Project Runway Season 8 Episode 9 Recap: 2 Looks... 1 Winner

Morning Designers! Time for a Project Runway recap! Are you ready? Good. Let’s get on with it then…

So first off, let’s address something serious. Uncle Tim looks like he’s about to have a coronary during these episodes, doesn’t he? Even in his video recaps, he seems so stressed out and over it with Project Runway and its shenanigans. I hope the powers that be over at Lifetime realize that if Uncle Tim dies of stress this season, none of us will watch this crappy show without him.

Ok…let’s talk about fun stuff now…

This week, our designers were challenged to make a high fashion look for a L’Oreal Paris photoshoot, and the winner would receive $20,000. Which everyone was acting like it was some huge amount of money, but really…$20,000 wouldn’t get you very far in life. But hey, they were excited about it, so I guess we should be too.

So it’s off to Mood, and there’s fabric, and ideas, and sewing, and some really really hideous things being made. It was like the ghosts of those old Bridesmaids dresses were waiting for a time to come back, and this challenge would be the revenge they would exact. Oh my, there were some hideous things being made! Yikes! Ivy full on made a bridesmaid’s dress from 1997, and Gretchen somehow was invaded by one of the ghosts of the Golden Girls. But we’ll get to Gretchen later. First let’s talk about Valerie.

Valerie had some kind of emotional breakdown, and I was like, “Ok, just go home.” Really, save the drama for yo’ mama and just go home. But nooooo…she has to psych herself out and have a moment in the bathroom. Whatever. Just make a dress already.

Anyway, Uncle Tim returns with that FML look on his face, and he’s like, “Designers, this is lame, but I must tell you there is a twist. These crackheads want you to make a ready to wear piece that is based on your high fashion look. Valerie, you should just quit now. I’ll be in the make-up room with a bottle of Single Malt if you need me.”

So everyone freaks…gasp! And it’s off to Mood to buy more fabric and do more sewing. More simple ugly clothes to go with the complicated ugly ones.

Now let’s talk about the runway…

Top 2

Gretchen. Oh, Gretchen. I’m not getting the love for either one of the looks she made. It looked like a Muumuu. Seriously. Queen of Fashion, Michael Kors was just gushing over the thing, and I’m like…really? That poncho with a belt moves you? Okay, dude…

Mondo. Love, love, love Mondo and want to wear everything he makes, and have him win everything always. The End. I seriously was inlove with his ready to wear look, and loved how the stripes worked with the black dress. It takes a genius to make horizontal stripes across your butt look slimming. It just does.

Mondo wins, and we rejoice. Yay Mondo! I really didn’t care who won, just keep that Gretchen from ever winning anything again, please.

Bottom 3

Michael C. made some kind of bizarre Star Trek glittery wine colored gown with a 124ft train. And the Ready to wear outfit was just fug as fug can be. He wasn’t hurt too bad by the judges, so we knew he would be safe. And he was.

Valerie…well Valerie made “Miss Guatemala’s Pageant Dress,” as Nina “I Hate You All” Garcia called it, which was awesome and full of fail because Valerie came back and said, “Hey I’m Guatemalan!”…Bazinga! Once again, I didn’t think Valerie’s garments warranted all of the public flogging they received, but what do I know…I know nothing.

Ivy’s dresses were like sea monster bridesmaids coming to eat your face. How horrible were those things! Yuck and a half. It takes something pretty awful to make a size 2 model look boxy and shapeless. Maybe it wasn’t that bad and I just dislike Ivy no matter what, but the judges agreed with me and sent Poison Ivy packing. Hahahahahaha! Later, babe!

So that’s it for this week. What did you think of this episode? Did the judges get it right this time?

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