Project Runway Season 15 Recap: Branded Fabulous!
By Ani Bundel
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Heidi Klum is wearing something that looks like it comes from J.C. Penny’s 1982’s Dynasty nightgown line. Zac Psoen showed up for work. So did Nina Garcia, which is a little awkward, since the guest judge is also Nina: Nina Dobrev, who is their to shill her latest movie xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, whatever that is. Heidi reminds us that the AnthonyRyan Rule™ is still in effect, and Tim Gunn is here as part of his Tim Gunn Save™ routine.
Mushy Middle
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Sarah: Totally Target.
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Roberi: So Khols.
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Rik: The stripes are too thin to make an impact from afar.
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Mah-Jing: It’s cute, but it feels like something out of another challenge.
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Jenni: That crotch is dropped so low, in another era it would have been a parody.
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Nathalia: I hate the chrysalis jacket. But the butterfly underneath doesn’t seem like it was too bad.
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Tasha: There are two outfits here. an downtown dress, covered with an uptown netting and beanie combo.
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Dexter: It’s a coat dress that’s so big, it looks like a tiny girl wearing an oversized uniform because they don’t make one in her size.
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Cornelius: The zebra stripes still don’t go with that lime green houndstooth. The fake hood in the back is just a tease for the cool outfit this could have been.
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Alex: That’s the pussybow that ate Manhattan. It’s so large I didn’t even notice it was a crop top. The pants are cute. Nina Garcia loves this and thinks this is something all sizes can wear, which is everything wrong in the fashion industry summed up in one critique. If this wins, we can almost guarantee that Just Fab’s first act will be to make this top non-crop.
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Erin: Random 1950 Marshmallow poodle dress from another planet. The marshmallow cinches in the middle, which we couldn’t see on the runway, making it even more 1950s. Zac calls it high fashion but wearable. High fashion? Yes. Wearable? Not really. Do they care? No. There’s no one here from Just Fab to talk sense into anyone. Only Heidi mentions it’s a little cartoon looking, but Nina Garcia and Zac won’t hear her, insisting that a woman in the midwest with three kids would totally wear this while shopping at Walmart. Oh wait, no they don’t, because they don’t actually have the imagination to realize that.
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Laurence: Boring army green unflattering onesie. The vaginal opening in the back does not help. But the fashion industry being what it is, everyone falls all over themselves, and insists that every woman would rock this. The ones who never have to pee, anyway. And after all that praise of Erin, the JustFab lady come out from behind the curtain and announces Laurence won. Because they’d rather make a cheap dull jumpsuit than whatever avante garde thing Erin turned out.
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For the record, the version for sale on JustFab this morning comes in both the original army green and in navy blue. Both have the red slit in the back, but the fit is *far* slimmer.
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Kimber: For all her hysterics, her lampshade top isn’t the worst. Everyone hates her top and says larger breasts can wear it. Nina sighs that the most interesting thing is the hair.
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Brik: He made pants again that are more unfortunate than the last pair. That’s because he spent all his time on the Star Trek top. Nina groans that there’s no personality. Zac looks ill at the pant. “Work on the top, couch on the bottom.”
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Linda: The jacket, which is the “urban kimono” looks like a dirty taffeta cloud of nothing. Then she took it off, and then it went away and there was a slouchy knit that’s falling off her. The judges rip her to shreds. Zac begs her to burn the jacket. Heidi points out how baggy and saggy it is on the model.
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This was Brik’s second time in the bottom, but leaving him in the mix will give the designers someone to hate, while Linda is too nice and dull to really have a reason to keep. Also, there’s a chance she could make something decent next week, where there’s dwindling hope of that for Brik. So of course he’s in. Sorry Linda!