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11x05 - The Ultimate Hard And Soft

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Project Runway". Aired: December 1, 2004 – present.*
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Contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted by time, materials and theme.

11x05 - The Ultimate Hard And Soft

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Previously on

Project runway...

I'm very excited to tell you
about my new fragrance,

Surprise.

I need something to wear in my

Television commercial and for

The p.r. Event.

[Cheers and applause]

One celebrity wearing your

Garment can make your whole

Career.

Cindy, what's developing

Here?

A very slim-fit dress.

I don't know why she chose

The color she chose.

This is so much harder than

It looks on tv.

Oh, [bleep].

I'm feeling quite stressed.

I've got so many pieces.

This doesn't seem right.

There's still a lot of

Self-doubt that creeps in.

[Upbeat music]

♪ ♪

Keeping it real, you are the

Winning team again.

Kate, you are the winner of this

Challenge.

Thank you, heidi.

I'm going to wear your dress

In my campaign for surprise.

Such an honor.

Daniel, you're also the

Winner of this challenge.

I'm going to wear your dress at

The press event for surprise.

Thank you.

Dream team, that means that

You are the losing team again.

Benjamin, this is probably

The worst construction I've

Seen.

She looks like she's been

Shipwrecked.

Cindy...

I'm sorry, you're out.

This is project runway...

Teams edition.
The winner of project runway

Will recieve $50,000
in technology and office space

From hp and intel to bring their

Creativity to life and run their

Business, a fashion spread in

Marie claire magazine, a 2013
lexus gs.

$100,000 From loreal paris to
start their own line,

And the chance to design and

Sell an exclusive collection at

Lord & taylor.

And the model paired with the

Winner of project runway will

Marie claire magazine and

$25,000 From loreal
paris advanced haircare.

[Dreamy music]

♪ ♪

Come on, guys.

Let's get out.

Let's go.

Let's go.

[Upbeat music]

♪ ♪

We walk into the workroom, and

It's all illuminated with

Candles.

The aroma is delicious.

Hello, everyone.

I'm sure you're wondering why it

Is that the workroom is being

Illuminated by these candles.

All: yes.

They have been provided to us

By our good friends at glade,

And each candle contains two

Scents.

One is hawaiian breeze.

The other is vanilla passion

Fruit.

These are two-in-one candles,

And therein lies the clue to

Your next challenge.

Hmm.

For me, they take me back to

One of my favorite challenges in

The history of project runway.

Challenge.

We went to a flower shop.

All: oh!

For this challenge, you will

Be sourcing your materials at a

Flower shop.

Oh!

But this challenge is not

Just about me and my favorite

Challenge.

Someone else has some ideas.

Oh!

Who is it?

Hi, guys.

Hi, tim.

Mwah!

I love the flower shop too,

But I thought maybe we'd change

Things up a little bit...

Okay.

[Laughs]

Because I also like the

Hardware store.

[Gasps]

Absolutely.

[Laughs]

So this will be a two-in-one

Challenge.

You're going to be using flowers

And hardware...

Cool.

To make a cohesive line of

Six looks.

This collection is the

Ultimate hard and soft

Unconventional material

Challenge.

It really is.

Each look does not need to

Contain both materials, but the

Cohesive line needs to contain

Both flowers and hardware.

I wish you guys good luck,

And have fun on this challenge,

And I'll see you all back on the

Runway.

Thank you, heidi.

Bye, tim. Mwah!

Bye.

Bye, guys.

Bye.

So, designers, there is

Tremendous concern about the

Inequity in the distribution of

Your ranks.

Keeping it real, you still have

All eight designers on your

Team, and, dream team, you're

Down to five, so we want to even

Things out.

So, dream team, you get to

Choose two members from

Keeping it real to come over to

Your ranks.

[Laughter]

Stanley is very solid and brings
a great amount of

Leadership.

I think it should be between

Kate and layana.

Even though I know that she

Bums off other people, she's

Still feminine, and she's still

Young.

Mm-hmm. She does have sex

Appeal, and she's got--

She knows how to sew.

She sees things, and she says
it.

Dream team, what are your

Decisions?

Stanley.

Stanley, come over and join

Dream team, please.

Bye, guys.

Stanley.

Bye, keeping it real.

Dream team--what they lacked was

Direction and time management,

And I'm a super-efficient

Person, so if I have to play

That role, so be it.

And your second pick.

We're taking layana.

All right, layana.

I'm a little upset, 'cause

I love my team, and it's been

Working out really great, but at

The same time, I feel flattered,

Because they see me as a strong

Contestant, and that makes me

Feel really proud.

Accordingly,

Team keeping it real, you get to

Choose one member of

Team dream team.

Oh, no, you didn't.

[Laughter]

Oh, no, you didn't.

But not one of the members

Who just went over.

We know.

So, you already know?

All: we know.

Who's going to declare this?

All: one, two, three.

Michelle!

[Laughter]

Ah, [bleep].

Michelle, you were chosen.

Come to the light.

Come to the light.

I just really don't want to

Work with patricia and really

Was hoping that I never would

Have to, and here I am, working

With her.

I'm glad to be working with

Michelle on our team.

We said, "yay," and we hugged.

Yay, michelle, you're here.

Each team has 45 minutes to

Caucus as a group.

We will be going shopping at a

Hardware store for 30 minutes

And to a flower shop for 30

Minutes.

Each team has a budget of...

$2,500.

Whoa!

Wow!

That is crazy.

Now, you have two days for

This challenge.

[Cheers and applause]

Your consultation time begins

Now.

We have to decide, like,

Whoever wants to do hardware,

Hardware and flowers, all

Flowers.

We could kind of, like, also

Kind of use the same things

Overall.

Yeah, think nature colors,

Like yellows, lime greens,

Pinks.

What we should do is come up

With a theme, I think, of,

Like--like, say, like, dior.

I'm talking vintage dior.



Stanley has a great way of

Setting forth a very cohesive

Vision to start with.

Layana, our theme is dior.

It's not futuristic.

It's 1950s.

It's gonna look vintage-y.

It's gonna look pretty.

Oh, I love that.



Remember, keep it simple.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay, got it.

Okay, perfect.

First things first, if

There's seven of us, what do we

Do?

What do we do?

Who's gonna pair up?

I'd kind of like to do my own
thing, 'cause I was paired up

Twice now.

You've been paired up twice.

I want to do something very
oversized.

I want to use string, like,

Garland and then construct a

Dress, attach the flowers to the

Garland.

It seems like a simple form

That'll be really beautiful.

I'm gonna do a dress that has

This high, pliable collar.

I was thinking about doing a

High collar too.

I think--

We're there, girl.

Yeah, really behind, like--

So, we--me and michelle are--

Yeah, asymmetrical, coming--

Yeah, let's do that.

Yeah.

Design teams, we're going

Shopping.

Yes!

Okay, let's go!

Is that everyone?

All right.

For this unconventional

Challenge, we are supposed to

Make a look using stuff we buy

At a flower shop and stuff we

Buy at a hardware store.

All right, design teams, your



♪ ♪

Designers, you have 15 minutes

Remaining.

Oh, [bleep]!

♪ ♪

We need some mini blinds.

Ooh!

How's that?

Are these in black?

Yep.

[Scanner beeps]

All right, designers, time is

Up.

All right, design teams,

Let's head off to the flower

Market.

Thank you very much.

You got it? Okay.

Off we go.

So you have 30 minutes to shop.

[Upbeat music]

♪ ♪

Thank you.

Thank you.

♪ ♪

Let's see what I have.

Oh, well, that's perfect.

I know that I'm going to make a

Dress out of moss, try and fit

It on the form, then just start

Slapping stuff on it.

You're weaving your own fabric?

Yeah.

I'm really pushing myself

Forward in terms of the

Technology and weaving my own

Fabric.

I want my work to be recognized

In a positive light.

You are crazy.

I have to just figure out

With each piece, where it's

Gonna go and then just tape it.

I love that.

Mm-hmm.

All of a sudden, we go back to

The bodice, and we start bending

The blinds.

You see that already?

Bam.

That's really beautiful.

You guys, it's time to go.

[Upbeat music]

♪ ♪

Okay, we need to have a

Little powwow.

Okay.

With all of us, we don't

Coincide with each other.

Right.

Everything's looking cool,

But I realize, "you know what?

None of our stuff is cohesive."

I mean, I'm pretty sure we

All have some kind of white

Flower or magenta flower.

No, we don't.

None of these garments go

Together.

We're all using both, right?

Yeah.

Maybe your strips will relate

To my fringe.

I don't know.

We kind of feel like we need to

Just come up with a story to

String 'em all together, which

Feels sloppy.

This may really, really haunt us

On the runway.

Coming up on

Project runway...

What is that?
Disgusting.

You don't expect it to be

Normal.

It's not gonna happen at this
point.

Good afternoon, design teams.

How are you?

Good, thank you.

All right, I'm gonna check in

With all of you.

So, michelle and richard, what

Are you up to?

I know that I grabbed on to

The hard and the soft.

Is the soft going into all of

The negative space?

Yes.

I'm blown away.

Thank you.

[Laughs]

What I decided to do was make

A floral cape significant of

Mother nature.

It does.

I'm making a oversized

Sweater-inspired dress.

So the flowers are going

Onto this?

Yeah, the hydrangea grow--

She's gonna be huge.

I'm okay with huge.

I like it.

You just don't want this to

Look as though it's consuming

Her.

You don't.

Well, I'm channeling the

Judges.

I don't want you to have the
bottom look and knock your team

Off its current pedestal.

That's true.

I just kind of want to do

This warm, beaded thing.

The moss is more or less a

Background.

That's just kind of my "just

In case," so that--

Well, it's really pretty.

I mean, it'll show a little.

How easy is it to fill in the

Bald spots?

That should be pretty easy,

And I've actually got scraps.

I-i think you could have a

Very stunning look if you have a

Moss dress that's embellished.

Okay. I'm excited.

What I decided to do was a

Sculptural dress.

I tested this--

What is that?

Lamb's ear.

Isn't that pretty?

It's different.

I bought these beautifully
silvered lamb's ear that are

Gonna go around the front.

It looks like it's covered

With frost.

This voluminous lady is my

Look.

The one aspect that I believe

Is important in how these are

Presented is that they not look

Like craft projects.

Is it going that direction?

Yes.

And if not--

It's going to look flirty and

Soft, but you don't tell

Someone to make a dress out of

Hardware and flowers and expect

It to be normal.

First of all, I want to

Applaud everyone's ambitions,

And I have two concerns, one of

Which I always have, and that is

Time.

Okay.

Now, here's my other

Concern...

Cohesion.

Ugh!

Tim can see it from a mile away.

Every single garment looks like

It was made by a crazy person,

And none of these crazy people

Are staying in the same mental

Hospital.

It seems to me very kind of

Decade, like it would start

Perhaps with you, and then,

Perhaps, we're a little more

'80S, and then to kind of

Futuristic.

Oh, that's an interesting

Thought.

It's the history of fashion in

Flowers and hardware.

Yeah.

Dresses from the decade.

I like the decades.

Thanks, tim.

Carry on like a

Hurricane-speed wind.

So what's the theme?

It's dior, "new look."

It's dior.

Stanley gave us a theme to

Work with.

We had a very cohesive vision,

So I'm appreciative of that.

I built a petticoat, kind of

Like 1800s style.

How did you do it, though?

It's a secret.

[Laughter]

Well, you did a great job.

Thank you, layana.

Uh, I'm doing a sleeveless

Jacket.

Then it's a vest.

Yes.

[Laughter]

I'm just doing, like, a basic

Princess-cut dress, leaves like

This, all the way down.

It's time.

I'm pretty quick.

So this is mine, and I'm

Weaving my own fabric out of

String.

Good heavens.

I've constructed my own loom.

You built a loom?

[Laughter]

Good heavens!

Just making the loom--forget

About making the textile on the

Loom...

Benjamin creates these

Designs that are unthinkable for

What the challenge is.

You have a day, not a month.

It's a remarkable piece.

I love structure...

Mm-hmm.

So I started--

What is that?

It's, uh, contact paper.

You're cutting out these

Shapes?

Yeah.

I know.

It took me all last night, and

So this shape--i want to bring

This in, just, like, in the

Beginning area.

And then what happens to the

Rest of it?

I'm not sure.

I don't want to be a rain
cloud.

I don't want to be a gloomy gus.

But you have an unfinished top

Right now and nothing else.



Runway show will be over, and

You've had more than 24 hours

Already since we launched the

Challenge.

You've got to do something,

Because it's not gonna happen

At this point.

If my team loses, I don't

Want to be the member who

Brought us down, and I also

Don't want to be the member

Who's going home.

All right, design teams,

I'm hugely inspired.

You've got a lot of work to do,

Though.

You have until 11:00 tonight.

You will have 2 1/2 hours in the

Morning.

That includes hair and makeup.

So work, work, work, work, and

I will see you in the morning.

Bye, everyone.

Bye.

[Upbeat music]

♪ ♪

Hey, y'all.

[Laughs]

You'll be able to walk,

Right?

Yeah.

What I'm making--it's not,

Like, a sexy dress.

I'm making a sweater.

I just can't tell if it's too

Weird or not.

I don't think every piece of

Clothing has to have a sexy fit.

[Upbeat music]

♪ ♪

It's super ugly.

This, I don't like that back.

It's 'cause I hate the moss

Now too.

I think that you can add

Petals, and I think that you

Should add the petals.

I'm out of petals.

Oh.

The petals are gone.

The dress looks disgusting.

It just looks like an astroturf

Dress, and that was not what

I was going for at all.

I just hate to rip off all those

Petals and just have moss.

I just don't want to see us

Be in the bottom.

That damn moss.

It takes a lot of time.

It's definitely a lot of work.

And as we all know, it just

Takes one weak person on the

Team, and we're gonna be at the

Bottom.

Coming up on

Project runway...

I kind-a feel a little stuck.

It looks like a piñata.

Am I just this bad omen?

Everybody else's looks
are

Looking strong at this point,

And amanda just keeps

Reconsidering everything.

I really feel like amanda is the

Weakest link on our team.

I would love to start all

Over.

I just--i would love to, but

I just don't think we should.

I kind of feel a little stuck.

What if you just chop this

Off and then glue it on the

Front and then add two new

Sections on the bottom?

Done.

Are you kidding me right now?

High-five it.

Believe it or not, joe comes

To the rescue.

That works, right?

That works.

You made a panel of flower

Petals on your garment.

Why don't you cut half of it off

And put it on the front?

That idea just made me dizzy.

It's g.i. Joe, the real

American hero.

Way to go, joe.

Okay, folks, it's 11:00.

Let's go home.

[Overlapping chatter]

I gotta take my wig off.

[Upbeat music]

♪ ♪

If I'm gonna go down, I
want

To go down in flames.

[Laughs]

[Dramatic music]

So long, atlas.

♪ ♪

Good morning, tim.

Designers, you have two hours

To send your models to the

L'oreal paris hair and makeup

Rooms and to prep them for the

Runway.

I know you're going to be using

The lord & taylor accessory

Wall.

So your models will be coming

In soon, and I will see you

A little later this morning.

It's gonna be thrilling.

I'm so excited.

[Upbeat music]

♪ ♪

I'm getting this taken out,

'Cause I know where you--you

Know what I mean?

So we can get you fitted for
this.

Mm-hmm.

I swear it'll be done.

And now I'm seeing the other

Girls.

[Laughs]

[Upbeat music]

♪ ♪

Really, really beautiful,

Smoky, smoky, smoky eyes,

Because we want the lips to be

Nude and really glossy.

Okay. Sounds beautiful.

We're gonna do, like, a

Really fresh face, strong

Eyebrow, and a little bit of a

Lash.

Really strong, like, '50s

Eyeliner, pink lip, pink cheek.

Okay.

We're gonna keep it pretty

Close to how it is.

So we'll just put a little

Shine in with some of the

Precious oil treatment and make

Her runway ready.

Maybe just, like, we'll

Spray it and just, like, let it

All fall back, and just like--

Like a little, baby--

Kind of beyonce/sasha fierce.

Yeah.

Pretty much just like that and

Just down the back.

Okay. Love it.

[Dramatic music]

♪ ♪

Designers, in ten minutes,

You and your models and I are

Going down to the runway, all

Right?

Ugh!

♪ ♪

Designers and models, we're

Going down to the runway.

You did it.

I know.

[Dramatic music]

♪ ♪

All: hello.

Welcome to the runway.

As you know, in fashion, one day

You're in, and the next day,

You're out.

There are 13 of you here, and

After tonight, there will be 12.

One member from the winning team

Will be the winner of this

Challenge, and one member from

The losing team will be out.

For this challenge, we wanted to

Revisit some of our most

Favorite unconventional

Materials challenges.

We sent you to the hardware

Store and the flower market--

The ultimate hard and soft.

Okay, let's meet the judges.

First, we have acclaimed

American designer zac posen.

Hi.

Hi.

Fashion director for

Marie claire magazine,

Hello.

Hi, nina.

Fashion writer and founder of

The blog "the man repeller,"

Leandra medine.

Welcome.

Hey, teams.

Hi.

And you see there's an empty
chair there.

Mm-hmm.

We have a very special guest

Judge.

Let's bring her out.

♪ ♪

Who is it?

[Designers gasping]

Oh, my god!

Designers, please welcome

Bette midler.

[Cheers and applause]

Hello.

Hello.

Good to see you.

Thank you so much.

And it looks like a good group--

Really bright and full of piss

And vinegar.

What can I say?

[Laughter]

We will score your designs as

They come down the runway.

One of you will be the winner,

And one of you will be out.

Okay, let's start the show.

[Upbeat music]

♪ ♪

It looks really good--

The texture on the skirt, the

Foliage that's dripping down the

Sides.

♪ ♪

I'm really, really proud of

Myself.

To me, I think I have one of the

Stronger designs on my group.

♪ ♪

I'm feeling pretty good about

My look.

The colors are looking good.

♪ ♪

I made something I like and

Something that is really, like,

Inspired by the materials.

Oh, the back looks so good.

♪ ♪

Our model, coming down
the

Runway, looked beautiful.

It's so cool and so different

From anything else up there.



And bolts, baby.

♪ ♪

Wow.

[Laughs]

It's looking fun.

It's really wild.

It's like frida kahlo.

♪ ♪

She looks like an ave maria,
you

Know?

It's, like, it's amazing.

♪ ♪

It's kind of cool, how stiff

The dress is.

It feels, like, super '60s,

Which is exactly what I was

Going for.

And the back and the way the

Pins just kind of sway looks

Super cool.

♪ ♪

My dress looks great.

Just because I have immunity,

I took it as an opportunity to

Take a chance and do something

Huge and over the top.

I hope the judges can see how

Much work went into this.

She looks adorable.

♪ ♪

I am very surprised when

I looked over to the other team.

It doesn't look cohesive, but

Each piece, it's somewhat

Beautiful in its own way.

♪ ♪

I am confident in my
look.

The top looks awesome.

♪ ♪

It is everything that I wanted

It to be, and it's everything

That I am as a designer.

I feel like I finally didn't let

My team down.

♪ ♪

She looks fantastic.

She looks graceful.

She's beautiful.

She has a little touch of diva

And a little touch of, like,

Sophistication.

It's just perfect.

That looks awesome.

♪ ♪

Our whole concept of dior

Couture in the 1950s, the whole

Vision came to life.

♪ ♪

When I see my look on the

Runway, it look magical.

The jacket, it look like a

Sculpture from the wood, and the

Skirt, the lily flowers at the

Hem, it looked like a feather

And floated together, and I hope

That the judges are gonna like

It.

♪ ♪

My dress makes me really

Happy.

It looks so fresh, and not just

Because it's drowning in fresh

Flowers.

♪ ♪

I don't always really work with

Such bright colors, but I think

That I've pulled it off.

Ben, you k*lled it.

♪ ♪

Sam, it looks great.

I'm completely happy.

The leaves shining through the

Metal looks like it's--it's

Fabric underneath there.

It was just beautiful,whimsical.

It's like a fairy fantasy.

♪ ♪

I'm so happy, and I can see

Everybody loves my look.

♪ ♪

Looking at the other team and

Their cohesiveness, clearly they

Were more thought-out than our

Team.

The only thing we had cohesive

Was we all used flowers.

♪ ♪

[Dramatic music]

♪ ♪

Design teams, this was

Probably one of my favorite

Runway shows today, but we still

Have to choose someone to go

Home, and this is going to be

Very hard.

Design teams, all the
looks ♪ ♪

Were so beautiful that we could

Not declare a losing team.

Yes!

Instead, we have a winning

Team and an almost winning team.

[Laughs]

Dream team, you are the

Winning team today.

Yes! Finally!

[Squeals]

Yay!

Oh, my god.

Keeping it real, that means

You are the second-place team.

We felt that dream team had a

Little bit more cohesion, and

That's what put them on top.

Unfortunately, one member of

Your team will be out.

We're going to talk to

Dream team first, and then I'm

Gonna call you back out.

You can leave the runway.

Thank you.

♪ ♪

All right, dream team, tell

Us about your beautiful line.

Well, we wanted to remain

Cohesive, because that was part

Of the challenge brief, so we

Decided on a kind of color

Spectrum to try and remain

Within.

Uh, yeah, that's--that's kind of

How the color palette came

About.

I think you guys did a

Fantastic job.

When your models all turned the

Corner and they came out, it was

Really magical.

Yay.

I mean, there's really

Nothing on the runway today that

I don't like.

It was fun.

It was just fun all around.

Everyone was in a really good

Spirit, and--

You can see the fun in your

Work.

It's all really amusing.

It's whimsical.

It's beautifully made.

Very exciting, very exciting.

Really, bravo to all of you

Guys.

Samantha, I love that you

Used a material from the florist

Non-topically.

It's always exciting to see

Almost a textile built out of

Layering.

I love the way you trapped

Those leaves.

It's almost like a play on

Transparency.

It just looks very fragile and

Very delicate, so I love that

Juxtaposition.

And equally with you--

Layana's--it is also so

Beautifully done.

The cage is really beautiful.

It's hard to do a cage

Romantically without it getting

Sort of hard and cage-like, and

I think it feels dreamy and

Nest-like in a good way.

Yes.

Who, on your team, do you

Think should be the winner?

I think tu has a really

Strong look.

It's gorgeous.

And the necklace, how he used,

Like, plumbing, and wrapped it

In rope.

It's genius.

And ben built a loom.

He built a whole big loom.

A loom?

Yeah.

I weaved the top part of my

Dress.

It's beautiful.

Cool.



It was really therapeutic for

Me.

I loved matt's.

I love matt's as well.

I really love that.

I think it's very modern, and

Just the--what he did with the

Materials that he used is

Amazing.

What did you use for your

Corset?

A black rope and then a mop.

I mean, if you can make the

Mop in my house turn into that,

I will be very happy.

So impressive.

It's impressive.

Really impressive.

I'll never go to the hardware

Store again without thinking,

"What can I make?"

[Laughter]

All right, we've heard what

You had to say.

We're gonna talk to

Keeping it real next, and then

I'll call you back out.

You can leave the runway.

[Dramatic music]

♪ ♪

Team keeping it real, please

Tell us about your line.

For this challenge, we were

Inspired by fashion history, so

We each took a decade, and

That's what you see before you.

So tell us each era.

My era was the '50s, and

I just wanted to picture what

I would wear if I was an

Alfred hitchcock leading lady

And maybe going to a garden

Party as well.

And I had the 1960s, so

I played with color blocking and

Embellishment.

My era was 1970s.

My era was the '80s.

I had fun.

Our decade was the '90s.

My era was the future.

I have to say, I liked your

Collection as well.

You took some risks.

Some people might say patricia,

For example, could be, like,

Messy-looking, you know?

I happen to like it.

Powwow chic.

Powwow chic.

Thank you.

It is. It's cool.

I like it.

We were talking about it before.

This did remind us of madonna.

Mm-hmm.

I mean, it is hard to execute

This perfectly, obviously,

Because of what you've used--

The blinds material.

This kind of looks like a big

Sweater dress to me, what you

Made.

Yeah.

That's what I was going for.

Yeah, it looks like an

Oversized kind of sweater dress.

This beautiful dress--i mean, it

Looks like a gigantic version of

What you have on today, and

I like that you all played with

Different kind of volume, and it

Shows, like, a nice, different

Variety.

I think you guys did a very good

Job.

That's why today it's very hard

To say, like, which one is

Really sticking out in a bad

Way.

Sadly, I did not get

The whole decades point when

These looks walked down the

Runway, and I think that was

Part of the problem, that they

Didn't look like a cohesive

Collection.

And I have a question for joe.

Did you have difficulty with

Your silhouette?

Um, yeah.

My work is usually oversized,

And I'm realizing it's totally

Inappropriate for this

Experience.

I feel like the fit actually is

Good for--it's a good jacket

Shape.

I'm sorry--it's a jacket?

Well, I picture it as, like,

A coat or an oversized sweater,

You know, so it is, like--

We don't get that.

I didn't get that at all.

No? All right.

We don't get that at all.

I know that this is gonna be

A very hard question, but who

Should go home on your team?

Who do you think, richard?

[Sighs]

This sucks.

[Laughs]

I love amanda.

Amanda, you know--nothing

Personal.

We're good, we're good.

I was delirious last night

Toward the end, when I was

Trying to help her.

I didn't know what I could do.

I was trying to help it fall in

Place, so that way--

It wasn't coming together?

Yeah, we just wanted to make

It pull together so it could be

A part of the collection.

Anyone else feels the same

Way?

I do.

You do?

I do, because she's such a

Good person, but it was really,

Really hard to see her go

Through what she went through

Last night too.

It was a lot of up and down.

It didn't feel that

Traumatic last night, but maybe

It was.

Patricia, who do you think

Is the weakest link?

I love amanda too.

We were three hours into the

First day, and I kept seeing her

Struggle with the moss.

And I was concerned.

I said, "just get rid of it.

Just get rid of it."

I did conquer the moss,

Though.

Joe, what about you?

Well, I think she's been,

Like, working in the real world

And has been, like, thinking of

Clients, and, you know,

When you do that for a long

Time, you kind of forget

About, like, your creativity.

That's true.

I do work with clients.

And so I'm always thinking,

"Will someone really wear this?"

And so I've kind of lost that

Avant-garde edge because I want

Someone to actually wear the

Moss dress.

Kate, who do you think is the

Weakest link?

For me, it's just reflecting

On who has been in the top on

The team and who has been in the

Bottom.

And everybody has been in the

Top, except for amanda, so far.

Whatever the struggles you

Guys had with amanda, from this

Side, they were not apparent.

Thank you.

Well, this is gonna be a very

Hard decision for us.

We've heard what you had to say.

We're gonna have a little chat,

And then I'll call you back out.

You can leave the runway.

Let's talk about our dream
team.

I love how the whole thing

Tied together.

They were beautiful pieces.

Yeah.

And it looked like they were

Comfortable working with each

Other.

They didn't pull apart.

Who should win this

Challenge?

Well, I think it was

Benjamin's strongest piece he's

Presented.

Yes.

He's been struggling so--

He's been always up here...

To get my "auf wiedersehen."

Really high score.

It was very pretty, what he did.

I gave him a high score too.

And he made his own loom!

That's a risk.

I was dumbfounded.

I gave him the highest score

Possible.

I have two that I gave the

Highest score you can possibly

Give.

And one was samantha's, and the

Other one was layana.

Like, I love how layana, even

Though it's very hard and

Stiff, but still it's super

Feminine--you know, I love the

Pastel flowers that she glued on

And where she placed them.

And you can still see the

Beautiful legs from the model

Coming through and--

It's dreamy.

It's beautiful.

But then you look at samantha's

Dress, and this is super modern.

I mean, this is like what's in

Fashion right now, and she made

It out of hardware materials

And a few flowers.

What they both have in common

Is this lightness and this

Femininity without hitting you

On the head with it.

Yeah.

Think about it.

It is metal mesh what samantha

Used...

Yes.

To create this extraordinary

Piece that looks so light!

It's a complete illusion, and

It's incredibly successful.

However, I do think layana's

Is a little bit better finished.

All right, let's talk about

Keeping it real.

I felt bad for amanda.

I did too...

Yeah.

Because to be honest with

You, with all the grief she got

From the other designers,

I didn't think this was such a

Bad design.

This is the only thing that

I have a problem with is

Amanda's--is, um, the execution,

Because the idea I like too.

I had trouble with her

Proportions.

For somebody who's so aware of

Real women and real dressing,

Unfortunately, made her bust

Very low and very wide.

Exactly.

But I have a real problem with

Joe's.

As much as I loved joe, this

Was even beyond me.

And he said it was a coat,

And none of us knew it was a

Coat.

Plus, it was not flattering.

You don't wanna look like that.

I didn't really like his

Michelin man take on futurism.

I don't know.

I can understand that a little

Bit in an avant-garde kind of a

Way.

Let's talk a little bit more

About amanda, because no one

In her team seems to think that

She should...stay.

Everyone said she's the weakest

Link.

It's contagious.

Finger-pointing starts.

Yeah, in this case, what

They're saying--what the team is

Saying--the end did not justify

The means.

Maybe perhaps they think that

Dress was not worth the anguish

That that team had to be put

Through in order to create it.

No one was really bad.

But it is project runway, and

Well, this is painful.

So we've made our decision?

Okay, let's bring them back out.

Designers, you all did a
great

Job today.

But as you know, on

Project runway, one day, you're

Out.

Dream team,
congratulations

On your first team win.

Finally!

[Laughter]

And, samantha...

You are the winner of this

Challenge.

[Cheers and applause]

[Gasps] really?

[Squeals]

Thank you!

Oh, my god.

What?

We really loved your dress.

It was fashion-forward and

Simply gorgeous.

Thank you.

Thank you all.

Dream team, you're all in.

You can leave the runway.

I'm shocked.

I'm completely excited.

Keeping it real, you also did

Very well.

Kate...

Daniel...

Patricia...

Michelle...

Richard...

You're in.

You can leave the runway.

[Exhales deeply]

Thank you.

Joe, amanda...

One of you will be out.

And please remember that this

Was not an easy decision.

Amanda, it sounded like you had

A hard time and you needed a lot

Of help.

Joe, some of us had issues with

The silhouette.

Your dress was not the most

Flattering.

Joe...

You're out.

Amanda, that means you're in.

[Whispering] wow, thanks.

You can leave the runway.

Good job.

Joe, I'm sorry.

That was a tough one.

Well, thanks anyways.

Auf wiedersehen.

Bye.

All the best to you.

Bye. Nice seeing you all.

What I like to make isn't for

Everybody, and I'm totally okay

With that.

It just wasn't right for the

Judges.

So, unfortunately, my time is

Done.

Joe!

All: aw!

I'm done.

Don't say you're done!

You're not done!

Just for this show.

God.

The most memorable and positive

Thing that I've gotten from this

Experience is definitely meeting

The fellow designers here.

I want to congratulate every

Single one of you.

It was a fabulous show.

But a designer is going to go

Home with every challenge.

And, joe, I'm just sorry it's

You.

Me too, but the world will go

On.

And you will go on.

Bye, joe!

All: bye, joe!

Bye, guys.

I'm somebody that has a lot of

Ideas, and I think that my work

Is kind of profound these days.

So it'll find you sooner or

Later.

All right, designers.

There is still some business to

Be taken care of tonight,

So I want you to meet heidi and

Me on the runway in ten minutes.

What?

Yes.

Next time on project runway...

For this challenge designing for
one of country

Music's biggest stars--

Miranda lambert.

Oh, my god.

Oh, I love her.

Wow.

[Laughs] yes!

When I saw this, I wanted to

Run for the hills.

There's nothing else I can
do.

Wow.

Basically, I [bleep] this one
up.

sh**t.

Nobody has anything remotely

Usable.

From far away, it looks kind

Of like tinfoil.

Looks like she had linguine.

Where's your confidence?

You gotta find that, dude.

It's just bad, bad, bad.

You just got yelled at by

Nina.