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Project Runway: Menswear disaster

by Lauren Messiah (Subscribe to Lauren Messiah's posts)
Posted Nov 29th 2007 at 12:02PM  
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losing outfitWhen the episode begins with Heidi Klum saying something to the tune of "You will not need models for this challenge," you know something is up. I thought back to past seasons and assumed they would be using each other as models.

Boy, was I wrong

They had yet another "special guest."

The previous episode, the special guest was Sarah Jessica Parker. Perhaps they shouldn't have used their best guest so early in the season because this week, Tiki Barber was the guest. Yes, you read correctly. Last night's special guest was Tiki Barber, former New York Giants running back and Today Show correspondent. The designers' challenge was to design an outfit for him to wear on the Today Show with a budget of $150.
Needless to say, the contestants were stumped, as none of them were menswear experts. But the challenge must go on so it was up to the designer to "make it work".

Super hunk Jack took the pants off his hot body to draft his pattern and he was kind enough to share it with the other designers. The other designers were pretty miffed but judging by their final projects they should have taken the pattern.

The design process was a disaster with clueless designers making suits, shirts, vests and ties. Tempers started to flare after Tim Gunn told Carmen A. Webber her ensemble was a mess (in his Tim Gunn way). The outfit was about 30 miles past a mess. She didn't even make a shirt, and instead draped a piece of fabric over the male models chest.

Of course nothing was more horrible than Sweet Peas getup (pictured). The shirt was so dreadful you would swear the girl had never seen a shirt in her life. The "messy" look that you see in the picture was not intentional it is just a mess.

The runway presentation served up the best Project Runway laugh that I have had in a while. There were lots of flops and lots of half flops. The top three designs came from Jack, Kit, and Kevin. Jack with his stripe on stripe outfit which was clean and looked as if you just pulled it off the rack at Neimans. The only criticism was the he only showed two pieces because he didn't have time to finish his jacket, but as Heidi said "Better two perfect pieces than three less than perfect."

Kit who has a background as a stylist for television knew what she was doing. She created a navy blue fleece jacket that had a nice balance between a casual cardigan and a polished jacket. The jacket was paired with khaki chinos and a checkered shirt. Kevin created a very European design; purple shirt, pants, a vest and a pocket square. Tiki loved the look but wasn't a fan of the purple shirt.

Out of the top three designs Jack took home the prize, which is having his design worn by Tiki on the Today Show. The bottom three weren't so lucky as they designed some of the worst outfits in Project Runway history. The bottom three included the two catastrophes that I mentioned above, Sweet Pea and Carmen A. Webber, and Ricky. Ricky's outfit was "sewn" together with pins, shiny pins. The judges were not pleased but Ricky still managed to last another week.

Carmen wasn't so lucky. The pins and the ridiculous sleeves on the other contestant's sleeves were nothing compared to her hideous design and she was cast off.

Watch Project runway next week on Bravo at 10:00pm.
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