Fashion Week Looms...

This week's new episode was a reminder of why we love Project Runway. The last minute overhauls, the contestants' over-inflated egos and surprising end products that come down the runway. Wednesday's episode was no different, courtesy of Uli, Jeffery and Michael, respectively.

Now that Fashion Week is a palpable goal for the last remaining contestants, Heidi and Co. gave them a shockingly simple challenge - design something that expresses your point of view. Though this sounds easy enough, all of the designers faced their own problems with the challenge. It seemed as though Uli would be the one to go when she once again started to make the SAME dress, but after shredding it and re-designing a shorter version, she came up with the winning look. Laura's dress looked pretty much exactly like her dress from last week crossed with every other dress she has done, although they are always well made as Heidi accurately noted. As for Jeffery and Michael, they provided this week's most unpredictable garments. Jeffrey is a romantic? Somehow I find that hard to believe. His dress from this week strayed too far from his signature style which was the whole aim of this challenge. Michael, on the other hand, demonstrated far too little innovation this week. As the youngest of the bunch, it is not surprising that he does not have as much of a handle on his own point of view yet - a problem which could seriously hurt his chances at Fashion Week, where he'll have to have 12 original creations. Speaking of New York Fashion Week, a sneak preview of the contestants' collections was recently posted on YouTube. (WARNING: Serious spoilers abound in these videos Project Runway Olympus Fashion Week SPOILER)

This week's episode was tense and filled with surprises, but also showcased how close the remaining designers are. The twist this week (that no one would be eliminated) was a welcome one, as we got to see that (1) these people actually like each other, (2) Tim Gunn actually likes them (was he getting teary-eyed?), and (3) the judges aren't sure who the most promising designer is (and I have to agree).

Favorite quotes of this episode: "I'm not trying that on...it'll make me look fat"~Jeffery, joking about modeling Uli's dress, shortly before he put it on and frolicked around the work room
"It looks like every other dress you've ever done" ~Laura, in response to Uli asking if her flowy print dress was alright (the pot calling the kettle black much?)

How good does next week's reunion episode look? Who is the "fan favorite"? Is Keith actually crazy? Find out next week...