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I totally thought that last night’s episode of Project Runway would be the finale and that the season would be a wrap. Of course, the producers decided to milk it, so we won’t get to see the runway shows and the crowning of the winner until next week (should have figured).

Last night, our friend, Tim Gunn, paid visits to all of the designers in their hometowns…which meant NYC for everyone but Rami, whose business is based out of LA. I felt like the visits weren’t nearly as touchy feely and personal as with past seasons. With Christian, Tim literally walked into a closet-sized room where the designer worked and slept, gave his constructive comments on the collection and then left. No tears, no hugs, no nothing…

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I can’t believe how quickly this season of Project Runway has gone by. With this week’s episode, the final contestants were chosen to make their debut at Bryant Park for Fashion Week.

The challenge was to find a piece of art from the MET and to create an original garment inspired from it. It was annoying to see Rami immediately lunge towards a statue of Aphrodite because you just knew he was going to succumb to creating another draped Grecian gown.

Although his lavender dress was really pretty and wearable, seeing another draped garment had absolutely no “wow” factor and put him near the bottom.

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I will admit that when I was a kid, I used to watch the WWF all the time with my older brothers (I was a big Hulk Hogan fan). I never really got into watching women’s wrestling though because cheering on huge, as in built like a super hero, ladies wearing glittery spandex pulling out each others hair was not really my cup of tea.

So when this weeks Project Runway challenge was to create a look for one of the Divas of Wrestling to wear in the ring, I was partly appalled, but also partly intrigued. After all, what could Nina Garcia and Michael Kors possibly have to say about faux patent leather spandex?

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Ricky, aka Mr. Sensitive, is probably still crying over his first win this season. I couldn’t help but be happy that the underdog - who had seemed to perpetually grace the chopping block – finally stepped up to showcase his talent.

The form-fitting dress he created was an edgy, yet refined, take on denim and looked as though it was painted on his model, hitting every right curve.

Although Ricky was able to muster up some magic this week, his hit-or-miss track record makes it tough to have any confidence that he’ll make it much farther.

As for the rest of the contestants, nearly all of them received warm responses from the judges (even garnering smiles from sometime ice queen, Nina Garcia!).

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This week’s show was definitely my favourite so far. Throughout this season, we’ve seen a lot of pretty dresses and immaculate pieces, but we haven’t witnessed anyone push the envelope (a la Santino Rice from a couple seasons ago). The challenge itself, creating an avant-garde look and a related, prêt-a-porter second look, called for designers to step outside their threshold of comfort and utility and put together fantastical and artistic pieces that could be translated to more commercial looks.

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