Project Runway - Who will make the top three?

Project Runway is down to four - who do you think will make the top three? Last week the designers had to make an outfit for another designer that was inspired by a genre of music. It was down to just five designers: Korto, Suede, Jerell, Leanne and Kenley. I was pretty sure even before I saw the show that Suede would be cut. He did a rock n’ roll outfit for Jerell and while it was not horrible it was not great. The pants were pretty bad and Jerell looked like Jerell and wasn’t transformed into a rockstar.

The clear winner was Korto with her version of Punk for Suede. He was really transformed into a punk rocker and the pants were a lot of fun. Korto wore a country outfit designed by Leanne that I really did not like. The color choices really didn’t work for me. However since Leanne is one of my favs - I was really happy she didn’t get cut. Jerell did a great job with Kenley and pop music. She really did look uncannily like Brittany Spears. Kenley did not have such luck with her outfit though, she designed a hip hop outfit for Leanne and it just wasn’t really hip hop. It was sort of urban chic - maybe? But still poorly executed. Kenley seemed to have a hard time creating an outfit that was not a retro inspired dress.

I have been thinking all week about which three designers I would like to see go to Bryant Park and I have to say I am rooting for Korto, Leanne and Jerell. I really think each of these designers will come up with interesting collections. I am pretty convinced that Kenely’s collection would be full of very wearable, adorable and fun retro style dresses but it wouldn’t be very diverse. Jerell strikes me as a designer that could come up with an innovative collection that really pushes the creative envelope. I think Leanne and Korto would both have very nice collections with good execution, style and diversity. I really want to see a collection that is innovative, creative, fun and inspiring like Jay’s collection from Season 1. Which three designers are you rooting for?

- Carmen

Comments

[Anna-Beth]

OK - I'm too late, becasue I saw that Jerrell was booted - but OMG, could Kenley be more obnoxious? I did love her wedding and bridesmaid dress, but she is just so conceited - if she announces to the judges that she thinks she "nailed it" one more time! And her accusation that Leanne "Sabotaged" her by not being hip-hop enough? Please, Leanne practically walked with a gangsta lean and threw up her gang symbol - I'm surprised she didn't bust out with a freestyle rap (OOh, can you hear it?
"I'm here to rock it in a atructural style,
for the PR marathon going the extra mile, cuz you can't win the game 'less you're listening to Tim,
but you can't win it anyway cause Ms Mouse is in to win.
Cold rockin NYC with architectural detail, got designs coming faster than dsl e-mail."
In my fantasies, Leanne is a mad good freestyler.) So I've been rooting against Kenley for a while, despite that I love her look, and even many of her designs. And Jerrell - did Tim not warn you? He told you those boob wings needed to be clipped, but oh no, he just had to make it defy gravity, and paste on every bit of bling his local dollar store had. I am rooting for Leanne. She's got such fascinating and technical style, I can't imagine anyone else winning this.
- Anna-Beth
PS - if any of y'all do want to make a Kenley-style dress, (bacuse remember, Kenley style = good, Kenley attitude = bad) I was just on the floor of the 4th Ave store, adn they have a whole table of awesome rayon print rems at 5.99/yd - and they are a fascinating mix of prints! I am buying this gorgeous black art nouveau one, and there are some really great floral-ish abstracts that would look awesome as a 40s dress. Oh, and Project Runway has a whole line of notions that are great fashion-sewing ones, form marking kits to tool boxes - check them out, they are just showing up!