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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Fashion / TV Project Runway Wrap Up!

Posted by Marjorie Skinner on Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:30 AM

Guess which one of the following designs was created by homegirl Leanne Marshall on last night's bloodbath episode of Project Runway:

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The answer and spoilers are after the jump for all of you late-to-the-party people. If you haven't yet seen the episode, get ready for the claws to come out. In the spirit of the judges' removal of gloves and coming-out of claws, I will also cease to hold my tongue and say this: Who gives a GODDAMN what Heidi Klum thinks about fashion? SHE IS A FRIGGING UNDERWEAR AND SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT MODEL. (AND NOT EVEN GOOD UNDERWEAR!) Just keep that in mind when you notice how the only comments she can muster in this episode ARE ABOUT BOOBS. Okay. Better.

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Ding, ding! I'd know that style anywhere, and if you guessed that this design is Leanne's, you're paying attention. Actually it's a collab--last night's episode brought back both the eliminated designers of this season and some now very successful and high profile winners and contestants from previous seasons as judges, and Leanne was partnered with Emily. Aaaanyway, when did Kenley become so intolerable? She and Wesley are responsible for that sleeve thingy up there, and she spent the entire episode flapping her huge trap, arguing with the judges, bragging, and basically being helluv annoying all around. Exasperatingly, she was not eliminated.

Blayne was, and rightly so:

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BONUS: They are whittling the competition down at an accelerated rate, so we also got rid of Terri, who "partnered" with recently eliminated Keith, but really they spent the whole time alternately arguing with and ignoring each other.

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As for Leanne, she made it to the top three, and the winner was--inexplicably--Jerell:

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I suppose this would be just fabulous if you were hosting a cocktail party in a sod house on the prairie, but hey--I'm no Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, much less a peddler of tacky, overpriced, and extremely flammable synthetic undergarments.

 

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Those judges were not all previous season winners, nor were all the previous winners there.
Posted by frank on September 11, 2008 at 12:15 PM · Report
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Our girl got robbed! There's probably some producer's rule that bans winning 3 episodes in a row. Jerrell clearly thought he was designing for Pisces with that mermaid suit. As for Kenley... oh how I wish Tyra could've gotten a swing at her last night. I mean, if Leanne is rolling her eyes at her... you know she's gotta be uber annoying.
Posted by Tonya on September 11, 2008 at 12:21 PM · Report
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kenley was ridiculous and disappointing,
but i though Jerrell's ensemble was beautiful and ralph-lauren-cocktail-party-in-space. and that's ideal...obvies.
Posted by blouse party on September 11, 2008 at 12:41 PM · Report
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I agree Leanne got robbed. Jerrell's creation was just plain ugly, IMHO, and was the weakest of the top designs. Of course, Kenley's was the worst, and I would have liked to see her get the axe bc she's such a biyatch. Can't wait 'till next week!
Posted by designinsomniac on September 11, 2008 at 12:51 PM · Report
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Leanne got robbed because Jerrell sold his look to the previous contestants who were voting on the winning look. Had the regular judges determined the winnner, I'm sure Leanne would have won.

Kenley needs to be eliminated.
Posted by emilythehaikubot on September 11, 2008 at 1:03 PM · Report
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My theory...

The judges and producers decided it would make for bad TV if the same person won three challenges in a row, so they decided to throw a curveball and give it to someone who hasn't won a challenge yet just so the audience will think "WTF" and won't think the best designer is so slam dunk obvious. Doesn't mean Leanne will necessarily win the whole thing, of course, but taking the entire body of work into consideration, it's obvious that's she's the best designer of the bunch. Korto is at least in the same league, but everyone else isn't even close.
Posted by Jack Acid on September 11, 2008 at 3:33 PM · Report

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