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Project Runway Recap: Jean Mutation
Wednesday January 23, 2008

Project Runway

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It's a Project Runway field trip when Tim Gunn takes the seven remaining contestants out of Manhattan and all the way to...Brooklyn. "Fabulous," Christian deadpans. Their destination? A secluded pier, where Caroline Calvin, a VP from Levi's awaits. She and Tim declare that their next design materials are inside a nearby warehouse. Hmm...a VP from Levi's is present: Could they be making an outfit out of...denim? Yes! (Burning question: Why did they have to go to Brooklyn to find jeans? The mind reels.) Anyway, the designers have a few moments to stuff a laundry bag full of denim paraphernalia, then create an "iconic denim look."

For lingerie designer Ricky, that means assembling a button-fly corset dress. Jillian, apparently forgetting she made a trench coat last week, decides to make...a trench coat. Victorya, who was Jillian's partner last week, decides to make...a trench coat. Chris opts for a little black dress-inspired look; Christian (whose arrogance grows exponentially each week) goes for a biker outfit; Rami plans on a zipper-enhanced frock and Sweet P. wants to make a wedding dress.

Let the drama begin. As Chris and Christian bicker over the best way to clean jeans (dab with water vs. brush it dry), Jillian accidentally stabs her fingers on the sewing machine, drawing blood. Meanwhile, Tim is not impressed by Sweet P.'s dungaree wedding monstrosity. "Mmm-hmmm," is all he can muster. (She wisely decides to make it shorter.)

It's time for the judges - Heidi Klum, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia and Calvin - to have their say. Chris's dress looks "home-sewn," says Kors. Klum is "not so much in love" with Jillian's stuffy jacket and thinks Victorya's blah coat ensemble "looks like a party skirt got glued on to your jean jacket." (Hey, where are the fun jean-pun insults? No "This doesn't fly with me"?!) Christian, Rami, Sweet P. are all praised. So is Ricky, who, sigh, reacts with yet another trail of tears. When he's declared the winner, Christian looks ready to slap Heidi across her well-rouged face. The rest are sent to safety, except for Victorya, who is out. She departs repeating her I'm-so-competitive mantra. Alas, the game is up. Talk about feeling blue! (Sorry, couldn't resist).

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