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Oh, they tried not to freak out, but those real women freak designers out. So much so, they don't even know how to cover the "boobage."
After last week's drama-filled episode ... Casanova goes form zero to hero! Gretchen shows her not-very-well-hidden true colors! Michael C. gets thrown under the bus again, and again, again! Tim lays the smackdown on Team FauxLuxe! Swatch lives! I'm sure all Project Runway fans were anxiously awaiting this week's episode. Would the other FauxLuxe designers shun Gretchen? Would Casanova finally escape being a Dangerfield? Would Michael C. kill all those nasty backstabbers in their sleep?
Michael claimed he would rise above it. Although that may have been because he hadn't heard the capping continue as even April -- she of the diaper outfit, and who wasn't even on his team -- continued the "let's dis Michael" party.
Gretchen claimed she would rise above it ... even as she whimpered about how unfair it had all been, and how Tim didn't know her.
And Casnova? Well, had a new-found confidence.
Now, there's no better way to get the designers to stop being angsty over each other than to make them angtsy over their models, so it was time to trot out a "real woman" challenge. This time the angle was that these were real women in real bridesmaid dresses they had worn to real weddings. And it was the designers' job to make them over into something wearable and fashionable.
As real woman challenges go, this one seemed pretty easy. Most of them women were pretty young and fit. Not saying they were size 2s, but some of them were not too many steps away from being runway ready as they were. Only one was noticeably voluptuous, so -- of course -- she was selected last as the designers picked their "models." Throughout the entire episode, they were trying really really hard to be respectful and delicate, but it almost had the opposite effect where this one woman being fuller-figured was almost like "the c-word" or "the love that dare not speak its name" in the way they tiptoed around it.
The dresses were the expected monstrosities, although some were clearly more heinous than others. Mostly the problem with these (and all bridesmaid dresses) is that they are not made with the most rich fabrics. Instead, they use lace, synthetics, and usually pretty thin and unlined construction.
The challenge was meant to make the designers use "most" of the dress, so they got to go to Mood with only $50 to buy a mere 2 yards.
After they thanked a Swatch-less Mood and returned, they had 30 minutes with their clients. And Christopher discovered that his client had bolted ... stage fright. Instead he got Ava. I'm sure he wasn't too bummed, given she was a hottie with a not-too-horrendous gold dress.
So, what did we learn in this episode?
-That upholstery fabric comes in wider bolts, so 2 yards of that will get you more fabric than 2 yards of normal fabric. Guess which designer decided he obviously had to go that route? Why yes, it was Michael D. with his realest of real woman
-That apparently sewing and talking isn't like patting your head and rubbing your tummy since those designers were being catty little wenches the whole time they sewed. They all cannot seem to let it go that Michael C. is even there. Hmmm. Can you smell a comeuppance coming?
-That Gretchen wants to talk to her mommy, who knows her better than anyone. Which I don't think is an unusual thing. I mean, I don't have kids, but I imagine moms everywhere were saying to their TV screen: "Of course she knows you better than anyone; she carried you for nine months; she potty-trained you; she ... " You get the picture
-That apparently Gretchen isn't as universally loathed by her fellow contestants as she is by the audience, as Christopher tried to convince us she doesn't have "a malicious bone in her body." Sorry, but
