Project Runway S3Ep7

A Fashion Only a Mother Could Love
Maybe I'm just anxious for Halloween, I don't know . . . but I kept thinking about Halloween costumes this Wednesday as I watched Project Runway.

A kooky holiday to you!

Anyhow, the recap. The only girl Jeff gets along with is gone. He briefly laments. Heidi walks in to annouce the challenge. She looks cool and casual in a black tank top, with dark skinny jeans and black leather boots. Heidi calls the models out onto the runway, and lo and behold, the models for this challenge are the mothers and sisters of the contestants! They are everyday women... but the catch is the designers cannot pick their own relative. Michael gets to pick first because he won the last challenge. A velvet bag determines the fate of the rest of the designers. Laura is next to pick, followed by Vincent, Angela, (the women size 14 and smaller are now all spoken for), Kayne, Uli, Robert and last but not least (well it depends on who you ask) is Jeffrey. And guess which of the models are last to be picked? That's right, Angela's mom. The producers couldn't have written it to go down any better. During a reception with Michael Kors' mom, we learn that Laura is pregnant with her 6th child. That might explain a lot. But I hope not. I like her attitude and I don't want to chalk up her bad-girlness to hormones.

Drama for Your Mama
The designers have 30 minutes with their models to brainstorm and sketch an outfit. Then they must go to Mood to get fabrics and have only 1 day to complete their design. As the montage of brainstorming begins, everyone seems to be getting along well. Oh wait, I spoke to soon, the last shots are of Jeffrey and Angela's mother, Darlene. They can't agree on the outfit, and in Angela-esque style, Darlene tells Jeffrey she feels really bad and that she wants to cry. After the Mood trip, Tim is making the rounds and stops at Jeffrey's station to talk to Darlene while Jeffrey is gone. She confesses she does not like the colors, thinks they are matronly. Jeff returns and hears the end of the conversation, he walks up casually (he is a bad actor) and strains a smile for Tim. Tim leaves and Jeffery gives Darlene a tongue-lashing (not the good kind) for failing to speak up sooner. Jeffrey tells her she may be insecure and that he doesn't even want her standing there. He runs off to the sewing room where he complains to Uli, calling Darlene a crazy b*tch. (WTF?) Uli listens but doesn't respond. She tactfully avoids Jeffrey's efforts to recruit her to be his new submissive chick friend. Angela is trying to comfort her crying mother. Darlene can't believe Jeffrey has such hate in his voice. Jeffery's mother comes in to console Darlene which goes over like a sinking stone. "He's just under a lot of stress." (i.e., it's okay for him to verbally assault you because he feels like it). Even Vincent is mildly appalled by Jeffrey's treatment of Angela's mother.

Having one of the skinnier models, Vincent jumps on his high horse and chastizes his fellow designers for complaining about there inability to work with a body that is not 32" x 20" x 30" He says "you have to be able to compensate and deliver to real women because they are your customers." He also goes on to share that Uli's mother is comfortable with him in spirit. I wonder how he knows this since he can't speak German, and Uli's mother's English is limited. I guess they talked about it at some point in Vincent's head.

Will Michael win yet another challenge with his reversible robe??

Angela as Lois Lane

The models get ready. Overall they seem to really enjoy the process and I am happy for them. Heidi comes out and, Whoa! The girl needs a slip. I saw what she ate for lunch. The show begins. Jeffrey sent his model down in this:

NOT Photoshopped

The judges like Michael's, Uli's and (gulp!) Vincent's. They did not like Kayne's, Robert's (too boring), Angela's (not age-appropriate), and Laura's (not flattering and is aging). They also do not like Jeffrey's. To add salt to Jeffrey's wound, Heidi asks Darlene what she thinks of the outfit. Darlene responds that if it were in a department store she would walk right past it. Angela rubs the salt in by stating that the outfit is not attractive and it is embarassing. (All season Jeff taunts Angela with "Bring it!" Angela, at this point on the runway make her best stand to date, "It's already been broughten, boy.") The judges announce the winner for the challenge. It's Vincent. (?!?!) And the producers/judges sellout to validate keeping him on the show. One by one the designers are told they are safe. Final two standing are Jeffrey and Robert.

Chic-ka-boom...Chic-ka-boom...Chic-ka-boom...Chic-ka-boom...

And Robert is out for being too boring. Jeffery lives to fight another day (with Angela). In the back, Jeffrey cries in his mothers arms. He laments the loss of another great person, especially when there are so few and far between. I'm sure his fellow designers LOVED that. See ya next week.

It's alright, don't cry . . . Halloween is almost here!