendships. He always has to create, it's such a curse!
Call the whambulance.

The twist this week is the designers get to do a photo shoot for their look, which I think is a great experience for them. Hopefully they will actually get to do fashion shoots in the future. Some do really well, and some, well some have safety pins in their look and get a glare from the fashion shoot director. Just sayin.



To the Runway!

Christopher
Boring without trying to be boring. Eh. I just think he needs to try harder, did he really think this was going to win the billboard challenge?
April
I want to like this look. I think if she had more time this could have been super amazing. However it looks like 2 looks fighting a bit with each other up top and the draping on the boobs is distracting. Maybe because she actually has them and is a model? I dunno.....good choice for safe and on the right track.
Kristin
I had such a bad reaction to this look when it came out I stepped back (well I was on the couch but I flinched for sure!). It is sewn so strangely, there's weird patches of fabric mish-mashed together to make the skirt and the top and that same strange jowl action up top that she did last week with Mondo's kilt. I would have put this in the bottom!!! This screams out for Heidi to call it "home sewn".
Casanova
Casanova went 180 this week and went from "prostitute to a nunnery" according to Tim Gunn. This was a little power bitch, but it totally fit the challenge and I like the overall look. Very sleek and sexy and the yellow shoes throw an unexpected flavor to the look. He was apalled that he chose the "disturbing" color of navy blue. I think Casanova is going to be around a while, he is pure reality show entertainment.
Ivy.
I hate boring colors like this in a look. She lost this as soon as she went to Mood. This fabric isn't going to win anything. Yawn yawn safe look.

Michael
Well hello. The hair is annoying me, but what a fun look! I would so rock this with a suit jacket. Fun styling and a bold look to go. Maybe it was a little too "STS" for the judges (Short Tight Shiny), or maybe too 90's, but it was one that would get noticed for sure. I wonder if this one was in the running at all. Michael D.
Very simple, yet borderline vulgar look. The fabric choice was unexpected, but overall it is a very simple design and the styling was pretty boring. You can get away with these kinds of looks in the beginning, but later on he could get called out for something barely covering the butt cheeks.

Andy
Very officey and safe. The purple stripes up the backside were not placed in an attractive spot on the body. He also did pop over sleeves which was unnecessary for this challenge, since the winner goes on a billboard. I wish more designers had made pants, but the time constraints make that a very risky choice.
A.J.
AJ knew his look wasn't executed quite right. Somehow Sailor boy is going for Gwen Stefani or Blondie as a bee to a rock show. I feel like he was on the right track to something really great here, bright colors, like the shoes with it and something, again, not a pencil skirt. The dark lipstick make it a little bee costume and A.J. admits she looked like a "pregnant alien" from the side. Curious to see what else he'll do!

Sarah
Hmmm. This look is perplexing. It definitely looks like something Sarah would make. I think the waist just comes up way way too high. I like pockets on a dress, which she has and she also did a cute matching clutch (too matchy matchy maybe?). I also like the lime shoes with the contrasting magenta. However the whole thing just looks kind of off. What do you think?
The Bottoms:

Peach.
Peach made 3 looks and this is the one she ended up with. Barbie challenge would have worked ok for this dress. That's it. Someone must love Peach up there in that producers booth, because I would have kicked off Peach instead of Nicholas. This is boring, ugly color, random weirdness in the back and the model looks like a 5 year old. "Amish cocktail" dress indeed.
Jason.
I almost thought they were still going to keep him on for creepy straight guy factor. However, luckily this guy messed up so bad that there was no way they could keep him and keep their integrity in tact. Safety pins! And not in a funky cool way. Safety pins, because he was going for an infinity look and you know-- there's that little thing that he can't sew. Jason wanted the judges to look past the "the little things" for closures, like safety pins. Although according to the backstage chatter he does great menswear. Hmmm if that's true why in the hell didn't you make some wonderful pants for the Marie Clare challenge? Whatever, I'm so glad I don't have to waste any more space on this douchebag. AUF WEIDERSEHEN!
Ok, a little more time. What an asshole to make all kinds of excuses for his look and then not say goodbye or wait for Tim Gunn. What a jerk.


Nicholas.
Last week the judges threatened to kick off my dear sweet Nicholas but his passion for fashion and teary eyes saved him from the axe.
The judges called him out again (although there were worse looks this week!) and said there was too much going on here.
Yes. There is a lot going on here. Granted there are 20 shades of lavender in this look and the skirt IS a weird length and maybe ladies don't wear enough riding hood capes these days. Is that reason enough to kick him off? He needs some editing in his looks but the top looks great on it's own (IGNORE the cut up back) and he's a great sewer and I think they could have kept him around to see what else he could do.
Bastards.
He was so generally upset about kicked off it was heartbreaking.

Oh wow, the lining of the skirt matches the belt. That is a lot going on......how did he have time to make all that???
Mondo
My absolute favorite! The judges called it "whimsy" and when Mondo and the guest judge had their Mary Tyler Moore bonding moment there I thought he had it in the bag. Sigh. It wasn't meant to be. Love this look all together, completely pulled together and fab. The photo shoot was great.
Valerie.
This one almost won. It's a smart clean look with some great detailing that maybe doesn't show through. Very chic, as Michael Kors would say, but perhaps needed something more? A great bag? A cardigan for day? Maybe not, but it feels like it's not a WOW look.

Designers, zeeeee winner for the second week in a row.
Ok, let's chat shall we?
This is a jumpsuit.
A jumpsuit with a "hello boys" zipper down the front. This will only look good on a stick figure model with no soul. No hips or breasts or any curves allowed in this outfit. It is one of the few designs that wasn't a pencil skirt, so I can see why they were drawn to it, and it did photograph well. However.....it's a jumpsuit. A jumpsuit with ties around the ankles. I don't see this as the win at all. I don't see Marie Claire reader in this. Congrats Gretchen, you have the judges wrapped around your finger.

Have to admit, that is a kick ass billboard. And too bad it wasn't a competition also for the models as well, because that was not Gretchen's model. Apparently they don't have high end models on Project Runway. Oops.

Sew it Begins aka Pants out of Pants

Season 8 is back and Heidi is ready with a new do.

This season, they're going for 90 minute episodes, and got rid of the terrible Models of the Runway show. (Did anyone besides Heidi watch that show???) For an extra half hour, I was hoping to get a little more of the construction process, maybe see more of the designers, because when there's so many, you don't get to see everybody, and when there are less, you know them better and want to see more of them. There was a tiny bit more of that, and more Tim Gunn- always a plus- but there were also additions that we didn't need; more of the hair and makeup time (yawn!) and more of the "behind the scenes" with the designers when they're waiting for the results of their peers (yawn!). The opening felt like there were more time to learn more about the designers and they meet up Real World style before they make it to Grand Central (instead of Bryant Park). Besides that, Tim and Heidi "dished" a bit on the designers, but there wasn't anything eye-opening. McKell has a newborn baby, so Heidi thinks she must "want this very bad". Thanks Heidi. There was also a bit more of the judging process, but last night's was a bit of a joke, so I almost felt like the producers told them, "Hey we want to keep these characters on, so please justify why you're keeping them on, kthxbye".

The designers arrive before Mr. Gunn and Frau Klum with their luggage still with them. Yeah, you should know something is up. Then they are told that they are still in the audition process and they are not all going to be on the show. Welllll yeah someone gets kicked off every show, even the FIRST episode, so since when are they supposed to feel safe anyway? The designers panic and already they seem like a bunch of whiners.

They are told to take one item out of their luggage to use in a design. Gee, what would you pick from your luggage to incorporate into a design? I know, my $1,070 jeans THAT I'VE NEVER WORN. The designers are told sadistically by Heidi, that they need to pass the item to their neighbor to use. More whining from the designers and only 5 hours to complete the look! One or more designers were going to be kicked off, so the designers were quivering in their boots. With only 5 hours to work on their looks, you can imagine the stress levels and necessary short cuts that were taken...ahem, staples. I'm amazed Tim could still get around to chat with them during that time. Some people really went for it and completely took apart the garment, and some, well.....some made Pants out of Pants.

As for the group, we have the older one, the younger one, the over-confident one, the Puerto Rican guy who goes by only Casanova, and enough gay boys to keep this show going. The straight guy that keeps reminding you that he's straight by saying how tough he is and how distracted he is by boobies....and then sews with a corset utility belt (ok, how cool was that? I WANT). Then there are the forgettable ones. At this early stage it's hard to keep track of all the designers.

The models are taken to hair and makeup and some of the designers have probably not had the opportunity before to use professional hair and makeup teams with their designs. I'm sure I would be just as bewildered as Peach!

This week's guest judge is Selma Blair. Michael and Nina are back. They showed a lot more of the designer reactions to the show and gave us subtitles so we could know what they were commenting on. As soon as the one girl watching the runway show said the bag was "perfect" for the look, didn't we all KNOW it was gonna get called out as b-a-d!

Let's "Carry on" shall we? 17 designers on a super shiny runway to judge!

The designers that were automatically "IN"

A.J.Well, this is something I would love to rock and would have loved to see in the top, but I know it's too costumey for the judges, but it didn't go so far that the judges called him out on it. Well played A.J.

AndyAndy channeled a little Christian Siriano for his look. I almost thought the judges were going to love or hate this, but again it was safe. I'm amazed he could put this whole look together in 5 hours! He will be one to watch so far. Love the back of this look!

Christopher He went with a good game plan for the first challenge: Do something simple and safe, not too hideous but cover the bases and let the frantic designers over-work and fail on their own!

Kristin

She got Mondo's kilt, and did something you wouldn't expect to do with it. However, I think the bottom portion is just too heavy a look. I thought I was watching the potato sack challenge.

Michael C.

I like how the top is constructed, and I'm certainly not against the skirt per se, but it's bordering on streetwalker. I'm also unsure of what she's carrying, I didn't see her wear it.


Michael D.
Eh. Similar game plan, make it safe and not too hideous and slip past the first elimination. It's not bad but for some reason I'm thinking the elves in Lord of the Rings would love this.

MondoMondo had the green jacket. I'm almost surprised this didn't get called out on the styling, since it was such an important thing to the judges this episode. The way he mixed the green with the print made the girl look pretty wide.

Peach
Clean, well made look in 5 hours, she's in for sure. Very fresh looking. It remains to be seen how much this "hells to the yeah" older designer does in the future.

SarahI like this. It seemed a tad uncomfortable to wear...but maybe that's just me. Love the overall look. Simple and young.

ValerieThe boob flaps bother me and it seems like there is a LOT going on here. However, you can see that she should be on the show and it seems like she can crank things out pretty quickly.

Winner was Gretchen:

They thought it was sophisticated, great styling and Selma Blair loved it. I'm not sold on it as the winner, also it was called the clear winner, no one else made it to the top. I'm bored, let's move on to the bottoms.

AprilApril's look was intriguing coming down the runway, and from far away it looked kind of cool! Upon closer inspection, it did look terribly unfinished. But hey....5 hours? I wonder what they could have done in a full day. April claimed she wanted it to look unfinished. Nina said she looked like an "80's street walker".

Nicholas
Judges thought it was boring. I thought this should have been safe. Yeah not exciting but he really went for something that would look beautiful. He was so cute and seemed like he was so intent on staying on the show during judging and I was rooting for him instantly.

Casanova

"Odd". "Mother of the bride belly dancer". "Sexaholic conservative".
"Pole dancer in Dubai". Michael Kors covered it. Carry on.

IvyPants out of pants. Ivy had Peach's pants and she didn't do much with them, and then makes some loose maternity style top. The hoop earring just killed Michael Kors. Nina just bitch slapped Ivy's ego. Ivy has already started talking in the third person, and with how much they showed her on camera I knew she was not going to be kicked off.


Jason
After Heidi called this out as what she wears when she gets her hair did, that's all I can see now. Jason had the luxury of getting a decent amount of fabric from a kimono and he turns the freakin thing backwards and staples it and ties a sash around it? I guess he knew that his hat* would protect him and he was right. Selma sort of defended the outfit, but perhaps she figured he would be auf'd and she wouldn't be too mean.

Obviously he should have been kicked off and was obviously saved because he's more of a character. I guess we shall see what happens next week. Epic fail.

*Jason said in the beginning of the episode he would intimidate the competition with his hat like Roman soldiers. No lie. An army hat you ask? No, a bowler hat.

McKell
McKell is the one that "really wanted it" according to Heidi because she left a 9 month old baby at home. Sadly, she is the one to first be auf'd. Was this the worse design on the runway? No. Was it the worst constructed? No. Was McKell enough of a "character" to stay? No. There you go.

Judges what do you think?
"Disco apron" with "side cleavage". -Michael
"Butt ugly"- Heidi

Ouch.

It's always tough to be the first one kicked off and McKell's face when she saw that the judges threatened to kick others off but didn't was super sad. Tim Gunn had actually liked the look but admitted that it didn't fit the model well and the styling was off.

Auf weidersehen McKell.

Finally, the Finale

Well my dears, Project Runway is back for another season-starting tomorrow.

I did not post my thoughts on the finale for Season 7. I didn't even watch the finale right away. I knew, I just knew Seth Aaron was going to win it. He had an even, strong viewpoint for the whole season and was the nicest guy to boot. I wasn't worried about my favorite designer of the season (wellll maybe a little bit).

Not much drama leading up to the show. The Tim Gunn visits were cute as always. Emilio didn't listen to Tim at all, in fact he argued with him, and after seeing Emilio's show, he would have done well to listen! It's no
surprise that Mila matches her black and white home decor, down to her black and white Dalmatian. How cute was it to see her goth days photo though? Seth Aaron got excited and made a ton of outfits, and Tim's advice is, he needs to try harder. Re-do the collection! Wow. Strong advice, but Seth is smart and he does take Tim's advice seriously. Tim gets his moment on the trampoline with the family, who are the cutest gosh darn family besides.

Let's skip all the in-betweens and get right to the collections!

Emilio's collection:
Tim was right, his collection is matronly, and why did he choose this color scheme? The looks are made well, they're not over-done for the most part and they are looks that many women would wear. There is nothing particularly special or new about these looks and he went too much with 3 of the colors, one of which is a split pea soup color and then his Emilio Sosa print which I never decoded during the print challenge they had.Emilio's first look shows his color scheme and his print:Yeah, exactly. Love to see the coat, but that color leaves a bad taste in my mouth. The dress design doesn't look flattering on the bottom and the overall feel is just too much together.

This look shows the blue he used and the simple, clean look he was going for. This model walked the hell out of this look, so it looked bold coming down the runway, but as you can see, it's a basic blue dress on an attractive woman. This look was pretty random, and again, basic.
Here was his show-stopping piece, which I guess he was setting up with his random metallic look above(?) The judges liked this gown. Emilio did really well during the season but he just didn't use all his talent during this runway show and I was pretty confident he wasn't going to win. Perhaps he was edited to look like the jerk, but you don't mess with Mr. Gunn!

Mila's collection:

I was pleasantly surprised by Mila's collection. Yes, we all knew it was going to be black and white. That's ok, that's her color palette and it's very Mila. I loved the progression of her collection coming out and her last look was hot. It was very Mila, but a more current style of her. I was a little worried when I saw her collection, but I still knew it was Seth Aaron's game to win.Here's her first look. Very Mila, in design and coloring-of course. I like the styling that she did for her collection, it was a little bit gritty and it really sold it for me for her looks.I loved this next look. Likin' the gloves and the dress. The leggings really make this look special.
This look was overall plain, but the back of the sweater was done really well. Overall, her looks were very simple and some of them were pretty forgettable.
Here's her final look, which closed off the show with a pop! I like the horizontal lining of the dress, which goes with the rest of her collection. This maybe would have been even better cut a little bit shorter? Nonetheless it's a strong look to close.

Seth Aaron's collection:

My favorite designer all season did not disappoint. Yes there was houndstooth, yes there was plaid, yes there was a leathery-y type of material. Perhaps not all of his looks were winners, but all of his looks made me stare. They were all very strong in some way. Although Mila had a strong showing, there was still no comparison to Seth Aaron's show.

The first look opened with this red look. Super hot, I would love to have this.This one looks simple at first glance, but after looking at it, I loved it more and more. The back is very striking. I really liked how you never knew what was coming out next during Seth Aaron's show. This looked so bright and intriguing when it came out. Was it a dress? A coat? Yellow plaid is not something I would normally think of, but one of my fave all time PR looks was Jeffrey's yellow plaid couture dress and now this look is embedded in my mind.Seth completed his look with a show-stopping piece. Static on the page this dress is a strange silhouette. It doesn't seem to go with the rest of the show. However, in motion this look I couldn't not stare at the whole way down the runway. What was going on? Such a dramatic look to end on.
Congrats to Seth Aaron! The nice guy did finish first this time, a well deserved win. One of my favorite designers in PR history!
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The Big, Top Designers

This week, their last challenge, Heidi tells the designers that they will be taken to a tent. The tent ends up being the Ringling Bros. Circus at Coney Island.

Cue cheesey circus music and Tim Gunn enters. (Tim seems a little perturbed to be in this non-fashonista tent.) The designers watch their very own circus and act like they've never seen a circus before.

The challenge is to create a high fashion look inspired by the circus.
A gay circus to be exact, much to the delight of Jay. :D

The designers get to spend 2 days on this challenge, a luxury in the Project Runway world. Most of the designers grabbed striped fabrics for this challenge. Anthony however, chose a color inspired by the twirling girl on the rope. He's hoping that's gonna work as well as the girl's moves.

In the workroom, Emilio is in love with his dress and tells everyone that he's coming hard. Ok then....let's move on to the runway....



The winning-est look this week is Emilio. Yes, Emilio is annoying. Yes, he's an ego-maniac. This week, he proved that he was the only one that understood the challenge. It was to be a high fashion look inspired by the circus, but not look exactly like a costume worn in the circus. Most of the other designers went too circus costume, I didn't feel it was high fashion. There is some great debating on the internets if this look is the best or not. First, take this dress in, and then look at the others. My vote is that he is the winner. Is it the "best of the season" as Michael Kors stated? I don't agree with that, my vote is for Seth Aaron's black and white jacket.

However, kudos to Emilio for this look and convincing the judges early on that he deserved to go to Fashion Week.


Seth Aaron.
*earmuffs time*
What in the fuckety fuck is this creation?? Where did Seth Aaron go? Is he designing for the Hamburglar? The coat seemed like an over-sized version of another jacket or combo of jackets he's done before. Michael pointed out the crotch issues on the pants; the looked like a "man needs to fill out the front of them". I understand that Seth Aaron usually uses black, and he figured he needed some circus colors so he added the yellow and red, which I don't feel works all together. That with the over-sized collar and I just don't like this look. Of course I want Seth Aaron to go to fashion week, but this final look was super disappointing to me.



Nina is not crazy about this look. I have to agree. There's too much going on at once. As the guest judge stated, there's too much shine, too much going on. It looks so costumey and just off. Something about the color combo and the fabrics she used all together kind of irk me. There's no one thing I hate, just compiled together I don't like it. I do enjoy the black part of the jacket, and I do like the high collar for some fun.


The arch enemies Mila and Jay end up tying for the last spot. This happened to Chris March and Rami Kashou in another season. It's strange that they did this (the 2 will have a design off right before fashion week to see who moves on), because both of them made it far enough to show at Fashion Week anyway, and it was obvious from the 2nd or 3rd episode that both of these designers were going to make it to the end. Why not just do Top 4 as they've done in some other seasons?


As for Jay's look, there are elements I like and elements I don't like. First of all, Jay has a thing for these pants that are low and have a wide waistband, which wouldn't be flattering on someone who has any kind of hips. From his sketching and talk in the workroom, I thought he was going to make more exaggerated pants, more like what he wears himself- wide leg and big. I don't know if that would work with such a short jacket, but nonetheless Nina seemed to like these pants. As for the jacket, I really like it...for the most part. I don't know why he makes certain tops so freaking wide apart. I don't know of any woman that would want that much space across her chest. Besides that, I love the detailing, very Michael Jackson.

If the judges were basing who goes to Fashion Week solely on these 2 final outfits, I would say that Jay deserves to go and Mila to be Out. However, if they're going on overall designs from the season, I would say it is a tie.


"Damn. Lesson learned." Anthony was brought back to us only to be taken away again. Anthony is funny, because he gets the challenges, and then goes, hmmm, I think I'll make a pretty dress. If he had been on last season, when all the challenges were "Make a Pretty Dress", then he would have made it. However, he won the 2 challenges that were to make a pretty dress for Heidi and didn't do so well in the other ones. Apparently he chose a terrible fabric to work with, and his color was an odd choice for the circus. Apart from that, to have 2 days to make a look, and come out with this, is strange. It doesn't seem fitted enough, almost too big for the model. Out of the 5 looks, this one was one I just didn't feel worked with the challenge, and it wasn't that amazing besides.


Auf Weidersehen Anthony! Again....

Stacked, packed and ready to attack!

Sew Not Ready

This week's episode answers a question about the designers showing at Fashion Week. It was noted that the top 10 designers got to show at Bryant Park; a lot of decoys to catch up on due to the fact that the fashion weeks are still behind due to the Lifetime/Bravo war. For some reason, although the beautiful Maya was doing even better than Top 10, she did not show at Bryant Park. Strange indeed.

This was answered last night, but it was not for any dramatic reasons; no health scare, no cheating with sewing books, etc. She simply didn't feel "ready". She just got out of fashion school and does not want to go to Fashion week and show something that's not "her". Well. How mature is that? It does feel a little like a cop out, as Emilio stated- she should have made the most outrageous piece and gone out in a fiery explosion! However, Seth Aaron sympathetically told viewers to F off if they didn't understand that they are doing 18 hour days 7 days a week under the scrutiny of cameras and judges, and to come try it themselves. Have I mentioned that I love him? <3

And then....a ray of sunshine walks in....Anthony!!! *commence little girl squeals* Our Alabama Mama-Jama comes in and it's like he never left us. I had heard another rumor that Lady Gaga was going to be a guest judge, but alas, they are designing for some non-committal red carpet look for frau Klum. Heidi wears some interesting looks on the show, but her red carpet looks are usually basic and pretty, so this shouldn't be a problem for Miss Anthony. He did win the previous Heidi challenge this season.

Mrs. Samuel nee Klum walks around with Tim Gunn this time around, which although intimidating and annoying for the contestants, is a probably a good thing.

Jonathan has the worst time with this critique, as Heidi calls his intricate cut-away technique "curtains". This drives Jon crazy and he scraps his idea and tries another look. Unsatisfied with that one....he scraps it at the 11th hour (literally-it was 11:30) and goes for a 3rd look. Sometimes, you can get away with doing this and get the safe pass, but unfortunately, we're down to 6 designers, and there's no one to hide behind. Jay has the best time with the critique, as Heidi shoes her the assets up close.



Onto the runway....

Mila "I lost my bangs-twin" Hermanovski
Mila does a really strange look. She gets gunmetal gray and gold to do a "different" look. For some reason, she picks the least red carpet look length of dress, it's neither short nor long. It doesn't fit well, and honey, when you're designing for Heidi Klum, the first area she goes to is the bust area. The straps were too wide, the length was all wrong and it was not exciting at all. I'm not hating the back, so I'm wondering why she didn't make it a floor length gown?



Jay "I like big butts" Nicolas Sario
Jay went for the second area you don't want to mess with: the butt. He tells us "I guess I just like big butts!", well you cannot lie, because you made this skinny model's ass look voluminous. I also don't like how the bust fits on her andI hate the bottom, I don't know why he likes these poofy looks.



Emilio "Judges love me" Sosa
And the first winner of this challenge is Emilio. *groan* In fairness, this IS a red carpet worthy look. The problem is that Emilio just won the last 2 challenges, and he didn't really have the best look either time, so this win is deserved, but not appreciated by moi. This did fit really wonderful in the front, it hugged the body, and I did love the fabric he used, the sparkle is the wow factor here. I did not like the little exclamation point on top. Perhaps a little something else for the embellishment I would have loved more, that little jut of fabric was more distracting for me than appealing. Interesting how much Ms. Alba knew about the building of the under gown to make this look amazing. But then again, how many red carpet looks have I worn? For the record: 0



Anthony "Stacked, packed and ready to attack" Williams
The second winner is Anthony!!! *more little girl squeals* Anthony is wishing that every week they were designing for Heidi. When this look came out I loved it, but thought the judges would think it was too plain. When Jessica Alba said she loved it, I thought, wow this really was made for Jessica, not Heidi. So it really came as no surprise that our Anthony would win the challenge for Jessica Alba. Congrats Anthony!


Seth Aaron "I lost my model to Donna Karan" Henderson
And the third winner is Seth Aaron for his red carpet look for Miss Q! Seriously, why did they not like this look? Am I as blinded for my appreciation of Seth as the judges are for Emilio? I know it's dark, but Heidi's dossier showed black gowns, it's a red carpet look with fine detailing and it looked impeccably tailored. I could see her wearing this, or even better-Dita Von Teese. I know Heidi also wears a lot of red, so perhaps if this had been a more vibrant color they would have seen the detail in this and had more of a "wow" moment? I thought he did a good job of editing himself too. I also didn't appreciate that they wanted more drama in the bust area. Hello, then don't have a 100 lb. model showing off the gown with no bra on. You want a wow moment, put someone with a wow curvaceous body in it!!!



Jonathan "Eleventh hour drapey project" Peters
Jonathan. What a rough week for Jonny boy. His Amy left, then Maya, and he got ripped a new one on the last challenge. And then he goes for the opposite effect of making something he "hates that the judges will probably love" and it just failed. Poor guy. This dress is clearly not red carpet, although I could see Heidi wearing this somewhere else, due to the shortness of it. The front is just so bad, I'm sure he knew he was going home as soon as it turned the corner. The judges loved the back drapy effect. Of course the hem was atrocious, he made it in 30 minutes.

Jonathan was a designer with such a big heart and a real passion for doing something different with his clothes. As overworked as his looks could sometimes be, he did do some amazing looks. We will miss you Jonathan!


Check out Maya's interview with Tom and Lorenzo: http://tomandlorenzo2.blogspot.com/2010/04/t-lo-interviews-maya.html