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PR: The Models Never Know Best

Previously on Project Runway - The contestants were paired up to create a beachwear/surfer inspired outfit.  This seemed too easy, and half way through the challenge they were told to make a second garment that takes the idea of their beachwear and make it avant garde.  For the first time ever, the leader of the winning team, Mitchell, wasn't made the winner because Ra'mon did 95% of the work.  Ra'mon won and Mitchell was out in a Project Runway first.

This week, Heidi tells the designers that Tim Gunn is waiting in the workroom with a group of women who know exactly what they want.  The designers are fearful it may be bridezillas or teenagers who need prom dresses, but it ends up being their models.  Tim explains that the models have been invited to a very important industry event.  The designers must create garments based on the wishes of their models while keeping their style infused into the outfit.  Some girls are specific in their requests, but most are open to what the designers want.  They also learn that this is their first one day challenge.

With this kind of interaction, the bond between the models and designers is solidified.  It doesn't look like there will be much model switching from here on in, but you never know what may come.  Its this kind of challenge that can become tricky because there are so few limitations.  Create a beautiful dress for a skinny model.  The options are endless, which can be daunting.  If you can't do well in this challenge, you should be worried about how you will perform in the more difficult tasks ahead.  This is the designers chance to shine.

The outfits overall were pretty hot and most were remarkably suited to their particular models look while still retaining the designers essence.  Let's take a look at the top three:

Althea's design won and I totally agreed.  It was more than just a simple dress.  She created a three piece power suit that was stylized and sexy.  Considering the time constraint, its amazing that she was able to pull off creating three separate pieces.  I was also really feeling Epperson's.  It had a lot of intricate layers carefully placed on difficult stretch fabric.  It was certainly attention getting and it matched his model's personality/look extremely well.  I understood Carol Hannah's design, the juxtaposition of hard and soft, I just didn't particularly care for it.  I think mayhaps it was the proportion that didn't aesthetically appeal to me.  The judges liked it though and that's all that matters.

On to the losers...

All in all, these dresses weren't hideous, but compared to the others and in regards to the intended event, they failed.  Johnny's was mostly boring and flat.  I thought the only thing good about it was the color but that's not enough.  Logan's design actually fit his model's vibe extremely well, but unfortunately her style is a bit 50's, a bit gothic, and a bit bright.  He did a great job of creating the dress for her, it just wasn't very good.  His lacework was lumpy and too thickly layered.  Qristyl had started another dress but Tim referred to it as messy and I couldn't have agreed more.  She started a new dress from scratch, but it was safe, boring and aged her model a few years.  The simple black dress is not what you want to get noticed in a crowd.  Qristyl got auf'd and that was that.

My picks had a particularly good week.

Althea won, Epperson was in the top three and Gordana floated in the middle as usual.  I'm worried about her... she better step up her game.