Project Runway Season 9, Ep 1

So did you enjoy last night ep of Project Runway? Well just in case you missed it, here is a quick recap and my own review of the runway.

The season got started with a twist. Twenty designers were picked and off to New York they went, the only thing, they werent through with the auditions. After being chosen, the designers still had to face the actual judges, Heidi, Michael, Nina and my favorite Tim Gunn. After the second audition, four designers were on their way home.

The Challenge:

The first challenge for the remaing 16 was to create a look with only the clothes they wore to bed and a sheet off their bed. Some rose to the challenge, others shouldve stayed in bed.

The Runway:

The guess judge for this challenge was actress, Christine Ricci. The judges did not hold anything back at judging. As you know Heidi calls a group of names, which means your either automatically safe or your getting judge. In this case the first set of names she called were safe.

Here are my favorites:

Anya- She came in the underdog. With only four months of sewing, Tim was on the fence about her. Not sure if she would be able to keep up with the other designers who had more experience then she did. In the workroom, it looked like her lack of sewing knowledge was going to get the best of her, when she struggled a little to work the sewing machine. However, her runway look proved that she could produce a beautiful piece.

Viktor- Was another favorite of mine. His dress was simple, but made a statement. The way he had his model styled was very Victoria Beckham too me. It was not too short, not too long. The perfect day dress.

Bert- Another underdog in the comp. He is the oldest of the designers at the age of 57. The judges told him that his designs were simple, so for this challenge he wanted to do something different. The ending was a beautiful dress. Using his orange boxers, he gave, what could have easliy been a boring dress, a pop of color. He wowed the judges so that he won the challenge and earned himself ammunity for next week.

Fallene- This dress, OMG! A cute little halter dress that was fitted at the bottom. She took the puking clown from her night shirt and incorp'd it into this dress and it worked in her favor. I love this dress, I want to wear this dress and I am sooo not a dress girl.

Hated It!:

Becky, whose dress liked a little fashion design 101. The dress looked cheap and had no movement what so ever. She claimed to be edgy, there was NOTHING edgy about this dress at all!

Julie- I dont know what she was thinking, but nobody would this outfit. I thought she turned her pj's into more pj's.

Joshua-OMG, and not in a good way. His was as bad as Rafael's. This getup reminded me of little red riding hood. I agree with Nina, your in a design comp and you come with a tank and a pair of shorts. Really? And to make it even more ugly, he had a seam running down the front where the top was too small and he had to adjust for fit. He did not make that work at all. To think of the four that were sent home, that are now watching this and probably a little pissed. I would be.

Rafael-As bad as I thought these other three designs were, this one was maybe the worst. In the workroom, Tim told him to take off the scarf and incorp it into the piece, he wanted to see it. But Rafael was more worried about his hair looking a hot mess, that instead of doing what was asked so Tim could help, he ended up sending a hot mess down the runway. All white with the leopard print scarf as a necklace, aka after thought. The judges called it a bib. Too funny. His hot mess got him sent home. Maybe he shouldve tried out for Sheer Genius, if his hair was that important.

So thats what you missed last night. The good, the bad, and the down right WTH? Be sure to catch Project Runway on lifetime. You can click any of the links to be taken to the show's page as well as the link on the sidebar.