Project Runway Recap: Won't You Pleat My Neighbor?

Seth Aaron and Emilio turn out two things they would've created regardless of the challenge: S.A. made a denim suit with a confetti-print blouse, all ultra-tailored, with tails and seams and TAILS. I said TAILS. You missed it when I said it the first time. You were wrong not to stop me. Denim tails, people. That's like if Groucho Marx were a lady Phat Farm shopper on the go. He also tops his look with a sack-like plaid hat, and there's nothing left to describe there. Emilio's companion nighttime piece is a husky black dress with a zipper journeying straight up the front. It looks home-sewn and icky, but the two garments together look somehow cohesive. Zippers! A scintillating sartorial achievement!

Jay and Mila construct two looks with nothing in common. Jay turns out a wonky tanktop and misshapen trousers with saddlebags for added horror. Mila's design seemed to say, "Good job, Jay, but I have some black-and-white colorblocking to do. Don't come find me." Hers was an exquisitely rendered zippered sweater and short shorts with stark fuschia leggings. I don't know about it being "nighttime" per se, but Mila's monochrome world came to life again this week. She's a citizen of Pleasantville who's just learned to smile.

Amy and Jonathan struck up a discordant pair of looks. Amy's, to my eyes, looked like a sunflower-colored karate outfit. Jonathan's was more detailed, a brown sheath dress with etchings in the sheer, nylon-like fabric. Unfortunately, he counterbalanced that lightness with a heavy sienna lower half. Not so flattering.

Mila and Anthony embraced Chinatown with some restraint. Mila gave us a simple daytime look with a short belted jacket and a skirt. Now, that might just sound like businesswear in any old office, but she adds touches of red to the skirt to suggest Asian influence. On second thought, those red marks look accidentally asymmetrical. This look is a 6 out of 10. Anthony sends down a short dress with a plunging neckline and cascading 3D pattern that looks like a honeycomb. It's meant to suggest "dragon," which is... not tacky at all.

In a Project Runway first, Heidi, Nina, guest-judge Molly Sims (what.), and guest-judge Francisco Costa declare both Seth Aaron and Emilio to be winners. For tailoring alone, I'd have given the title to Seth Aaron, but Emilio deserved a quick slap for his hideous number. Jay and Amy rank in the bottom two, and mostly because Jay has won two challenges and Amy's won one, she is out. Our fancy-free little doll-troll! Luckily, we have an interview with Amy coming up momentarily. Your sadness, fears, and general loneliness will be fast allayed -- if only for a few elusive moments.

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