Still smarting from his dressing-down at the last challenge, Keith decides this week to present something tailored and “toned down.”
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If before this episode I had to guess which of the remaining designers would be the most visibly excited about creating an outfit for a drag queen, I would never have picked Terri. But she goes crazy this week with an awesome corset/kimono combo with crazy platform boots you know did not come from the Bluefly.com accessories wall! But it’s a week when that’s not good enough. …
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It’s a lipstick jungle out there for the designers this week, who must create a look for “a high-powered and glamorous professional woman.” A fictional high-powered and glamorous professional woman, to be exact — Brooke Shields’ character on “The Lipstick Jungle,” to be exact. This is a big relief to Blayne, who worried it would be Hillary Clinton and “I would never win if I made a neon pantsuit.” Dear Blayne, you’re never going to win anyway. (I just wish your dismissal would be soon, so I don’t have to hear Tim Gunn debase himself with “holla at cha boy” each week.)

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This week, “surrealist” Jennifer interprets a challenge to create an outfit for U.S. Olympic athletes as, “make a cute cocktail dress with a coordinating twinset-style cardigan.” The good news: After this week, she’ll have more time to look up the definition of “surrealism” and figure out where she went wrong.
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Tonight we learn that Nina Garcia, like Keith Whitley’s beloved, says it best when she says nothing at all. Her criticism of losing designer Emily’s outfit goes something like this:

“No comment.”
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Two designers from this season of “Project Runway” have started dating. (Cue the “They have designs on each other,” etc., puns now.) See who after the jump.

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This week the designers show how green they are TWO ways – they use environmentally friendly clothing, and only a couple of them do particularly well at it. The others … well, to borrow a phrase from Charlie on last night’s “Shear Genius” (who won hairstylist of the year at the CosmoProf awards in Las Vegas a few weeks ago, FYI): Some of the designers may be green, but others were “neon green.” I think we now know why they keep referring to this pack as the “most diverse” group of designers instead of, say, the “most talented.”

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Half the fun of “Project Runway” is finding out what each week’s challenge is going to be, so I’m not sure why Bravo would have posted the summaries of every episode this season — including guest judges and design themes.  It seems kind of spoiler-ish.

On the other hand: Now I’m sort of excited about seeing what the designers pull out for guest judge RuPaul — not because I’m excited about RuPaul, but I’m hoping the challenge is about drag queen fashion. How crazy would that be? (Chris March from last season could have swept this challenge.)  But I might have to be recused from duties Aug. 27, when guest judge is — shudder — Rachel Zoe.  I wonder if the Bluefly accessories wall has a spray-tan machine and tongue-depressors to kick-start those eating disorders?

Bravo’s going green this season, and recycling past seasons — tonight’s episode features a rehash of the grocery store challenge from Season 1, even bringing back that challenge winner as guest judge. Perhaps remembering the woes of wilted produce, not many designers opt for using food as a design element, which earns them scorn from Tim Gunn. And I’ve already decided who I hate most.

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I guess I’m looking forward to tonight’s season premiere of “Project Runway” … sort of.

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