Hats! This week's Project Runway challenge was to design around the avant garde headgear of milliner to the stars Philip Treacy (who, one of my co-viewers noted, looks quite a bit like David Lynch. Also: Wouldn't Will Ferrell be the perfect person to impersonate Michael Kors? Just think about it.) As for our hometown heroine Gretchen Jones, with whom I watched last night's episode, she is busy fielding emails from scandalized fans after last week's episode did its damnedest to make her out like a bossy-booted bitch. Relievingly, the producers mainly left her alone this week, despite her efforts via attention-grabbing eye makeup and a bitchin' outfit for the runway. Here's her own recap and critique of this week's winner (don't watch if you're not ready for spoilers):
Two notes on the permanent cast of the show before we hit the jump. 1) I miss pregnant Heidi. This season she seems especially unlikeable, and has probably never contributed less to the judging conversations than the wide-eyed parroting of what-they-saids she's been offering up. I've said it before and I'll say it again: She's a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. She's a Victoria's Secret model. She is not a fashion model. And really, must the show be constantly soundtracked by Seal? "Kiss From A Rose"? Really? 2) What happened to Tim?! He looks like someone beat him up or he had a really bad chemical peel or something. What's with the facial lesions? Distressing.
