Project Runway Season 5 Episode 10: Five Minute Review

I'm sorry!  Honestly, I kind of thought we were all getting (as Tim Gunn might say) overworked with these reviews, and when I had The Day From Hell on Friday and didn't get my Episode 10 recap up, I thought I might skate by unnoticed.

But no!  You love me!  You really, really love me.  Or, you don't have Bravo and need the recaps to keep up.  OR, you get bored on Friday afternoons and will read just about anything.  Regardless!  You noticed my ProRun absence, emailed me about it (some of you very vehemently!) and for that I thank you. 

I think.

So this week, the designers were charged with the task of designing a work-appropriate, professional outfit for one of six young women.  The catchy hook was that the mothers of these recent college grads were also present for the duration of the challenge, and the designers had to please both mother and daughter. 

Kenley got lucky and had Mini-Kenley assigned to her; a young girl with (guess!) dark hair, a 50's vibe, and a vintage, girly aesthetic.  Kenley dressed the girl in what looked like something out of Kenley's own closet, slapped some red lipstick on the chick, and sent her out on the runway.  Wow producers, way to stretch Kenley's talent with that one.

Jerell ended up with the tall, lanky chick, proceeded to make her a model-esque outfit that rocked the judges, and won the challenge easily.  What?  I told you it would be a five minute review!

Leanne drew the "Hedda Lettuce" client, meaning that her girl (well, really the girl's mother) turned out to be difficult to please and somewhat demanding.  Leanne had to totally remake the top of the dress she had worked on all day after the mother said "if we tried this on in a store, we'd leave to find something more flattering".  Zing!  Maybe the ugly jacket Leanne created to go over the dress was punishment for Overbearing Mama.

Suede got the Russian photographer with awesome arm muscles.  Like seriously, Suede would have had no chance with this chick in an arm-wrestling contest.  Suede picked a relatively cool print and then screwed it all up when he made a totally nondescript dress and a very JC Penny's-looking jacket.

Korto paired up with a cute curly-haired girl and made a very Korto outfit: cool, well-made jacket and easy, flowy dress in a nice print.  Korto's talent lies in making flattering garments for non-model bodies, and she showcases that well in this challenge.

Joe got a regular chick who was trying to land a job as a graphic designer and decided to make her a classic business interview suit: pinstripes, a striped collared shirt underneath, and a tan skinny belt.  Only problem was that "classic" turned into "dated, "and he didn't factor in the unflattering nature of a straight skirt suit on a curvy body.  Even though the judges sounded like they hated Suede's 1995 small-town mall dress the most, Joe ended up the big loser and was auf'ed.

Other highlights: I like Jerell more and more each week, Leanne handled a difficult client situation very gracefully, Suede is still talking in the 3rd person and acting like a moron, and Kenley laughed at Joe ON THE RUNWAY DURING JUDGING when Michael Kors critiqued Joe's business suit and called it "straight from the 80's with the requisite pocket square".  AND Kenley managed to so completely infiltrate Mini-Kenley's mind during the challenge that even Mini-Kenley dissolved into a fit of giggles as the judges broke poor Joe's heart and delivered their ultimatum.  What a couple of biatches.

Next week: It's the most unique challenge for Project Runway ever - whatever that means.  Also, it would appear that Tim Gunn gives Kenley a much-needed talking to.  Not that she will care, but still.  I'll enjoy it.

Discuss: did you think Joe deserved to go?  How about Jerell's second win?  And what was the deal with that jacket Leanne made?

Comments

[Chiada]

No, I don't think Joe should have been auf'd. I think Leanne's grey jacket is way more hideous than Joe's outfit altogether. Not that I think Leanne should have been auf'd. Tough choice on this episode. Although I think Suede's design is cute, I suppose it does look to average and run of the mill. I really don't like Jerrell's at all. I think I like Korto's design the best. Then again, I do have a curvy figure so maybe that's why.

It's funny, too, because last week I read this little article about predictions for the winner, and some people had predicted Joe to be the end winner. I guess they thought wrong! At this stage I would guess Jerrell or Leanne. But who knows.

[Operation Pink Herring]

I love Jerrell more and more as the season goes on. Loved the outfit he made (did not love the tree branch he was wearing on his head), totally thought he deserved the win. Joe annoys me and I'm happy to see him go, but I really thought Suede deserved the boot... that dress was a total disaster!

[Lara]

Okay, i don't watch this show and I'm generally a damn unfashionable person, but... i think a lot of these girls look like they've stepped right out of 1985.

[Dingo]

Joe's dress was absolutely awful. If it had at least fit correctly instead of bunching pulling like a pair of women in a catfight over Jimmy Choo's at the Barney's Annual Sale, it might have gotten a pass. As it was is was horrible. Suede's outfit was bad but at least it was well made.

[Cassie]

I thought Suede's outfit was worse, PLUS Suede has had more than one hiccup on the runway, while Joe has typically done a really good job. So I thought Suede should have gone.

Love Jerrell, love Leanne, still hate Kenley with a passion. I think she's the most annoying person on ProRun EVER. She literally makes me want to pull out my hair.

[RA]

I am so disappointed that Suede is still there. He is obviously not as talented as the rest, and I don't understand why the judges continue to let him through. For me, it's like when Heidi says something like, "I don't really want to see more." No more Suede!

It was so awful when Kenley and her client both laughed on the runway. Unprofessional and unsportsmanlike. I am so torn because I think she's really talented, but she is behaving so unkindly lately.

[velocibadgergirl]

I think Joe and Suede were both equally shittacular this episode, but I wish that Suede had gone home instead. He grates on my nerves worse and worse each week.

I thought Leanne's jacket was awful with the dress, but might've been cute on either a taller girl or on that girl with a nice dark pair of jeans. I still love Leanne, misfire aside.

I love Jerell more and more. His trajectory is the opposite of Suede's for me.

Suede: Meh -- Gah -- Shut up -- no seriously -- Hate -- HAAAAAAAATE

Jerell: Meh -- Hmm -- HA! zing! -- Dude, this kid is hilarious -- Love -- no really, LOOOOOOOVE

[Alex]

I loved Leanne's dress when she took off that hideous jacket thing.

Does anyone else think that they edit in Kenley laughing even when she doesn't? It's really easy to do. While we see her laughing at a comment made to detriment Joe, don't you think the judges would have said something?

Although she did laugh when Daniel was talking about his taste on the runway... It just seems odd no one would say anything.