This episode starts out with an introduction for this season’s designers.
Jerell Scott, 28 – Freelance Designer – Los Angeles, CA – Former model moved to New York and created his own “cool” clothes. Currently designs one of a kind pieces for people ranging from Saudi royalty to celebrities.
Blayne Walsh, 23 – Freelance Designer – Seattle, WA - Designer for six years, works at a coffee shop, passion for urban wear, and obsession with tanning.
Joe Faris, 41 – Senior Designer, Schott Brothers – Detroit, MI
Stella B. Zotis, 42 – Freelance Designer – Astoria, Queens, NY - Rockstars come to her for customer outfits such as Blondie and Sebastian Bach. Also for hookers, pimps, or whoever is tough enough to wear her clothing. Using the show as a chance to step outside of leather and denim.
Jennifer Diederich, 27 – Freelance Designer – Florence, Italy – Surreal style “Holly Golightly goes to a Salvadore Dali exibit.”
Kelli Martin, 27 – Boutique Owner – Colombus, OH - If Vivian Westwood and Bette Johnson had a baby, that would be her. Owns her own store, Black Market.
Terri Stevens, 39 – Freelance Designer – Chiacago, IL – Currently working for Victoria’s Secret as a visual manager.
Jerry Tam, 32 – Owner/Design Director, Form – Butte, MT - Owns company, Form. Using show as a means to make it to the next level.
Suede, 37 – Freelance Designer – New York City, NY – Has designed for Polo Jeans, Todd Olham Jeans, and Jordache. Suede is ready to stop making money for others and to make some for himself. He also likes to refer to himself in the third person.
Keith Bryce, 26 – Boutique Owner – Salt Lake City, UT – Self-taught designer.
Korto Momolu, 33 – Freelance Designer – Liberia now in Little Rock, AK – Trying to get into the New York scene.
Leanne Marshall, 27 – Freelance Designer – Portland, OR - Started own clothing line Leanimal a few years ago. The self named “silent fashion assassin.”
Kenley Collins, 25 – Freelance Designer – Pompano Beach, FL – Started in high school buying vintage clothing and reconstructing it.
Emily Brandle, 27 – Freelance Designer – Sacramento, CA – Has designed her own line. Launched the design team “Smoke and Mirrors” in L.A., which has become a successful L.A. brand.
Daniel Feld, 25 – Freelance Designer – The Berkshires, MA – Infuses aspects of science and nature into his designs. Has worked in a variety of design fields.
Wesley Nault, 23 – Freelance Designer – Blackstone, MA – Started designing and creating clothing at a young age and was paid by classmates to do the same for them.
Initial Thoughts:
Wesley is not sure of himself, jittery, and will be off quickly.
Daniel May have what it takes to make it far.
Emily is good looking and also could go far.
Kenley is gorgeous and I hope she can back up her confident demeanor.
Leanne is similar to Jennifer, but has the confidence to succeed on the show.
Korto may be over confident and go out 5 or 6 shows in.
Keith has the edge, but intelligence thing going for him and he could make a run.
Suede is a novelty along with Blayne. He could make it a long way if he doesn’t self destruct. However, the show only needs one so look for one to get the boot in the first few episodes.
Jerry seems too stiff to make it too far on the show.
Terri is a wildcard. She seems to be confident and carefree, but I can’t tell if it is good and a final 6 or bad and out in the first six.
Kelli is similar to Stella, but not quite as far out there. Probably won’t make the final, but should go rather far.
Jennifer is someone with interesting ideas, but a bit too loopy in personality to make it very far.
Stella is confident but rock star only works so long, look for a early to mid exit for her.
Joe is confident and experienced, but I don’t think he’ll have the flair to win, but will probably come close.
Blayne could be this season’s Christian if he can hold it together. I’m not sure that this is the right environment for him to thrive and he could go out early to mid.
Jerell seems to know who he is and what he wants. Will make it far, but not to the finals.
Predictions after initial meeting of designers. (Ranked top to bottom)
Leanne
Suede
Joe
Kelli
Emily
Kenley
Jerell
Keith
Daniel
Terri
Stella
Korto
Blayne
Jerry
Jennifer
Wesley
So, once they arrive at the house, they find a note for them to all meet on the rooftop. They meet Tim and Heidi their with glasses of champagne.
I have always thought it was funny with Heidi hosting the show that she is very hit and miss in the styles and clothes that she wears. It is a decent day for her, though, in a red and black print dress with a corded connection at the top. However, her hair is pulled back very drastically. Good dress, bad hair.
They make the designers believe they are going to have an immediate challenge, but instead end up meeting each other and drinking champagne.
Kenley confronts Blayne on his leather skin from tanning so much. She looks divine in a bright red dress with matching lipstick. Her long brunette hair is swept over her left ear and held in place by a giant yellow flower.
They are finally into the competition as Tim Gunn wakes everyone up at 4 a.m. Jennifer meets him at the door in a towel and makes a comment later to the camera about wishing she had already brushed her teeth, and my what big teeth you have.
So, the designers are walking down the street with Tim and end up in front of Gristedes Grocery Store. The site of the original challenge from season 1. Not only that, they brought back Austin to talk to them about the challenge.
Leanne’s looking a bit like Lisa Loeb today, Emily like Rachel Weisz and Kenley like day wear Bettie Page.
Kelli makes the point to emphatically that she did not want any table cloth or anything that resembled fabric as it would be too easy.
Suede describes the challenge as “Whackadoodle.”
Joe starts making a tomato/spaghetti dress.
Kelli is using bleach and dyes on vacuum bags to make a garden dress.
Daniel is making a sweetheart cocktail dress out of blue solo cups that he has ironed and layered.
Jerell is already getting annoyed by Blayne.
Leanne is a bit jittery and nervous about her table cloth, which many others chose as well.
Jerry is very condescending of the others, he won’t make it far with this superior attitude unless he really brings it.
Stella realizes that her garbage bags are too thin to work well and just moans about it over and over. Apparently she thought they would be like black leather pants.
Now it is time for Tim’s inspection.
Daniel has a “wow factor going on.”
He thinks that Kelli had bought marbleized paper when he sees her vacuum bags. He even does a double take as he leaves.
Stella is still pitching a hissy over having the garbage bags that she chose.
Korto makes a big, baggy dress from a yellow tablecloth.
Jerry is making a rain jacket from a shower curtain.
Tim is disappointed by the number of table clothes in the room. He is worried that the judges will think they are a bunch of slackers.
The Bluefly.com question of the day is:
What’s your all time favorite “Project Runway” challenge?
Supermarket
Flower Power
Paris Couture
Metropolitan Museum
I’m going to have to go with C. I like actual fashion more than the lets make a dress from ketchup packets stuff they sometimes do.
Now, everyone has had Tim’s tablecloth comments set in and are trying to hide them.
Blayne is now even more overconfident than Jerry as he claims that he said he was going to dominate and now he is… because he finished first. Sorry buddy, this isn’t grade school.
I would like Stella to shut up now.
It’s a new day and Kenley is now in a bright, rich, blue dress, another good look for her.
Tim sends in the models and it’s crazy time.
Kenley see’s Jerry’s Model in his outfit and says, “That’s so American Psycho and scary.” “It looks like he created something for an axe murderer.”
Tim comes in with the 5 minute warning and then calls the time.
Heidi’s back and looking her best in a short champagne colored dress with her hair flowing
Let’s Start the Show:
Emily – A white, satiny dress with an odd high turquoise collar with little balls on it. Not very good to me.
Jerell – uses a lawn chair and paper umbrellas, to make an interesting dress. It has a poufy white skirt and an interestingly patterned top with what looks to be mini umbrellas at the top and some sort of blue streamer on the left shoulder.
Leanne – a bubblegum pink dress with candy glued on the straps and tissues willy-nilly on the front. Not terrible, but not good either.
Korto – I nicely made dress, definite African influence, nice use of the fresh produce plunging down the right side of the collar.
Jennifer – Nicely made light pink dress, hip, flirty, young, with lipstick kisses on it. Nice layered skirt, looks great on the model.
Daniel – Blue Solo cup fitted dress. Not a great fit, but excellent for the medium he chose, which showed allot of creativity.
Terri – Braided mop top with some sort of red wrap skirt. I like the top, but not the skirt.
Suede – Pretty basic dress from a tablecloth. The dog baggies as trim add very little to the look.
Stella – Terrible trash bag dress. It looks like what it is, absolutely no transformation.
Joe – Pasta on the skirt with a top made from an oven mit. Fairly creative
Kenley – a small top made from a dodgeball with skirt made from a lawn chair. It actually looks a bit fancy, but not my type of style.
Jerry – Made a rain jacket from a shower curtain. Wow… look at that original though process… boo. Also, who makes a rain jacket for their first challenge.
Wesley – Basic yellow dress with yellow cups and fly swatters as a strap.
Blayne - Used a bit of everything and it shows. She looks like a junk drawer.
Kelli - Beautiful skirt and the coffee filters actually work as the top. Really, really nice work.
Keith – Another tablecloth dress with very little else. I don’t like the puffy skirt on this one either.
My Dress Rankings:
1. Kelli
2. Daniel
3. Jerell
4. Jennifer
5. Korto
6. Joe
7. Kenley
8. Terri
9. Leanne
10. Emily
11. Keith
12. Wesley
13. Suede
14. Jerry
15. Blayne
16. Stella
Their Thoughts:
Daniel – stood out from all the others, used not fabric substitute, took a chance, structural form, creative, smart use of material. It was sexy. Bravado and confidence.
Jerry – Is she a bridal nurse? It’s freaky. Dress looks like a handi-wipe gone wrong. A night on the town… after she left the hospital. No shape or color innovation. Not that creative. Something that looks strange. Something you would wear in a slasher movie or if you were going to kill someone.
Korto – Very chiq. Used fresh grocery product. Looks impeccably done. The right girl, in the right dress, styled the right way. Low marks for resorting to the table cloth. High marks for the visual look.
Stella – No transformation, she walked out in a garbage bag. Not impressed. I just had to do something because I had to do something. Punky point of view. Butt-ugly. Doesn’t make me curious.
Kelli – Made hook and eye closures out of the spiral from a notebook. I like the way you think. You are resourceful. It’s great. When you look at it closely you see all the detail and technique. You pushed the envelope and made something a girl would want to wear. Dying was gorgeous.
Blayne – Not boring. Playboy bunny gone grunge. Diaper made it look cheap. Provocative. Not pretty. Looks like she had a diaper pushed between her legs. Wrote hideous on my card.
Their Rankings:
1. Kelli - winner
2. Daniel
3. Korto
T4. Jarell
T4. Jennifer
T4. Joe
T4. Kenley
T4. Terri
T4. Leanne
T4. Emily
T4. Keith
T4. Wesley
T4. Suede
14. Blayne
15. Stella
16. Jerry - out
Viewers vote on the question:
What’s your all time favorite “Project Runway” challenge?
Supermarket (12%)
Flower Power (24%)
Paris Couture (28%)
Metropolitan Museum (36%)
So, I matched up pretty good. Their top three were my 1, 2, and 5 and we had the same bottom three. I picked the winner and was one off the loser, but Jerry deserved to go home just as much.
Great preview line, “It looks like a pterodactyl from a gay Jurassic Park”
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