Project Runway 406 Recap: "Eye Candy"

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Oh Project Runway how I missed thee. You're back for the first time since December 12, and hard as it is to believe, you're gayer than ever. That's because not only did Team Gay prevail once more in this challenge, but none of its members were sent home, and the guest judge was openly gay designer Zac Posen. And… drumroll… the gay Levi's commercial aired during the show, the first time I've seen it anywhere but Logo. Project Runway is now officially gay TV.

But also, I'm sad. That's because this week's challenge epitomizes the very thing I hate about reality competition shows: The fake factor. Fake time constraints, fake budget constraints, and fake raw material constraints.

The designers had to use nothing but whatever they could grab in five minutes at the Hershey's store on Times Square, and had one day to create their outfits. Now, I'm guessing that AfterElton.com asked me to recap this show not just because I'm a girl but because I actually know a little bit about fashion.

But as a girl, yes, chocolate is my native food. Nonetheless, there is no overlap between those two sets of character traits, and I'm not even remotely interested in what kind of garment can be fashioned from Hershey's kisses. I'd like to know what a designer can design out of, you know, fabric. Call me crazy.

I also didn't much enjoy seeing just how… I'm searching for a term that won't get bleeped… unpleasant Christian, who won the previous challenge, is in victory. Not only did the opening scenes show him gloating over Stephen Rosengard's departure in challenge number 5, but he went on to be insufferable to his fellow designers in the workroom later in the episode – while they voiced-over to the camera that they weren't so fond of Christian, either.

Even the usually inscrutable Tim Gunn commented this week in his blog that he wasn't sure if he wanted to hug Christian, or slap him.

Still, never let it be said I abandoned my post when the going got tough.