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Project Runway Season 10: Episode 5 Recap

Posted on 08/16/2012 by Todd in Project Runway

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Project Runway Season 10

by Todd Betzold

It's another team challenge on Project Runway, as the designers team up to create a whole line of clothes that all work together. As we all know, Raul hates team challenges and it looks like I can see why. There is so much drama in the preview for tonight, shit is about to get real tonight.

 

Heidi Klum kicks off the show on the runway and is joined by Nina Garcia. Nina said Marie Claire recently launched Marie Claire @ Work and it is a huge hit. For the challenge tonight, the designers will create a fashion capsule collection that will be editorial that will also work in the real world. They will be working in two teams to create a cohesive line of professional women's wear. Each team will be directing their own photo shoot and will appear on the runway and will factor into the decision of the judges. The winning team's photos will appear in a fashion spread in Marie Claire @ Work.

 

Sonjia is a team captain, so she gets to pick who she wants to be on her team first and she picks Elena, which shocks me. Heidi picks from a bag to see who the first person is on the other team and it is Nathan and he chooses Ven (good choice). Elena picks Melissa for their team. Ven picks Christopher. Melissa picks Dmitry. Christopher picks Fabio. Dmitry picks Alicia. Fabio picks Gunnar (who said he didn't want to be on either team), so Raul (who is hurt Christopher didn't pick him) goes to the other team and he feels bad because he feels like leftovers. He is out to prove himself and punch them harder. Sonjia's team has six members and Nathan's team has five, so Sonjia's team will make six outfits and Nathan's will make five to make it fair.

 

The teams head to the workroom and meet Tim Gunn. He said since there are no team leaders, he is going to refer to them as Team 6 and Team 5 based on the number of designers they have (thank you team, that helps my writing)! They have 30 minutes to consult and sketch. They have until 11:00 pm tonight and then zero time tomorrow to work! They will go right from their apartments to the photo shoot tomorrow, so time is crucial today. They will put the garment and any accessories into a garment bag.

 

For Team 6, they decide to focus on their specialties and have each designer make two things each. So, Alicia will make two pants and Sonjia will make two skirts. Raul pipes up and wants to make sure his ass is covered and talking about being eliminated again. For Team 5, they decide to go with a theme of Fall into Color. They think a good color theme can blend well together. Gunnar is not happy with the colors they choose and thinks it is welcome to the 80s. Team 6 has no concept yet and Raul wants to do his own thing and he is not going to change his direction because they want him to (um, it's a team challenge, so it needs to look cohesive so you should listen to them). Team 5 is worried about Gunnar and feels he doesn't fit well with the team and he thinks his team needs to stop micromanaging him.

 

The designers head over to Mood to do some shopping. Team 5 has a $1000 budget and Team 6 has a $1200 budget. The designers are all a hot mess because they are all shopping, but trying to keep patterns and colors together. Team 6 keeps questioning Raul and his choices, but he is sticking to his choices. No one seems to be on the same page in Mood, so this should be interesting to see if they got everything they need.

 

They get back to the workroom and Team 6 goes through their stuff and they are missing a bag. The wool they got for Elena's jacket is missing! Now they will have to redesign the coat and Elena is not happy.

 

Now it is time for Raul to freak out some more. He is not happy his point of view is not being looked at and he agrees to make a vest and a skirt for the team. Team 5 seems to be working together very well, but when will that change? Meanwhile, Elena, who freaks out all the time and has no patience, must now redesign her original plan and is not happy. She looks like she is going to burst!

 

Now Gunnar is not happy with his team and he feels like he is more of a tailor and not a designer and he is not a tailor by any means. Settle down girl! Raul is so worried about putting his own aesthetic into the piece and not worried about the team being cohesive. Elena is not happy with the challenge and I want to slap her.

 

Tim comes in and looks at what the teams have done. He talks with Team 6 first and they give him a big sigh. None of them look happy with this challenge. Tim said he likes the look of Raul's shirt, so he is happy. Elena said her look is plain and matronly and Tim said he is seeing none of that. Tim said he has a positive feel from their looks and he was worried about walking into a hot mess, so he is happy.

For Team 5, Tim said it is looking kind of clownish and it is taking him back to the circus. Gunnar said it looks like drag queen cocktail hour on the table. Tim asked if they were all on board with this, but Gunnar can't look him in the eyes. Nathan is now concerned about his team and their point of view. Tim said it is looking costumey and asked how they un-costume it.

 

Gunnar is now going to re-do the skirt and make his own style dress. He is determined to make this thing work. Sonjia said she can't make a skirt until she knows what the vest is going to look like. Sonjia is losing patience because she can't wait on Raul all day because they are on a time constraint. Apparently the girls have given Christopher, Nathan and Ven a team name: The Chiffonies. They use silk chiffon on everything and Melissa said she knows the women's body and they don't wear this to work every day.

 

Now Elena tells Dmitry that they all hate the navy blue he is using for the dress he is making. He said she should have said something before he had the dress done and everyone hates Elena. I think she is feeling worried and trying to put the blame on others.

 

The models come in and Dmitry said that Ven is a "one-way monkey," but then corrects himself to a one trick pony! Watch yourself Dmitry, but I agree. His looks are always the same. Now with two hours to go, the designers are freaking out because they have to be done tonight! Elena said that Raul's look is like shit. Elena seems to keep running her mouth, but never working and keeping herself busy. I think she is going home tonight...she has been focused on way too much tonight. The night ends and Gunnar has not even seen their teams look all together!

 

The designers arrive at Go Studios for their photo shoot. Tom Hines will do the photos and they have three hours. They will choose three photographs as a team to present to the judges. So, I thought there was no team leader? Elena seems to be running Team 6 and she is annoying me. Team 5 seems to be working together very well and talking through their decisions.

 

Back on Team 6, Elena is still calling the shots and her fellow designers are annoyed and going to break soon. Elena seems to hate everything her team is doing and she doesn't want to use the props that they were given. For Team 5 they are focused on the design they all did, but they pick out their three pictures. Meanwhile, the shit hits the fan for Team 6. Elena said one of the pictures looks like the model is taking a shit and Melissa tells her to do the pictures her way. They get into it and Melissa hopes this negative energy doesn't drain over onto the runway.

 

It is time for the runway show and Heidi comes out to meet the designers. The judges this week will be Heidi, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia and guest judge this week is Joanna Coles, Editor-In-Chief at Marie Claire. My favorites: Nathan (his pants are great and the shirt has a cool design), Ven (he may do the same thing, but it looks good) and Dmitry (it may be navy blue, but I enjoy it and he can sew). The ones I did not like: Christopher (not liking the skirt and I feel like I have seen it before with his dress he made before), Fabio (too plain and blah to me) and Elena (it is plain pants and a plain black jacket).

 

After the runway show, Heidi said that they have a unique situation...the teams have the same score! Things are all tied up, so any of them can win and any of them can go home tonight! The judges look at Team 5 first. Heidi said they did a great job bringing in the softer look. Nina said they looked like they worked together well as a team and loved the skirt from Christopher. Michael said he loved the dress from Fabio and Christopher's skirt is a staple for him. Joanna said they made work clothes look easy. They loved the pictures. Nina did not like Nathan's look and it looked matronly. Heidi likes them all but Gunnar's dress and it looks like a soufflé of boobs and it looks like a cheap dress. Michael said it was the soufflé that flopped and the fabric made it looked older than it should. The judges ask them who the weakest link is and Fabio said that he is going to pick the strongest designer, which is Ven and Heidi says that is silly. The other designers all choose Gunnar.

 

Now time for Team 6 and Nina said it is modern and has editorial touches. The blue dress photographed incredible and there are things in there that she would wear. Michael said the dress is very strong looking, but believable in the office. He said the ruffling in the top can overwhelm people. Heidi said the ruffles for the office are too much. Michael said it is cohesive. Joanna said you could wear these things in the office, but the top is a dull idea. Heidi liked Melissa's dress and she liked Dmitry's dress. Michael said they ended up with some good clothes, but it doesn't look like they ended up with a team look. It looks like six different looks. They ask them who was the weakest link and they all say Raul, except Raul who says Elena should go home because she is not able to compromise. Dmitry agrees as he picks Elena because she puts stress on the team and has a bad work ethic.

 

The designers go back and more drama. Raul says that Elena is the best designer there, but he does not like her right now. Settle down everyone and wait to see who wins and loses before throwing everyone under the bus. The judges discuss and it looks like it is between Elena, Gunnar and Raul going home. They bring the designers back to announce their decisions! Heidi said that both teams did a great job, but only one of them will get a photo spread in Marie Claire @ Work. Nina announces the winning team is Team 6! Heidi then says that Alicia and Christopher are safe and then Melissa is the winner of this challenge! Fabio, Sonjia, Ven, Dmitry, Nathan and Elena are all safe. That leaves us with Gunnar and Raul. Gunnar is safe, so Raul is out...again! He didn't take advantage of the opportunity and he goes back and tells Elena that he hates her and they all need to get rid of her ass.

 

Project Runway airs Thursdays at 9/8c on Lifetime.

 

(Image courtesy of Lifetime)

 

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