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For past recaps, visit this index page: |
Project Runway Season Three: Episode Four Recap - 8/3/06
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As the episode opens, some of the lady designers talk about Katherine Gerdes' departure after the last challenge. The girls wonder if the producers will make the remaining women move in together instead of maintaining two separate apartments. The consensus seems to be that they wouldn't mind moving in with the other girls. "Just not Angela," Uli quickly points out. There's a lot of Angela avoidance in this episode, but it doesn't work. She still manages to inflict herself upon the unwary. Fortunately, it doesn't prove fatal for the other designers she is teamed with.
There's some model switcheroo going on as Heidi announces that the designers can all pick new models if they want to. This is a new twist, since usually designers are pretty much stuck with one model for the whole show. Unless Zulema steals your model. Which she is known to do. Uli won the last challenge, so she gets to pick first. She pulls a Zulema and steals Narzi, Keith's lovely model with the antigravity hair. This is very smart of her. Narzi really sold Keith's outfits in the other challenges, so this is a girl with star power. I'm giving Uli one Model Strategizing Mystic Point for nabbing Narzi. There's a lot of musical chairs as half of the other designers keep their original models, and half switch to somebody new. Poor Toni keeps looking for a chair, but they've all been taken. Toni is out. The designers are told that this challenge involves creating a women's outfit for INC, a sportswear label at Macy's. INC is also one of the sponsors of Project Runway, replacing Banana Republic from previous seasons of the show. The designers will pitch design ideas to Mehmet Tangoren, Macy's VP of Sportswear, who has a really cool name. Macy's will put the winning outfit into production and make it available at stores. So the designers are all pooping their pants at the thought of having actual clothing worn by the masses. Well, maybe they're not all pooping, but I have my suspicions about Bradley.
"I'm feeling a little nervous about this challenge..." The designers do some sketching, and then they pitch their ideas to Mehmet. Mehmet is enthralled with Robert, Keith, and Bonnie, so he chooses them to head teams of three. And oh, yes, he also chooses Angela to be a team leader. This immediately sends everybody running for cover. Jeffrey says he began praying to God immediately that she wouldn't pick him because it's hard enough working on a design you don't like, but it's even harder when you don't like the person you're working with. Ouch. Kayne's take on Angela is a bit more politically correct. "She hasn't really shown other people her great talent yet." That Kayne, such a Southern gentlemen, assuming she has "great talent." The team leaders pick two designers to work with them. Angela picks Michael and Laura, much to their chagrin. Robert picks Kayne and Vincent. Keith chooses Angela and Jeff. Bonnie picks Uli and Bradley. Bonnie's a bit concerned about Bradley's time management skills, since in the last challenge, he didn't come up with an outfit until five minutes before the Runway. As if the designers don't have enough going on with this challenge, a scandal is quietly brewing in the background. Kayne announces he has seen something in Keith's room, something that threatens the very foundation of the competition, something shocking. What could it be?
A secret stash of Engelbert Humperdinck Albums? No, it's even worse than that. He has pattern making books!
"The shock! The horror!" Actually, it turns out that having pattern making books or how-to books of any kind is against the rules of the show. Tim Gunn goes into Dirty Harry mode and does his duties as The Enforcer.
"Here's what you get for not making it work!" Actually, Tim just explains the rules and talks about Keith's violations. Apparently, he's not just in trouble for having pattern making books. Keith also left the apartment for a few hours and used the Internet, both strictly forbidden in the show rules. So Tim tells him that he has to go home. Tonight. "Rules are rules." Keith is bummed out and worries about his image being tarnished forever and being a laughingstock to his friends. He apologizes to the other guys, but not in an "I'm really sorry and I understand what I did was truly wrong" way, more in a "Jude Law getting caught sleeping with the nanny way," i.e. smug and smirking. Don't worry about the future, Jude. Maybe Sienna and you can make a real go of it this time since your schedule is a lot more open. Maybe Sadie, your ex-wife, will even ask you back.
Hey Jude, take a sad song and make it better. Keith's a good designer and he made very pretty stuff on the show. We're not too worried about him. Back to the designing. Laura and Michael are sitting on Angela, forcing her to tame her "wacky" aesthetic. Angela keeps pulling out the rosettes because that new medication she's on hasn't quite kicked in yet, and she's still in rosette mania mode. Michael does a Macaulay Culkin "Home Alone" freakout face at the camera, crying "No rosettes! AARGH!" Laura suggestions that the rosettes might make good buttons, and she and Michael are nice with Angela, respectful of her ideas as team leader yet remaining firm about the rosettes thing. She eventually caves and realizes that their ideas are good. Laura says she's pleased that she and Michael were able to get Angela to tone things down, avoiding Angela's trademark "Full tilt boogie quilted extravaganza of puff." We're pleased about this, too. I'm giving Laura two Mystic Points for Taming the Rosette Queen and Michael also gets two for helping with this odious yet necessary task. About Michael - we do see a little more of him in this episode, but he still seems underemphasized on the show. One blogger said it best when she protested "The IGNORIFICATION of Michael." Most of the designers take Keith's departure pretty well. Laura says, "Keith - what an asshole. I'm glad to see him gone." But Alison, in true sensitive ingenue fashion, is shocked by his departure. Her sad doe eyes well up with tears, and she mourns the loss of Keith as only a real sweetie can.
"Keith, whatever will we do without you? Sniff!" I'm giving Alison two Mystic Points for continuing to be such a sweet person, without artifice. If she isn't for real, I don't want to know. I need her to be my heroine with heart. There's too little of that around these days. Kayne and Robert and Vince are having a little trouble executing Robert's design. Vince hasn't been happy about Robert's design from the beginning, but he has repressed his criticisms and decided to play along since Robert is the team leader, after all. Kayne tells Robert that the dress is "a little bit flight attendant." Robert quips back that "Kayne has the taste of a love-starved hyena." Oh, you two - we know you're in love. Get a room, will you? Tim Gunn stops by to check things out. He's worried that Robert's design is a bit "matronly." He says he likes Angela's rosettes while Laura and Michael are inwardly screaming, "NOOO! Don't do it, Tim! Don't feed the rosette beast! We just had it tamed!" Bradley's bottom is having troubles. Or rather, the skirt he's working on lost its shape when he pressed it. Tim says "It's starting to look a bit diapery." I knew something was going on with Bradley. Tim encourages Alison and Jeffrey, who are in the weird position of having to execute Keith's design as team leader without him actually being around anymore. They are turning the design into a very funky and fun look, and the two of them work well together. As Tim leaves the group to finish things up, he says, "You know what we say - make it work." Ah, Tim, you can't be so shy about using your catchphrases! I'm sure you're extra sensitive about them since Santino did all those imitations of you last season. But we LOVE your catchphrases. They make us feel better. Please say "Make it work" and "Carry on" as much as is humanly possible. In fact, I'm giving Tim Gunn two Mystic Adoration Points to show him how much we love him.
Tim Gunn rocks! It's time for the runway show. Vera Wang, Nina Garcia, and Heidi are judging, and Mehmet Tangoren of the cool name is also judging, since the winning design will be put into production by his people at Macy's and at INC. It's a shock to the eyes to see the clothes, which are so casual and sporty compared to the elegant evening wear we've been seeing so far.
Designers: Keith, Jeffrey, Alison
Designers: Robert, Kayne, Vincent
Designers: Bonnie, Uli, Bradley
Designers: Angela, Laura, Michael What's with the coats? The models never took off their coats so you couldn't see what was underneath. Robert's design suffered from a touch of "I threw this parka on because it's subzero temperatures out, even though it doesn't match my outfit" and the skirt and blouse underneath were hard to see. Bonnie's huge coat overshadowed what was beneath it, too. The judges hated Bonnie's outfit and found it very 1970's and out of date. Mehmet called it "Triple LY - last year, last year, last year." Robert's outfit was overshadowed by that nasty parka thing, plus he had a slit up the back of the skirt that was making a journey up to the model's armpits, so there were construction issues there. Alison and Jeffrey's outfit was a hit, especially the form-fitting and sexy pants with cute detailing around the ankle. Angela's outfit also won raves. Well, you can't really call it Angela's because the recipe for this design roughly ran: Add one part Angela (that's enough.) Add two parts Michael and two parts Laura . Subtract 3/4ths of Angela. Sew thoroughly. Now you have her outfit. The two highest scores are Alison and Jeffrey as a team and Angela's group. The designers were told that the winning design would be put in the window at Macy's the next day, and they would have to stop by to find out who made the winning design. Robert and Bonnie are the team leaders singled out as having the worst design. Bonnie is a sweet lady, but Robert is so much more interesting as a character to watch that all of us are praying she'd be picked to leave. She is. Bonnie is out, Robert is in. This is karmically correct, as soulmates Robert and Kayne mustn't be separated from each other. You don't mess with true love. The next day the two top teams go over to Macy's, and Angela freaks out because it is her design that is in the window. Her design is the one that will be offered at Macy's nationwide. Jeffrey and Alison are bummed, of course. Jeffrey has been worried all through the episode that the judges just don't "get" him and that he'll never win a challenge. Jeffrey, after seeing your funky street design with Alison, I think I finally get your ideas. You are talented. You've got a real rock and roll aesthetic that just doesn't come across so well when you're dealing with an elegant evening wear challenge. So Jeffrey, I'm giving you two Mystic I Finally Get You Points for all your hard work and cool vibes. In the previews for next week, we see that Michael Kors will finally be back. Yay! Viva le Kors! Bring on the Kors! That's it for my recap of episode four. Look for episode five's recap next week! And if you missed my earlier recaps, you'll find them here: Lipstick Mystic Points Awarded So Far: Vincent Libretti: 1 Wacky Mystic Point from first week; 3 Mystic Patience Points from second week; sub-total so far: 4 Mystic Points Alison Kelly: 1 Cute and Kittenish Mystic Point from first week; 1 Enthusiasm Mystic Point from third week; 2 Sweet Ingenue Mystic Point from this week; sub-total so far: 4 Mystic Points Robert Best: 2 Funny and Fabulous Mystic Points from first week Malan Breton: 2 Mysterious and Villainous Mystic Points from first week; 2 Mystic Patience Points (for not killing his evil mother) from second week; sub-total so far: 4 Mystic Points (Eliminated second episode; we'll miss you, Malan!) Laura Bennett: 1 Cool Mom Mystic Point from first week; 1 Well-Dressed Pup Mystic Point from third week; 2 Taming the Rosette Mystic Point from this week; sub-total so far: 4 Mystic Points Michael Knight: 1 Fierce Talent Mystic Point from first week; 1 Underappreciated Genius Mystic Point from third week; 2 Taming the Rosette Mystic Point from this week; sub-total so far: 4 Mystic Points Jeffrey Sebelia: 1 Pageants Are Weird Mystic Point from first week; 2 I Finally Get You Mystic Points from this week; sub-total so far: 3 Mystic Points Keith Michael: 1 Model Strategizing Mystic Point from second week; grand total 1 Mystic Point (eliminated fourth episode) Uli Herzner: 1 Dining Mystic Point from third week; 1 Model Strategizing Mystic Point from third week; sub-total 2 Mystic Points Bradley Baumkirchner: 1 Trust Your Vision Mystic Point from third week Angela Keslar: 1 Dr. Evil Mystic Point from second week; 1 Incomprehensible Aesthetic Mystic Point from third week; sub-total so far: 2 Mystic Points Tim Gunn: 2 Adoration and Worship Mystic Points from this week
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Proud member of the Michael Knight Secret Admiration Society
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And if you missed out on Season One & Season Two, check out the DVD's:
Project Runway Season One - The Complete First Season
Project Runway Season Two - The Complete Second Season
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Full tilt boogie quilted extravaganza of puff (Laura Bennett's famous saying from episode four) 
