Runway Roundup: Week 10

After a week off, our designers are back and whoa nelly I did not see this one coming. I mean who could guess that two of my secret passions, Project Runway and professional wrestling would ever come together. Sadly, it did not make for a great challenge. Once again we got a challenge that ignored the regular models and even worse replaced them with women that are hardly normal or average. While the idea of creating an in ring outfit for the WWE Divas was interesting the fashion relevance of the pieces was nil. In fact I found none of the outfits terribly interesting. Why not give the designers a typical Runway curve ball and have them create a second everyday look inspired by the ring gear? That would have been interesting and we would’ve gotten to see Jillian mismanage her time again. Instead we got a rather flat challenge where I felt bad for anyone who was out because of it, except….Ricky. Thank you lord Jesus Gunn, our prayers have been answered. No more crying fits. No more poorly made sacks. No more ugly, ugly clothes. Ricky just seemed to miss the point of the challenge completely and worse yet he never really got his client/model. Everyone else really took the time to listen to their Divas and all Ricky did was make assumptions about her spunk and ethnicity. Sure the other outfits didn’t blow me away but at least they fit the challenge. Sweet P really owes Ricky a debt of gratitude though as hers was the worse outfit that fit the challenge. Granted she had a difficult client who truly put the diva in WWE Diva, but she really seemed to psych herself out of the challenge from the get go. Rami and Jillian did safe and boring pieces that looked almost like the ones their clients wore in the opening. Chris and Christian were the tops for me and the judges and like them I’d have to pick Chris as the winner. I’ve got to say I’m getting a little tired of those Christian collars he’s pushing on us every week. Chris listened to his client and while the challenge was costumey, he still managed some taste restraint. Now there are five left and from the previews it appears we’re going to get four finalists again this season as opposed to three. That mean’s Chris or Sweet P will be showing Bryant Park and I must admit I would have found that hard to believe a few short weeks back.