Project Runway Recap: Eccentric AND Unique?!?!

Recaps

By Dashley | Friday, February 15, 2013 | 12:27 pm | 14 Comments
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Hey Gasmii! I’m Dashley, and I’m so excited to be bringing you the Project Runway recaps this season. I was so honored when Flipit asked me to write them, and not a moment too soon, because we need to talk about this: 

Who wouldn’t want to see what THIS guy would design?

So let’s get started! Last week: The designtestants created outfits for Heidi to wear while promoting her new fragrance. Benjamin had a meltdown, and Team Keeping it Real won again. (By the way – the team names? LAME.) There were two winners: Kate, who along with Layana designed a black and blush pink corseted gown, and Daniel, who designed a flowy, flesh-colored gown with soft black leather piping. Dream Team (again – LAME) lost, and Cindy Marlatt went home when she designed a dress resembling something Britney Spears would have worn on a red carpet circa 1999. And I’m excited about her losing, because it was freaking me out that Cindy looks JUST LIKE MY MOM. Not even joking. 

Do YOU know which one is Cindy and which one gave birth to me? Not sure I do!

We begin as we often do, as the designers are doing their morning ablutions and mentally preparing for the day ahead. The best part of this is that we see Michelle apply dry shampoo to her hair as she makes conversation with Amanda. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with not washing your hair, I’m just saying I wouldn’t be advertising it by applying dry shampoo on-camera. Kate is proud of herself for winning last week. Benjamin feels he needs to reassess his game plan. Well, yes. You should reassess as far as designing something that will not get you put in the bottom, Benjamin. Did you not realize that was the object of the game before now? Matthew confesses that he’s hoping that the teams get switched up a little bit; the teams are unbalanced, and he thinks there are members on TeamKIR that are coasting. He specifically calls out Amanda and Joe. Don’t mess with the cat sweater guy, Matthew. Geez.

The contestants arrive to their workroom, but Tim has redesigned it to resemble a zen meditation studio. It’s America’s favorite new show, Project Transcendentalism! Oh, wait. There’s no product placement in transcendentalism, is there? Actually, “our friends at Glade” have provided a bunch of candles, because fashion. The two scents, Hawaiian Breeze and Vanilla Passion Fruit, are the clues to the next challenge. It’s the unconventional materials episode, ya’ll! But fear not: they are not designing with candles, but sourcing their materials from a flower shop. Tim brings in Heidi to tell the designers they can shop at a hardware store, as well. The teams will make a cohesive line of six looks, with a theme of Hard and Soft. 

Once Heidi leaves, Tim has yet more big news: Dream Team gets to choose two members from TeamKIR to bring over to the Dark Side. Wow. That’s not exactly fair, is it? It creates some drama, though. They discuss whom to poach, and while Benjamin is lobbying for Stanley, Michelle wants to bring over Daniel. They decide on Stanley, but since Michelle gave into that, she lays down the law: no Patricia. They choose Layana instead. Layana feels very loyal to TeamKIR, so she whines about it a little but feels flattered, while Stanley is All Systems Go from the moment he’s chosen. TeamKIR then gets to choose a member from Dream Team, and in an ironic, yet hilarious, twist they choose Michelle. Who now gets to work with Patricia!

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14 Comments

  1. 1
    juddfan juddfan
    Posted February 15, 2013 at 2:25 pm

    I did think it was one of the best runways ever . . . Lilly Pad’s was a train wreck of dreck, and Joseph’s, although not too bad, was the right one to go. To see him argue with Amanda last week and try and to defend his awful, catholic school uniform design sketch for a Heidi challenge, based on a perfume ad, where the silhouette is nearly drawn out for you . . . I just knew . . . he’s got no clue, and probably shouldn’t have been there to begin with.

    I liked the winner, but I may have given it to Layana also . . . some really nice work up there, and a very satisfying runway and show. I even liked the Black shade Madonna look . . .

  2. 2
    Pegster
    Posted February 15, 2013 at 3:12 pm

    OMG Daniel’s pajamas were the best thing I’ve seen on TV since Jayne Cobb’s hat. It was like a giant bag of Skittles exploded all his body. I had to RR to make sure I’d seen it right.

  3. 3
    Smango
    Posted February 15, 2013 at 3:19 pm

    Daniel’s dress looked like a giant penis. If Michael Kors had been there, he definitely would have called him out for that.

    Great recap!! I’ve been hoping someone would! I look forward to your next one! Thanks for having it up so fast!!

  4. 4
    TallGirl
    Posted February 15, 2013 at 4:28 pm

    This long in the series, they FINALLY realized that flowers are not cheap, and they gave the contestants an adequate budget. I can clearly recall the budget limitations squashing great designer ideas in the very first flower unconventional challenge. One can only imagine what the first season’s designers would have done if they’d been given an equally generous budget at the flower store.

  5. 5
    featherhead
    Posted February 15, 2013 at 4:52 pm

    When Amanda picked the moss all I could think of was Andre’s ugly welcome mat dress. I liked Laylani’s dress the best. I hope I have their names correct.
    @Dashley – thank you for recapping this! I was starting to go into withdrawals!

  6. 6
    beebs
    Posted February 15, 2013 at 7:40 pm

    I can understand the contestants gasping before Miss M came out because I recognized her from her profile, as well. Although, I wish we’d hear more from her.

  7. 7
    amandalee27
    Posted February 16, 2013 at 6:55 am

    Thanks for calling out the lame-o team names. Obviously, these people were not popular in high school. These are names that left out kids pick thinking that’s what the cool kiss would choose. High school sucks; the experience can haunt you the rest of life, even if you get a cool reality tv show.

    I want Tim and Daniel to be caught in the workroom having HBNS. That’s hot butt baked sex…high school note writing coding flashback.

    I can’t remember the foreign accent highlighter head loomer’s name, but he was not the leader. He should have let the klassy hipster eyeglass guy present his 50′s Dior theme. Not the lame color palette theme he stuttered out to make sure the judges liked him.

  8. 8
    2muchbravo
    Posted February 16, 2013 at 6:06 pm

    LOL @ Amandalee27 They stole Stanley (hipster glasses guy) from the other team because of his leadership qualities but ignore his Dior suggestion. What the?

    I totally thought “Midsummer Night’s Dream” fairies when I saw Layana’s dress. It was really cool.

    Gotta love their gay gasp over Bette!

  9. 9
    AmyOops AmyOops
    Posted February 16, 2013 at 6:31 pm

    “I do find it disappointing, though, that the most unconventional designer was the one Auf’d in the Unconventional Materials Challenge.” (I do, as well – sadhorns)

    I also totally loved Layana’s creation. Magical for sure!

    Oh, and I, too, miss Kors. His brand of straight up snark was always so much fun.

  10. 10
    Dashley Dashley
    Posted February 17, 2013 at 1:39 am

    THANKS FOR THE LOVE, EVERYONE!
    TallGirl- you know, I always hypothesized that the producers knew perfectly well what flowers cost, and they made the budget difficult to work with on purpose. And wasn’t the $2500 for the whole team? So… maybe because some needed more and some needed less, they were able to work it out a little easier than past seasons. ::shrug::
    Featherhead – everytime I think of Andrae, I think of Santino doing his Tim Gunn impression, and saying, “AAAHN-draaay!” It makes me laugh EVERY time. Because of that, I was so sad when he got kicked off of all-stars. Thank you for putting his face back in my head now.
    AmandaLee- Tim and DANIEL? You see THAT in your head? That’s a crazy circus going on in there, girl… maybe you should see a shrink. I think Matthew is more Tim’s type, not sure why.
    AmyOops- Joseph 2016, right?!?! No? Oh, well… anyway, no way on EARTH would I ever be interested in buying anything he would or could ever design, but I was NOT done with his loopy brand of fashion yet. Bummer. :-(

  11. 11
    NouveauPoor
    Posted February 17, 2013 at 10:42 am

    I’m so happy you’re taking this over! You did such an awesome job with BuckWILD; it’s not a show I would ever watch because I’m old but I read every single recap!

    I totally don’t get why Tu wasn’t the winner, but I agree that this was the best runway maybe ever. This should be a great season, as long as the product placement doesn’t start to go way overboard a la Top Chef. I get worried when I read things like this:

    “Actually, ‘our friends at Glade’ have provided a bunch of candles, because fashion.”

    Yes, what better combination could there be than oodles of fabric and flammable plant materials around open flame. (Hilarious, btw.)

    Looking forward to this season!

  12. 12
    Detinha
    Posted February 17, 2013 at 2:17 pm

    @AmandaLee, baked ou naked?! Anyway that’s funny!!

    Loved the recap, can I just beg for more pics?! Please!! I love the pics and the captions the recappers come up with!

    I’m calling the Brazilian girl, Layana, for the final 3!! Girlfriend has talent!

  13. 13
    amandalee27
    Posted February 18, 2013 at 1:50 pm

    @Detinha–Getting used to my surface keyboard :) It was Christian high school; so one sin at a time–hot butt NAKED sex. We got baked after we repented for the HBNS.

  14. 14
    badgerfreak
    Posted February 20, 2013 at 6:57 am

    @Pegster-BROWNCOATS UNITE!!! :) Love the Jayne comment.

    I was actually very impressed with everyone. I thought that the pieces were all pretty amazing. As much as the decade theme was a brilliant pulled-out-of-my-ass-at-the-very-last-second idea, it didn’t hold water. Also, am I the only one that thought Water Lily’s look seemed like she just drizzled glue on her model and rolled her on the floor with some hardware and floral elements? It was AWFUL! But, what do I know, I guess. I also think Water Lily as a person sucks.

    I thought the switching of the teams was interesting, especially since both teams had to make some trades. As much as I don’t like Michelle as a person, she’s had some winning looks in the past, and has been kept from winning by the losers on her team.

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