Project Runway 407 Recap: "What a Girl Wants"

I supsect Christian beat out Kevin in this one because the workmanship on Christian's dress was both more ambitious and more difficult than on Kevin's. Christian shot for the moon and failed, but did at least include some complicated and beautiful stitchery, even if it all came together in a genuinely hideous dress.

Kevin's dress was shoddy looking, and it also wasn't put together very well. There was nothing particularly creative or detailed about the red dress. Even had it been flawlessly executed, it still had problems of being a bad color on his model -- although the brown of Christian's also wasn't great on his model, it wasn't as actively bad as that red -- and being dowdy in design.

So between the two, I think Kevin was the one to let go. And while I think that being able to work with your client matters, ultimately, what really matters is the design.

I was okay with Ricky's, although it wasn't in my top three.

I completely agree that Sweet P's was the winner. Then I'd have given second to Jillian, third to Chris, and fourth to Victorya. They should so make me a guest judge.

The prom pictures were the best.... the minute I saw them I was all over my editor to make sure we got them capped for this article.

I know what you mean about Jillian and Rami. Perhaps they'll start a business together.

What nonsense are you uttering! Rami and Jillian - together?!! No, no - not cute, not right, not ordained by nature; thou shalt not root for such things!

Let me explain how this works: Rami is gay. More important than that, he's out. Most important of all, he's hot. And unless my reading is entirely off, he's going to make some power bottom out there very happy some day. Rami will meet the love of his life, and go on to lead an adorable happily-ever-after with another man. How many hot, out, gay Israeli guys do you know?

Jillian has a litany of straight guys and deeply-closeted homos to choose from - we don't. Every time you say something careless like that, a little bit of the flame representing Gay Romance for all of us becomes extinguished.

if i even hear him sniffle next time i see him on tv, i will throw my remote at it.

i sort of want someone to buy him a year long supply of kleenex already. sheesh

Last week, Ms. Hong came up with a pouffy, tacky Prom Dress made out of Peppermint Patty pillows and lots and lots of ruffles. Lots of them. There was practically nothing on her previous dress that wasn't a ruffle - if it wasn't a white ruffle, it was a silver one.

Then this week, she designs a fun, vibrant number (which was still just a tiny bit tacky) with that slightly absurd, Fantastical Element the judges were looking for last week. It was joyous, it had energy, and the halter had giant peanut-M&M's and Skittles glued onto it. It should've won the Candy challenge, not the Prom one... Too bad neither M&M's nor Skittles are manufactured by Hershey's.

Another good episode.  Last week's turned the season around.  Now only if Kit, Ricky and Sweet P are eliminated in the next three episodes can we get to the serious designing.

I have grown to like Kevin.  He stumbled in the beginning, eventually he found his footing and made some nice pieces.  He is a good guy and I wish him luck.  I think he believed that since Sweet P among others have gotten away with a lot from week to week that a missing hem wouldn't matter.  The judges have good eyesight and will spot all flaws in a garment.

Kit looks completely different from her prom picture.  Looking at her now you would assume she came from a lower class or poor background.

I don't know what Rami was thinking.  He made his client look 50 years old.  Victorya's was youthful maybe too youthful for some but looking at how all the other designs aged the clients Victorya's was the only one to capture the fun of prom night. 

I sympathize with Christian in dealing with Maddie.  I know girls like that and they are steamrollers when they want something.  He did his best with the situation. 

Yes, the dress was pretty. But all the way down the runway I kept thinking, "that girl's bodice is empty". And I doubt there's a prom girl anywhere that wants a dress that points out that she has no boobs. Flat would have been better than obviously empty pouffy cups.

I think one of Kevin's mistakes was possibly acting on stereotypes. The girl is filipina so he put her in a red cheap hooker dress. Not a smart move.

As for Christian, I was thinking that he was the problem until the obnoxious mess he had as a model lit up with delight the moment he was criticized. She actually pointed and said "see, see". It almost makes me think that she set out to request the most impossible and ugly thing she could think of to sabotage him - ruffles and lace in uncomplemenatary colors - and then made a scene on the runway. I'm very happy that she made herself look like a fool and a bitch on national TV.

i don't know much about fashion or prom, but i can still have an opinion i guess. and i agree with the judges' choice mostly. Sweet P's dress is stunning, and hollywood and whatever, but the dress is for a 16 years old girl, to pretend to be a hollywood star is not everything. i mean if my inner girl is wearing that dress, i'll be a little uptight cause i would feel like i have to pretend to be an adult. but in Victorya's dress with the short skirt and bright color i can see my girl really be herself and enjoy the party and have fun, like jump around and everything.(if that's appropriate for prom night) a dress should be corresponding(?) to a person's stage in life. why rush into adulthood while one is still young?

and of Jillian's dress, i'm not crazy about it either. the lower half is perfect, love the color, but the pattern of upper half(what's it called, i don't even know the word) to me is unnecessarily complicated. it drew my attention but didn't give me anything.

about the others, i like Ricky's design. maybe it's for a quieter girl(hey again with Novarro) but the model looks lovely and comfortable in it.

i hate kit's dress. the color strips on the chest, it's not pretty, what is it?

Christian, I always like him. that almost makes his dress not feel so hideous. He's just a kid, and maybe he shouldn't blame it, but his client IS a bitch. this is his weak point. i'm glad he's still with us.

and Kevin. well Kevin's hot. good luck to him.