Project Runway (2004–…): Season 8, Episode 2 - Larger Than Life - full transcript
Competition reality series, where each week budding fashion designers face challenges and elimination as they compete for cash and prizes.
>> Previously on
Project Runway...
Welcome to Lincoln Center,
the new home of New York Fashion
Week.
[Cheers and applause]
>> your first challenge is
actually the last phase of the
audition process.
>> to only have five hours was,
like, aah!
>> oh, [Bleep].
>> is the transformation putting
the kimono on backwards?
>> it could be because of the
time restraint.
>> is it sexy, or is it vulgar?
>> this insanity.
>> it looks very hick outfit
night at the bar.
>> she's a pole dancer in Dubai.
>> I think it is butt-ugly.
>> the styling, it's a train
wreck.
>> for this challenge, we had
a rare unanimous decision.
Gretchen, you are the winner of
this challenge.
Congratulations.
McKell, I'm sorry, you're out.
>> moving into Atlas is so
surreal.
We made it here.
>> okay, so now I'm finally on
the show?
Like, what's next?
>> This is Project Runway.
Larger Than Life
Original Air Date on August 5, 2010
>> yes!
>> let's go!
>> the search for the next big
fashion designer.
>> I was born ready!
>> you know you love this.
>> you're either in...
>> or you're out.
>> it's about fashion.
>> who will be the next great
fashion designer?
>> I'm the best there is.
>> 17 designers.
>> this is my chance.
>> three finalists.
>> but only one can be
the winner.
>> it's Fashion Week or go home.
>> I've come way too far to
lose.
>> for these 17 designers,
Project Runway is the chance of
a lifetime.
The winner of Project Runway
will receive $100,000 from
L'Oreal Paris to start their own
line, a fashion spread in
Marie Claire magazine,
a $50,000 technology suite
from HP and Intel to create
their vision and run their
business, and the opportunity to
design and sell your exclusive
The model paired with the winner
of Project Runway will receive a
fashion spread in Marie Claire
magazine and $25,000 from
L'Oreal Paris Studio Secrets
Professional.
>> good morning, ladies.
>> wake up.
>> oh, man.
>> so I wake up this morning,
and I am dead.
Like, literally dead.
Like, take my pulse, it's not
there zombie sort of thing.
I'm pretty sure this show is not
about fashion design.
It's about public torture of
designers on television.
>> moving into Atlas was such a
good experience because it meant
that I made it, it meant that I
was in it, and we were ready to
go.
>> I was pretty shocked that
McKell was the one to be booted
off.
I feel--
i feel a little bit sad for her.
I was kind of shocked that
McKell left.
Her dress was very safe.
It was cute, though.
I mean, I just didn't think that
she deserved to go home.
I really didn't.
Yeah, and one bathroom.
Are you kidding?
We'd never get out of here.
>> actually, you know what's
probably gonna be a worse room
is the boys'.
>> Peach is really, really
sweet.
She's like--
she's like my surrogate mother
right now--it's so cool.
>> high-maintenance boys in that
bathroom.
>> shut up, you do not have the
airbrush makeup thingy.
Does it really work?
Does it work good?
Is it, like...
>> ugh.
>> I only know Casanova so far.
Like, I haven't really had
a chance to talk to the other
guys.
There's a little bit of
nervousness.
And then Jason's really quiet,
and Christopher's, like, this
hot guy.
And Mondo, my first impression
is a weird guy, you know.
>> I think it's a lot of
different personalities in one
room, all the time.
And usually, I'm pretty much,
you know, by myself.
If I don't click with people
right away, I tend to run away.
>> you want me to do yours?
>> so it's been really
difficult.
>> let's blow this joint.
>> all right.
>> the hell hounds await.
>> yeah, I don't want to waste
any time.
>> hello, everybody.
>> all: Hi.
>> congratulations.
You made it through the final
audition of Project Runway,
and you are officially on the
show.
[Cheers and applause]
>> furthermore, you should all
be very proud of what you
achieved in the last challenge,
especially given the time frame.
>> thank you.
>> it's finally sunk in that I'm
on Project Runway.
And this is absolutely crazy.
>> we're thrilled to have Joanna
Coles, Editor and Chief of Marie
Claire magazine with us today.
She's going to tell you all
about your next challenge.
>> for this challenge, Marie
Claire wants you to design
a look that tells the audience
in a single brief glance who
the Marie Claire woman is.
She's intelligent, she's
practical.
She's fashion-forward,
confident, and sexy.
The winner of this challenge
will have their look featured in
the Marie Claire billboard
campaign running in New York's
Times Square.
>> that is super-exciting.
I mean, that is huge!
>> who gets on a billboard,
unless you're, like, a Calvin
Klein model, or U2?
>> getting your garment on a
billboard is huge.
Because that's a huge prize for
the first challenge.
>> it's going to appear 40-feet
tall, so bad workmanship will
show up.
And the billboard image will be
photographed by one of the
hottest fashion photographers
around, James Macari, who shoots
the Victoria's Secret campaign,
and does many fashion shoots for
Marie Claire.
>> I would love to tell
everybody, "hey, go to
Times Square, look up."
And there is my piece on
a 40-foot billboard.
It's just so operatic, I can't
stand it.
>> you have one day for this
challenge, which, compared to
what you just went through
is a luxury.
Say good-bye to Heidi and
Joanna.
We're headed off to the work
room at Parsons.
Come with me.
>> bye, everybody.
I'll see you on the Runway.
>> all right, designers, you
have 30 minutes to sketch, all
right?
>> all right.
>> and I will return.
Work hard.
Thank you.
>> see you, Tim.
>> my vision for this challenge
is, you know, grunge, punk rock.
Immediately, the image of kind
of Courtney Love and
Gwen Stefani, Blondie.
An outfit that they would wear
to a rock show.
That's what I'm sketching.
That's what I want to do.
>> I'm trying to sketch, and
nothing's happening, so I just
think, just run to the fabrics
that you love, and you'll figure
something out.
>> so what I decided to do is
something that I haven't done
yet, and I threw myself a curve
ball and decided to do pants.
It's all about shape and...
It is going to be very
Marie Claire.
>> during sketch time, I
actually make a list, you know,
which I don't think a lot of
designers do.
They draw their design and
whatever, you know, and I make
a list of the things that I know
i need to get...Like what kind
of fabric I want, the colors...
The color story, you know, and
like the notions, the zippers.
'Cause I will forget about that,
you know?
And once I get back into the
workroom, that's when I start
designing in my head.
>> my design is the infinity
dress.
It was a concept I had in my
mind for a long time.
It also represents an 8 for
Project Runway, season 8.
I like this idea because
infinity's a very positive sign.
People get anxiety and fear when
they think about death.
And infinity is just, you know,
it's forever.
What's better than infinity?
>> designers, sketching time is
up.
Bring with you whatever you need
for our shopping exposition at
mood.
It's our first trip to mood.
Very exciting.
You have your $150 budget.
All right, you have 30 minutes
beginning now.
>> $150 is not much to make
a sophisticated gown.
But the time to find the fabric
is not good.
>> oh!
>> I'm sorry!
>> ahem.
>> I'm doing a very, very cute,
architecturally detailed
miniskirt...And it has a very
drapey silk top...
With this idea where I've taken
a complete circle, and I'm gonna
be draping a little jacket out
of it.
The thing's gonna be absolutely
amazing and really innovative.
>> what I'm looking for is
a cotton, tweedy, houndstooth-y
kind of thing.
Isn't there one more lane down
here?
All they have is wool.
And I grabbed this polka-dotted
stuff and this brown dupioni,
and it's bad.
>> oh, my God!
What a nightmare!
I can't find the right color
that I was thinking in my head,
and with the stress and
everything.
My concept was a little more
translucent with stiffness.
>> you have five minutes.
>> [Strangled cry]
I'm going for something that,
you know, was timeless and
classy, and it's a classic
take on a trench dress...
Modernized and sexified.
>> okay, everybody.
That's it. Time.
Thank you, mood.
>> all: Thank you, mood.
>> we'll be back.
All right, designers...
You have until midnight tonight,
so plan on finishing tonight.
And if you have some tweaking to
do, you can do that in the
morning.
>> what I'm struggling with
right now is the fact that I
made the wrong fabric choices.
I love polka dots.
I love bright colors.
So that's kind of what's hanging
me up is I'm not moving outside
of that comfort zone.
I'm sitting right where I'm
comfortable, and it's the same
thing over and over.
>> somebody messed up the
tension in here yesterday.
>> yeah. There's something wrong
with this one.
Wow, look at all these broken
needles in here.
Somebody's been going to town.
I don't remember the last time
I ever broke a needle.
That's just--I don't remember.
>> kristin--she's a little
headstrong.
I'm not gonna lie, like...
She thinks that she is
the [Bleep].
>> I wasn't gonna do contrast
on my coat--I wanted to, but I
figured if I do contrast then I
make it look too Ann Taylor.
I-I am super-torn, like I was...
I'm going back and forth in my
mind between like which color
fabric...
Think maybe I'll just use red
piping...Or I mean, black I
could, but I didn't get any
black.
White, maybe?
So I'm a little nervous.
>> the back shoulder is...
It should be there.
More up to the front than the
front to the back.
>> are you asking me?
>> yes.
>> if I--what do I think?
>> like this, like this.
>> I mean, no offense, I--
I'm not gonna help you pattern.
Sorry. I'm sorry, I'm not.
>> that's okay.
>> I'm just not.
I don't want to be rude, but I'm
not gonna help you pattern.
This is like--this got real
serious today.
You want like...
>> no, no, no, that's okay.
That's okay.
I don't know what happened with
a.J.
I just asked simple question.
I think he's very into the
competition.
I respect that.
Most of the designer, they share
the stuff, they learn.
They make opinion.
I don't--I don't take it
personal.
If this is the way he is, I'm
cool.
>> I'm not gonna sew it for
you.
>> coming up on
Project Runway...
>> what's this?
I think it looks cheap.
They look discordant.
>> and I really don't care about
what the other people think.
They don't really interest me.
>> I'm just baffled.
>> our challenge is to design
a look to advertise for Marie
Claire on a billboard in times
square and, uh, I'm really,
really excited about it.
>> how is everybody?
>> fantastic.
>> good.
>> really?
Valerie.
>> hi, Tim.
>> I'd love to hear what you're
doing.
>> I was thinking of a classic
trench coat dress but...
I'm having the skirt be fitted.
>> I have to say, I really
respond positively to that.
>> I think Valerie's work is
really incredible.
>> where's your zipper?
>> and I think she's my top
competition.
>> does it look too brassy?
>> yeah, for me...I think it
looks cheap.
>> oh, gosh, Tim, that's the
kiss of death.
>> see? It is.
>> no.
>> so keep it clean.
>> okay. I'll keep it clean.
>> go, go, go, work, work, work.
>> I am, I'm gonna cut away and
get to sewing.
>> Mondo.
>> oh, hi, Tim.
>> listen, before we start with
this design, I have to tell you
something.
>> okay.
>> the last challenge...
>> uh-huh.
>> I have never seen a designer
take a matronly issue and make
it modern so instantaneously as
you did.
>> I can be honest with you--
I was really, really worried
about it.
After the critique, I was
feeling like I was gonna
give up.
>> oh, no, no, no--
and you didn't!
And it was like...Pow!
Anyway, you blew me away.
>> thank you.
>> so where are you with this?
>> I'm making this simple
two-tiered skirt.
For the top, I was thinking
about using this as a halter.
>> you--you have a sketch?
>> uh, no, it's all in my head.
I don't have a sketch.
>> all right, then I have to
give you blind trust...Which,
based on the last design, I'm
willing to do.
>> all right, thanks.
>> thank you, Mondo.
>> all right, bye-bye.
>> Jason.
Gorgeous colors.
>> thank you.
>> love your palette.
>> it's going to come down like
this, like an 8.
>> so it's two sides of an 8...
>> yeah.
>> overlapping each other like
a wrap?
>> yeah, kind of.
Like it's an infinity dress,
like 8...
Like for season 8
Project Runway.
>> Jason's mysterious.
I mean, he has like the bowler
hat all clockwork orange, you
know, but...
As a designer, I am not a huge
fan.
>> what I'm trying to do is mix
these colors--I want them to be
striking.
I don't know if I'm gonna go
this intense, but if it's gonna
be on a billboard, I think it
has to really come out at you.
And if I have the time, but I'm
not gonna force it--I'm gonna
finish one thing at a time--
I'm gonna maybe applique this
over that, you know?
>> what are those doing?
>> like alien...Like croppings?
>> all right. But I'm concerned
about you, I'm gonna tell you
right now.
>> okay...
>> I'm looking at our time.
I'm looking at all these scraps.
>> these are all perfectly cut
pieces.
>> but you need to put them
together.
>> yeah.
>> if they don't see something
that's superbly finished, they
will not have the patience.
>> I'm working one section at a
time, so I'll get done.
>> it's a lot of work.
>> okay.
>> do it.
>> okay. I'll surprise you, I
promise.
>> all right, Jason, thank you.
>> thank you.
Everything's stacked against me.
I'm a straight guy in a gay
man's world, and I'm just trying
my best here.
I mean, what the [Bleep]?
It's like, don't be so hard on
me, man.
>> first of all, congratulations
on being the first designer to
make the wall of fame.
>> thank you!
>> so now you have a tough act
to follow.
>> [Singsong] I know!
This is, to be honest, the first
pair of pants that I've ever
made without somebody helping
me.
>> oh. Is that a good thing?
>> yeah. I'm stoked.
>> I think that Gretchen's
talented, but the thing about
Gretchen is she's not creative.
>> and have you started the top?
>> I know I can bang the top
out.
>> all right...Less than four
hours.
>> I know!
>> okay, Gretchen, go, go, go.
Thank you.
>> thank you.
>> Casanova.
>> I'm doing something like
sailor.
>> sailor?
I mean, you went from...
>> prostitute to the virgin.
>> to a nunnery.
I mean, this is so matronly
looking.
I'm just baffled.
Do you know what I'm talking
about?
>> no, no.
>> Casanova is playing the card.
We hear him speak perfect
English in the workroom.
So feel like it's a little bit
of a front.
>> the judges are going to be
scratching their heads--this
can't be the same designer.
>> okay.
>> all right, Casanova.
Thank you.
>> okay. Thank you.
>> Nicholas, talk to me.
>> what I wanted to do with
challenge is, number one, how
much I can accomplish and also
how innovative I can be.
>> excellent.
>> and the back is my favorite.
I think it's beautiful.
>> mm-hmm.
>> the top that Nicholas made
has a striking similarity in the
back to what I made yesterday.
And I know that he thinks he
made a lovely dress, but...He
ripped me off.
>> I feel like it's much more
Nicholas.
>> what's this?
>> it's this concept of complete
circle.
And I'm able to drape it into
like this form.
Do you think that's not good,
'cause I was really excited
about it.
>> I'm ambivalent.
Only because I think that
there's a sexiness to this...
>> yeah...
>> whereas this--I mean, does
she become little red riding
hood?
Keep working.
>> thank you, Tim.
>> thank you, Nicholas.
>> Michael.
>> I wanted to do a fabulous
jacket.
I got this in the bag.
My jacket's the [Bleep].
It's beautiful.
All these other bitches are
going down.
>> it really worries me.
>> [Gasps]
>> it's old, it's...
Blanche devereaux.
>> no!
>> I don't know, I thought it
was very fashion-forward and
it's really gorgeous.
>> fashion-forward?
>> Michael's outfit looked a
little bit too...Bedroom, not
boardroom, so to speak.
>> just think about these
things.
Carry on.
>> how is Peach?
>> I wanted to do
a higher-waisted skirt and then
a little bit of a wrap and then
cover more in the back.
And I see the look on your face.
>> well, tell me what you're
thinking.
>> I'm lost.
Absolutely lost.
>> this and this--they look
discordant.
>> it seems like I need to start
over with something.
Now, do I start over with the
skirt, or do I start over with
the top?
>> it's about what you would do
and still stay true to who you
are as a designer.
The textile alone stays true to
who you are--
>> oh, good God, it was
screaming at me from the wall.
>> yeah, see, it was calling
your name.
>> it was, but...
>> singing you an operetta.
>> yeah, but it's off-key now.
>> well, it is...And at least
you know that.
>> I do know that.
>> okay, Peach, I'm leaving you.
Go, go, go.
>> all right.
[Laughter]
All right, I'm starting over.
>> what'd he say?
>> the skirt was a disaster.
>> what do you mean?
>> so plan "b".
I did exactly what he suggests
and start over.
Please don't, please don't.
I appreciate it.
>> I hope it doesn't look like
a wedding dress.
>> I'm gonna work in a little
piece of the orange, and then
I'm taking the mesh...
So that it knocks it down so
it's like a gradient.
>> little scared about the
orange.
>> I love the orange.
I think the orange is the best
part.
>> oh.
>> do you think this is chic?
>> I like the front.
>> you don't like the back?
>> you need to finish that.
>> how are you holding up?
>> me?
>> yes.
>> I don't know, I just hope
I get [Bleep] Done, man, you
know?
>> I can't believe I didn't just
leave that outfit alone.
My Twist on a bubble skirt was
not good.
It's so not me, guys.
So that went into the trash.
All right, back to the beginning
again.
>> designers...As you all know,
you're each creating a design
that you hope will be
photographed, blown up, and
placed on a billboard in
New York City.
Needless to say, this reward is
huge.
So with this in mind, there is
another element to this
challenge.
>> you know, it's gonna be like,
"make another dress out of your
scraps!"
>> I think there's gonna be
people that are gonna crack.
>> oh...Crap!
>> coming up on
Project Runway...
>> Gretchen, what do you think
with that belt?
>> what about Mondo?
Where is he?
>> I feel like this gift and
talent is a curse to me
sometimes.
>> there is another element
to this challenge.
Tomorrow morning...
You will each have a photo shoot
with a Marie Claire
photographer.
>> yes!
>> each of you.
>> yes!
>> I'm fine with that.
I'm so fine with that.
I'm pretty excited, because
that's actually a fun thing.
>> you will work with the
photographer and your model to
capture the image that you
believe best represents your
look and the Marie Claire woman.
Furthermore, your judges will
consider the image that you
capture, along with your Runway
presentation, when scoring your
designs.
So use the time between now and
midnight very thoughtfully and
very strategically.
And I am sending in your models
soon, all right?
>> Tim's talking about this
photo shoot that's gonna happen.
And this is another thing I have
to worry about.
I'm gonna have less time to sew
my garment.
I'm not gonna get it done, and
it's just sitting on my brain
now.
And it's like this baggage
that's there.
>> hi.
>> see you tomorrow.
>> I do too, but Tim hated it.
Tim's always, like, hated my
stuff.
I don't know why.
>> I need to do something
different, like...
>> yeah. That would be good.
That would be "gooder."
>> it's cool.
We're gonna do something like
this, you see?
>> oh, that's cool.
I like that.
>> it just, like, unfolds, and
you're gonna see the lining.
So you get dressed.
I'm gonna get sewing on this
'cause it's gonna be badass.
>> I like with the belt.
I like it.
Gretchen, what do you think with
that belt?
No?
I like with the belt.
>> oh, awesome.
We have plenty of room.
Yes!
I'm so excited.
I feel good about it now.
Okay, I can relax a little bit,
but not really.
>> Gretchen...
>> Casanova could be incredibly
annoying if he wasn't so
charming.
>> I need your advice.
>> that's not bad.
>> it's kind of...
>> yeah.
>> refreshing.
>> it is refreshing.
>> I like the...
>> the polka dots, yeah.
>> they're cute.
>> Tim did not like it, so
I started over, and then I came
back to it.
So we may be going home this
week, dear.
>> Peach started, I don't know,
like, three dresses.
She kept starting and stopping
and starting and stopping--
three different ideas.
>> this is pretty.
>> so she was worried, and I was
worried for her, 'cause she's
my roommate.
>> I know we're going home this
week, and I apologize.
>> we are not.
>> I decided to call you my
bosom buddy.Y.
>> Gretchen?
>> bosom.
>> bosom?
>> bosom--boobs--
buddy, 'cause we're close.
But we're close like...
>> hips buddies.
>> all right, hips buddies.
>> [Laughs]
>> it's kind of nice to have
people around you that you enjoy
being with.
And it's getting really hard to
not form friendships.
I thought Mondo was gonna be
a chipper chatter.
He is so quiet and so focused,
you don't even know he's in the
room.
>> I'm happy with this.
Are you guys happy with your
pieces?
>> I'm not gonna be happy until
it's done.
>> like, my top is all drapey,
but my model's [Bleep] Are so
big.
>> very nice.
Don't like big [Bleep].
>> I don't mind big [Bleep],
but, like, hers are so big.
>> whoa, Nellie!
It's getting crazy up in here.
>> it is not happening here.
By the time the clock hits
midnight, I am completely
defeated.
I was a maniac all day.
And it's done.
But I've got something on the
dress form.
And I have decided I'm going to
get a little sleep and map out a
plan to at least send something
plan to at least send something
down the Runway tomorrow.
>> to a great workday, and...
>> two more hours tomorrow!
>> to not going home.
>> I have the best roommates.
Oh, my goodness, like, Gretchen,
Ivy, and sarah--
we have the most fun.
We're really different, but also
really similar, and we talk for
hours.
>> all: Oh, my God!
>> like, I'm having the time of
my life.
>> did anybody see where Jason
is?
He's just so quiet and kind of,
like--everyone else, I feel like
I kind of have a feel of, like,
what they're about, both, like,
aesthetically and personally
a little bit.
I'm starting to, like, feel it
out.
But, like, with him, I still
don't have a clue.
Jason's really aloof, and I'm
not sure what his angle is yet.
He seems a little Shady.
>> I think we've all shared with
each other a little bit about
ourselves.
>> and he doesn't share anything
with anybody.
>> you know, it is what it is.
I have had the best time.
This has been so surreal for
somebody like me.
>> stop talking about it like
you're gonna leave.
Stop.
>> my only hope is that they
take mercy on the old lady.
>> hey, let's have a toast.
Well, what about Mondo?
>> he's having some.
>> where is he?
>> I'm really lonely, and I need
to connect with somebody.
And there hasn't been a
connection with anybody, to tell
you the truth.
And I think so many thoughts in
my own head, and they're
starting to beat me up.
>> I hope Mondo has earplugs,
dude.
>> we'll see him tomorrow.
>> right.
>> [Voice breaking] I feel like
I've never been loved for just
who I am and what I can give
back.
It's just always what I can
create as an artist.
I feel like this gift and talent
is a curse to me sometimes.
>> congratulations and
anything else.
>> to being alive.
>> coming up on
Project Runway...
>> wing it.
Yeah.
>> it looks like she's got
a stomachache.
>> the photo shoot is a little
intimidating.
>> that's feeling a bit weird
to me.
>> what did you tell her to do?
>> aah!
>> lighten it up a bit.
>> so what do you think about
finishing and then going to the
Runway?
>> I just hope we'll have enough
time to finish.
This morning we have a photo
shoot with Marie Claire.
I still have to do another
fitting with the model.
And we have hair and makeup.
Uhhhhh!
>> I'm really nervous.
>> are you scared you're gonna
go home?
>> yeah.
I think my biggest problem is
that I'm trying so hard to think
about what the judges are gonna
think.
I feel like a lot of people use
more color, and it's a lot more
editorial than mine.
>> yeah.
>> but I did have the attention
to detail.
The winner for this is going to
get a billboard in Times Square,
which is huge.
Do you know how many millions of
people pass through Times Square
every day?
>> your personality, your charm,
your defense, your styling will
totally win all.
>> I just really need to stay
centered and stay focused and
believe in myself.
>> clearly I don't think I'm
going home.
My bed looks like a disaster.
I've moved in.
>> I'm not ready to go home, but
i'm not ready for the Runway
either.
>> yesterday was such
a stressful day.
Coming into this, I always told
myself that I would roll with
the punches.
This morning when I woke up,
it was a clean slate.
And I'm gonna continue to do my
best and stay true to myself.
>> come on, you guys, let's go.
>> here we come, Parsons.
>> I think I'm gonna try to cut
this necklace apart.
But we've got not a lot of time
to pick everything out and get
everything together.
It's a little crazy.
Everything together.
>> good morning, designers.
>> all: Good morning, Tim.
>> how is everyone?
>> great.
>> you should be great.
I'm about to send in your
models.
You will have two hours to send
them to the l'oreal Paris
makeup room and the garnier hair
salon.
Remember, this is the
Marie Claire photo shoot.
>> Whoo!
>> this is your opportunity to
show the judges an enhanced view
of what they see on the Runway.
Think about that when you're
using the piperlime accessory
wall.
It's about attitude.
It's about your point of view as
a designer.
It's about the attitude of the
whole look.
All right?
Editorial, everyone.
Got it?
>> all: Got it.
>> okay.
>> how's it going?
>> it's going good.
I want to get done.
>> it's a little big?
It doesn't look big, that's the
thing, 'cause I want you to be
able to move in it.
>> I'm feeling okay this
morning.
The garments will be finished,
and I can have time to style
Cassie without having to, like,
worry about time at all, really.
>> yeah.
>> I think maybe the bangles are
a bit much, dude.
>> you think so?
>> yeah, 'cause she's already
looking a little punk, you know,
and it's Marie Claire.
>> I've been asking certain
people what they think.
>> I would say no earrings and
just keep the clutch, shoes, and
belt.
>> 'cause I just can't figure
out what I want to do.
>> take them off.
I'm back and forth here.
I've noticed that my best work
comes out when I really just go
with my gut and follow my heart.
I like the earrings.
Whatever, I like them.
>> hello.
>> hi.
>> hi. Tell me.
>> hi. So this is the dress.
>> gorgeous.
>> since the dress is pretty
strong and bold, neutral lip--
maybe a little matte.
Maybe just darken the eyebrows
so that they're, like, strong.
>> very velvet, red lips.
>> gorgeous.
>> really gloss the eye, but
with this kind of coloring.
>> taupe-y...
>> taupe.
>> I just want her to look
like a latina bombshell,
like, super exaggerated cat eye.
>> I'm gonna dab over this with
a little bit of eye shadow.
>> that--I love that.
Yeah, thank you.
>> so what are we doing?
>> so I want to do, like, a
fishtail up in the back.
And then I want to do a bun on
top of her head, about the same
area where mine is.
>> well, what I wanted to do
with her is Hollywood glamour,
like dita Von teese--kind of
like that wavy, controlled up.
>> because she's blonde, she'll
be a little more Marilyn than
she will be dita.
>> that's o--yeah, exactly.
Exactly.
I think that'll be nice.
>> okay.
>> okay.
>> we have what, five minutes?
The only redeeming thing
i have right now is the fact
that, you know, ify is covered.
And covered is good, but she's
covered with Barbie's sofa.
>> designers and models, time is
up.
You're going to the photo shoot.
So follow me.
>> so I ran out of time, and
i put the safety pins, which was
my backup plan, to where the
buckles were.
>> what does this piece do?
Is it a pocket?
Oh, flaps.
>> it's the infinity.
It's the eight.
If you look at it, the dress is
an eight.
>> I see it. Yeah.
Jason's kind of creepy, so you
never know if he's gonna come
behind you with the scissors and
just, like, boom!
So I try to be friends with him.
Like, "yeah, I love what you're
doing.
Oh, I get the whole infinity
thing, yeah."
>> it's a part of my process.
>> it looks like the infinity
symbol.
[Humming psycho theme]
>> come on in.
Hi, a.J.
I'm zanna from Marie Claire.
>> zanna, nice to meet you.
>> how are you?
This is mark, our photographer.
>> how you doing?
>> I'm really excited to get to
work with zanna.
She's someone who will be able
to give me some cool feedback,
and we'll get to do some really
cool things to show off the
dress and the accessories
i picked out, 'cause I feel
really good about those.
>> obviously, feel free to
direct.
>> make it work.
>> I like the arms down and
then just kind of, like...
I think it's really important to
show how our looks will look in
an editorial ad.
Yeah, that's great.
That's perfect.
>> it seems like her hands are
coming a little close together
almost.
>> it looks like she's got
a stomachache.
>> I feel like his work looks
like student work.
He's only 23, and I feel like he
does too much.
He doesn't know how to pull
back.
>> okay.
Great. Perfect. Good.
>> be loose with your bag maybe.
>> do, like, a jump.
>> there you go.
Great.
>> we're gonna do ten with it on
and then ten with it off.
>> entirely your call.
>> maybe, like, with one leg up
or something.
I'm feeling really confident and
comfortable.
Now I'm just nervous of
capturing the right shot.
You can see the silhouette on
her side and the back of it.
I'm going with 173.
>> so what was the main
direction here?
>> a powerful businesswoman.
>> Valerie's dress had a really
cool architectural shape.
And I feel like she had the
sense of futurism, and I like
that.
>> she's a vice provost/dean.
So she's pretty serious.
>> you're kind of excited.
Maybe you have a date.
You're gonna go have some fun
now.
>> we don't want to make it too
cutesy by a big smile.
>> not as much smile.
I got nothing from her.
Again, not so flat.
>> yeah.
>> there's no personality.
There's no fire.
There's no effort.
I had given up on the photo by
then.
>> sophisticated.
>> elegant and sophisticated.
>> elegant and sophisticated.
>> great.
[Camera shutter clicks]
>> act like you were naturally
walking, somebody calls your
name--you're, like, "oh.
Who's that?"
Eyen.
Great. Good.
>> Mondo is definitely
wackadoo, but it works for him.
>> while I was scrolling through
the HP touchsmart, I knew
exactly what photograph I wanted
to choose.
123.
>> well done.
>> tell me a little bit about
this dress.
>> it could be styled in so many
different ways.
And that's why I have the
user-friendly safety pins.
>> it's not working.
It looks like a mistake or a
hole in the dress.
>> Jason's dress didn't really
make a lot of sense to me.
The entire look seemed so
far away from Marie Claire.
>> what kind of, like, feeling
are we trying to get?
>> like, the tough look.
>> Marie Claire isn't so much of
a tough magazine.
It's feeling a bit weird to me.
>> absolutely, yeah.
Lighten it up a bit.
Let's see what you think.
>> I like this.
This one.
>> so jason--307.
Any tiny flaw is magnified by
hundreds on a screen like that.
But then imagine it being on the
billboard as well.
>> I know.
>> it's just, like--
it would be glaring.
>> the judges have to look past
these little closures, because
I'm not prototype Jack.
I can't pop things out.
It's emotionally draining and
physically draining.
>> coming up on
Project Runway...
>> is that a "walk of shame"
dress?
>> desperate housewives.
Oh!
>> what are you doing now?
Are you showing us her
underwear?
>> welcome to the Runway.
As you know, in fashion, one day
you're in, and the next day
you're out.
There are 16 of you here, and
after tonight, there will be
15...
Or less.
Your challenge was to create
a look that defines the
Marie Claire woman.
The winning look will be
featured on a billboard campaign
in New York's Times Square.
You also had the opportunity to
work with your model on a photo
shoot.
And since this challenge has
such a big payoff, no one will
receive immunity.
>> oh-ho-ho.
>> you had $150 and one day to
put it together.
All right, let's meet the
judges.
First, we have cfa lifetime
achievement award winner
Michael kors.
>> hey, guys.
>> hi.
>> fashion director from
Marie Claire magazine,
Nina Garcia.
>> hi, everyone.
>> hello.
>> and our guest judge today,
editor in chief of
Marie Claire magazine,
Joanna Coles.
>> hi, everyone.
>> hi, Joanna.
>> we will score your designs as
they come down the Runway, and
we will also take your photos
into account.
One of you will be named the
winner...
And one of you will be out.
All right, let's start the show.
>> I'm so confident in this look
right now.
I think she looks amazing.
And she pulls off the cloak, and
it's like, bam, there's the
look.
But I notice that, you know,
the judges don't really look as
impressed as I look.
>> I'm really happy with how my
piece turned out.
I think it's so beautiful.
I definitely think they're gonna
see that I know what I'm doing.
>> I think I stumbled upon
something.
It was impeccable the way it
was sewn.
She looks really badass.
She's rockin' out the look.
>> I'm happy with what I've
created.
I love the whole look together.
I think it's working.
I think the judges are going to
like it, and I feel confident
about it.
>> when I see my dress go down
the Runway, my immediate thought
is that it looks like amare was
impregnated by some weird alien
creature.
And it really, really worries
me.
I'm happy with the concept of my
overall work.
However, I don't feel like my
execution was up to my
standards.
So I'm a little worried.
>> two hours ago, I was done.
I was standing there with a
naked model.
Right now I'm very pleased with
what I made--
a tailored-to-perfection little
dress.
I'm thinking I can hold my own
here for a while.
>> when I see my dress, I think
I'm going to die, because I just
can't believe it is so short.
It should be a rap video.
I'm just going to use my poker
face.
I'm not gonna have any
expression, 'cause I know Nina
is watching me right now.
>> I'm happy with the entire
look.
Ekaterina totally worked it,
so I am happy with that.
However, in the back of my mind,
I'm still thinking, "you just
never know who could get sent
home, no matter how good you
think you are."
>> everything always translates
differently on the Runway.
And my dress on the Runway
really looks fantastic.
I mean, I really like my dress
on the model and in person, but
on the Runway, it's magnified
times ten.
It just beams.
>> I felt pretty confident.
The main thing that I worry
about, as far as, like, the
judges are concerned, was my
color choices.
I feel like it came across
pretty well on the Runway.
>> I am looking at the judges'
faces.
They're hard to read, but I feel
really good.
I feel really confident that
I could be in the top three on
this challenge.
When she does her little fanning
out of the sleeves, that was so
fun, and I think it was really
interesting for the judges to
see, because I don't think they
were expecting it.
And I think that's what will
keep me in the top is being
unexpected and being
interesting.
>> I think my model looks
awesome--stunning on the Runway.
Like, the sleeve--amazing.
She handle, like, everything
very nice.
But I'm a little bit concerned
about the color of the top.
I really don't like Navy.
I don't know why I decide that
disturbing color.
>> at first, I was nervous about
the fit on my model, 'cause
I could not work that fabric the
way I wanted to work it.
But when she walked down that
Runway, she sold it.
>> I felt so good looking at my
piece coming down the Runway.
Alexandra is my dream girl, and
seeing how the styling all came
together...
And getting to look over at the
judges and how they were looking
at it...
It was like magic.
>> when I see the dress walk
down the Runway, I wasn't as
nervous.
I see my skirt as this fun,
flirty garment, and eyen is
doing a great job walking down
the Runway and showing the
judges the bounce and the energy
that it has.
>> as I watch my garment go down
the Runway on millana, I think
that it looks great.
I'm super confident.
And it's really who I am as a
designer, but still keeping the
challenge in the consideration.
Overall, I'm not worried.
There's definitely a few people
that deserve to be in the bottom
tonight, and it's definitely not
me.
>> if I call your name, please
step forward.
Mondo...
Peach...
Nicholas...
Please step forward.
Jason...
Valerie...
Gretchen.
If I have not called your name,
congratulations.
Your scores have qualified you
to move on to the next
challenge.
You can leave the Runway.
Thank you.
>> oh, [Bleep].
>> [Gasps]
I know, I know, it's just...
>> you're just so excited.
>> ooh, no, no, I mean, like...
When I got called safe, I was
just thinking that this is the
one time I'm getting off the
hook.
So I started to lose it for
a minute.
>> the rest of you represent the
highest and the lowest scores.
One of you will be named the
winner, and one of you will be
out.
Okay, let's bring out your
models.
>> Valerie's out there right
now, and honestly, I have a
feeling that she's gonna take
this one home, and she's gonna
be the winner.
>> Valerie's screams billboard.
>> who do you think is gonna be
out?
>> I think Nicholas.
>> Nicholas.
>> Nicholas is, like, the
sweetest guy ever, but, like,
his finishing is just always
really rough.
>> how about Peach?
>> ooh!
She's got, like, major fit
issues.
>> she still styled it a lot
cuter than, like, Jason's combat
boots and his thing opening up
and everything.
>> so not Marie Claire, right?
>> no.
I don't know what that was.
>> I feel like those safety pins
are, like, coffin nails.
>> I've seen some of his
menswear, and he's a very, very
talented--
>> I think it would be so
unfair if Jason goes home.
>> Peach, tell us about your
look.
>> I think polka dots are
youthful and happy.
And I was thinking polka dots
for the billboard, because
I thought it would be
eye-catching.
>> when I think about
Marie Claire, I think about a
woman that is strong, powerful,
fashion-forward, hip.
When I look at this, I don't see
any of those things.
This looks like ladies at lunch.
There is no sex appeal.
>> it's like an amish cocktail
dress.
>> [Laughs]
Oh, no.
>> I think you really have to
watch the sophistication.
>> I don't think it looks young
at all.
On top of it, the styling
doesn't really help you.
She's got, you know, a lady bun
and the pumps.
It just looks very matronly,
very cliche.
>> my notes said it looks like
there's an animal climbing down
the back.
>> can we have a look at this
animal?
>> I added the brown pleating
just to give it a little
texture.
I definitely struggled.
This is my third dress.
>> so you made two complete
dresses before?
>> two skirts and a top and then
these two in the time allotment.
>> wow, so you can make a lot in
a day.
>> I can work fast.
>> Valerie, tell us about your
look.
>> I was very inspired by the
Marie Claire woman, and
I wanted to really embody the
spirit of New York as well.
So I wanted to create something
that was innovative, but still
simple and elegant--kind of
Carrie bradshaw meets
Samantha Jones.
>> I think it would be beautiful
in the picture.
There's enough detail to make it
interesting.
It's sexy, yet conservative,
which is hard to do.
The collar is very beautiful,
and it will frame a shot very
nicely.
>> you've kind of managed to
have a good balance going on--
that it has simplicity, but it
has interest.
And red on a billboard--smart
choice.
I think it's a job very well
done.
>> thank you.
>> for a woman to wear red is
always very powerful.
Joanna is wearing red.
She's very powerful.
>> very, very powerful.
I like the way you talked about
it.
It made me think that you'd
really thought about it.
>> yes.
>> I think it's great.
>> thank you very much.
>> Jason.
>> I wanted to make a look that
transcended from night to day.
And what I started with was
infinity.
It's an eight here.
And I think it's edgy and
youthful, and I'm really happy
with it.
>> I don't know how interesting
this would be on a billboard.
Are the closures safety pins?
>> yes.
>> and that was intentional,
obviously.
>> that was intentional.
>> I don't think that the
Marie Claire girl would wear it
for day or night.
At night, she would feel like
she was wearing a satin
bedspread.
For day, everyone in the office
would say, "is that a 'walk of
shame' dress?"
>> [Chuckles]
>> you know, "did you just come
in?"
>> I think she looks furious
that she's being put up in
Times Square.
And I can't believe that you
would pick a photo where it's
very clear that the hole in the
middle is not supposed to be
there.
We can't see it now, so it's
clearly not part of the design.
I don't think I've met a single
woman in America that would go
into an office with that in the
middle.
I mean, it's just not gonna
happen.
>> after you even heard all of
that, do you still think that
this is Marie Claire?
>> I think it's me for
Marie Claire.
If I had the snaps and
everything, there are all
different ways that you'd be
able to wear this.
>> what are you doing now?
Are you showing us her
underwear?
>> no, no, I'm showing you what
could be done--what options
could be done with this.
>> but that's the problem.
It's like how it should have,
could have, would have been that
we can't see, you know?
>> I understand.
>> Gretchen, tell us about your
look.
>> I felt like it was really
important to create something
that would fill the page because
it's a billboard.
It's advertising.
A woman that's as young as 22
would want to be this woman, as
well as somebody way into their
40s and 50s.
I'm not sure if you guys noticed
my day-to-evening look.
>> she looks like a cool girl.
I also love this photo.
It's really simple,
sophisticated.
And I love that you can open the
front and kind of...
Reveal a little bit more, if you
like.
>> she's a modern girl from her
head to her toes.
I think the other thing that's
cool about it is it's almost
like a piece of sportswear.
You could wear a turtleneck
under it.
You could wear a tank top under
it.
And her hair and makeup is
spot-on perfect.
>> I like the effortless ease
with which she wears it.
It looks easy.
Her hair's easy.
And in the picture, she just
looks great.
>> the Marie Claire woman is
smart.
She's confident.
She's modern, and she likes to
have fun.
These are all things that I get
out of this outfit.
>> thank you.
>> okay, Nicholas.
>> the idea was to take this
27-inch-diameter circle and
create, like, this really nice
shape around her.
>> there's too many details--
the seams of the skirt, plus
the cape, then the asymmetry of
the blouse.
This is a billboard.
It's supposed to be arresting--
simple, but beautiful.
This is very complicated.
You did not really think about
the big picture--and I mean
literally the big picture--
of this challenge.
>> I think it's utterly unsexy.
I can't imagine a modern, young
woman who would want to wear it.
>> obviously, when you went to
go take the picture, realized
that the cape is
unphotographable.
She's got it in her hand.
And the only garment that works
is the blouse.
>> maybe we should just get rid
of this cape for a second and
have a look at what was pretty.
With the blouse, you did a nice
job.
>> can we see the back?
>> oof, the back without the
cape is a little bit strange,
yeah?
>> it was my idea of, like, the
daytime to, like, evening.
>> so she has to wear the cape
all day?
>> well, I guess not all day.
[Laughter]
>> that's a rough one, 'cause
she takes the cape off, she's
naked.
And if she keeps the cape on,
she might be joining a religious
sect.
>> Mondo, tell us about your
look.
>> I wanted to create something
that was young and flirty with a
touch of whimsy, but still
practical.
>> it's really cool.
And I think that this would stop
you in your tracks.
Also, you know, in the picture,
I think it has something.
>> I was kind of thinking about
the opening credits for
Mary Tyler moore and just how
cute she was.
So I just wanted her to, like,
go on lunch and be noticed
walking down the street.
>> oh, I love that you said
Mary Tyler Moore inspired you,
because, actually,
Mary Tyler Moore is why I moved
to America.
In the picture, it has energy.
It has bounce.
It has confidence.
It feels professional, but not
corporate.
>> thank you so much.
>> I like the graphicness of the
black and white, and I love her
little shoes with the ruffles.
It has a great spirit.
>> I just want you to know this
is the first time Nina and
I have ever agreed.
[Laughter]
>> I think a lot of girls are
gonna say, "wow."
You know, "I like her.
I want to meet her."
>> thanks.
>> okay, we've heard what you
had to say.
We're gonna have a little chat,
and then we'll call you back.
You can leave the Runway.
>> hey!
>> hi.
>> hey, guys.
>> what about your critique?
>> it didn't go too good.
>> not too good?
>> no.
They didn't understand the
concept, so that's really it.
I think they thought maybe,
like, it looked too tough.
And I don't know.
I have to work with the model
I'm given.
I think she's a beautiful girl,
but she's not a Runway model.
>> that's just an excuse.
I feel like you could just--
>> I don't make excuses.
>> you are making an excuse.
>> you're blaming the girl.
>> no, no, no, I'm really not.
I'm really not.
My whole life I have had a chip
on my shoulder, because I have
been misunderstood since I was
a child.
And I really don't care
about what the other people
think, because they don't really
interest me.
>> all right, let's talk about
the designs that we did like.
Mondo tells a story.
It's definitely a different kind
of eye-catcher.
For a poster, I think it would
be also cool.
>> I love the exuberance of his
look.
You know, it had movement,
which, of course, on a billboard
is great.
I like the idea that it was
tweed-handled in a very feminine
way.
It had real confidence, which
I think is very Marie Claire.
>> yeah, and it was whimsical--
slightly eccentric, in a good
way.
>> it wasn't this pose-y old,
you know...
>> like a bad catalog.
>> right.
>> let's talk about Gretchen.
That would look amazing on a
billboard.
>> there was something about it
that I thought was very
sophisticated, but it wasn't
old.
And that's a really tricky thing
to hit.
And it had no season, no age.
And the photograph was
fantastic.
>> she really has a modern
aesthetic.
>> we also liked Valerie's
dress.
>> she managed to find a way to
do something that was sexy
without being vulgar.
>> mm-hmm.
>> it's very much a cover dress.
>> yeah.
>> right, absolutely.
It frames her face.
It's perfect.
>> she looked fabulous in it.
She looked confident.
She looked sexy.
It's just one of those dresses
that you love to go to.
It's like a really good friend.
>> all right, let's move on to
the designers that we didn't
like.
Let's start with Jason.
>> oh, gosh.
>> [Chuckles]
>> well--
>> he just has strange ideas.
>> I think that any designer
who has to have a disclaimer
with everything that they
design...
You know, the clothes should
really speak for themselves.
The picture was terrible.
We got the peekaboo belly
button.
>> so unflattering.
>> how could he remotely think
it was sexy?
Has he ever spoken to a woman?
>> I think, honestly, it was
only about that figure eight.
>> I do like messages as an
afterthought, but if that's the
selling point, then it's...
Not good.
Let's talk about Nicholas.
>> well, I feel like he was so
overly ambitious.
And each piece had something
wrong with it.
You know, I actually thought the
blouse was pretty, and then she
turned around.
>> yeah, that scared me too.
There was an entire hole in the
back.
>> I didn't notice that either
before.
>> I think he thought, "oh, I'll
sauce it up."
>> "I'll give her a cape instead
of a jacket."
>> right. "I'm gonna make her
edgy."
>> but I think he really tried.
He just went crazy with the
detailing, and it didn't work.
>> it might have been nice if
the blouse did not look like the
back was eaten.
>> well, yes.
>> maybe the model's too thin,
and she just ate her outfit.
I don't know.
But something definitely was
a disaster here.
>> okay, let's talk about Peach.
>> [Sighs]
>> desperate housewives.
Oh!
>> no, it's full Stepford wife.
When you talk about demographics
of who reads the magazine, it's
either way too young or way too
old.
I mean, you would either have to
be 11 or 70.
>> 70--with that styling, the
hairdo?
>> the neckline.
>> the pearl earrings, the
pumps.
>> that thing cascading down her
back...
That wasn't good.
>> she thought that was the
cool, edgy part of the dress.
>> it was just distracting.
The only thing I have to say,
though...
It's well made.
>> yeah.
But still, Peach could have
made it a little bit more
youthful.
>> yeah, it's hopeless.
I mean, it's completely wrong
for what we wanted her to do.
>> okay, the question is now,
how many people do we want to
get rid of today?
Let's bring them back out.
The six of you represent
the best and the worst.
One of you will be named the
winner, and one of you will be
out.
>> one of you will be named
the winner...
And one of you will be out.
Mondo, we loved your
Mary Tyler Moore reference.
It made us smile and captured
the spirit, the energy, and
confidence of your design.
Good job.
You're in.
You can leave the Runway.
>> thank you.
>> well?
>> it went well, but I'm not the
winner.
>> all: Oh.
>> it's all good.
The day before, I was feeling
quite defeated.
But I made it into the top
three, so I am so, so, so, so
happy.
It just validated everything.
It feels good.
I'm enjoying the moment.
[Laughter]
>> Gretchen, your design was
urban, seasonless, modern, and
fun.
Your photograph showed the
potential of your design
representing Marie Claire
on a big billboard.
Valerie, your red dress was
flirty and fun, but yet
sophisticated.
It embodied the Marie Claire
woman.
The combination of dress,
styling, and photo worked and
made your dress memorable.
Gretchen...
Congratulations.
You're once again the winner of
this challenge.
>> thank you so much.
Thank you very much.
>> you can leave the Runway.
>> I felt really grateful and
really prideful.
>> hey.
>> she won.
>> I won.
I have won two challenges, and
i've set a bar that people maybe
weren't expecting.
>> everything's gonna be huge!
>> literally.
I'm stoked about the billboard.
I think that's awesome.
All I know is it's gonna be in
Times Square.
>> that is awesome.
>> I think Gretchen is one of
the best designers in the room.
She's definitely my competition.
>> I just want you all to know
that, like, I really appreciate
the support.
>> [Mockingly] I'm so proud of
you, Gretchen!
I really am!
But I thought Valerie should
win.
>> Valerie...
You're in.
You can leave the Runway.
>> thank you.
[Cheers and applause]
>> girl, we knew you were coming
back.
>> oh, yeah.
I mean, I'm not gonna lie.
I do feel a little defeated.
You know, like, I'm kind of
like...
To kind of, like, get so close,
and then it's like you just
missed it.
It just sucks.
>> Nicholas...
Peach...
And Jason...
We had major problems with your
looks.
Jason, we were hoping to see
something different from you
this week, something more
impressive.
But again, we got an unfinished
mess with lots of excuses from
you.
Peach, we were split whether
your dress was too junior or too
country club matronly.
But the bad news is, either way,
we did not like it.
Nicholas, you tried to do way
too many things with your
design.
Unfortunately, the blouse,
skirt, and cape failed.
Peach...
You're safe for today.
You can leave the Runway.
>> thank you.
I heard you all.
>> Peach...
>> are you here?
>> come on.
[Cheers and applause]
>> mom's back!
>> I knew that you weren't going
anywhere.
>> thank you so much.
>> Jason...
I'm sorry.
You're out.
Auf wiedersehen.
>> thank you.
>> take care.
>> I came here, and I gave it my
best and did everything I could.
>> all: Hey.
>> heyguys, looks like I'm
out.
>> like, sit down for real.
>> no, no, I really can't stay.
I gotta go.
>> you can't just, like,
walk the [Bleep].
Like, you have to wait.
>> no, I don't have to wait for
anything.
>> okay.
>> good luck, guys.
I'm holding my head up high.
I don't think it was a good
depiction of my design aesthetic
or style.
But, you know, it's a challenge.
I knew it would be from the
start.
>> after his elimination,
i didn't have that moment to
say, "bon chance."
>> Nicholas...
I'm sorry.
You're out too.
Auf wiedersehen, Nicholas.
All the best to you.
>> thank you.
[Voice breaking] I didn't think
I was gonna go home today.
I really didn't.
I'm just really sad.
I just feel kind of disappointed
in myself a little bit.
[Sniffles]
I have to go home.
>> all: Oh.
>> Nicholas...
>> come here.
Come here, come here, come here,
come here.
[Nicholas sobbing]
>> hey, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, you know, come
on, at least you made it here.
And you have really good ideas.
>> I was really scared for
Nicholas going into the
competition.
It was really sad to see him go.
I love you.
>> you've got a lot to go back
to.
>> it's just not that easy to
see it that way right now.
>> well, right.
>> that was a rough Runway.
We're gonna miss you.
I feel sick about this.
We will see more from Nicholas,
but it will be after the show.
>> come here, baby.
My buddy.
You okay?
Be so proud of yourself, okay?
Be proud of yourself.
>> good-bye.
Wow, I'm shocked that there were
two people sent home tonight.
It definitely makes me think
that this is real.
Someone is going to be sent home
every week.
>> oh, my gosh.
>> I'm just gonna miss being
here.
It's been really tiring and
hard, and it's really tough.
But it's really worth it, even
if you're only here a short time
like I was.
>> I'm lucky enough to go to the
Marie Claire photo shoot for
the billboard.
When I got there, the model was
coco rocha.
Ooh!
>> congratulations.
>> thank you.
James macari, the photographer--
you could tell that he was just
gonna knock it out.
[Gasps] Oh, my God!
>> oh, my God!
Gretchen!
>> I think any fashion designer
that's, you know, a girl like
me, coming from nothing, that's
what you dream of.
I'm experiencing my dreams
coming true.
[Tearfully] My mom's gonna be
so proud.
And it made me feel like this
isn't the last time I'll be able
to feel this way, which was
really cool.
>> next time on
Project Runway...
Tim is gonna throw a little
party for you.
>> I love the unconventional
challenges.
>> I'm not able to make a dress
with bull[Bleep].
>> aah!
>> this is atrocious.
This is not cute.
>> did you not listen to me?
>> I don't get the point.
>> can I talk for a minute?
>> you talk all the time.
I'm not gonna argue with you
tonight.
Alright
it looks like a hot mess.
Well her piñata exploded. I don't...
Yeah
I'm just really scared, for her.
Project Runway...
Welcome to Lincoln Center,
the new home of New York Fashion
Week.
[Cheers and applause]
>> your first challenge is
actually the last phase of the
audition process.
>> to only have five hours was,
like, aah!
>> oh, [Bleep].
>> is the transformation putting
the kimono on backwards?
>> it could be because of the
time restraint.
>> is it sexy, or is it vulgar?
>> this insanity.
>> it looks very hick outfit
night at the bar.
>> she's a pole dancer in Dubai.
>> I think it is butt-ugly.
>> the styling, it's a train
wreck.
>> for this challenge, we had
a rare unanimous decision.
Gretchen, you are the winner of
this challenge.
Congratulations.
McKell, I'm sorry, you're out.
>> moving into Atlas is so
surreal.
We made it here.
>> okay, so now I'm finally on
the show?
Like, what's next?
>> This is Project Runway.
Larger Than Life
Original Air Date on August 5, 2010
>> yes!
>> let's go!
>> the search for the next big
fashion designer.
>> I was born ready!
>> you know you love this.
>> you're either in...
>> or you're out.
>> it's about fashion.
>> who will be the next great
fashion designer?
>> I'm the best there is.
>> 17 designers.
>> this is my chance.
>> three finalists.
>> but only one can be
the winner.
>> it's Fashion Week or go home.
>> I've come way too far to
lose.
>> for these 17 designers,
Project Runway is the chance of
a lifetime.
The winner of Project Runway
will receive $100,000 from
L'Oreal Paris to start their own
line, a fashion spread in
Marie Claire magazine,
a $50,000 technology suite
from HP and Intel to create
their vision and run their
business, and the opportunity to
design and sell your exclusive
The model paired with the winner
of Project Runway will receive a
fashion spread in Marie Claire
magazine and $25,000 from
L'Oreal Paris Studio Secrets
Professional.
>> good morning, ladies.
>> wake up.
>> oh, man.
>> so I wake up this morning,
and I am dead.
Like, literally dead.
Like, take my pulse, it's not
there zombie sort of thing.
I'm pretty sure this show is not
about fashion design.
It's about public torture of
designers on television.
>> moving into Atlas was such a
good experience because it meant
that I made it, it meant that I
was in it, and we were ready to
go.
>> I was pretty shocked that
McKell was the one to be booted
off.
I feel--
i feel a little bit sad for her.
I was kind of shocked that
McKell left.
Her dress was very safe.
It was cute, though.
I mean, I just didn't think that
she deserved to go home.
I really didn't.
Yeah, and one bathroom.
Are you kidding?
We'd never get out of here.
>> actually, you know what's
probably gonna be a worse room
is the boys'.
>> Peach is really, really
sweet.
She's like--
she's like my surrogate mother
right now--it's so cool.
>> high-maintenance boys in that
bathroom.
>> shut up, you do not have the
airbrush makeup thingy.
Does it really work?
Does it work good?
Is it, like...
>> ugh.
>> I only know Casanova so far.
Like, I haven't really had
a chance to talk to the other
guys.
There's a little bit of
nervousness.
And then Jason's really quiet,
and Christopher's, like, this
hot guy.
And Mondo, my first impression
is a weird guy, you know.
>> I think it's a lot of
different personalities in one
room, all the time.
And usually, I'm pretty much,
you know, by myself.
If I don't click with people
right away, I tend to run away.
>> you want me to do yours?
>> so it's been really
difficult.
>> let's blow this joint.
>> all right.
>> the hell hounds await.
>> yeah, I don't want to waste
any time.
>> hello, everybody.
>> all: Hi.
>> congratulations.
You made it through the final
audition of Project Runway,
and you are officially on the
show.
[Cheers and applause]
>> furthermore, you should all
be very proud of what you
achieved in the last challenge,
especially given the time frame.
>> thank you.
>> it's finally sunk in that I'm
on Project Runway.
And this is absolutely crazy.
>> we're thrilled to have Joanna
Coles, Editor and Chief of Marie
Claire magazine with us today.
She's going to tell you all
about your next challenge.
>> for this challenge, Marie
Claire wants you to design
a look that tells the audience
in a single brief glance who
the Marie Claire woman is.
She's intelligent, she's
practical.
She's fashion-forward,
confident, and sexy.
The winner of this challenge
will have their look featured in
the Marie Claire billboard
campaign running in New York's
Times Square.
>> that is super-exciting.
I mean, that is huge!
>> who gets on a billboard,
unless you're, like, a Calvin
Klein model, or U2?
>> getting your garment on a
billboard is huge.
Because that's a huge prize for
the first challenge.
>> it's going to appear 40-feet
tall, so bad workmanship will
show up.
And the billboard image will be
photographed by one of the
hottest fashion photographers
around, James Macari, who shoots
the Victoria's Secret campaign,
and does many fashion shoots for
Marie Claire.
>> I would love to tell
everybody, "hey, go to
Times Square, look up."
And there is my piece on
a 40-foot billboard.
It's just so operatic, I can't
stand it.
>> you have one day for this
challenge, which, compared to
what you just went through
is a luxury.
Say good-bye to Heidi and
Joanna.
We're headed off to the work
room at Parsons.
Come with me.
>> bye, everybody.
I'll see you on the Runway.
>> all right, designers, you
have 30 minutes to sketch, all
right?
>> all right.
>> and I will return.
Work hard.
Thank you.
>> see you, Tim.
>> my vision for this challenge
is, you know, grunge, punk rock.
Immediately, the image of kind
of Courtney Love and
Gwen Stefani, Blondie.
An outfit that they would wear
to a rock show.
That's what I'm sketching.
That's what I want to do.
>> I'm trying to sketch, and
nothing's happening, so I just
think, just run to the fabrics
that you love, and you'll figure
something out.
>> so what I decided to do is
something that I haven't done
yet, and I threw myself a curve
ball and decided to do pants.
It's all about shape and...
It is going to be very
Marie Claire.
>> during sketch time, I
actually make a list, you know,
which I don't think a lot of
designers do.
They draw their design and
whatever, you know, and I make
a list of the things that I know
i need to get...Like what kind
of fabric I want, the colors...
The color story, you know, and
like the notions, the zippers.
'Cause I will forget about that,
you know?
And once I get back into the
workroom, that's when I start
designing in my head.
>> my design is the infinity
dress.
It was a concept I had in my
mind for a long time.
It also represents an 8 for
Project Runway, season 8.
I like this idea because
infinity's a very positive sign.
People get anxiety and fear when
they think about death.
And infinity is just, you know,
it's forever.
What's better than infinity?
>> designers, sketching time is
up.
Bring with you whatever you need
for our shopping exposition at
mood.
It's our first trip to mood.
Very exciting.
You have your $150 budget.
All right, you have 30 minutes
beginning now.
>> $150 is not much to make
a sophisticated gown.
But the time to find the fabric
is not good.
>> oh!
>> I'm sorry!
>> ahem.
>> I'm doing a very, very cute,
architecturally detailed
miniskirt...And it has a very
drapey silk top...
With this idea where I've taken
a complete circle, and I'm gonna
be draping a little jacket out
of it.
The thing's gonna be absolutely
amazing and really innovative.
>> what I'm looking for is
a cotton, tweedy, houndstooth-y
kind of thing.
Isn't there one more lane down
here?
All they have is wool.
And I grabbed this polka-dotted
stuff and this brown dupioni,
and it's bad.
>> oh, my God!
What a nightmare!
I can't find the right color
that I was thinking in my head,
and with the stress and
everything.
My concept was a little more
translucent with stiffness.
>> you have five minutes.
>> [Strangled cry]
I'm going for something that,
you know, was timeless and
classy, and it's a classic
take on a trench dress...
Modernized and sexified.
>> okay, everybody.
That's it. Time.
Thank you, mood.
>> all: Thank you, mood.
>> we'll be back.
All right, designers...
You have until midnight tonight,
so plan on finishing tonight.
And if you have some tweaking to
do, you can do that in the
morning.
>> what I'm struggling with
right now is the fact that I
made the wrong fabric choices.
I love polka dots.
I love bright colors.
So that's kind of what's hanging
me up is I'm not moving outside
of that comfort zone.
I'm sitting right where I'm
comfortable, and it's the same
thing over and over.
>> somebody messed up the
tension in here yesterday.
>> yeah. There's something wrong
with this one.
Wow, look at all these broken
needles in here.
Somebody's been going to town.
I don't remember the last time
I ever broke a needle.
That's just--I don't remember.
>> kristin--she's a little
headstrong.
I'm not gonna lie, like...
She thinks that she is
the [Bleep].
>> I wasn't gonna do contrast
on my coat--I wanted to, but I
figured if I do contrast then I
make it look too Ann Taylor.
I-I am super-torn, like I was...
I'm going back and forth in my
mind between like which color
fabric...
Think maybe I'll just use red
piping...Or I mean, black I
could, but I didn't get any
black.
White, maybe?
So I'm a little nervous.
>> the back shoulder is...
It should be there.
More up to the front than the
front to the back.
>> are you asking me?
>> yes.
>> if I--what do I think?
>> like this, like this.
>> I mean, no offense, I--
I'm not gonna help you pattern.
Sorry. I'm sorry, I'm not.
>> that's okay.
>> I'm just not.
I don't want to be rude, but I'm
not gonna help you pattern.
This is like--this got real
serious today.
You want like...
>> no, no, no, that's okay.
That's okay.
I don't know what happened with
a.J.
I just asked simple question.
I think he's very into the
competition.
I respect that.
Most of the designer, they share
the stuff, they learn.
They make opinion.
I don't--I don't take it
personal.
If this is the way he is, I'm
cool.
>> I'm not gonna sew it for
you.
>> coming up on
Project Runway...
>> what's this?
I think it looks cheap.
They look discordant.
>> and I really don't care about
what the other people think.
They don't really interest me.
>> I'm just baffled.
>> our challenge is to design
a look to advertise for Marie
Claire on a billboard in times
square and, uh, I'm really,
really excited about it.
>> how is everybody?
>> fantastic.
>> good.
>> really?
Valerie.
>> hi, Tim.
>> I'd love to hear what you're
doing.
>> I was thinking of a classic
trench coat dress but...
I'm having the skirt be fitted.
>> I have to say, I really
respond positively to that.
>> I think Valerie's work is
really incredible.
>> where's your zipper?
>> and I think she's my top
competition.
>> does it look too brassy?
>> yeah, for me...I think it
looks cheap.
>> oh, gosh, Tim, that's the
kiss of death.
>> see? It is.
>> no.
>> so keep it clean.
>> okay. I'll keep it clean.
>> go, go, go, work, work, work.
>> I am, I'm gonna cut away and
get to sewing.
>> Mondo.
>> oh, hi, Tim.
>> listen, before we start with
this design, I have to tell you
something.
>> okay.
>> the last challenge...
>> uh-huh.
>> I have never seen a designer
take a matronly issue and make
it modern so instantaneously as
you did.
>> I can be honest with you--
I was really, really worried
about it.
After the critique, I was
feeling like I was gonna
give up.
>> oh, no, no, no--
and you didn't!
And it was like...Pow!
Anyway, you blew me away.
>> thank you.
>> so where are you with this?
>> I'm making this simple
two-tiered skirt.
For the top, I was thinking
about using this as a halter.
>> you--you have a sketch?
>> uh, no, it's all in my head.
I don't have a sketch.
>> all right, then I have to
give you blind trust...Which,
based on the last design, I'm
willing to do.
>> all right, thanks.
>> thank you, Mondo.
>> all right, bye-bye.
>> Jason.
Gorgeous colors.
>> thank you.
>> love your palette.
>> it's going to come down like
this, like an 8.
>> so it's two sides of an 8...
>> yeah.
>> overlapping each other like
a wrap?
>> yeah, kind of.
Like it's an infinity dress,
like 8...
Like for season 8
Project Runway.
>> Jason's mysterious.
I mean, he has like the bowler
hat all clockwork orange, you
know, but...
As a designer, I am not a huge
fan.
>> what I'm trying to do is mix
these colors--I want them to be
striking.
I don't know if I'm gonna go
this intense, but if it's gonna
be on a billboard, I think it
has to really come out at you.
And if I have the time, but I'm
not gonna force it--I'm gonna
finish one thing at a time--
I'm gonna maybe applique this
over that, you know?
>> what are those doing?
>> like alien...Like croppings?
>> all right. But I'm concerned
about you, I'm gonna tell you
right now.
>> okay...
>> I'm looking at our time.
I'm looking at all these scraps.
>> these are all perfectly cut
pieces.
>> but you need to put them
together.
>> yeah.
>> if they don't see something
that's superbly finished, they
will not have the patience.
>> I'm working one section at a
time, so I'll get done.
>> it's a lot of work.
>> okay.
>> do it.
>> okay. I'll surprise you, I
promise.
>> all right, Jason, thank you.
>> thank you.
Everything's stacked against me.
I'm a straight guy in a gay
man's world, and I'm just trying
my best here.
I mean, what the [Bleep]?
It's like, don't be so hard on
me, man.
>> first of all, congratulations
on being the first designer to
make the wall of fame.
>> thank you!
>> so now you have a tough act
to follow.
>> [Singsong] I know!
This is, to be honest, the first
pair of pants that I've ever
made without somebody helping
me.
>> oh. Is that a good thing?
>> yeah. I'm stoked.
>> I think that Gretchen's
talented, but the thing about
Gretchen is she's not creative.
>> and have you started the top?
>> I know I can bang the top
out.
>> all right...Less than four
hours.
>> I know!
>> okay, Gretchen, go, go, go.
Thank you.
>> thank you.
>> Casanova.
>> I'm doing something like
sailor.
>> sailor?
I mean, you went from...
>> prostitute to the virgin.
>> to a nunnery.
I mean, this is so matronly
looking.
I'm just baffled.
Do you know what I'm talking
about?
>> no, no.
>> Casanova is playing the card.
We hear him speak perfect
English in the workroom.
So feel like it's a little bit
of a front.
>> the judges are going to be
scratching their heads--this
can't be the same designer.
>> okay.
>> all right, Casanova.
Thank you.
>> okay. Thank you.
>> Nicholas, talk to me.
>> what I wanted to do with
challenge is, number one, how
much I can accomplish and also
how innovative I can be.
>> excellent.
>> and the back is my favorite.
I think it's beautiful.
>> mm-hmm.
>> the top that Nicholas made
has a striking similarity in the
back to what I made yesterday.
And I know that he thinks he
made a lovely dress, but...He
ripped me off.
>> I feel like it's much more
Nicholas.
>> what's this?
>> it's this concept of complete
circle.
And I'm able to drape it into
like this form.
Do you think that's not good,
'cause I was really excited
about it.
>> I'm ambivalent.
Only because I think that
there's a sexiness to this...
>> yeah...
>> whereas this--I mean, does
she become little red riding
hood?
Keep working.
>> thank you, Tim.
>> thank you, Nicholas.
>> Michael.
>> I wanted to do a fabulous
jacket.
I got this in the bag.
My jacket's the [Bleep].
It's beautiful.
All these other bitches are
going down.
>> it really worries me.
>> [Gasps]
>> it's old, it's...
Blanche devereaux.
>> no!
>> I don't know, I thought it
was very fashion-forward and
it's really gorgeous.
>> fashion-forward?
>> Michael's outfit looked a
little bit too...Bedroom, not
boardroom, so to speak.
>> just think about these
things.
Carry on.
>> how is Peach?
>> I wanted to do
a higher-waisted skirt and then
a little bit of a wrap and then
cover more in the back.
And I see the look on your face.
>> well, tell me what you're
thinking.
>> I'm lost.
Absolutely lost.
>> this and this--they look
discordant.
>> it seems like I need to start
over with something.
Now, do I start over with the
skirt, or do I start over with
the top?
>> it's about what you would do
and still stay true to who you
are as a designer.
The textile alone stays true to
who you are--
>> oh, good God, it was
screaming at me from the wall.
>> yeah, see, it was calling
your name.
>> it was, but...
>> singing you an operetta.
>> yeah, but it's off-key now.
>> well, it is...And at least
you know that.
>> I do know that.
>> okay, Peach, I'm leaving you.
Go, go, go.
>> all right.
[Laughter]
All right, I'm starting over.
>> what'd he say?
>> the skirt was a disaster.
>> what do you mean?
>> so plan "b".
I did exactly what he suggests
and start over.
Please don't, please don't.
I appreciate it.
>> I hope it doesn't look like
a wedding dress.
>> I'm gonna work in a little
piece of the orange, and then
I'm taking the mesh...
So that it knocks it down so
it's like a gradient.
>> little scared about the
orange.
>> I love the orange.
I think the orange is the best
part.
>> oh.
>> do you think this is chic?
>> I like the front.
>> you don't like the back?
>> you need to finish that.
>> how are you holding up?
>> me?
>> yes.
>> I don't know, I just hope
I get [Bleep] Done, man, you
know?
>> I can't believe I didn't just
leave that outfit alone.
My Twist on a bubble skirt was
not good.
It's so not me, guys.
So that went into the trash.
All right, back to the beginning
again.
>> designers...As you all know,
you're each creating a design
that you hope will be
photographed, blown up, and
placed on a billboard in
New York City.
Needless to say, this reward is
huge.
So with this in mind, there is
another element to this
challenge.
>> you know, it's gonna be like,
"make another dress out of your
scraps!"
>> I think there's gonna be
people that are gonna crack.
>> oh...Crap!
>> coming up on
Project Runway...
>> Gretchen, what do you think
with that belt?
>> what about Mondo?
Where is he?
>> I feel like this gift and
talent is a curse to me
sometimes.
>> there is another element
to this challenge.
Tomorrow morning...
You will each have a photo shoot
with a Marie Claire
photographer.
>> yes!
>> each of you.
>> yes!
>> I'm fine with that.
I'm so fine with that.
I'm pretty excited, because
that's actually a fun thing.
>> you will work with the
photographer and your model to
capture the image that you
believe best represents your
look and the Marie Claire woman.
Furthermore, your judges will
consider the image that you
capture, along with your Runway
presentation, when scoring your
designs.
So use the time between now and
midnight very thoughtfully and
very strategically.
And I am sending in your models
soon, all right?
>> Tim's talking about this
photo shoot that's gonna happen.
And this is another thing I have
to worry about.
I'm gonna have less time to sew
my garment.
I'm not gonna get it done, and
it's just sitting on my brain
now.
And it's like this baggage
that's there.
>> hi.
>> see you tomorrow.
>> I do too, but Tim hated it.
Tim's always, like, hated my
stuff.
I don't know why.
>> I need to do something
different, like...
>> yeah. That would be good.
That would be "gooder."
>> it's cool.
We're gonna do something like
this, you see?
>> oh, that's cool.
I like that.
>> it just, like, unfolds, and
you're gonna see the lining.
So you get dressed.
I'm gonna get sewing on this
'cause it's gonna be badass.
>> I like with the belt.
I like it.
Gretchen, what do you think with
that belt?
No?
I like with the belt.
>> oh, awesome.
We have plenty of room.
Yes!
I'm so excited.
I feel good about it now.
Okay, I can relax a little bit,
but not really.
>> Gretchen...
>> Casanova could be incredibly
annoying if he wasn't so
charming.
>> I need your advice.
>> that's not bad.
>> it's kind of...
>> yeah.
>> refreshing.
>> it is refreshing.
>> I like the...
>> the polka dots, yeah.
>> they're cute.
>> Tim did not like it, so
I started over, and then I came
back to it.
So we may be going home this
week, dear.
>> Peach started, I don't know,
like, three dresses.
She kept starting and stopping
and starting and stopping--
three different ideas.
>> this is pretty.
>> so she was worried, and I was
worried for her, 'cause she's
my roommate.
>> I know we're going home this
week, and I apologize.
>> we are not.
>> I decided to call you my
bosom buddy.Y.
>> Gretchen?
>> bosom.
>> bosom?
>> bosom--boobs--
buddy, 'cause we're close.
But we're close like...
>> hips buddies.
>> all right, hips buddies.
>> [Laughs]
>> it's kind of nice to have
people around you that you enjoy
being with.
And it's getting really hard to
not form friendships.
I thought Mondo was gonna be
a chipper chatter.
He is so quiet and so focused,
you don't even know he's in the
room.
>> I'm happy with this.
Are you guys happy with your
pieces?
>> I'm not gonna be happy until
it's done.
>> like, my top is all drapey,
but my model's [Bleep] Are so
big.
>> very nice.
Don't like big [Bleep].
>> I don't mind big [Bleep],
but, like, hers are so big.
>> whoa, Nellie!
It's getting crazy up in here.
>> it is not happening here.
By the time the clock hits
midnight, I am completely
defeated.
I was a maniac all day.
And it's done.
But I've got something on the
dress form.
And I have decided I'm going to
get a little sleep and map out a
plan to at least send something
plan to at least send something
down the Runway tomorrow.
>> to a great workday, and...
>> two more hours tomorrow!
>> to not going home.
>> I have the best roommates.
Oh, my goodness, like, Gretchen,
Ivy, and sarah--
we have the most fun.
We're really different, but also
really similar, and we talk for
hours.
>> all: Oh, my God!
>> like, I'm having the time of
my life.
>> did anybody see where Jason
is?
He's just so quiet and kind of,
like--everyone else, I feel like
I kind of have a feel of, like,
what they're about, both, like,
aesthetically and personally
a little bit.
I'm starting to, like, feel it
out.
But, like, with him, I still
don't have a clue.
Jason's really aloof, and I'm
not sure what his angle is yet.
He seems a little Shady.
>> I think we've all shared with
each other a little bit about
ourselves.
>> and he doesn't share anything
with anybody.
>> you know, it is what it is.
I have had the best time.
This has been so surreal for
somebody like me.
>> stop talking about it like
you're gonna leave.
Stop.
>> my only hope is that they
take mercy on the old lady.
>> hey, let's have a toast.
Well, what about Mondo?
>> he's having some.
>> where is he?
>> I'm really lonely, and I need
to connect with somebody.
And there hasn't been a
connection with anybody, to tell
you the truth.
And I think so many thoughts in
my own head, and they're
starting to beat me up.
>> I hope Mondo has earplugs,
dude.
>> we'll see him tomorrow.
>> right.
>> [Voice breaking] I feel like
I've never been loved for just
who I am and what I can give
back.
It's just always what I can
create as an artist.
I feel like this gift and talent
is a curse to me sometimes.
>> congratulations and
anything else.
>> to being alive.
>> coming up on
Project Runway...
>> wing it.
Yeah.
>> it looks like she's got
a stomachache.
>> the photo shoot is a little
intimidating.
>> that's feeling a bit weird
to me.
>> what did you tell her to do?
>> aah!
>> lighten it up a bit.
>> so what do you think about
finishing and then going to the
Runway?
>> I just hope we'll have enough
time to finish.
This morning we have a photo
shoot with Marie Claire.
I still have to do another
fitting with the model.
And we have hair and makeup.
Uhhhhh!
>> I'm really nervous.
>> are you scared you're gonna
go home?
>> yeah.
I think my biggest problem is
that I'm trying so hard to think
about what the judges are gonna
think.
I feel like a lot of people use
more color, and it's a lot more
editorial than mine.
>> yeah.
>> but I did have the attention
to detail.
The winner for this is going to
get a billboard in Times Square,
which is huge.
Do you know how many millions of
people pass through Times Square
every day?
>> your personality, your charm,
your defense, your styling will
totally win all.
>> I just really need to stay
centered and stay focused and
believe in myself.
>> clearly I don't think I'm
going home.
My bed looks like a disaster.
I've moved in.
>> I'm not ready to go home, but
i'm not ready for the Runway
either.
>> yesterday was such
a stressful day.
Coming into this, I always told
myself that I would roll with
the punches.
This morning when I woke up,
it was a clean slate.
And I'm gonna continue to do my
best and stay true to myself.
>> come on, you guys, let's go.
>> here we come, Parsons.
>> I think I'm gonna try to cut
this necklace apart.
But we've got not a lot of time
to pick everything out and get
everything together.
It's a little crazy.
Everything together.
>> good morning, designers.
>> all: Good morning, Tim.
>> how is everyone?
>> great.
>> you should be great.
I'm about to send in your
models.
You will have two hours to send
them to the l'oreal Paris
makeup room and the garnier hair
salon.
Remember, this is the
Marie Claire photo shoot.
>> Whoo!
>> this is your opportunity to
show the judges an enhanced view
of what they see on the Runway.
Think about that when you're
using the piperlime accessory
wall.
It's about attitude.
It's about your point of view as
a designer.
It's about the attitude of the
whole look.
All right?
Editorial, everyone.
Got it?
>> all: Got it.
>> okay.
>> how's it going?
>> it's going good.
I want to get done.
>> it's a little big?
It doesn't look big, that's the
thing, 'cause I want you to be
able to move in it.
>> I'm feeling okay this
morning.
The garments will be finished,
and I can have time to style
Cassie without having to, like,
worry about time at all, really.
>> yeah.
>> I think maybe the bangles are
a bit much, dude.
>> you think so?
>> yeah, 'cause she's already
looking a little punk, you know,
and it's Marie Claire.
>> I've been asking certain
people what they think.
>> I would say no earrings and
just keep the clutch, shoes, and
belt.
>> 'cause I just can't figure
out what I want to do.
>> take them off.
I'm back and forth here.
I've noticed that my best work
comes out when I really just go
with my gut and follow my heart.
I like the earrings.
Whatever, I like them.
>> hello.
>> hi.
>> hi. Tell me.
>> hi. So this is the dress.
>> gorgeous.
>> since the dress is pretty
strong and bold, neutral lip--
maybe a little matte.
Maybe just darken the eyebrows
so that they're, like, strong.
>> very velvet, red lips.
>> gorgeous.
>> really gloss the eye, but
with this kind of coloring.
>> taupe-y...
>> taupe.
>> I just want her to look
like a latina bombshell,
like, super exaggerated cat eye.
>> I'm gonna dab over this with
a little bit of eye shadow.
>> that--I love that.
Yeah, thank you.
>> so what are we doing?
>> so I want to do, like, a
fishtail up in the back.
And then I want to do a bun on
top of her head, about the same
area where mine is.
>> well, what I wanted to do
with her is Hollywood glamour,
like dita Von teese--kind of
like that wavy, controlled up.
>> because she's blonde, she'll
be a little more Marilyn than
she will be dita.
>> that's o--yeah, exactly.
Exactly.
I think that'll be nice.
>> okay.
>> okay.
>> we have what, five minutes?
The only redeeming thing
i have right now is the fact
that, you know, ify is covered.
And covered is good, but she's
covered with Barbie's sofa.
>> designers and models, time is
up.
You're going to the photo shoot.
So follow me.
>> so I ran out of time, and
i put the safety pins, which was
my backup plan, to where the
buckles were.
>> what does this piece do?
Is it a pocket?
Oh, flaps.
>> it's the infinity.
It's the eight.
If you look at it, the dress is
an eight.
>> I see it. Yeah.
Jason's kind of creepy, so you
never know if he's gonna come
behind you with the scissors and
just, like, boom!
So I try to be friends with him.
Like, "yeah, I love what you're
doing.
Oh, I get the whole infinity
thing, yeah."
>> it's a part of my process.
>> it looks like the infinity
symbol.
[Humming psycho theme]
>> come on in.
Hi, a.J.
I'm zanna from Marie Claire.
>> zanna, nice to meet you.
>> how are you?
This is mark, our photographer.
>> how you doing?
>> I'm really excited to get to
work with zanna.
She's someone who will be able
to give me some cool feedback,
and we'll get to do some really
cool things to show off the
dress and the accessories
i picked out, 'cause I feel
really good about those.
>> obviously, feel free to
direct.
>> make it work.
>> I like the arms down and
then just kind of, like...
I think it's really important to
show how our looks will look in
an editorial ad.
Yeah, that's great.
That's perfect.
>> it seems like her hands are
coming a little close together
almost.
>> it looks like she's got
a stomachache.
>> I feel like his work looks
like student work.
He's only 23, and I feel like he
does too much.
He doesn't know how to pull
back.
>> okay.
Great. Perfect. Good.
>> be loose with your bag maybe.
>> do, like, a jump.
>> there you go.
Great.
>> we're gonna do ten with it on
and then ten with it off.
>> entirely your call.
>> maybe, like, with one leg up
or something.
I'm feeling really confident and
comfortable.
Now I'm just nervous of
capturing the right shot.
You can see the silhouette on
her side and the back of it.
I'm going with 173.
>> so what was the main
direction here?
>> a powerful businesswoman.
>> Valerie's dress had a really
cool architectural shape.
And I feel like she had the
sense of futurism, and I like
that.
>> she's a vice provost/dean.
So she's pretty serious.
>> you're kind of excited.
Maybe you have a date.
You're gonna go have some fun
now.
>> we don't want to make it too
cutesy by a big smile.
>> not as much smile.
I got nothing from her.
Again, not so flat.
>> yeah.
>> there's no personality.
There's no fire.
There's no effort.
I had given up on the photo by
then.
>> sophisticated.
>> elegant and sophisticated.
>> elegant and sophisticated.
>> great.
[Camera shutter clicks]
>> act like you were naturally
walking, somebody calls your
name--you're, like, "oh.
Who's that?"
Eyen.
Great. Good.
>> Mondo is definitely
wackadoo, but it works for him.
>> while I was scrolling through
the HP touchsmart, I knew
exactly what photograph I wanted
to choose.
123.
>> well done.
>> tell me a little bit about
this dress.
>> it could be styled in so many
different ways.
And that's why I have the
user-friendly safety pins.
>> it's not working.
It looks like a mistake or a
hole in the dress.
>> Jason's dress didn't really
make a lot of sense to me.
The entire look seemed so
far away from Marie Claire.
>> what kind of, like, feeling
are we trying to get?
>> like, the tough look.
>> Marie Claire isn't so much of
a tough magazine.
It's feeling a bit weird to me.
>> absolutely, yeah.
Lighten it up a bit.
Let's see what you think.
>> I like this.
This one.
>> so jason--307.
Any tiny flaw is magnified by
hundreds on a screen like that.
But then imagine it being on the
billboard as well.
>> I know.
>> it's just, like--
it would be glaring.
>> the judges have to look past
these little closures, because
I'm not prototype Jack.
I can't pop things out.
It's emotionally draining and
physically draining.
>> coming up on
Project Runway...
>> is that a "walk of shame"
dress?
>> desperate housewives.
Oh!
>> what are you doing now?
Are you showing us her
underwear?
>> welcome to the Runway.
As you know, in fashion, one day
you're in, and the next day
you're out.
There are 16 of you here, and
after tonight, there will be
15...
Or less.
Your challenge was to create
a look that defines the
Marie Claire woman.
The winning look will be
featured on a billboard campaign
in New York's Times Square.
You also had the opportunity to
work with your model on a photo
shoot.
And since this challenge has
such a big payoff, no one will
receive immunity.
>> oh-ho-ho.
>> you had $150 and one day to
put it together.
All right, let's meet the
judges.
First, we have cfa lifetime
achievement award winner
Michael kors.
>> hey, guys.
>> hi.
>> fashion director from
Marie Claire magazine,
Nina Garcia.
>> hi, everyone.
>> hello.
>> and our guest judge today,
editor in chief of
Marie Claire magazine,
Joanna Coles.
>> hi, everyone.
>> hi, Joanna.
>> we will score your designs as
they come down the Runway, and
we will also take your photos
into account.
One of you will be named the
winner...
And one of you will be out.
All right, let's start the show.
>> I'm so confident in this look
right now.
I think she looks amazing.
And she pulls off the cloak, and
it's like, bam, there's the
look.
But I notice that, you know,
the judges don't really look as
impressed as I look.
>> I'm really happy with how my
piece turned out.
I think it's so beautiful.
I definitely think they're gonna
see that I know what I'm doing.
>> I think I stumbled upon
something.
It was impeccable the way it
was sewn.
She looks really badass.
She's rockin' out the look.
>> I'm happy with what I've
created.
I love the whole look together.
I think it's working.
I think the judges are going to
like it, and I feel confident
about it.
>> when I see my dress go down
the Runway, my immediate thought
is that it looks like amare was
impregnated by some weird alien
creature.
And it really, really worries
me.
I'm happy with the concept of my
overall work.
However, I don't feel like my
execution was up to my
standards.
So I'm a little worried.
>> two hours ago, I was done.
I was standing there with a
naked model.
Right now I'm very pleased with
what I made--
a tailored-to-perfection little
dress.
I'm thinking I can hold my own
here for a while.
>> when I see my dress, I think
I'm going to die, because I just
can't believe it is so short.
It should be a rap video.
I'm just going to use my poker
face.
I'm not gonna have any
expression, 'cause I know Nina
is watching me right now.
>> I'm happy with the entire
look.
Ekaterina totally worked it,
so I am happy with that.
However, in the back of my mind,
I'm still thinking, "you just
never know who could get sent
home, no matter how good you
think you are."
>> everything always translates
differently on the Runway.
And my dress on the Runway
really looks fantastic.
I mean, I really like my dress
on the model and in person, but
on the Runway, it's magnified
times ten.
It just beams.
>> I felt pretty confident.
The main thing that I worry
about, as far as, like, the
judges are concerned, was my
color choices.
I feel like it came across
pretty well on the Runway.
>> I am looking at the judges'
faces.
They're hard to read, but I feel
really good.
I feel really confident that
I could be in the top three on
this challenge.
When she does her little fanning
out of the sleeves, that was so
fun, and I think it was really
interesting for the judges to
see, because I don't think they
were expecting it.
And I think that's what will
keep me in the top is being
unexpected and being
interesting.
>> I think my model looks
awesome--stunning on the Runway.
Like, the sleeve--amazing.
She handle, like, everything
very nice.
But I'm a little bit concerned
about the color of the top.
I really don't like Navy.
I don't know why I decide that
disturbing color.
>> at first, I was nervous about
the fit on my model, 'cause
I could not work that fabric the
way I wanted to work it.
But when she walked down that
Runway, she sold it.
>> I felt so good looking at my
piece coming down the Runway.
Alexandra is my dream girl, and
seeing how the styling all came
together...
And getting to look over at the
judges and how they were looking
at it...
It was like magic.
>> when I see the dress walk
down the Runway, I wasn't as
nervous.
I see my skirt as this fun,
flirty garment, and eyen is
doing a great job walking down
the Runway and showing the
judges the bounce and the energy
that it has.
>> as I watch my garment go down
the Runway on millana, I think
that it looks great.
I'm super confident.
And it's really who I am as a
designer, but still keeping the
challenge in the consideration.
Overall, I'm not worried.
There's definitely a few people
that deserve to be in the bottom
tonight, and it's definitely not
me.
>> if I call your name, please
step forward.
Mondo...
Peach...
Nicholas...
Please step forward.
Jason...
Valerie...
Gretchen.
If I have not called your name,
congratulations.
Your scores have qualified you
to move on to the next
challenge.
You can leave the Runway.
Thank you.
>> oh, [Bleep].
>> [Gasps]
I know, I know, it's just...
>> you're just so excited.
>> ooh, no, no, I mean, like...
When I got called safe, I was
just thinking that this is the
one time I'm getting off the
hook.
So I started to lose it for
a minute.
>> the rest of you represent the
highest and the lowest scores.
One of you will be named the
winner, and one of you will be
out.
Okay, let's bring out your
models.
>> Valerie's out there right
now, and honestly, I have a
feeling that she's gonna take
this one home, and she's gonna
be the winner.
>> Valerie's screams billboard.
>> who do you think is gonna be
out?
>> I think Nicholas.
>> Nicholas.
>> Nicholas is, like, the
sweetest guy ever, but, like,
his finishing is just always
really rough.
>> how about Peach?
>> ooh!
She's got, like, major fit
issues.
>> she still styled it a lot
cuter than, like, Jason's combat
boots and his thing opening up
and everything.
>> so not Marie Claire, right?
>> no.
I don't know what that was.
>> I feel like those safety pins
are, like, coffin nails.
>> I've seen some of his
menswear, and he's a very, very
talented--
>> I think it would be so
unfair if Jason goes home.
>> Peach, tell us about your
look.
>> I think polka dots are
youthful and happy.
And I was thinking polka dots
for the billboard, because
I thought it would be
eye-catching.
>> when I think about
Marie Claire, I think about a
woman that is strong, powerful,
fashion-forward, hip.
When I look at this, I don't see
any of those things.
This looks like ladies at lunch.
There is no sex appeal.
>> it's like an amish cocktail
dress.
>> [Laughs]
Oh, no.
>> I think you really have to
watch the sophistication.
>> I don't think it looks young
at all.
On top of it, the styling
doesn't really help you.
She's got, you know, a lady bun
and the pumps.
It just looks very matronly,
very cliche.
>> my notes said it looks like
there's an animal climbing down
the back.
>> can we have a look at this
animal?
>> I added the brown pleating
just to give it a little
texture.
I definitely struggled.
This is my third dress.
>> so you made two complete
dresses before?
>> two skirts and a top and then
these two in the time allotment.
>> wow, so you can make a lot in
a day.
>> I can work fast.
>> Valerie, tell us about your
look.
>> I was very inspired by the
Marie Claire woman, and
I wanted to really embody the
spirit of New York as well.
So I wanted to create something
that was innovative, but still
simple and elegant--kind of
Carrie bradshaw meets
Samantha Jones.
>> I think it would be beautiful
in the picture.
There's enough detail to make it
interesting.
It's sexy, yet conservative,
which is hard to do.
The collar is very beautiful,
and it will frame a shot very
nicely.
>> you've kind of managed to
have a good balance going on--
that it has simplicity, but it
has interest.
And red on a billboard--smart
choice.
I think it's a job very well
done.
>> thank you.
>> for a woman to wear red is
always very powerful.
Joanna is wearing red.
She's very powerful.
>> very, very powerful.
I like the way you talked about
it.
It made me think that you'd
really thought about it.
>> yes.
>> I think it's great.
>> thank you very much.
>> Jason.
>> I wanted to make a look that
transcended from night to day.
And what I started with was
infinity.
It's an eight here.
And I think it's edgy and
youthful, and I'm really happy
with it.
>> I don't know how interesting
this would be on a billboard.
Are the closures safety pins?
>> yes.
>> and that was intentional,
obviously.
>> that was intentional.
>> I don't think that the
Marie Claire girl would wear it
for day or night.
At night, she would feel like
she was wearing a satin
bedspread.
For day, everyone in the office
would say, "is that a 'walk of
shame' dress?"
>> [Chuckles]
>> you know, "did you just come
in?"
>> I think she looks furious
that she's being put up in
Times Square.
And I can't believe that you
would pick a photo where it's
very clear that the hole in the
middle is not supposed to be
there.
We can't see it now, so it's
clearly not part of the design.
I don't think I've met a single
woman in America that would go
into an office with that in the
middle.
I mean, it's just not gonna
happen.
>> after you even heard all of
that, do you still think that
this is Marie Claire?
>> I think it's me for
Marie Claire.
If I had the snaps and
everything, there are all
different ways that you'd be
able to wear this.
>> what are you doing now?
Are you showing us her
underwear?
>> no, no, I'm showing you what
could be done--what options
could be done with this.
>> but that's the problem.
It's like how it should have,
could have, would have been that
we can't see, you know?
>> I understand.
>> Gretchen, tell us about your
look.
>> I felt like it was really
important to create something
that would fill the page because
it's a billboard.
It's advertising.
A woman that's as young as 22
would want to be this woman, as
well as somebody way into their
40s and 50s.
I'm not sure if you guys noticed
my day-to-evening look.
>> she looks like a cool girl.
I also love this photo.
It's really simple,
sophisticated.
And I love that you can open the
front and kind of...
Reveal a little bit more, if you
like.
>> she's a modern girl from her
head to her toes.
I think the other thing that's
cool about it is it's almost
like a piece of sportswear.
You could wear a turtleneck
under it.
You could wear a tank top under
it.
And her hair and makeup is
spot-on perfect.
>> I like the effortless ease
with which she wears it.
It looks easy.
Her hair's easy.
And in the picture, she just
looks great.
>> the Marie Claire woman is
smart.
She's confident.
She's modern, and she likes to
have fun.
These are all things that I get
out of this outfit.
>> thank you.
>> okay, Nicholas.
>> the idea was to take this
27-inch-diameter circle and
create, like, this really nice
shape around her.
>> there's too many details--
the seams of the skirt, plus
the cape, then the asymmetry of
the blouse.
This is a billboard.
It's supposed to be arresting--
simple, but beautiful.
This is very complicated.
You did not really think about
the big picture--and I mean
literally the big picture--
of this challenge.
>> I think it's utterly unsexy.
I can't imagine a modern, young
woman who would want to wear it.
>> obviously, when you went to
go take the picture, realized
that the cape is
unphotographable.
She's got it in her hand.
And the only garment that works
is the blouse.
>> maybe we should just get rid
of this cape for a second and
have a look at what was pretty.
With the blouse, you did a nice
job.
>> can we see the back?
>> oof, the back without the
cape is a little bit strange,
yeah?
>> it was my idea of, like, the
daytime to, like, evening.
>> so she has to wear the cape
all day?
>> well, I guess not all day.
[Laughter]
>> that's a rough one, 'cause
she takes the cape off, she's
naked.
And if she keeps the cape on,
she might be joining a religious
sect.
>> Mondo, tell us about your
look.
>> I wanted to create something
that was young and flirty with a
touch of whimsy, but still
practical.
>> it's really cool.
And I think that this would stop
you in your tracks.
Also, you know, in the picture,
I think it has something.
>> I was kind of thinking about
the opening credits for
Mary Tyler moore and just how
cute she was.
So I just wanted her to, like,
go on lunch and be noticed
walking down the street.
>> oh, I love that you said
Mary Tyler Moore inspired you,
because, actually,
Mary Tyler Moore is why I moved
to America.
In the picture, it has energy.
It has bounce.
It has confidence.
It feels professional, but not
corporate.
>> thank you so much.
>> I like the graphicness of the
black and white, and I love her
little shoes with the ruffles.
It has a great spirit.
>> I just want you to know this
is the first time Nina and
I have ever agreed.
[Laughter]
>> I think a lot of girls are
gonna say, "wow."
You know, "I like her.
I want to meet her."
>> thanks.
>> okay, we've heard what you
had to say.
We're gonna have a little chat,
and then we'll call you back.
You can leave the Runway.
>> hey!
>> hi.
>> hey, guys.
>> what about your critique?
>> it didn't go too good.
>> not too good?
>> no.
They didn't understand the
concept, so that's really it.
I think they thought maybe,
like, it looked too tough.
And I don't know.
I have to work with the model
I'm given.
I think she's a beautiful girl,
but she's not a Runway model.
>> that's just an excuse.
I feel like you could just--
>> I don't make excuses.
>> you are making an excuse.
>> you're blaming the girl.
>> no, no, no, I'm really not.
I'm really not.
My whole life I have had a chip
on my shoulder, because I have
been misunderstood since I was
a child.
And I really don't care
about what the other people
think, because they don't really
interest me.
>> all right, let's talk about
the designs that we did like.
Mondo tells a story.
It's definitely a different kind
of eye-catcher.
For a poster, I think it would
be also cool.
>> I love the exuberance of his
look.
You know, it had movement,
which, of course, on a billboard
is great.
I like the idea that it was
tweed-handled in a very feminine
way.
It had real confidence, which
I think is very Marie Claire.
>> yeah, and it was whimsical--
slightly eccentric, in a good
way.
>> it wasn't this pose-y old,
you know...
>> like a bad catalog.
>> right.
>> let's talk about Gretchen.
That would look amazing on a
billboard.
>> there was something about it
that I thought was very
sophisticated, but it wasn't
old.
And that's a really tricky thing
to hit.
And it had no season, no age.
And the photograph was
fantastic.
>> she really has a modern
aesthetic.
>> we also liked Valerie's
dress.
>> she managed to find a way to
do something that was sexy
without being vulgar.
>> mm-hmm.
>> it's very much a cover dress.
>> yeah.
>> right, absolutely.
It frames her face.
It's perfect.
>> she looked fabulous in it.
She looked confident.
She looked sexy.
It's just one of those dresses
that you love to go to.
It's like a really good friend.
>> all right, let's move on to
the designers that we didn't
like.
Let's start with Jason.
>> oh, gosh.
>> [Chuckles]
>> well--
>> he just has strange ideas.
>> I think that any designer
who has to have a disclaimer
with everything that they
design...
You know, the clothes should
really speak for themselves.
The picture was terrible.
We got the peekaboo belly
button.
>> so unflattering.
>> how could he remotely think
it was sexy?
Has he ever spoken to a woman?
>> I think, honestly, it was
only about that figure eight.
>> I do like messages as an
afterthought, but if that's the
selling point, then it's...
Not good.
Let's talk about Nicholas.
>> well, I feel like he was so
overly ambitious.
And each piece had something
wrong with it.
You know, I actually thought the
blouse was pretty, and then she
turned around.
>> yeah, that scared me too.
There was an entire hole in the
back.
>> I didn't notice that either
before.
>> I think he thought, "oh, I'll
sauce it up."
>> "I'll give her a cape instead
of a jacket."
>> right. "I'm gonna make her
edgy."
>> but I think he really tried.
He just went crazy with the
detailing, and it didn't work.
>> it might have been nice if
the blouse did not look like the
back was eaten.
>> well, yes.
>> maybe the model's too thin,
and she just ate her outfit.
I don't know.
But something definitely was
a disaster here.
>> okay, let's talk about Peach.
>> [Sighs]
>> desperate housewives.
Oh!
>> no, it's full Stepford wife.
When you talk about demographics
of who reads the magazine, it's
either way too young or way too
old.
I mean, you would either have to
be 11 or 70.
>> 70--with that styling, the
hairdo?
>> the neckline.
>> the pearl earrings, the
pumps.
>> that thing cascading down her
back...
That wasn't good.
>> she thought that was the
cool, edgy part of the dress.
>> it was just distracting.
The only thing I have to say,
though...
It's well made.
>> yeah.
But still, Peach could have
made it a little bit more
youthful.
>> yeah, it's hopeless.
I mean, it's completely wrong
for what we wanted her to do.
>> okay, the question is now,
how many people do we want to
get rid of today?
Let's bring them back out.
The six of you represent
the best and the worst.
One of you will be named the
winner, and one of you will be
out.
>> one of you will be named
the winner...
And one of you will be out.
Mondo, we loved your
Mary Tyler Moore reference.
It made us smile and captured
the spirit, the energy, and
confidence of your design.
Good job.
You're in.
You can leave the Runway.
>> thank you.
>> well?
>> it went well, but I'm not the
winner.
>> all: Oh.
>> it's all good.
The day before, I was feeling
quite defeated.
But I made it into the top
three, so I am so, so, so, so
happy.
It just validated everything.
It feels good.
I'm enjoying the moment.
[Laughter]
>> Gretchen, your design was
urban, seasonless, modern, and
fun.
Your photograph showed the
potential of your design
representing Marie Claire
on a big billboard.
Valerie, your red dress was
flirty and fun, but yet
sophisticated.
It embodied the Marie Claire
woman.
The combination of dress,
styling, and photo worked and
made your dress memorable.
Gretchen...
Congratulations.
You're once again the winner of
this challenge.
>> thank you so much.
Thank you very much.
>> you can leave the Runway.
>> I felt really grateful and
really prideful.
>> hey.
>> she won.
>> I won.
I have won two challenges, and
i've set a bar that people maybe
weren't expecting.
>> everything's gonna be huge!
>> literally.
I'm stoked about the billboard.
I think that's awesome.
All I know is it's gonna be in
Times Square.
>> that is awesome.
>> I think Gretchen is one of
the best designers in the room.
She's definitely my competition.
>> I just want you all to know
that, like, I really appreciate
the support.
>> [Mockingly] I'm so proud of
you, Gretchen!
I really am!
But I thought Valerie should
win.
>> Valerie...
You're in.
You can leave the Runway.
>> thank you.
[Cheers and applause]
>> girl, we knew you were coming
back.
>> oh, yeah.
I mean, I'm not gonna lie.
I do feel a little defeated.
You know, like, I'm kind of
like...
To kind of, like, get so close,
and then it's like you just
missed it.
It just sucks.
>> Nicholas...
Peach...
And Jason...
We had major problems with your
looks.
Jason, we were hoping to see
something different from you
this week, something more
impressive.
But again, we got an unfinished
mess with lots of excuses from
you.
Peach, we were split whether
your dress was too junior or too
country club matronly.
But the bad news is, either way,
we did not like it.
Nicholas, you tried to do way
too many things with your
design.
Unfortunately, the blouse,
skirt, and cape failed.
Peach...
You're safe for today.
You can leave the Runway.
>> thank you.
I heard you all.
>> Peach...
>> are you here?
>> come on.
[Cheers and applause]
>> mom's back!
>> I knew that you weren't going
anywhere.
>> thank you so much.
>> Jason...
I'm sorry.
You're out.
Auf wiedersehen.
>> thank you.
>> take care.
>> I came here, and I gave it my
best and did everything I could.
>> all: Hey.
>> heyguys, looks like I'm
out.
>> like, sit down for real.
>> no, no, I really can't stay.
I gotta go.
>> you can't just, like,
walk the [Bleep].
Like, you have to wait.
>> no, I don't have to wait for
anything.
>> okay.
>> good luck, guys.
I'm holding my head up high.
I don't think it was a good
depiction of my design aesthetic
or style.
But, you know, it's a challenge.
I knew it would be from the
start.
>> after his elimination,
i didn't have that moment to
say, "bon chance."
>> Nicholas...
I'm sorry.
You're out too.
Auf wiedersehen, Nicholas.
All the best to you.
>> thank you.
[Voice breaking] I didn't think
I was gonna go home today.
I really didn't.
I'm just really sad.
I just feel kind of disappointed
in myself a little bit.
[Sniffles]
I have to go home.
>> all: Oh.
>> Nicholas...
>> come here.
Come here, come here, come here,
come here.
[Nicholas sobbing]
>> hey, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, you know, come
on, at least you made it here.
And you have really good ideas.
>> I was really scared for
Nicholas going into the
competition.
It was really sad to see him go.
I love you.
>> you've got a lot to go back
to.
>> it's just not that easy to
see it that way right now.
>> well, right.
>> that was a rough Runway.
We're gonna miss you.
I feel sick about this.
We will see more from Nicholas,
but it will be after the show.
>> come here, baby.
My buddy.
You okay?
Be so proud of yourself, okay?
Be proud of yourself.
>> good-bye.
Wow, I'm shocked that there were
two people sent home tonight.
It definitely makes me think
that this is real.
Someone is going to be sent home
every week.
>> oh, my gosh.
>> I'm just gonna miss being
here.
It's been really tiring and
hard, and it's really tough.
But it's really worth it, even
if you're only here a short time
like I was.
>> I'm lucky enough to go to the
Marie Claire photo shoot for
the billboard.
When I got there, the model was
coco rocha.
Ooh!
>> congratulations.
>> thank you.
James macari, the photographer--
you could tell that he was just
gonna knock it out.
[Gasps] Oh, my God!
>> oh, my God!
Gretchen!
>> I think any fashion designer
that's, you know, a girl like
me, coming from nothing, that's
what you dream of.
I'm experiencing my dreams
coming true.
[Tearfully] My mom's gonna be
so proud.
And it made me feel like this
isn't the last time I'll be able
to feel this way, which was
really cool.
>> next time on
Project Runway...
Tim is gonna throw a little
party for you.
>> I love the unconventional
challenges.
>> I'm not able to make a dress
with bull[Bleep].
>> aah!
>> this is atrocious.
This is not cute.
>> did you not listen to me?
>> I don't get the point.
>> can I talk for a minute?
>> you talk all the time.
I'm not gonna argue with you
tonight.
Alright
it looks like a hot mess.
Well her piñata exploded. I don't...
Yeah
I'm just really scared, for her.