Leanne Marshall Project Runway Season 5 Winner

Wednesday night was the season finale of Project Runway and the winner was Leanne Marshal. As Heidi Klum uttered those famous Project Runway words Congratulations, Leanne you are the winner. We all knew that Project Runway season five had come to an end.

I would like to mention a few impressive things that I witnessed on Project Runway last night. Korto made two new looks at the last minute just to make certain that she would wow the Project Runway judges. And that is probably why she won Project Runway fan favorite and a check for $10,000 dollars. Way to go Korto!

In brief the Project Runway judges were very proud of the final designers. They felt Kenly’s line was full of spirit and that Leanne’s line was innovative. They felt Korto’s line was effortlessly cohesive and she managed to bring in her culture without overdoing it.

Now I would like to give you my takes on Project Runway’s Season finale.

Kenly’s line had some nice pieces in it. I thought the green dress was hideous, but I liked the black dress all the way until I seen that stupid rope at the bottom. The dress that Tim Gunn had pointed out to her with the boating rope intertwining two different fabrics was a miss. As we have all seen on Project Runway, Kenly does have a knack for making some nice dresses and we were able to see that also. I hope that Kenly takes the Project Runway judges advice and does some fashion research.

Leanne’s line was beautiful. She showed an array of different pieces. The colors she chose were beautiful, but I was bored with the lack of variety in colors. Her entire line was two basic colors. I wanted to see more. I agreed with the judges that her petals were innovative. Leanne is the Project Runway Season 5 winner we will see lots more of her.

And last but not least Korto. She was my Project Runway Season 5 winner. I loved her line. I was scared when Tim Gunn made his visit that she was going to add too much of her culture into her pieces. But she managed to come out with a great balance which any woman of any ethnicity could wear. I immediately related to Korto’s line. It was fresh, elegant and beautifully done. I felt that Korto would make designs that would fit the average woman’s body and I loved that. I implore all those top African-American celebrities to support Korto at your next red carpet event. She will do you proud.

Auf wiedersehen to you all!

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Project Runway Final Three Chosen Tonight

There were four designers left on Project Runway and we finally found out who the final three are. The Judges chose, Leanne, Kenly and Korto for the Project Runway season finale. Let’s find out how the Project Runway judges came to this decision.

Now, last week the judges couldn’t narrow it down to just three. So the remaining designers were given the opportunity to go home and create a collection with 10 looks.

On tonight’s Project Runway pre-finale the designers received one more challenge. The challenge was to create a wedding dress inspired by their collections and that reflects them as designers.

After the designers are home for at least a month or more Tim Gunn makes his first visit to Korto in Little Rock, Arkansas in which she plays the drums for him.

Tim visits Leanne in Portland, Oregon where the highlight of their visit was a bike ride. Out in Los Angeles Tim takes a look at Jerell’s collection and has many thoughts about it. Finally, he visits Kenly in Brooklyn, NY.

The designers return to New York for their last Project Runway catwalk. But there is one last twist in this Project Runway challenge. The designers must now design a bridesmaid dress to accompany their wedding dress. After that is completed they will present their wedding dress and bridesmaid dress to the Project Runway judges.

Here are some snippets of this week’s Project Runway judge’s comments. They felt Leanne’s dress was so sheik and beautifully crafted. It was modern, dreamy and romantic. Fantastic job.

Jerell’s design was garish and overwrought times 20,000. Nina felt the choice of the grey fabric for the bridesmaids dress looked dirty. Michael felt like the bride had a flower pot growing out of her head. The Project Runway judges agreed that Jerell went hog wild with the wedding dress and that he didn’t put any thought into bridesmaids dress.

Kenly’s wedding dress was very similar to Alexander McQueen’s dress. But it was done beautifully. Michael Kors said that her bridesmaids dress was the cutest damn bridesmaid dress he ever seen. Heidi said it was crazy-good.

Korto’s wedding dress was overworked whereas her bridesmaids dress was underworked. The Project Runway judges felt that it didn’t even look like it was a match for the wedding dress. To top it off Heidi said that if she were a bride she wouldn’t want to wear the dress.

Tonight’s text vote question was who shouldn’t go to Bryant Park. And Kenly was the winner by at least 50%. I thought that was ridiculous. Yes Kenly’s attitude needs work, but her designs this week definitely earned her a spot in the Project Runway final three.

In tonight’s Project Runway episode there wasn’t a clear cut winner just those who were moving on to Bryant Park. However, we had to say good bye to Jerell. And I wish him the best of luck.

There are no Losers on Project Runway tonight

There weren’t any losers on Project Runway tonight. Tonight’s challenge on Project Runway was to create an evening gown using inspiration from the Botanical Gardens. The remaining Project Runway designers were given a camera and allowed 1 hour to take photos and 30 minutes to pick out one photograph that inspired them the most.

Back at the Project Runway design room Kenly found out that she had left her tulle at Mood. A Tulle is a lightweight, very fine netting, which is often starched. Jerell and Korto had tulle’s that they weren’t going to use but because of Kenly’s attitude in the past they decided not to offer it to her.

We have all seen the way Kenly has behaved on Project Runway, but in the designers attempt to give her a taste of her own medicine I felt they were being just as ugly as she’s been.

Here are the judges take on the designs of the remaining Project Runway designers. Leanne’s dress was very pretty and soft and they were pleasantly surprised. However, the back of the dress had a piece of fabric that looked out of place. Korto’s gown was beautifully made but not sophisticated enough. It looked like a beauty pageant dress. In her effort to impress the Project Runway judges she went too far.

Jerell’s design was the most youthful looking, but it looked messy. The Project Runway judges felt he’s having a problem creating a polished finish. Kenly’s design looked scaly and creepy. Her design didn’t look young, hip or cool. It was cliché.

The final question Heidi had for the Project Runway designers was, “Why should they go to Bryant Park and who were the other two designers that should go with them?”

Jerell said it was his dream and Leanne said she would not give a boring show. Korto said that we would finally be able to see her culture in her designs and that she would wow us. Kenly felt that she took the most risks on Project Runway and that she would put on a show. As far as picking designers to go with them no one chose Kenly.

This week’s Project Runway winner was Jerell and the judges emphasized that it was by a very thin margin.

The judge’s final decision was that all the remaining designers Leanne, Korto, Jerell and Kenly would get to go home and complete a collection but only three will be able to compete at Bryant Park.

Tune in next week for the Project Runway details about Tim’s hometown visits and who the final three will be.

Hip Hop Gone wrong with Kenly on Project Runway

Tonight’s challenge on Project Runway was to create a look based on a music genre. And the twist on Project Runway was that they would be designing an outfit for their fellow designers. And the designers would be doing their very own cat walk on the Project Runway.

At Mood, Project Runway’s favorite design store, Kenly picked out a floral print for the Hip Hop genre. I have never seen floral prints in Hip Hop. I thought Leanne’s suggestion of making her thuggish was stereotypical, but it was closer than what Kenly thought Hip Hop was.

At Tim Gunn’s check in after making a suggestion to Kenly about her Hip Hop design Tim thought she was being sarcastic and facetious with her responses. That was a Project Runway first.

In the Project Runway confessional Kenly said, “I can’t listen to Tim Gunn anymore because what does he know about Hip Hop.

As we soon shall see apparently Tim Gunn knew much more than she did. I think that’s why he’s the Project Runway mentor and not her.

Suede comments that he knows in his heart the judges will love his design. After being in the bottom the last three weeks on Project Runway, does Suede have a snowballs chance in hell? We shall see.

Now on the Project Runway Is where we hear some of the judges comments about the designers designs.

The judges said Corto was right on and Suede looked great in it. The consensus was the vest Suede designed was very cool. But that his design was missing a little more drama.

Jerell was told that his outfit looked great; Kenly was exposed but not too naked. It was very smart and sexy but not vulgar.

Kenly’s design had unflattering pants and it didn’t look Hip Hop. LL Cool J pointed out that it didn’t look like it was part of the Hip Hop culture.

Leanne made a wonderful choice of colors; it was fantastic. However, the look was subtle and needed a little more country.

Kenly once again was defensive after the judge’s critiques. Uttering she could have done better if she was given three days to do it. That wouldn’t be fair now would it Kenly?

This week’s winner was Corto and in one more week we will be down to the Project Runway final three so stay posted.

Finally Heidi got to say Auf wiedersehen to Suede.

Project Runway College Grad Makeover Challenge

Coming off of last’s weeks Project Runway double elimination of Blayne and Terri things were a little tense at first.

This weeks Project Runway challenge was to do a makeover from head to toe of a recent college graduate transitioning into the workforce. The winning makeover and designer would appear in ELLE Magazine courtesy of Project Runway.

“Kenley can make one hell of a 50’s or 60’s dress, but that’s all she can serve up,” Jerell said, Which I have to totally agree with. Show us something different Kenley, please. I’m becoming bored with you as a designer. This is Project Runway girl start shining.

Tonight on Project Runway Kenley got very personal when she bashed Suede and his ability as a designer in the dorm room in front of the other designers. Kenley also said she thought Suede was a poser. At the same time Kenley is hard headed and she has difficulty accepting constructive criticism. This is going to come back to haunt Kenley. Mark my words.

The consensus of all the designers preceding the Project Runway college grad makeover challenge was that Suede would go be the designer going home this week. We shall see if the designers were right. Let’s get on to the runway.

Joe’s outfit was described as a total cliché. Korto’s outfit was called modern but professional. Suede made his client look 20 – 40 years older than she was and it was dated. Leanne’s client looked frumpy.

While the judges were critiquing the designers designs Kenley and her mini me were laughing on the runway once again.

Tonight’s winner was Jerell, the judges thought his design was brilliant. And the key point is that he did give his client a makeover that she loved and it literally transformed her from head to toe. Kudos to Jerell.

We had to say auf wiedersehen to Joe this week and ha ha Suede squeaked by once more. If Sanjaya of American Idol could do it so can Suede.

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Last night’s Project Runway winner was Leanne. She managed to beat out her competition two weeks in a row. Congratulations to Leanne! Her design was flawless and it captured everything Diane was looking for and more. There was not one criticism from this week’s Project Runway judges.

This week’s Project Runway challenge was to create a look for Diane Von Furstenberg’s fall collection. Needless to say working for a fashion icon like Diane Von Furstenberg will be one of the highlights this season. To take a look at Diane Von Furstenberg’s 2008 fall collection featured on last night’s Project Runway episode click here.

Okay let’s get back to Project Runway.

I wasn’t impressed with Jerell’s design last night. It looked very similar to the design he did for the Project Runway Saturn Vue Hybrid Challenge. Last week he made an outfit out of Saturn Vue auto parts. And this week he was privy to some of the best fabrics used in Diane Von Furstenberg’s fall line, so why didn’t we see a huge improvement? Riddle me that.

Let’s move on to Joe. What was he thinking? If you recall he thought this was one of his best designs and it was going to show who he really was as a designer. If that was the crème de la crème I felt he lost a lot of potential clients last night.

Right now Suede is in la la land. He needs to regroup, get focused and get it right. I can easily see his head on the chopping block soon.

I would like to give an honorable mention to Korto once again. If she’s not the Project Runway winner of the week she’s at least in the top three. I would love to see her line come down the runway at Bryant Park.

And this week we had to say good bye to my old girl Stella. What will I do without at least one leather based design on the runway every week? I will miss her she certainly added some New York flavor to the commentary. Did you hear her talk about Rachel Zoe and how Tim Gunn tried to cover it up? I thought that was amusing.

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Project Runway’s Saturn Vue Hybrid Challenge

I usually like to get my re-caps of Project Runway out either the night an episode airs or at least the very next day. However, due to some unfortunate circumstances I wasn’t able to. But I felt that this challenge was one of the key challenges that Project Runway has and definitely needed to be commented on.

In a brief recap of last week’s episode, Kenley said that she was going to miss Daniel because he was the closest person to her. But wasn’t she the one laughing at Daniel on the runway when he was going on and on about his very high level of taste?

This week’s challenge was to create an outfit using Saturn Vue Auto parts. Innovation was the prime ingredient for this week’s challenge. You could tell by the roll of Stella’s eyes that she was not impressed by this challenge.

My favorite quote of the week came from Jerell when he was referring to fellow designer Terri. He said, “She has two faces count them one, two. Two faces and four patterns don’t trust the bitch!”

Stella tried something outside of the box and it didn’t work for her. And Keith came off as a whiner on the runway.

The Project Runway judges were highly impressed with Korto’s design emphasizing that it was so sleek and elegant.

Jerell, Leanne, and Korto’s outfits were magnificent; they outdid themselves. It’s remarkable that the designs were used from materials of an automobile and these outfits were ready to wear.

This week’s winner was Leanne and they had to say Auf wiedersehen to Keith.

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This week’s episode was introduced by Project Runway Season 4 designer Chris March; dressed as a Viking Drag Queen.

Tonight’s challenge was to create a look for a Drag Queen. Tim Gunn encouraged the designers to be theatrical and over the top.

Meanwhile, Blayne was driving everyone crazy with his licious-ness. Man-licious, girl-licious finally it was like would you shut the licious up.

As the challenge progressed you see the designers working closely with their Drag Queen partners. Designer Suede was paired up with Drag Queen Heada Lettuce. Suede had made Heada Lettuce a pair of gloves to go with her outfit.

And clearly you could tell that Heada Lettuce was not impressed when she asked, “Did you make gloves because you were too lazy to make sleeves?”

Pow, right in the kisser, that surely knocked some of the wind out of Suede. But later on in the Project Runway sewing room Suede called her “a soggy piece of lettuce.”

Some of my favorite quotes this week come from the lovely Tim Gunn when he was giving constructive criticism to Blayne. He said his design “looked like a pterodactyl out of a gay Jurassic Park.”

The other one came from Michael Kors when he said that Keith’s design looked like a “sad chicken, a malting gray chicken.”

Let me tell you who I think are the ones to watch. That would be Terri. She is consistent, creative and fierce. Even though she hasn’t won a challenge yet she’s always in the top three.

The winner this week was Heterosexual Joe. You have noticed that he always mentions that in case we the viewers get confused.

And they had to say Auf wiedersehen to Daniel and it was way overdue.

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Project Runway opened this week briefly recapping last week’s Olympic challenge with winner Korto.

This week’s challenge was to design an outfit that can go from day to night for a high powered business woman. The winning design would be worn by Brooke Shields’ character Wendy on Season two of Lipstick Jungle.

The designers were given time to sketch some ideas for Brooke Shields character and present them to her. The Designers chosen for the Lipstick Jungle challenge were: Korto, Kelli, Jerrell, Keith and Blayne.

The designers needed to be paired up into teams. Each of the designers chosen by Brooke Shields had to pick a fellow designer to work with.

Here’s where the fun begins. Teamwork doesn’t mean teamwork on Project Runway. It’s the time when the “designer claws” come out. Project Runway is notorious for their challenges featuring teams. Friend or no friend if you mess with the wrong designer they will take you down. Everyone vows that they are not going home for some else’s mistake.

And over in the corner there is Stella hammering away on her leather.

In her video conference Korto stresses that she has immunity this week and will definitely throw Joe under the bus if she has to. My thoughts are, ‘why throw anyone under the bus?’ If they can’t send you home keep your mouth closed.

While the designers were working on their designs Terri had a quote that’s stuck in my head. In her quote she’s referring to her partner Suede.

“I don’t know if he has balls or a V-jay jay. I ain’t got no babies and ain’t nobody sucking on my tits. So man up.”

I would love to be a fly on the wall wherever Suede is watching tonight’s episode. That surely will make for some interesting conversation on Project Runway’s Reunion show.

On the runway this week some of the comments by the judges were a bit harsh. Kelli’s design was called, “slutty, slutty, slutty by Michael Cors. Brooke Shields thought it looked cheap. And Nina Garcia wondered if Kelli had any taste.

Simon Cowell has definitely brought judging to a whole new level. No one is holding their tongues anymore. But do they have to be cruel?

Mark my words if the judges continue down this road with any luck one of the designers is going to blow up this season.

This week’s winner of the Lipstick Jungle challenge was Keith.

And we had to say auf wiedersehen to Kelli and her cheap, tasteless slutty design.

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Project Runway Wednesday July 30th, 2008

This week’s episode of Project Runway started out with the designers getting a ride on City Sights NY one of New York’s tour buses.

The designers briefly toured New York from the viewpoint of hundreds of thousands of tourists that visit each year.

The challenge was to create a look for a night out on the town inspired by New York. The designers were given a camera and 1 hour to take pictures of places, people or things that inspired them.

The tour bus made four stops: Columbus Circle, Times Square, New York Public Library and Greenwich Village.

Stella if you haven’t figured out by now loves leather.

Tonight’s winning design on Project Runway was Kenley’s.

Heidi had to say Auf Wiedersehen to Emily.

Tim Gunn warned Emily about the direction her design was taking, but she didn’t heed his advice. But she defended her dress to the very end. End of the runway that is.

The top two designs for me this week were Terry’s and Leanne’s.