I love this show.

Flipit, you have out done yourself!!! Funniest recap ever! I am still giggling over the shower curtain...
My problem with Kors is (besides being orange), he is a fashion designer, yet he wears the SAME black suit week after week. You would think he would understand where Rami's coming from. Change your outfit Michael!!!

Christian is fabulous. I laugh every time he opens his mouth. I don't think the judges are necessarily looking for something wearable, as most of the time, designers don't send wearable garments down the runway. His was high fashion and was amazing! I don't understand how he can put that stuff together so quickly. When Sweet Pea can hardly make a dress in the amount of time it took him to put together a 5 piece outfit. I completely dislike Rami and hope he loses to Chris. Jillian annoys me, but I really liked her outfit this week.

I'm with you, Flip--started out loving Rami, and now it's zzzzz, blah and hate. I hope he loses, by a lot, to Chris!!!! It seems they set him up this time (perhaps with the thought that if he takes the bait and drapes again, he will have proven himself unworthy) Why the stall at the end, that damn Jessica . . . harrrummmphh!!!

Loved the shower curtain, but what I really want to see is your food strewn TV!!!!

Have a great long weekend! and, do you think it would be good to write up a review on fashion week? I think it's all out there, and perhaps even the Sweet P did a line . . . not like you don't have your hands full with Idol and BB!!!!

Christian's model got to wear the Puffy Shirt from Seinfeld.

Rami should have gone home....enough with the drapes already!!!! I too love the shower curtain on Chris...which could also double as a screen saver! Christian is a royal pain in the @!$*!!!! Oh Well, off to fashion week!

Fabulous recap as usual, Flipit. I couldn't go through my week without reading your laugh-out-loud-at-work worthy thoughts on my fave show, Project Runway.

PS I do believe you mean "Stay Puft" marshmallow man, not state puff.

I must know where you got that shower curtain! It matches my bathroom's hideous tile perfectly!

I, too, am psyched about Chris making it to Fashion Week (sort of). He better beat Rami! Seeing Chris's collection would definitely be the highlight of my year.

I agree with Featherhead -- it's hard to take Michael Kors' criticism seriously when he wears the same outfit every week. Raimi really is just a one note designer.

I love both Chris and Christian. Christian is fast because obviously he's a much better at sewing than the others. We've seen that in previous years -- just because someone is good at designing doesn't mean they can sew well (or fast). Plus his designs are pretty similar so he tends to make what he knows he's good at. I find him funny and while his clothes don't seem particularly wearable by the general public, they are very high fashion and editorial -- which the judges (with the exception of when Chloe won) tend to look for in the winner.

I just have to tell you that I LOVE the pictures of the old lady with the weird face and hair you been using. It's so much like Christian. I laugh every time you post them. LOVE. Thanks, Flipit!

I love your commentary. That line about the model cutting someone with her hip bone had me laughing outloud.

Nice shower curtain.

hey mamatl, that weird old lady is jerry blank aka amy sedaris...check out strangers with candy if you want to see her in action

I hate the way Jillian whistles when she talks and her personality is annoying, but that gold dress was fab. I liked Christian's outfit too. Rami is a douche.

Great recap once again. Under the "who are they to judge" catagory, I went to Marshall's and hanging on a rack right before my very eyes were several pieces from "The Michael Kors Collection." These were some of the ugliest pieces of crap I have ever seen. Imagine something along the lines of leopard and tiger print on halter dresses made out of what looked to be UPS packing material. Michael! You are orange with many, many face lifts and one suit to your name. You live in a glass house dude! Stay in the bedroom with Rodrigo!

just a note -- rami is PALESTINIAN, not israeli.........big difference!

Jillian has grown on me. I think she has the best mix of versatility and classiness. The way she said "I'm over it, too" to Christian was just really cute somehow. I hope she wins.

I totally love Chris... every time they show him in that giant blue plaid bathrobe and mug of coffee, it just brings a little smile to my face.

Christian? Talented, yes, but he is so full of shit sometimes. When he said "obviously I went right to the European paintings..." then it was like he faltered and knew he had nothing left to say: "because...I'm really inspired by... European... art." Yeah, thanks. Why don't you just say "I knew the European wing was the only place I could possibly find a puffy shirt and tight pants."

I sew. The first time I make something I have patterned myself, it takes me a bit of time to make sure the pieces fit together correctly etc. However, the second time, it takes much less. By the 5th time, I am putting it together one handed while eating a bagel and watching Oprah. Alright, I don't really watch Oprah. ;-) My point is that Christian aka Ferosha Cotura's garments always boil down to the same basic elements... and he embellishes them all the same. Oooh... pleats. Oooh... ruffle. Gag. I'm sure he has excellent sewing ability, but the fact that he is doing the same thing over and over doesn't hurt either. That doesn't mean that I don't like his garments. I really like a lot of them, but then he opens his mouth and I like them a little less.

Chris is the exact opposite. Because I love his personality so much, it makes his clothes even better! I would love if Bravo gave him some sort of show because he is fabs. He could open the show in his bathrobe and coffee and then guide us through making a ginormous wonder woman costume. I. Heart. Chris.

Can anyone explain why all 5 showed at fashion week?

I understand why the top 4 would show...as to not blow the final elimination, but I don't get why they had Sweet P complete a collection at all. Was it because fashion week was too early and would have spoiled last week's episode? I'm thinking it was terribly harsh to not only make her be the ONLY one NOT to make it the finals, but to make her put together a collection anyway???? good lord

@ realitee

I wuld like to know the same thing!!

Why even post her pictures on the Bravo website if they knew she would not even really be there?

Maybe it's a twist in next week's episode, because I also agree that she worked her butt off for nothing. Not fair for her.

Actually, think about it from Sweet-P's viewpoint - She wanted to show at fashion week - she got to show at fashion week. Who gives a crap if she won Project Runway or not?

Is it just me or does Christian's outfit remind anyone else of a character from an animated movie? I'm trying to figure out which one... I think it's a combination of Puss-in-Boots and one of those crows from something that I just can't remember the name of... NO! It's a combination of characters from Disney's "Robin Hood"!!!

@realitee, et al:

Good question. I don't know why they do this, but they've done it every year (except last year, when they decided to have 4 finalists, instead of 3).

The first year it was definitely an oversight; they realized late that the bryant park show would happen before the TV show picking the final 3 would air, so they called up Austin (who came in 4th) & asked him to put together a "decoy" show. Unfortunately, it was very rushed -- he didn't even have the full # of pieces to show -- so it was obvious to the bryant park audience that he had been eliminated.

Season 2 -- they told Kara well in advance, and she put together an awesome collection -- indeed, one fashion editor picked her for the win -- although her collection was never seen on the TV show at all.

They could easily avoid this issue if they just started the season a week earlier -- or didn't show a rerun right before fashion week, like they did this year -- but at this point, I guess they figure that it gives another designer a chance to show & it also creates some excitement in the bryant park crowd trying to "figure out" which collection(s) are the decoy(s).

Thanks to all that answered my question...

I guess I just feel bad for Sweet P...I really like her and eventhough she isn't on par with some of the others, the way this was handled just seems kind of cruel.

Kdiva97 - Agreed. I see your point - exposure is exposure and there are far worse things in the world than getting to show your collection at Bryant Park :)

Thank you realitee - same would go for either Rami (ugh!) or Chris (yay!) - whoever didn't get through still got to show at Bryant Park. Who cares if they won or not? Basically - if you get to the final 4 (or 5 in this case) you still get to show a collection. I don't know when they tell the contestants, but who can it hurt if they give them enough notice?

Drape whistle!!! LOLing at work. I love it.

If Rami was born in Jerusalem, how is he not Israeli??