This is not to mention that she made it very clear in the last episode that she just wants to mooch off other peoples’ ideas whenever possible. Poor taste and no style. And as much as Katherine’s dress was simple, at least it wasn’t hideous, and after all she made a functional hoodie for her dog.I hope the judges start to get it right soon.

Update: Can you tell which dress belongs to which designer? Case in point.
I don’t really want to get into it too much, and I never really thought that I would say this, but I really feel that Santinogot shafted last night. As much as I didn’t like his personality and as much as he deserved to get kicked off during the “Design for a Designer show”, he had the best collection out of the three finalists on the Runway. Chloe, who’s definitely a doll, isn’t cut out to be world-renown because she designs too conservativly and has a hard time thinking outside the box. Her collection was too simple and as Heidi put it surprisingly well, “too matchy-matchy”, I think her choice of fabric was very weak as well. Daniel’s performance was mediocre, and I think that he was a bit overconfident in his abilities. True, Santino did tone it down a bit from his “Phoenix rising out of the Ice” days, but it was a well rounded collection with a few good pieces, and on the whole much stronger than the other two.

Don’t get me wrong, Chloe is a hard worker and deserves the money just as much, if not more than the other two. However, she didn’t have the strongest collection, although the babydoll dress that her and Diana designed is actually quite nice, and that should be the basis of the decision. Anyhow, here is the link to her store, hopefully she will be able to capitalize on her 15 minutes and make it last her a long long time.

Also, check out Santino’s Blog, he’s certainly going to try and make the most out of his publicity.

Here is Daniel’s site , nothing here yet but maybe soon.

Last, the runner up to the finale, Janx.

PS If any of you designers are reading this, STOP MAKING FLASH INTROS TO YOUR WEBSITE!

PPS Amy, is still adjusting to Williamsburg and will probably be back at this next week.

About a week and a half ago when Kara Janx was booted off of the show I was definitely upset, not so much that she was kicked off but that Santino the dufus got to stay on. The fact of the matter is that he’s not that talented, yeah he like to throw trim on everything and goes overboard, but he’s not likeable nor is he a nice person, on any level. He has very little respect for others to boot. Before this turns into a rant I’d like to return the focus to Kara. Despite the fact that for the majority of the show I didn’t really like most of the outfits she designed she did manage to come up with a few inspired pieces including outfit for Santino. Regardless, she was the designer to show at Fashion Week but will not be shown during last episode of Project Runway since she has been eliminated. From what I’ve heard and the few things I’ve seen her collection was definitely a strong one and perhaps better than the rest. I guess it’s easier to take risks when you have nothing to lose. There’s an informative interview with her at Andy’s Blog (a producer for Bravo). Below are some of the looks from her show, I really like the hats!

You can also find more of her things, though I think they’re a little dated now, at www.karajanx.com

As some of you know the Project Runway people sell by auction the actual designs from the show. The website has a breakdown of the garment per episode and how much they each sold for. So, do you all remember watching the “All dolled up” episode of Project Runway when they created the outfits for barbie dolls? This one on the above left was Nick’s and it sold for $1700! OMG! It’s kind of cute, in the LA sort I guess, but is it worth the price?

The one that shocked me most was Santino’s gaudy-ass lingerie piece, which looks more like someone puked up a bunch of trim on a bra and panties set. Do you see that the cups look like horizontal vagina’s? And this POS went for $275! I guess if you’re really obsessed with reality TV you can justify it but, I think it was a waste of money.

Andrae is finally gone!!! Ever since his obscene crying episode, I’ve wanted him off the catwalk. His little dress was sooooo sad. I see what he was going for with the little Chanel-like shift dress. However, his dress looked stuffy shared a striking resemblance to a doormat. I’m glad to see that my faves Chloe and Nick aka Chicklet are still in.

This episode the designers were given a lesson in fashion by the Sadie Frost and Jemima French of the FrostFrench designer duo. Sadie and Jemima wasted no time getting into the thick of it with the contestants challenging them to describe themselves in a ‘word’. Everyone was able to respond pretty quickly except for Zoe who decided to have some sort of fit about being put on the spot, a sure foreshadowing of troubles to come.

*Spoiler Warning* (Winner and Loser Revealed)

An interesting addition to this episode was a 10 minute mini-challenge judged by FrostFrench where everyone was given the three yards of pink fabric, some pins and a stapler to create something that showed off their creative individuality. This segue was obviously for the TV viewing audience, the closest parallel I can think of is a figure drawing class where the model only poses for ten minutes each and over the course of several hours the students draw a dozen or so rough charcoal drawings. I think that it is rather unfair for all of these designers to be placed in a situation where they only get one chance to do this and be critiqued.

The real challenge for this week was to design a dress based on the word ‘Frisky’. As the designers started to design they were again consulted by Ben Delisi the Project Catwalk version of Tim Gunn. When we were watching the show Amy mentioned that Ben appears to be a ‘fake’ designer created just for the show, personally he reminds me of Ben Stiller in Zoolander.

For the second episode Ben gives Zoe complete direction in the garment design; needless to say the others were none to thrilled and Debi even ‘called Ben out’ confronting him about being biased towards Zoe. All in all in this episode the 10 hour design marathon was edited down to 8 minutes of footage.

As has happened in the past on Project Runway, the fashionistas were challenged to present their designs at Pangea, a smoky nightclub, trying to appeal to a Daily Media gossip columnist. Unlike this year’s comparable episode on PR this wasn’t a tame, well lit, party, it was dark and people got pissed. They all presented their pieces and then each of them talked to the columnist trying to make an impression, while Sadie and Jemima watched on from a corner. I vote Debi for having been the most drunk, which was later confirmed in her spat back at the pad.

On the catwalk, the designs weren’t much to look at, except, of course, for Debi’s horrendous rendering of sorority girl joke shorts. Ass cleavage is so out. The judges having recognized that plumber’s ass is not cool really tore into her and when she was the runner up to the loser she lashed back at them for accusing her of making an unfinished design, and we thought Santino was snippy…

And what’s up with Gemma and Andre’s use of black masks? Kind of weird, right?

This week’s winner, and current blogosphere-voted most cute designer, Mathew was voted winner this week. His dress was ok, but I felt like there were a few who had comparable quality designs.

The loser, and rightfully so, was Zoe, the top her model came out wearing looked like something that Mike Tyson might have worn out before a match. It was pretty obvious when she came down the runway that she was none too pleased with it. During the questioning she even blamed Ben D for telling her what to do, come on now, she knows that she’s the one ultimately responsible. I wish Zoe all the best, the environment of this competition was definitely not where she could have shown off her talent of draping and working a garment over a period of time.

It was recently brought to my attention that there is a British knockoff of my beloved Project Runway, theirs goes by the fresh name of Project Catwalk. Just like our show, the UK version gives twelve talented and hungry fashion designers the opportunity of a lifetime – a chance to have their collection shown at London Fashion Week. The winner also gets a small pile of money and a mentorship with the Top Shop design team (which is way better than blah Banana Republic). Last year’s Project Runway winner, Jay, didn’t even accept the Banana Republic internship.

The UK’s show is hosted by Elizabeth Hurley, I wonder what her ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ catch phrase is…Apparently she beat out Elle McPherson for the job. Supposedly Elizabeth wanted the job soooo badly that she had been bombarding the producers with phone calls to sell herself. Reality Blurred says Hurley “sent an unbelievably professional video presentation of her work, and has boasted that she can use her celebrity fashion contacts like Donatella Versace to add flavour to the show.” She probably just wanted the chance to publicize her crappy swimwear line, Elizabeth Hurley Beach.