Project Runway Season 15 Recap: “Seeing the Light”
By Ani Bundel
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Heidi is wearing black skinny pants which is so amazing a fashion choice outside of the 1980s my brain my have melted. Zac and Nina are on hand and that means everyone on staff gets to enjoy an extended editon of the producers editing Jenni’s laugh to make her sound evil. The guest judge this week is actress Jamie King, who is actually here to promote her clothing line. The TimGunn Save™ is in effect, according to Heidi, as is the AnthonyRyan Rule™.
Mushy Middle
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Brik: It’s a white pillowcase he didn’t do anything to.
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Dexter: He went full fringe.
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Tasha: Club Tron
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Nathalia: Totally Tron
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Laurence: The orange didn’t disappear because the room wasn’t dark enough, so the effect failed on camera.
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Sarah: It went from Nun to Catholic school girl, but the main attraction is still the surprise snowflake skirt.
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Alex: The only one to make a fashionable dress, if only it wasn’t made of horrendous blinding neon colors.
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Roberi: Dustmop to underwater coral reef. Should have made the top over Cornelius.
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Cornelius: A whole lot of nothing, and then….badly graffiti’d emojis. How is this in the top? Because emojis are now? Yes, this is in the top because emojis are now. Oooh kay.
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Jenni: She wore and itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow one piece ugly bathing suit under a 1960s plastic raincoat. But the handpainting flowers on the raincoat, which was a last-last minute patch after the flowers fell off this morning was a hit with the judges. Zac even liked the plastic coat. When they hear this is the fourth idea in the course of the day, it impressives them even more.
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Erin: It’s a not completely awful nightgown in the regular light, but under the blacklight it turns into something Downton Abbey-esque and well nigh fascinating. The judges are simply over the moon, especially once they discover the fabric was one that Erin created from scratch. This is the third knock out outfit from Erin in three weeks (even if last week’s was completely wrong for the challenge), and second win. Erin just became The One To Beat.
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Rik: It is still super sci-fi costume, but those neon laced ropes under the black light are fun. Guest judge compares it to stripper wear. Zac says at least it’s well made? Nina feels it’s on a fine line with taste, and you can tell she thinks it landed on the wrong side. But they can’t deny the craftsmanship, so he’s safe.
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Kimber: She painted her print with blacklight paint to enhance it, and thank heavens, otherwise it wouldn’t have done anything. Either way it still looks like a 1970s couch. Put the judges don’t think it popped enough. (Considering it wouldn’t pop at all without the paint assist, they should be glad it did anything.)
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Mah-Jing: He finished. And it’s not any worse than say, Cornelius, who did not scrap his look and start over halfway through. The judges seem to be torn on it, mostly because they hate the blacklight look, which Nina compares to a crime scene. Zac is the only one to pan the regular light look as well, which, he correctly says, looks like markered up muslin.
Next: Project Runway Season 15 Recap: Branded Fabulous!
Mah-Jing throws himself upon the mercy of the court, which suggests that left against the older lady, we’ll lose our second token older contestants in two weeks, in order to have more dramatic tears in the coming weeks. Because after all, if you can prove you won’t make for dull TV, they’ll keep you until at least the Top Ten. And that’s exactly how it goes down. Unfortunate, but there it is.