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Thursday, February 03, 2005

Project Runway Wrap-Up
Great episode last night. So many good moments-- hell, I'll just recap it!

Last week, Kevin-Passive-Aggressive was out, thanks to his overconstructed dress and Whiney Pepper's backstabbing. This week the team gets to design ... postal uniforms! Nobody looks excited when they find out. The first thing they do is work a USPS shift dressed like postal employees, delivering mail, so they divide into 2 groups: Austin Charming and Whiney, then Jay, Karasan and Robio. they all look like they're having a terrible time. Karasan says the polyester "just doesn't breathe". So she's already getting ideas, unlike Robio, who has nothing going on in that vacant little head of his. Not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Anyhoo, back to the Tim-Lab. Whiney sits down and sees that someone drew a mustache on her daughter's picture that is on her work table. Ok, I can't stand Whiney, but that's not cool. She goes and accuses the rest of the crew, with lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth . Everyone just stares, and Robio says "I don't think anyone in this room would do something like that." Probably the smartest thing he's ever said. I think it was probably Kevin-Aggressive, because Whiney was directly responsible for his elimination, and as Kyle pointed out, he was writing a note to Jay on Jay's table before he left. Ah, the plot thickens!

Design day in the Tim-Lab. Tim checks in and pulls Whiney aside , telling her she needs to make this design work, because Michael Kors already thinks her work is "dowdy". Ouch! Whiney, of course, gets defensive and Tim gives up, saying that he's just there to help. I love when Tim said to her "Don't defend that shoe to me!" when he was holding up the orthopedic-looking shoe that Whiney was intending to use. Hee!

Runway day. Everyone gets ready in the house, Robio running around naked as usual. When they get to the Tim-Lab, Tim tells Jay that Julia can't be there til 5:00, giving her mere seconds to prepare for the runway show. Jay says "that's okay" and starts looking for another model in the street, and leaving countless messages on Julia's cell. Gee, I wonder which model will be eliminated next week? Robio also calls model friends for Jay, to no avail. In the end, guess who gets to model for Jay? It's... Austin Charming! Yay! Thank goodness he's built like a skinny tall girl! We knew that girlish figure would come in handy someday!

Austin Charming working that skinny butt

Runway show. Judges are Michael Kors, that Elle editor who told Whiney that her last week's creation looked like her "cat chewed it up and threw it up" (ha!), and a USPS woman employee who greeted the team at the post office earlier. Karasan's design looks awesome, of course, Jay's is good as well (and a bit similar to Karasan's, i.e. insulated vest winter ensemble), Austin Charming's is a bit crazy (the weird poncho thingy), Robio's is as usual "Robio" (blah), and Whiney's is dowdy as usual, with Michael Kors sneering at her design in his reaction shot. Austin was hilarious on the runway; Heidibot and Kors we're totally laughing.

Judgement time. Kors had the best comments this week! He loved Karasan's (of course). Jay's he said was "too butch!", and Robio's was "unfinished". But he saved the best for Whiney's design. He said, "Was she thinking 'Let's take an outfit that every woman already feels dowdy in, and make it even more matronly!'" Then he followed up that gem with "It makes every woman look like she's nursing" and he called her design "Farty". Hahahahaha-- I love you Michael Kors!
The judges then got on the subject of Robio. The Elle judge was like "he's just charmed his way through this competition!" She seemed almost violently offended by his still being in the competition. It's almost like she looked up at the beginning of the runway show and was like "WTF? What is HE still doing here?" She's totally had enough of him, you can tell. Let me guess why: is it all the stoopid ideas? But which one? Some typical Robio ideas from past episodes: 1) "Women are like sports cars" 2) "There'll be no coffee in the future so I've put solar panels on my futuristic vest to give people 'energy'". What the...? Basically, the Elle judge just realized that Robio has skated by just by being second to last every time! And she is not having it.

Heidibot calls everybody out, Karasan wins the competition of course, so the Guitars of Relief play for her. She tells Jay and Austin they're still in, then it's down to Whiney and Robio. And who gets eliminated? Robio! I couldn't believe it. As much as Robio's work has been terrible, Whiney deserved to go this time around because she didn't even redesign the uniform! She's next to go, believe it. Maybe they'll bring Kevin-Aggressive back for the next episode so they can claw each other's eyes out! When Whiney gets back to the Tim-Lab, Jay says to her "You're like a cockroach, you just stick around!" Hahahaha-- snark it up Jay!

Be sure to check out Tim's Take on the Project Runway site. His comments are priceless! He said Robio's design made him "SICK" and that Whiney couldn't have designed a "bigger BOMB". Hilarious!

posted by sheryl | 6:08 PM |

Comments: (2)

Did anyone else cringe after Jay thanked Austin for stepping in to be Jay's model and Austin said "I know he'd do the same for me" ????? Hmmm...Jay as Little Blue Riding Hood with a Gidget ensemble underneath...
By Anonymous 10:08 PM

Yes I also shuddered at that!
By sheryl 12:36 AM