TV Recap: ‘Project Runway,’ “Finale, Part 2″

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh……..the season finale……ready or not……:

The episode opens as a straight continuation from where the last one left off. Carol Hannah is sick, sick, sick as a dog…this makes me very sad….everyone gets to the workroom to keep working. Carol Hannah starts crying because she feels like shit,and everyone feels realllly bad for her (genuinely, I think). The designers head to the hair and make-up consultations for their models. Afterward, the models come in for their fittings, and Carol Hannah catches a break when she finds that all of the models she’s chosen fit really well into all of her garments.

Tim comes in for his walkaround and looks at their 13th looks. Irina and Althea find themselves on the same wavelength once again: Tim notices that their model make-up ideas are the essentially the same – big smudgy dark dusty eyes and a messy hairdo. The day ends with everyone feeling really overwhelmed

The next day, Irina is especially stressed out because she’s the one with the most work still to do. Carol Hannah feels better – yay!! Tim comes in for his last little chat – aww….then things get really crazy – everyone is running in circles around each other trying to finish. The day ends.

DAY OF RUNWAY SHOW: The designers get up at 3:14a.m. to go to Bryant Park. Each designer shares what she’s feeling when she comes in to the the runway room. They immediatly start working, and Tim freaks out – he’s rediculous wigging out sljdflskdjflakhf;akdgKSJDHFKDSBLHAOSIPEO,VNslkdfjldhjf, and tells them that they should be lining up right now, but only 10% of the models are dressed…ah!

After the commercial break,Heidi comes on stage to kick off the show…AND SHE LOOKS LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON! i think it’s her make-up….or something…redic.

Judges: Michael Kors, Nina Garcia and Suzie Menkes (Fashion Editor of

Each designer comes onstage before her show to explain the inspiration behind her collection: Althea: sci-fi movies from the 50s and 60s, interpreting that from a futuristic point of view. Carol Hannah: Gothic architecture and fairy tales. Irina: New York, and what it takes to survive in the city as a woman.

I won’t even try to describe each individual look, but I think all of the designers incorporated their inspirations very well into their collections. One thing to note: All of Irina’s looks were black except for 3……

Spectators, celebrities and past project runway designers comment on the collections after the shows. After the commercial break, the designers come out before the judges.

Irina: The judges said it was coherent, finished, expensive, personal, but the warrior woman look that she did has been done before. The judges (especially Nina) didn’t like that she didn’t have color. They recognized and applauded that she knew how to accent the collection with every last detail like the hats and purses. They also loved the T-shirts that balanced the hard, protective, warrior feel.

Carol Hannah: They loved all of the drapings and tailoring of every dress, but the collection might be missing the cohesive element within the collection as a whole. She played with color the most out of all 3 designers, and she does what she does really well – everything is impeccable.

Althea: The judges loved that she did a lot of sportswear, separates. Nina loved the green dress she did for it’s color, and all of them loved several little details/accents. They thought that the last three pieces were off and that she may have had too many focus points to keep track of. Nina loves her…the judges think she connects to the street well, and a lot of women would love to wear all of her clothes.

…………………………….I’ll just say it…….

Carol Hannah is out.

Irina wins.

..Althea is out.

and THAT’S THE WAY IT WAS.

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