Oh dear. We are nearing the end. And frankly, designers, if you think you're tired, well, just take a look at us. We are EXHAUSTED. And don't even get me started about Tim Gunn. The man can barely keep it together anymore.
But does Heidi give us the presidential suite at the Mandarin Oriental? Does she give it to Tim? No, she wastes it on these whiny, thankless crybabies. Oh, no, wait. That was last season. This season the Top 5 spend the evening in the suite talking about what a growing experience Project Runway has been for them. Well, except for Gretchen. She's there because she deserves it. As for Michael C. and Andy and Mondo and April, it has been a journey.
So it's all Mayor Bloomberg (trying to outdapper Tim; FAIL) and how great New York is and oh by the way this year Fashion Week is at Lincoln Center. Which will matter to three of you. So New York is your inspiration - which, for the record, we've done this challenge before - and in a city of 9 million people and 10 million iconic landmarks, two of the five choose the Brooklyn Bridge. Really?
It is actually completely hilarious because Michael C. looks at the Statue of Liberty and thinks: "Wait a minute. Wait. A. Minute. I know! I'm going to make a drapey dress!" And Mondo and April both go to the Brooklyn Bridge and stare at wires. And Andy goes to Central Park and makes a big deal about all the trees and stuff and then (well, we 'll get to that in a minute) and Gretchen, poor, tired, insane, out-of-gas Gretchen, goes to the Lower East Side and stares at bricks.
They have 2 hours to think and sketch. They have 45 minutes to shop and $500 to spend. This is like record-breaking stuff here. Back in the workroom, Tim suffers an adverb breakdown in his admonishments. Now that's tired.
When creative people get tired they get silly. So these guys get silly. Michael C. does an impression of Michael Kors that is so spot on it replaces Santino's Tim impression in the PR Hall of Fame Moments. Then Tim comes back for his critique, and Gretchen cracks her psyche open a little more, and Tim absolutely does not want to hug her, tries to get away with the elbow squeeze, and then realizes that in order to keep this wretched girl from hurling herself off the Brooklyn Bridge, he is going to have to provide the full embrace. And so he does.
Design, design, sew, sew, insult Michael C., self-doubt, Mondo is adorable when he naps, day is done. Next day fittings, hair, make-up, blah blah blah. Gretchen is toast.
Runway! CHRISTIAN! He is like Mondo's cool older cousin. Speaking of Mondo, he is dressed like the dude from Cheap Trick who played the guitar. He matches his outfit. Which is fabulous, by the way.
Andy's communing with nature leads to a cool black dress that says nothing about trees and everything about underground railroad tunnels. April does the same dress as always except this time it's maternity wear. Michael does a gown that you can absolutely see on the Oscar red carpet. And Gretchen knocks off a look form JC Penney's Fall 2008 line.
The judges make the girls cry. I may be wrong but I think Heidi is mean to Mondo. Christian adorably looks for the positive with everyone, because honey, he has been there-done that.
And Michael wins! And Mondo! And Andy ... although they tell him Warrior Woman needs to go. And then. And then. It's Gretchen over April, which I'm sad about because I hate Gretchen's Bohemian Rhapsody thing and I like April's sort of "Heathers" take on life.
Next week four will start but only three finish. If there is a God, Mondo and Michael C. will be in the Top 3 and then Mondo will win. What did you think?
I'm so sad this is almost over. Mean Heidi has been entertaining (and yes: shut up about Mondo, Heidi - he might be the best we've ever seen); the "bullying" of Michael C., the fantastic psycho that is Gretchen; the shadow of Ivy lurking in the background of them all; and the fact that April still doesn't get that her hair is so horrible, she really shouldn't make her models wear it that way too.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't believe April went with black, especially when Tim said she needed to surprise the judges with her color choices. I did feel bad for April because week after week the judges have praised her for doing the same damn thing but this time -- when it's really important -- they slam her for it? I was unimpressed and uninspired by Michael C's dress (more draping???) and was shocked he won. Mondo's dress was fab. It's hard to watch Gretchen fall apart a little more every show. Is this the same woman who won all the time at the start of the season?
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