"Project Runway" 7.06 Recap: "A Little Bit of Fashion"

Jessie

We begin tonight’s Project Runway with the guys at home. Jessie worries about being safe or on the bottom again. (I won’t say it! Was it me, or does Jessie come off a little more flamboyant on tonight’s episode than in past? Maybe he’s finally coming out of his shell?)  At the ladies’ apartment, Janeane is concerned about not impressing last week’s guest judge from Marie Claire. I still think her look wasn’t bad, just too bridal.

On the runway, the designers meet with Heidi who informs that she will be bringing in an “attractive little group” of models for them to work with this week. Lo and behold, a bunch of pre-tweens come strolling in, somewhere in the age range of 6-9, I’d say. Of course, everyone freaks. “How can we design an ‘age appropriate and fashionable’ look for kids?”  Blah blah blah. Jonathan tells us right off the bat that he is “scared of children.”  (I love that most of the kid models have names like Ava or Caitlin, and Jonathan’s is Fabriana.)

This week's models

Tim Gunn arrives. The designers have thirty minutes to sketch, a $50 budget, and a midnight deadline. They “will not see the client again until tomorrow,” Tim warns. And it’s off to Mood!

About the only designer who is super excited is Seth Aaron, who has kids of his own. He’s running around looking for black and white houndstooth because he knows exactly what he’s going to design, and gosh darn it, he’s going to win this challenge! Anthony (again, the king of laughs) is worried because these models have “no booties or no breasts” and he’s all about “volume.”  Emilio is his usual confident self and plans to create a “pretty little dress.” Don’t get me wrong, I like Emilio, but it bugs me how he’s always the go-to guy for dishing out the dirt each week. Have you ever noticed how critical he is of everyone?

In tonight’s episode, we get a lot of Jonathan, who does a killer Michael Kors impersonation. “She looks like a 7-year-old geisha” is one of his more memorable lines. This says to me that Jonathan is either going to win or he will be sent home packing. Stay tuned…

Jonathan

After the commercial, Tim arrives with “a nice surprise,” i.e., the twist: Create a corresponding look for the adult model with a $100 budget and twenty minutes to shop. The winner will receive immunity. Tim advises don’t just do a “Mini Me and Maxi Me.”