Project Runway Recap: Patterns-a-Plenty!
The Workroom
The seven remaining contenders work those touchscreens like Vanna White during a particularly vowel-heavy hour. Jonathan immediately goes for that "nicely detailed 'n mostly boring" aesthetic again, sketching viscous blobs and rendering it all in a color suitable for aged linens. Mila calmly explains to the camera that she was just introduced to colors for the first time last week, and thus she's not sure how to proceed. Her solution: Draw horizontal, watercolor-resembling lines of orange, green, red, yellow, and black the way a toddler conceives a rainbow. It looks like a Children's Hospital logo. That's the kind of joy she achieves.
Emilio has a few things to explain: 1) He doesn't have to listen to Tim Gunn. 2) He doesn't have to take off his train conductor hat, and choo-choo to the naysayers. 3) His print says "E. SOSA," his name. It does not look that way, and Tim Gunn points it out.
Maya is fixated on winning a damn challenge, because she's sure the judges think she's a gaffer who makes a habit of wandering into frame. She conceives a deliciously neon, line-y orange print over a black backdrop. Seth Aaron has no time to explain his look, because he's in the middle of creating eleven different outfits for consideration, and he bought just enough nails to complete only seven of them. His great-grandkids will lose their rose-colored visions of his work ethic, to be sure. Anthony draws out something that's purple and fine, and he makes a season-defining comment about Jonathan's bland design.
"I don't really care for Jonathan's look. It's really pale. Then when you look at the colors, they're really pale. And then Jonathan's really pale. i just want to take a bucket of paint and throw it at that side of the room. Because it's all pay-el as hay-el."
Who else started hurling Tanya Tucker-themed valentines at the screen? It was like a three-point shootout for me. Anyway: Let's see how this mess played out in front of Nina, Michael, Vivienne "I need a cigarette after the time I just had with my HP" Tam, and Heidi.
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