Project Runway's Bryant Park Show Points to Clear Frontrunners, Leaves Out a Remaining Contestant (Spoilers)

Usually Project Runway stages its Bryant Park finale, complete with all the remaining designers' $8,000 collections, sometime close to the airing of its second-to-last episode. That way, a slew of eliminated designers -- who the home audience hasn't seen auf'ed yet -- don't have to make decoy collections to keep everyone guessing about who's been sent home.

That didn't work out this year; Fashion Week is going on right now, and the 11 remaining designers were forced to present completed collections this morning in New York. Heidi Klum, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia, and inexplicable guest judge Faith Hill sat in. Among the remaining contenders, two designers stood out to me as clear frontrunners -- and one still-competing contestant didn't show at all. Don't click ahead if you want details about the final collections tucked away from you in Tim Gunn's Faberge lockbox.

Of the collections that showed, Seth Aaron's, Jay's, and Mila's seemed like the surest bets for Final Three consideration. Seth Aaron's panoply boasted harlequin brass, Jay's seemed like a vivified version of season six winner Irina's collection, and Mila's blocky prints and glorious separates felt modern and unexpected. Here's a sample of each of their collections, in the order of Seth Aaron, Jay, and Mila.

As for who didn't show, you can very likely say goodbye to Maya. The quiet vamp did not show a final collection.

Finale Collections [Project RunGay]