01x11 - Fashion Week

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[Heidi] Previously on Project Runway.

[Kara] I’m a costume designer.

On the movie set, people always say,

"Why don’t you have your line out there?"

So this has been like a dream of mine

that I’ve always wanted to have my own line.

[Jay] I worked in porn for an online sex website.

Yes, I was making good money,

but I wanna concentrate on designing again.

My boss said, "Well, if you’re such a great designer,

why aren’t you doing anything?"

And a week later, I quit.

And I was like, "You know what? You’re right."

[Wendy] I am married,

and I have a 5-year-old daughter.

I have a small business in a small town in Virginia.

I feel like ’cause I’m a mom,

we have to have our core four that we watch out for.

I know that exploiting my role as a mother

is kind of evil, truly,

but if it’s gonna help me get to the end,

you can believe that I’m gonna do it.

[percussive music playing]

[Heidi] Daniel is out.

Mario out.

Starr, you’re out.

Vanessa, you’re out.

[Kara] So, I got up early this morning.

I went up to Wendy’s and we just had a little

fun, extreme makeover.

[Jay] I’m definitely getting more competitive.

it’s kind of the evolution of this game.

[energetic music playing]

[Heidi] Nora, you’re out.

Alexandra, you’re out.

Robert, you’re out.

[Wendy] I personally felt that

Kevin was not as active as a leader

as he could have been.

[Kara] When you want something bad enough,

it can bring out some really ugly behavior.

[Heidi] Kevin, you’re out.

It doesn’t pay to be nice.

[Wendy] I have no regrets.

I just need to get in the position to be in the final three.

[energetic music playing]

Kara Saun,

you will go to New York Fashion Week.

Every road has really led me

to this one point in my life.

I’m going to Fashion Week.

[Heidi] Jay, you will go to New York Fashion Week.

[Jay] I’m really honored to be in the final three.

I thought I was only here on personality,

and getting to this point,

it shows that I am a good designer.

Wendy...

you are the winner of this challenge,

so you’re in.

You will show at New York Fashion Week.

[Wendy] Never in a million years did I think

I would make it to the final three.

[Kara] We were shocked when Wendy walked in the door.

[groans]

I hate Wendy. I’m sorry.

This is the search for the next big fashion designer.

[Jay] It’s a cutthroat business.

[Kara] The competition was fierce.

[Heidi] Twelve contestants, three finalists,

and one winner.

Three designers will make their runway debut

at Olympus Fashion Week.

[Alexandra] I plan to make it to Fashion Week.

[Austin] I think I’ll be number one.

[Heidi] And the winner of Project Runway

will receive everything they need

to start their own label.

[Vanessa] I think I deserve to win.

People are gonna start getting pretty bitchy.

Oh my.

For these 12 contestants,

Project Runway is the chance of a lifetime.

[energetic music playing]

[Heidi] Welcome back to the runway.

Congratulations for making it to the final three.

I’m giving each of you $8,000,

and you’ll have five months at home

to design a 12-piece collection

that will be shown

at Olympus Fashion Week here in New York.

Thank you.

All of the most important people in the fashion industry

will be sitting front row watching your work.

Let’s bring out the models.

[tense music playing]

[Heidi] Congratulations, girls, for making it this far.

But as you can see, there’s four of you

and only three designers.

The model who is associated with the winning designer

will get the fashion spread in ELLE magazine.

Wendy, you won the last challenge.

You have the first pick.

-Who do you choose? -Thank you.

I choose Melissa.

[Melissa] I am now one of the last three models,

and I’m gonna be in Fashion Week, um,

and I’m by Wendy’s side, so I’m really excited.

It’s Jay.

All righty. Kara Saun.

And I have to say, I’ve worked with both Martinique and Jenny,

and you’re both amazing walkers.

It’s just that I worked with Jenny

for the last four challenges,

and she really did a great job for me,

and so I’m gonna have to go with Jenny.

-[Heidi] Sorry. -[Martinique] It’s okay.

[Heidi] That means you’re out.

-Bye. -Auf Wiedersehen.

-[Kara] Bye. -[Wendy] Bye, Martinique.

[Martinique] It is what it is.

That’s all I’ve been saying this whole time,

and I’m gonna keep saying, it is what it is.

And you take from it what you may.

And I think that like, I’ve done my job,

and if my job is done, then it’s time for me to go.

[Heidi] Okay.

Good luck, and I’ll see you on the runway.

-Bye. -[Wendy] Bye. Thank you.

-[Jay] Goodbye. -[Heidi] Bye.

[energetic music playing]

[Jay] The Project Runway experience

has refueled my love for fashion.

I’m so inspired.

Going through nine challenges and, like, doing decent,

and-- and never winning, never losing,

always the bridesmaid, never the bride.

But I might be the bride at the Bryant Park show.

And I want to win this thing.

[Wendy] When I came to try out for Project Runway,

I just sort of assumed that you had to be

formally trained in this field.

And I’m an example that you don’t.

You know, I came in almost last in a lot of challenges.

It’s just really sweet

to know that the two times I pulled it out

were the two really good times to do it

’cause I got the Banana Republic challenge.

And my dress is gonna be worn to the Grammys.

[Heidi] Wendy, Nancy O’Dell did pick your dress

to wear to the Grammys.

[Wendy] If I win,

this will change my life forever.

[Kara] I’m excited that I came here.

And, you know, I just wanted to rely on

my creativity and my talent to get me to the final three,

and that’s what I did.

And that, you know, I was just able to do it

in the way that I wanted to

without sort of playing any tricks, or games,

or stabbing anyone in the back.

I am proud that, you know, I had four wins.

[Heidi] The winner of the Silent Auction.

You’re the winner of the Wedding Dress Challenge.

You have won this week’s challenge.

Kara Saun, you have won again.

[Kara] This is what designers, you know, dream about.

I’m gonna put everything

that I’ve ever learned in my life into it.

I cannot wait to get to Fashion Week.

I can’t wait to get to Fashion Week.

I’ll see you soon.

-[Wendy] Uh, bye-bye. -[Heidi] Bye.

-Bye, my dear. -[Wendy] Thank you.

-Bye. -[Heidi] Bye.

-[Jay] Bye, Heidi. -Bye.

"Auf wieder Wiener schnitzel."

I’ll see you at Bryant Park.

[Heidi] Bye.

[tense music playing]

[energetic music playing]

[Tim] I’m traveling to check on

the various collections of our three finalists.

I’m looking forward to seeing what they’re able to do

with months to work on their designs,

as opposed to the two days

they often had during the challenges.

[Jay] Right now, we’re in Lehman, Pennsylvania.

This is the town that I grew up in.

And I am the youngest of six children.

We’re country people.

We’re doing country things.

I’m gonna get you, Tim Gunn.

Don’t sh**t.

It’s Project Runway calling.

-Hello. -[Tim] How are you?

-I’m great. -[Tim] Wonderful.

-It’s great to see you. -[Jay] Well, here it is, Tim.

Wow. This is it.

This is where all the magic happens?

Well, I don’t know if it’s magic,

but it’s where something happens.

-The grand studio. -[Tim] This is wonderful.

[Jay] Yeah. I don’t normally stand in my studio with a g*n, but...

[Tim] Well, you didn’t know who I was...

-No, I didn’t. -...pulling in your driveway.

I was like, who’s on my property?

[Tim] You’re beautifully organized.

[Jay] Well, I try to keep it color-coded,

so I know what’s going on.

-So let me give you a tour. -[Tim] Wonderful.

Here’s the kitchen.

Let me put my g*n down.

[Tim] It’s not loaded, I hope.

[Jay] Actually, it might be.

Do you like my wig?

[Tim] That’s not your hair?

No, no, no, it’s mine.

I was just thinking of anything.

[Tim] I thought you were growing it and coloring it.

[Jay] Yeah.

Right now in the process of putting my collection together.

I’m about halfway through.

I’m getting very nervous and excited

about completing my collection.

Up until about a couple weeks ago,

I felt on track.

Now I kind of feel off track a little bit

just because of the holidays, but...

-[Tim] You’ll pick it up. -...January,

I’m locking all the doors, and I’m not leaving.

[Tim] I have every confidence.

You’re gonna take me on a tour of the community?

Yeah, we’re gonna take a tour of the town,

and it should take about, um, four to ten seconds.

-Stop. -So this is about it, Tim.

Small-town America.

It’s where I live.

So like here is the yard

where all my dad’s, um, concrete pieces are.

My dad started a concrete company in the ’60s,

and he makes septic tanks that, for sewage...

and every time you take a poopy, think of us.

And he designed all the forms that these get built into, so--

[Tim] And your father designed the shapes

-and the actual pieces. -[Jay] The forms.

I mean, this is where you’ve got your own abilities from.

-[Jay] That’s true. -It’s in the genes.

[Jay] And my mother did needlepoint,

so somewhere in the middle came fashion.

-Came Jay McCarroll. -Yeah, it’s true.

How did, you know, the craziness that is Jay come out of

a small, normal American town like this?

And the answer is I don’t know.

All I can think of is that I’m the youngest of six,

so I got all the kind of

weird leftover parts to make a human.

[Jay] Hello?

Tim, this is my mother.

I’m delighted to meet you.

[Jay] This is Tim Gunn from television.

And here’s my sister, Janet.

-[Tim] Hi, Janet. It’s nice to meet you. -Hello, you too.

-[Jay] And my niece, Molly. -[Tim] Hi, Molly.

-How are you? -[Jay] She’s being shy.

This is weird, isn’t it?

I hope he gets a job out of this.

Tell him how I used to wear costumes

in the front yard with the band.

[Jay’s Mom] That’s how he got started sewing.

I was making flags for the band, and he said show me

how to use a sewing machine, and he’s been sewin’ ever since.

Ever since he’s been a little boy,

we knew he would eventually end up

doing something with his life.

I think he’ll go far.

People were mean to me growing up, you know.

And if you’re artistic and you’re, you know,

experimenting at age 14 or 16,

and people wanna call you names and try to hit you.

But he set a trend because, then shortly thereafter,

everyone else had the same thing,

so you were always the trendsetter.

I marched to the beat of my own drum.

This process for me has been a huge confidence booster,

you know, like, you are a valid designer,

you know, competing against these other people.

What if I was to win Project Runway?

You’re gonna get liposuction

and get the heck out of Lehman.

[Jay] I want my collection to be something

that people wouldn’t expect from me necessarily.

I feel like a lot of people are going to expect

something really kooky.

I’m gonna have goats on the runway.

And while I love that,

and while that might be great for me 10 years from now,

it’s not gonna be good for me for this.

-Let me walk you through my, um, idea for my collection. -[Tim] Great.

It’s this whole idea of, um,

music and stereotypes, and like hip young kids,

and how music relates to those stereotypes, you know.

Indie people listen to a particular kind of music,

and they dress a certain way.

Earthy, crunchy people listen to a certain type of music

and they dress a certain way.

So we have like day, night, skiing, clubbing,

Saatchi and Saatchi-ing,

groceries, hooking on the corner.

This one’s very, very red carpet evening.

[Tim] Very.

Then the idea of the headphones popped up.

It’s this whole idea of kind of like just be who you wanna be,

put on, pop on your headphones,

and ignore, you know,

the people that are racing by you.

You have your own style. You have your own thing, so...

-Just be yourself... -[Jay] Yeah.

...when you have these.

[Jay] You just close yourself off.

-But that, see how that adds kind of an instant... -Yeah, it does.

...and it will be what pulls them all together.

I’m not leaving this house for the entire month of January.

And you have the fabrics you need?

-I have everything. -Everything. Good. Yeah.

-I just need to sit here and do it. -Okay.

-Bye-bye. -Thanks for stopping by.

Thank you!

I met with Tim and I feel like I am behind,

but I think it went pretty well.

Now get off my property, Tim.

I mean, what’s he gonna say? I’m brilliant.

I hope Tim has a good time at Wendy’s house.

Uh, not.

I wouldn’t wanna be trapped in Middleburg, Virginia,

with Wendy Pepper.

[Heidi] Coming up on Project Runway.

[Wendy] I think you’re talented.

Now, unfortunately,

I’m gonna try and beat you this week.

You are one ruthless b*tch.

[country music playing]

[Tim] Today, we’re in Middleburg, Virginia,

checking up on Wendy Pepper.

[Wendy] When I was told that Tim was gonna come down

and, uh, have a visit,

I was kind of excited

’cause I really like what I’m doing

and I thought it would be neat for him to see.

-Hey. -[Tim] Wendy!

-[Wendy] How are you? -I’m good. How are you?

-Come in. Come in. -Great to see you.

-I’m thrilled to be here. -Welcome.

-Thanks for letting me come. -Oh, absolutely.

-Now you’re on my turf, okay? -That’s right. That’s right.

-Well, show me around. -[Wendy] Okay.

This is my office in here.

-[Tim] Terrific. -Conveniently located.

-Inspiration board? -[Wendy] I’m very inspired

by certain-- different periods in art.

And obviously my family is the most important thing to me,

so I keep pictures of them there.

I couldn’t have done this without the support of my family,

my husband, my daughter, my mother.

Everybody has pitched in, in their own way.

So this is work room number one.

This is my cutting table.

And here is, uh, my main work room

where I do my work

and also where I have the viewing parties.

[Wendy] I have a small business in my house.

I work for individual clients

who need beautiful clothes

that personify this Washington, D.C., style.

-She’s very talented. -[Tim] She is indeed.

[Anne] I’m very impressed with Wendy.

I think it’s been very gutsy

to go this route on Project Runway.

Um, it looks to me like it’s not all easy.

[Wendy] Fin, can you come out and meet Tim?

-Hi, Finley. -Hi.

-[Tim] How are you? -Good.

[Tim] Good. Very nice to meet you.

[Wendy] And I believe even Finley was just doing

-a little sewing. -Is Finley sewing?

-Yeah. See? -Look at the little machine.

[Wendy] So she works on her little dress form

when I’m working on my bigger dress form.

Finley made this for the judges.

[Tim] How great.

[Wendy] So she said, you know,

I’m gonna paint this for the judges.

No, I just made it

because, remember I had nothing to do?

And then you told me that I could paint...

...so I did.

[Wendy] So I’d like to show you

a couple of things I’m working on.

I’d love to see.

[Wendy] So we had the opportunity

to take a look at some of my pieces today,

and I would say they’re all

in various stages of construction.

This is a skirt.

This is another piece I did.

This is the train.

[Wendy] When I first came home, it was fall.

The leaves were starting to change.

And so basically I started identifying the color scheme.

I liked the softness of this jacket, which she can remove.

-[Tim] This is looking a little bed jackety to me. -[Wendy] Okay.

The skirt and the top are looking so modern.

-[Wendy] Yeah, it is. -And really innovative.

And this is just looking a little, I don’t know,

Rue McClanahan on The Golden Girls.

[Wendy] Tim has just been an invaluable asset to me.

He really reached in and found the weak points

in what I was working on.

I’m going to respond as best I can.

I’d much rather have that discussion here

than on the runway in New York.

I just wanted to lob out a couple of thoughts.

-One being be wary of overdesigning. -Okay.

Be really objective as you can be

about your marriage of the textiles,

which I feel you have an innate gift for.

-Okay. -[Tim] It’s like just be you.

Okay.

I thought it would be nice to take a walk through Middleburg,

because it’s really something that I cherish so much

being a part of this small town.

Every time I go somewhere, if I go to the post office,

I know the people and they all watch the show.

Ever since the show has started,

I’ve become like this minor celebrity in my town.

[woman] I was so excited to see you.

-Yeah. -[man] Go, Wendy.

[laughter]

[Wendy] I didn’t pay him, I swear.

I wanted to bring Tim to visit my great-grandmother’s house.

She gave it to the National Trust when she died.

I do come here quite often, especially to the gardens.

Wendy, this is too much. This is like Dynasty.

Really wonderful. What a treat to come here.

Wendy, this has been really special

and really wonderful.

Okay, well, I just want to tell you that

I have so much food for thought

after our little discussion today.

Above and beyond, just how nice it is to see you.

It was just great to have you look through my stuff.

[Tim] It was a real pleasure.

And I appreciate it because now,

I’m gonna have to throw it all out.

[laughter]

I am so grateful for Tim’s comments today.

I wanna win.

I’m a good competitor.

Did he make me have second thoughts?

Yeah.

I’m gonna change everything.

I’m gonna remake the whole thing.

[energetic music playing]

[Kara] So, Tim is in L.A.

I was really happy that Tim came to visit me

because I really wanted to work with him

and sort of like editing the line

that I had selected that I was going to be working on.

Kara Saun, how are you?

Tim, hi.

-You look-- -I really wanted to take Tim

to my favorite fabric store in Los Angeles,

F & S Fabrics.

I’ve been shopping here since I moved to L.A.

I’m not originally from L.A.

My father is in the Air Force,

and so we traveled a lot.

My grandmother sewed, and I made her a pair of shorts

when I was in kindergarten, and I sewed the legs up

and she couldn’t get in them.

When I got to junior high school,

that’s where I learned how to sew.

I never had any formal training like fashion school.

I pretty much self-taught from, you know,

my home economics class.

It flows.

-It flows like-- -It flows like metal.

-But-- -But it’s back to

how do those 12 looks look on the runway?

Yes.

Yes.

I was really anxious to hear

what Tim Gunn had to say,

so I took him to see my collection.

[Tim] I’m already inspired.

I can’t wait to hear about everything.

The whole concept is, um... I call it flight.

One day, I decided to just take a break

and go to the movies, and I went to see The Aviator.

My idea was to sort of take that, you know, glamorous,

elegant look, but turn it, take it to the future.

[Tim] Okay, so it’s not retro.

It’s not vintage. It’s today.

-It’s really now. -[Kara] It’s today. It’s now.

A lot of what we did in the challenges,

there are some restrictions on it.

What I’m doing for the show is completely Kara Saun.

This is what I love to do as far as detail.

And you just put it with a nice pair of print pants.

-See, I did hand-- -[Tim] Stunning.

[Kara] Detailing.

This is a patent leather.

[Tim] All right.

I have one concern.

-[Kara] Yeah. -I’m worried about the fit

and these darts in the breast.

For me, for you, it just looks a little chunky, that’s all.

A little bit bigger corset, corset.

Right.

The proportion will work still.

[Kara] I have about four criteria

when I think of every piece.

One, does it look like something that I would do?

Two, would Tim Gunn come in and would even say stunning?

Would Heidi wear it out?

Would Michael Kors say it’s sexy?

And would Nina Garcia put it in ELLE?

Like, literally, it’s gonna be around the clock

from now until I reach New York.

Time is definitely a factor, but I always do my best

work under pressure and any time I get tired,

I’m like, you are going to Olympus Fashion Week.

[energetic music playing]

-Evening. -[Wendy] Hi.

Welcome. How are you?

Here I am in New York.

I’m part of the final three,

and I’m at Olympus Fashion Week.

[rock music playing]

When I came up to the W Hotel

and I opened the door, the room is spectacular.

This is, again, a huge transition from where I live

in the country, you know, back to The Big Apple.

[energetic music playing]

-What’s up? -What’s up?

My name is Chris. How are you?

-My pants are falling down. -Oh, okay.

Nice to meet you.

Being here in New York

for Olympus Fashion Week,

it’s very fresh and new to me because, of course,

I’ve never experienced it as an amateur fashion designer.

-See you b*tches later. -Hey, Jay.

Good luck.

[Jay chuckles]

Wow.

Oh, wow.

Oh, my God.

It’s Wendy Pepper.

Look at this place.

Oh, my God.

Oh.

Let’s have a look-see around, shall we?

Oh, my God.

This is fancy.

-[Wendy] Jay? -Yeah.

Are you gonna come bunk with me?

Am I gonna bunk with you?

Let me check.

I don’t think so, Wendy.

I want her to realize that she was playing

such a bizarre game on the show.

You know what, Wendy, I’ve had a really hard time

watching the show.

I know, you said so many mean things about me, dear.

Here, I’m going to lay it on the line.

I was going to come in here and completely ignore you.

And I can’t do that. You’re a human.

You know, you’re an interesting person.

And it’s just a shame that I had to see what happened

come out on this TV show.

I just--I want to see the real you.

’Cause I feel like the last time was a bit contrived.

I know you’re a really interesting person.

You were in the Peace Corps, which I didn’t know about.

I didn’t hear about any of that, you know?

All I heard was this weird stuff, and that sucks for me.

Now, that’s a lot coming from you, dear.

No, I’m not being condescending.

-I’m just saying that. -Weird? Me?

-From you? -Yeah.

I just don’t know why you weren’t fond of me.

I was always fond of you.

I wasn’t fond of you because you were playing a game.

I was on a game.

I didn’t approach it as a game.

It’s a competition.

It’s a contest, but it doesn’t mean it’s a mind game.

It’s not a game. It’s not a game.

You are one ruthless b*tch.

For me, it’s all about who has the goods.

I think you’re talented.

Now, I, unfortunately, am going to try and beat you this week.

I feel like if you think this is a show--

this is a contest based on talent...

-[Wendy] Uh-huh. -...then you shouldn’t be here.

Okay.

Crazy, crazy Wendy.

Go with it, I guess. I don’t know, you know?

My goodness, lady.

Why do you put me with her?

Kara Saun?

Kara?

Kara, where are you?

Thank you.

I’m here.

I think Fashion Week is going to be crazy,

and hectic, and exciting.

This is my opportunity to show the world what I can do.

Kara Saun.

Sure.

Checking in.

This is not--oh, it’s open.

Pepper.

Hi.

Hi.

-How are you? -[Kara] Good. How are you?

-Hi, Kara Saun. -Hello.

Look at this place.

[Jay] It is pretty, um, exciting, isn’t it?

With Wendy, it’s just like I have no desire

to interact with her or speak to her

or say hi, how are you doing? Anything.

-Well, show me around, Jay. - The Sopranos.

Show me, show me, show me.

Well, is this--it’s just these two rooms?

There’s just two bedrooms.

[Wendy] Jay and Kara Saun, they don’t

really have much use for me.

We didn’t really end on a very good note.

Where’s my bed?

I don’t know. I guess in there.

[Kara] Oh, really? Okay.

She was really unhappy to see me,

but then it didn’t even compare to how unhappy she was

when she realized that we were supposed to be in the same room.

[Kara] Hmm.

I’m going to get the pillows from the bedroom.

[Jay] Goodnight, Kara Saun.

[Kara] Goodnight, Jaybird.

[Jay] I’m so glad you’re here.

[Heidi] Coming up on Project Runway.

-This is your strategy. -No one else had a strategy.

-Jay, you know what? Shut up. -[Jay] Let me...

You have him as your little whipping boy.

Everybody hates you. Everybody hates you.

[energetic music playing]

-[Jay] Wow. -[Kara] Wow.

This is my first official Fashion Week Collection.

It’s going to be a lot of work this week.

[Jay] I’m ready. I mean, all the glitches

that I should have had, I should have worked out by now.

All my seams are finished,

and my vision is exactly how I wanted it to be.

[Kara] I have a lot to do before the show.

I need to be very focused and organized from now on.

-Hey, you guys. -Hi, everybody.

Hey, welcome back to New York. Very exciting.

So we’re at the cotton offices,

and this will be your working space.

[Tim] You all have a lot to do.

In addition to getting oriented here,

you’re going to be meeting with the fashion show producers.

You’re going to have a casting call with models

and Heidi will be overseeing all of that.

So you have a lot to do, a lot to think about,

a lot to get ready for.

You’re part of Olympus Fashion Week.

-I’ll see you all later. -[Kara] Thank you.

-[Jay] Fantastic. -Bye.

[energetic music playing]

[Kara] We had a meeting with John and Stacy.

I’m Stacy. I’m the show producer.

So let’s go through the day.

Bright and early, 6:00 a.m.,

we get to the tent.

Your clothes arrive shortly thereafter.

The girls are called for 6:00.

Part of the time backstage should be spent walking

each of your person dressers

through what it is they’re doing.

It does take some time to dress 12 people.

The guests will start arriving at 9:00, 9:30,

and 500 people have to be seated, so...

-[John] We start at 10:00. -[Stacy] You have your 12 girls

go two on the runway at a time.

So that’s how you should think about your music.

And then there’s the finale,

which is all 12, followed by you.

[John] And you might want to consider things

like lint rollers and double-stick tape

and an iron and an ironing board.

[Jay] I’m starting to get butterflies, the first time.

[John] Chills.

[energetic music playing]

[Heidi] Hey, John. Hey, guys.

-Hi. -Heidi.

See a lot, a lot of girls today,

and we’re going bring them one at a time.

-Hi. -Hi.

-I’m Sarah. -I’m Heidi.

-Paula. -[Wendy] We saw about 75 girls.

[Jay] They presented their books and their cards.

And we had them walk up and down the hall

to see how they could walk.

[energetic music playing]

-Hello. -Hi.

-Hi. -You look so funny.

[Jay laughs]

I’ll take her.

I was judging girls on personality.

I’d rather have a group of bizarre girls

because that’s my vision.

Me, I’m going off of, Can she walk?

Is she a good, hard walker?

A lot of the girls are really too skinny for what I do.

I had my list in front of me of the dresses

that were going to be in my lineup,

and I just did my best to match the girl to the dress.

[Jay] I predict we’re going to have some fight in here.

I’m going to kick your a*s, Kara Saun.

-Bye-bye. -[Kara] Thank you.

[John] Then we have three special girls

that you guys each get to choose one from.

-Who’s that? -Celebrity models.

One is Maggie Rizer.

She’s available for this.

She is very, very hot right now.

Another is a Ujjwala,

you surely recognize her in the--

-[Kara] Yeah. -Picture.

And Michelle Buswell.

[Kara] I saw Maggie’s card and her picture,

okay, so this one’s mine.

Claw reached in and sucked it back out.

-You like her? -[Jay] Kara Saun wanted

all the girls with names,

and that’s kind of obnoxious to me.

[Kara] I’ll give up Linda if I can have Cynthia.

[Jay] I’m still going to fight on Cynthia,

because you have Maggie Rizer.

-Are we fighting on Renee? -No, have her, yeah.

[Jay] You’re getting all the good ones.

-You’re getting the... -[Kara] Was I aggressive

in model selection?

I would say probably yeah, but there’s nothing wrong with that.

-I like Gia. -Gia is yours.

[Kara] I chose Canary.

[Jay] Leigh Yeager.

I don’t like her anyway.

-Oh, I’m not-- -Go!

[energetic music playing]

[Wendy] So, after that experience,

we went and saw Michael Kors at his studio.

Here’s the one thing I think that you have to remember.

It’s your opportunity to sell your clothes,

sell you, sell the whole package.

And in 12 looks, convince that audience

of difficult people to fall in love with you.

[Kara] Michael Kors had a lot of good information for us.

First off, each garment has to be fabulous.

But it really is about the story you’re telling.

You’ve got to really look at it once you Polaroid those models

and play with the order of how you show it.

You’re kind of taking them on a journey,

so open with a wow from the outrageous outfit.

You can have the quiet one, then come after it

’cause you’re going to waste it if you throw

the two outrageous ones together.

I didn’t know that you’re supposed to open with,

like, the super-strong piece.

So, I’ve got to mix up my lineup a little bit.

You have to keep an open mind that the right

accessory could make or break the garment.

Do you know anything about whether or not

we’re going to be using shoes from you?

-That’s a very-- -Because I don’t have shoes.

I think that we’re going to be able to do that.

Okay.

I’m excited to get to see

a full presentation from all of you.

Break a stiletto.

-I say break a stiletto. -[Kara] Thank you.

-[Wendy] Thank you so, so much. -My pleasure.

[Wendy] The one important thing for me in that meeting

with Michael Kors was he talked about accessories,

and I realized that I had not planned out my accessories.

I can’t believe that I’m not prepared for this, you know?

I have to be perfectly honest, having that meeting today

with Michael Kors really shocked me into

recognition of what’s going on here.

And what’s going on is

it’s my a*s on the line on Friday.

We’ve all been living together in what can only

be best described as awkward circumstances

because Kara Saun doesn’t talk to me

and Jay sort of is torn between the two of us.

[Jay] There’s no time to play a game right now, I don’t think.

I’m trying out these [bleep] models organized.

I’m playing the game.

[Kara] There’s no time for gameplay.

It’s so funny.

The subject it’s like the big elephant

in the room that nobody’s been talking about.

It makes me uncomfortable when you’re not talking to her

because I’m stuck in the middle of it.

Because I’m talking to her, and you’re in there.

Yeah, but when you’re talking to her, it was fake.

It’s not so much fake. I’m just trying to be cordial.

[Wendy] It is a little bizarre that you live in a room

and you don’t speak to me.

[Kara] You know what? I know that, but I’m not fake.

Do you know what I’m saying? It’s just like--

I know, but you are bizarre.

I’m not bizarre. How is that bizarre?

If I think you’re a backstabbing liar,

then I’m not going to talk to you.

So to me, it’s not being fake, it’s being real.

[Wendy] You don’t go out of your way not to talk to me.

[Kara] No, seriously. When I’m not--

[Wendy] So, who is the liar in this room now?

-[Kara] No, you had a strategy. -[Wendy] Yeah?

I don’t care about your strategy.

I’m here for the competition.

Hey, don’t you think isolating me is a strategy?

-You isolate yourself-- -[Jay] You isolated you, Wendy.

-Hey, hey, hey, Jay. -You decided to have

-your strategy. -Jay doesn’t isolate me.

[Kara] You decided to have your strategy.

You know, I was very nice to you.

I gave you a makeover.

The whole time,

you were trying to find people’s weaknesses

to turn against them.

-You tell me. Tell me. -You pretended to be people’s

friends, and you got up on stage

and you stabbed them in the back.

-Who? Who? -Kevin--

-Who did I-- -Austin.

[Wendy] I’ll tell you what is so funny.

You [bleep] hated Kevin and you thought

-he [bleep] sucked. -No, no, no.

-I did but... -[Wendy] And you know what?

-...Kevin knew it. -[Wendy] You, Ms. Two-Face.

[Kara] Me and Kevin talked about this.

You got here however you got here, that’s fine.

-[Wendy] How about talent... -[Kara] It’s nothing

-to do with me. -...Kara Saun? How about

-we’re all here based on talent? -You know what,

that’s what you choose to believe.

-[Wendy] How about-- -Well, that’s what--

[Wendy] Well, you don’t believe that?

You don’t believe that?

Does the world believe it, Wendy?

Well, honestly, tell me the truth.

Maybe if I kind of coerce them

to fight with each other physically,

I automatically win.

[laughs]

Now that you’ve chosen the strategy for yourself,

live it, own it, love it.

Yes, you too.

My strategy is to live on my talent.

[Jay] Wendy! Wendy! No one--

[Kara] You don’t have that option!

Kara Saun!

-One second. -[Kara] God!

-[Jay] No one else-- -[Kara] She’s doing it.

You, this is your strategy.

[Jay] No one else had a strategy.

Jay, you know what? You have a strategy

-because you won’t shut up. -[Jay] What the--let me...

-[Wendy] All right? -Oh, okay.

[Wendy] And you have a strategy

because you have him as your little whipping boy.

-And Jaybird, Jaybird. -[Jay] My God.

You’re losing--you’re jealous.

Get a reality check, Wendy.

-That everybody hates me. -[Kara] Why is it so--

Everybody hates you. -Why is it so important for me--

-So, do you think-- -[Jay] And do you know why?

So do you not think that’s just kind of a strategy

right there to tell me that everybody hates me?

-[Kara] But you know it. -It’s--no, it’s a fact!

Everybody hates you!

We don’t have to tell anybody, Wendy.

So, you’re not trying to weaken me by telling me

-everybody hates me? -[Kara] Wendy, I’ve met people

like you, Wendy, my whole life.

Oh, yeah. What are people like me like?

Who pretends to be your friends,

who stab you in the back, who will do anything.

I live in freakin’ Hollywood. Do you understand that?

You’re gonna need your soul one day, Wendy,

and you don’t have it.

[Heidi] Coming up on Project Runway.

I’m so stressed for time right now.

And you’re always late.

[Jay] Oh, my gosh.

[Wendy] She’s got this guy in today

doing her [bleep] for her.

[Jay] Today just the [bleep] hit the fan.

And it was fantastic to watch.

You [bleep] hated Kevin and you thought he [bleep] sucked.

No, no, no. I did but Kevin knew it.

[Wendy] And you know what, you Ms. Two-Face.

[Kara] Me and Kevin talked about this.

[Jay] It was just, you know, right in your face, Wendy!

It was just, like... [imitates cats yowling]

Two [bleep] cats, man,

going at each other,

and Kara Saun’s not having the best day

today because with the Wendy situation, she’s super tense.

[Kara] I don’t understand why we can’t do the wave in the front.

Yeah, you can have the waves in the front.

[Kara] And then cut the fake hair

and somehow put her-- the real long hair just up.

-I try my best. -I know.

It’s not--I want to work with you.

-I know. I know. -Understand me.

Don’t get upset.

We try our best.

-How is that? -I know. I know.

I have a headache.

This morning, Wendy Pepper and Jay

just gave me a headache,

and I really just wanted to come here

and enjoy the experience.

I’m not gonna let Wendy Pepper ruin anything for me.

Everyone.

Can I ask you to gather round?

I have someone very special and very important

for you to meet, who is here to help you.

Collier, can you come in?

Collier is a makeup artist consultant

for L’Oréal Paris, and he’s here to help you.

[Collier] And I’m here today specifically to get

a feeling of the collections, to feel the essence

and what your story is that you’re telling with them.

Okay? So anything you need from me, I’m here for you.

What I’m trying to do is to really help

the designers hone in their vision

so that there’s continuity between all the models

and it’s a look that really works with their collections.

So, my thing is called Stereotype.

What did you have in mind already?

[Jay] My makeup, I want to be very bleached out,

more of an Alexander McQueen, but not so white sock.

[Collier] A lot of the designers have their own ideas already,

and so that’s interesting and it’s fun to work with.

[Wendy] The concept of my collection--

I’m calling it The Thrill of the Hunt,

and I want them all to kind of convey

a certain comfortableness with their own skin.

-Sure. And-- -[Wendy] If you will.

[Collier] Yeah, I think something would--

I mean, as simple as a bold lip with a very neutral eye

and a sculpted face would be very elegant and simple.

[Wendy] And I wish, I knew jack about makeup.

-[Collier] Okay. Well-- -Because whatever you just

-said, I’m like, "Whatever." -[Collier] Later, I’ll show you.

So basically with this is the Aviatrix,

which is a cross between aviation and technology.

What are you thinking?

You can use a dark eye with not black.

It can be a very smoky eye for each girl in a color.

You could bring in these bronze tones

-and all this earth tones. -Smoky bronze, I like that.

And actually I can show you something on a model.

So when we meet in a little while.

-[Collier] Collier. -Melissa. Nice to meet you.

-Hey, Melissa. -Julia.

-Hey, Julia. -Hey. Candy.

Nice to meet you.

[Collier] We can start with something--a very simple eye.

More of a very romantic flushed cheek

and more of a bold mouth.

Oh, wow.

It could be really cool.

Like, this whole white feel

and this whole white, shimmery feel around the eye.

So, we’re gonna create the smoky eye--

-[Kara] Mm-hmm. -[Collier] --by just using

a lighter shades than black.

I am so grateful to you, really.

-[Collier] No, you’re welcome. -I just learned a lot.

You look like a [bleep] alien, man.

It’s fantastic.

-[Collier] You look great. -[Kara] And she’s gorgeous.

-[Collier] Yeah. Good. -[Kara] Thank you so much.

-You’re welcome. -Thank you.

-I think I can fight it. -Good luck. Yeah, you will.

[Kara] Thank you, Dollhouse, I love you.

I work with the designers of Dollhouse

to make sure I had the proper shoes

for my outfits.

[Jay] Can you imagine the amount of jealousy

I have over this shoe delivery?

I looked over at Kara Saun’s gorgeous,

amazing handmade shoes and about had a heart attack

because I need to find some shoes now.

I think that that’s my biggest problem right now.

We’re at Cotton Incorporated, doing our model fittings.

-Erica. -Hi.

-How are you? -Good.

-Mwah. -Mwah.

He looks like Buddha.

It’s Buddha.

-[Tim] Jay? -[Jay] Yeah?

[Tim] Everything I intimated about the pants

I take back. Fabulous.

[Jay] Yeah, the pants are cool, right?

[Tim] Yeah, they’re really cool.

Is your idea that she’s going to undo the belt

and let the coat hang?

[Wendy] Every single piece he’s tried on,

I feel myself like, "Wow,

I have great respect for him

because when I look at his pieces,

they have power...

-Mm-hmm. -...for me.

-And I don’t even like-- -[Tim] Yeah.

[Wendy] --his pieces. I think

that that is really what makes a designer

because he is--he’s got--

she’s got some kind of computer up there.

[Tim] Oh, my God.

[model] It looks like Gucci, you know what I mean?

-It’s pretty. -It’s Kara Saun though.

-It’s better than Gucci. -I love it.

[Wendy] Kara Saun’s work, I see that she has used her

usual materials of fur and leather.

I’m not so sure it’s an aesthetic that I respond to.

What size are you? Like a two, four, right?

Yeah, we’re getting there. Let’s put the boots on.

[Wendy] I love you in that.

I don’t know if it’s socks.

[model] It probably is. Do you have like any shoes?

[Wendy] Let me just have you walk towards me.

Does it fit?

I think, it fits.

[Jay] Wendy, I mean, her work is kind of clueless.

It’s kind of an older woman

making what she thinks younger people want.

I love it.

[rock music playing]

[Tim] Hi, everybody, I want you to know

that the shoes for Michael Kors have arrived.

-[Jay] Did you go through these? -No.

[Jay] Are you getting shoes delivered

or are these your shoes?

I mean, I have mine

but I’m just taking secondary pairs.

[Wendy] So, are you at all lenient

about those shoes over there?

-Here? -No, I mean, it’s fine.

I mean, it’s--one of us is gonna use them.

[Kara] Okay. Walk. Let me see.

-You can walk okay in it? -Yes.

Um, I don’t--because I really don’t wanna shorten anything.

The rhinestones are catching the dress.

It’s just-- you have to be very careful

because this can run because it’s metal.

Okay, take the shoes off.

-This is gonna-- -Take the shoes off.

Okay. I’m gonna have to get you smaller shoes.

-[model] Mm-hmm. -[James] Hello?

[Kara] Hi, James.

[James] Hey, Kara. How you doing?

I’m doing great. How are you?

The problem with the rhinestone shoes--

-[James] Uh-huh. -The rhinestones are

sticking to the silks and pulling.

[James] One difficult part is

the fact that these shoes were specially made.

-I know. -[James] For you,

-I have a size 11... -Mm-hmm.

[James] ...in my hand right now as I speak.

Okay.

[James] That I can bring to you.

All right, I’ll talk to you soon.

-[James] Okay, now. -[Kara] Bye.

[James] Bye-bye.

[Jay] ♪ Human, human, human ♪

[Wendy] Well, I’m a very prompt person.

I do not like to wait

and I don’t like people who are late

because my time is valuable.

Jay and Kara Saun have kind of a different temperament

than me in that way.

[whistling]

[Wendy] And they’re busy chit-chatting.

[Kara] I take a shower every day.

[Jay] I take a shower every day.

Wendy, you know, is in the elevator

[bleep] bawling her eyes out right now.

So, come on.

I guess I can’t even begin to tell you I guess,

I’m always ready on time, you know?

I’m so stressed for time right now.

And you’re always late.

And I’m the one who gets [bleep].

Probably the biggest thing in my professional life

is gonna happen tomorrow.

I got to get going. I got stuff to do.

[Jay] I got some good nine dollar shoes.

[Kara] Did you really? Let me see?

What your nine dollar shoes looks like?

[model] Do we have any other choice?

-[Wendy] For shoes? -Yeah.

[Wendy] You know what, um,

I don’t really have a lot of choices.

What do you think about these?

All right, try these.

[James] Oh, my goodness.

-Thank you so much. -You know me.

I’m at your service.

You always come through for me.

-My goodness. -These are beautiful.

Look at this collection.

-See? Perfect. -Perfect.

-[James] What to do? -[Kara] Mm-hmm.

Rubber cement on the inside.

I’m gonna try it and see.

-Yeah. -[Kara] Do you have time?

-Yeah, I have time. Yeah. -You sure?

Take your-- then take your coat off.

[Jay] Oh, my God.

Her friend James came in

and was helping her out.

I wish I could’ve had a friend come in and help me.

[James] This would definitely save the snagging.

[Kara] James, he just wanted to do whatever.

I mean, it was just small stuff.

It’s not like he was helping me design.

[Wendy] She’s got this guy in today,

like, doing her [bleep] for her.

I don’t have that.

I do all my stuff myself.

[Heidi] Coming up on Project Runway.

[man] Kara Saun, you have an issue.

It just shows how you’re so [bleep] morally corrupt.

[Kara] Wendy, don’t talk to me.

[Jay] Finally, something happens to Miss [bleep] Perfect.

[energetic music playing]

[Wendy] I just had this huge present

waiting for me this afternoon

because I knew that Finley was coming to the workroom.

She is the most important thing for me.

Hi.

[Wendy] There is no question that when I looked up

and I saw her in the door,

I was just, like, I have everything I need now.

I have my clothes, I have my models,

and I have my Finley.

Cute.

[Finley] There’s only three people left.

Yes, there’s three people left and I am one of them.

And do you know who the other two are?

-Yeah. -Who?

Jay and Kara Saun.

How are you?

I just been so blown away by you.

-Oh, thank you. -You are something.

-[Kara] Thank you. -[Anne] You’re something.

I’m just so impressed with all of you.

Thank you. That’s so nice.

I’ve heard a lot about you and your--

-and your granddaughter. -Oh.

The last person I would want in here right now

is my mother.

I’d be like, "Mother."

-Fin-- -[Kara] How are you?

-This is Kara Saun. -Hi.

Nice to meet you.

[Wendy] All right. So do you wanna come over

and let’s get--let’s do

a little bit of work over here, yeah?

Okay.

I’m so glad to meet you.

I am a great admirer of you.

Nice to meet you. Thank you.

So do I have to go all the way down and out to smoke?

[Jay] Oh, no. You can go right out here.

Oh, yeah.

[Anne] All my friends in Washington.

They’re all totally hooked.

And they’re hooked on you.

[Jay] Oh, great.

The minute I saw you smoking on the show, I thought...

-Mm-hmm. -...huh, my friend.

[chuckles]

-[Jay] Janet. -[Janet] What?

[Jay] I was just gonna tell you Wendy’s daughter is here,

I feel so-- I just look at her.

I see, like, a little molly.

-And it’s really-- -[Janet] Why do you feel bad?

[Jay] Because, like, I talk so much [bleep]

about Wendy, you know? But--

[Janet] She made her own bed, you can’t help that.

-Mm-hmm. -[Janet] She wants to dish it

but she can’t take it.

[Jay] It’s true but when is that not bad?

You know what, I’m glad

I got to have this week with Wendy

because for as delusional as she is

about her character on this show.

It was good to see her with her family

and with her daughter and her daughter is adorable.

-Bye, honey. -You guys have fun.

-Take care. -Bye, Mama.

Bye, Fin.

[rock music playing]

[Jay] And you have all your shoes then?

[Wendy] I’m thinking I do, but I haven’t actually checked.

[phone ringing]

Hey, Julia. It’s Jay.

Um, I’m just calling to remind you

to bring your black shoes for tomorrow.

That shoes.

I have only one chance.

If you don’t like them or they don’t fit--

-Hi, John. -[John] Hi, Kara.

I’ve made a big change with Maggie

someone in her family passed away last night.

Oh, no.

[John] So, she had to get out of town,

so it’s not a very happy story.

-But-- -[Kara] Oh, no.

It’s like everybody has done fittings but me...

-Everybody. -[Jay] Yeah?

Can I ask you to gather around Jay for a minute?

I wanna talk to you about tomorrow.

And how we’re going to be

presenting ourselves on the runway

and the order that’s going to go.

Kara Saun, Wendy, Jay.

-Okay? Great. -[Wendy] Okay, thanks.

Thanks, Tim.

[Tim] Kara Saun. Can I ask you a question?

-Sure. -Out of your budget,

how much did all the shoes stuff cost?

No, no, no, no.

I went to Dollhouse and I called James,

and I said I really need shoes to match this.

And so Dollhouse is doing this basically...

-[Tim] Gratis? -Yeah.

[Tim] When I first heard that Kara shoes

were provided as a favor

by a major manufacturer like Dollhouse,

it occurred to me that this could be a problem.

She had designed them.

She had them manufactured,

but she had not paid for them.

-[Kara] Um, they-- -[Tim] Mm-hmm.

[Kara] --had the shoes made in China.

-[Tim] Wow. -[Kara] You can tell

they made the shoes because the--

it’s, like, perfect matches.

[Tim] I know.

[dramatic music playing]

[Tim] Jay, how are you doing?

So, you’re doing this to your new fabric?

[Jay] Yeah, I added it already.

-Great. -I’m working on getting this

all shredded down to this kind of texture.

-[Tim] Okay. -These are two blocks.

[Tim] I wish I could help you.

[Jay] Well, maybe I could’ve

invited a friend over to help me.

Okay. I’m gonna see you tomorrow.

[Kara] Okay.

Get a little bit of rest if you can.

-All right? -[Kara] Yes, Tim.

-[Jay] Thank you. -[Kara] Carry on.

All right. Yes. Carry on.

-[laughter] -[Jay] Carry on.

[energetic music playing]

[camera shutters]

[phone ringing]

-[Kara] Hello? -[Tim] Hi.

Kara Saun, how are you?

[Kara] I’m good. Hi, Tim.

Everyone showed up

and they look great in the outfit.

[Tim] Kara Saun, we have an issue.

What’s that?

[Tim] It has to do with your shoes,

which were done gratis

-and as a favor. -Okay.

[Tim] It’s in breach of the contract that you signed.

Okay.

[Tim] It’s really ill*gal to have done that.

[Jay] Finally, something happens to Miss [bleep] Perfect.

Uh, love it.

Why is that?

Because we were-- I don’t understand.

-Everybody-- -[Tim] Well, the contract says

that you can’t have anything done gratis

or for as a favor that enhances the collection,

and that the shoes do.

[Jay] I do have an issue with her right now.

As far as I know, the contract stated

that we couldn’t have favors from friends,

and she’s not paying for these shoes.

[Tim] They want you to be paying for that.

But see, then again we were--

we got shoes for free from Michael Kors.

-So what’s the difference? -[Tim] They are--

Those are not the shoes I would have custom-designed

for my collection.

[Kara] That’s-- but it’s still free.

-You didn’t pay for ’em. -We all had access to

the same shoes in that box.

[Kara] No, I’m saying that’s fine.

But you still didn’t pay for them, did you?

No. Okay.

So, anyway, let me finish talking to Tim.

So, um, unless everybody who got free shoes,

those shoes cannot be counted.

Jay, do you have shoes from Michael Kors?

-[Jay] One pair. -Jay, has a pair of shoes

from Michael Kors as well.

[Tim] Wendy and Jay had to pay for the shoes

out of their budget or use the Michael Kors shoes,

which were provided to all of you equally,

which is an even playing field.

You got your shoes for free as a favor.

-But they have-- -[Tim] Frankly, if you would

have to pay full price for those shoes,

you would’ve gone over your $8,000 budget.

You wouldn’t have been able to afford your line.

[Kara] I’m going to get on the phone

with Dollhouse tonight and...

-[Tim] Okay. -...take care of it

before the shoes go on the runway tomorrow.

-Bye. -[Tim] Bye.

[phone ringing]

So listen. Just listen very carefully

and don’t respond.

I need you to do something for me tonight.

So I need an invoice for all 12 pair of shoes

for every shoe that I’m using.

I need it paid for,

and I need the receipt

at a good rate, of course, [chuckles]

because I don’t have much left-- money left in my budget.

[Jay] That collection looked really expensive,

so I’m thinking, how are you gonna pay for those shoes?

[Kara] Some of the other designers went to a shoe store

and got shoes for five dollars a pair.

So the shoes can be $10 a pair.

-[James] Uh-huh. -[Kara] That’s fine?

[Wendy] So Kara Saun said, "Well, then I’ll pay for them.

So charge me five dollars a shoe.

I felt that that skirted the line of fairness

in the competition.

Do you have a problem with the shoe situation?

Um, honestly, a little bit.

-[Kara] Why? -Because it--

[Kara] I have the contract right here.

I don’t want it to come down to thinking that I’m unfair

and I work really hard on my line.

You can’t fault me for being a professional.

No, no, not at all.

[Kara] You can’t fault me for having connections.

[Jay] Just because you have a relationship with someone

doesn’t justify the fact

that you should get something for free.

Anything that needed to be included in the collection

was to come from that $8,000.

We could get things knitted for us or specialty items,

but you’d have to pay for them anyway.

-Right. -So look at your sweaters, man.

-And she’s your friend. -[Jay] No, no, no.

[Jay] It’s not a comparison thing,

I designed, you know, this crochet thing

and someone made it for me.

-But I paid for their work. -Right.

[Jay] Not so keen on how she handled the entire situation.

It could not have had bigger lights flashing over it.

That’s going favor, favor, favor.

Are you gonna check with me now?

No.

[Wendy] Well, then, you know,

that I think she’s pulling a fast one.

I had to speak my mind a little bit

because I feel very maligned

by the cast for my own actions.

And yet here’s somebody who just holds themselves

in such high regard, you know, they’re so proper.

I just really thought that showed poor character.

[Kara] Wendy, don’t talk to me.

Well, I will talk to you

because I’m gonna tell you that--

[Kara] Wendy, I’m getting ready for a show.

-Jay-- -[Kara] I don’t care

what you have to say. I don’t wanna hear it.

-Jay and I shopping-- -[Kara] Whatever you have

-to say I don’t wanna hear. -[Wendy] --at the store.

-For five dollar shoes. -I’m not listening to you.

-It’s hardly comparable to you-- -Wendy.

[Wendy] --custom designing your shoes

and putting an arbitrary value

of five dollars on something that

-looks like your shoes. -Just because you can’t

-do it Wendy... -Actually, I just...

-[Kara] ...I did. -...I heard you on the phone

equate a shoe at a sample sale

for five dollars to a shoe you custom-designed

and had made your specification--

[Kara] You know what if they want it...

-And that... -If they wanna sell...

-...my dear... -[Kara] ...it to me

-for five dollars... -...is not fair.

-[Kara] Why, Wendy? -Or above board Ms. Perfect.

[Kara] If the company wants--

[Wendy] I just found her manner very entitled

and just shows how you’re so [bleep] morally corrupt

-and you walk around saying... -[Kara] Wendy...

-...how other people... -...you can try to make...

-...other people... -...yourself look better.

Just all you [bleep], but you’re perfect,

but it’s okay for you

-to fudge... -[Kara] Wendy.

...when it works to your advantage.

-[Kara] You know what-- -But God help anybody

if they fudge for their advantage.

-[Kara] Wendy. -And that is what drives...

-Sweetie. -...me crazy about you.

Try--you can try to make yourself

look better all you want.

I’m not falling for it today, okay?

I’m getting ready for my show.

I’m not gonna argue with you.

I’m not gonna fight with you.

I’m done with you.

[dramatic music playing]

[Heidi] Coming up on Project Runway.

I want to welcome everyone to our final runway show.

[energetic music playing]

[Tim] Everyone break a leg.

[energetic music playing]

[Kara] This is the big day

that we all been waiting for, Fashion Week.

Many, many, many years in the making.

This is definitely the biggest

turning point in my career as a fashion designer.

The big day.

If I win, that’d be great

because I would love to get it all out there.

And as far as jumpstarting my fashion career,

winning this thing is massive.

[Wendy] I was nicknamed The Long Shot.

I certainly feel like the long shot,

but for me, that term

has sort of tough fighting spirit

and I need that today.

I need to feel that I’m a fighter.

I have a lot to prove today.

[mellow music playing]

[camera shutters]

[energetic music playing]

[Wendy] When I first walked in this morning,

walked into this room,

which is, I guess the tent, and it was white

and the chairs were set up and the runway,

it was very emotional for me.

I don’t think, you know, it’d really sunk in

until I actually got to the space

and got my blood pumping.

[rock music playing]

[Kara] I’m just staring, like--

Right.

[energetic music playing]

[Wendy] When I got back, the stage was...

intimidating for me.

Okay. I came in here and I was like,

a [bleep] deer in the headlights.

And I saw this guy and he just stood out to me.

Oh, you just seem to have all this presence.

I just thought I need to be like him.

You got to see this.

-[Johnny] It’s hot. -I’m The Long Shot.

-[Johnny] I want one of these. -[chuckles]

[Wendy] And somehow our little chat ended up

with me switching shirts with him.

[camera shutters]

-Gosh. Look at you. [chuckles] -Look at my--

Okay. Thank you.

This has risen again.

The receipt for the shoes?

-Yes, I have it in my purse. -Good.

Dollhouse Shoes.

They charged me $15 per shoe.

[Tim] Kara Saun presented

a magical receipt for these shoes,

and I was a little dumbstruck.

I thought $15 wouldn’t cover the import tax on these shoes.

-Okay. -[Kara] Okay?

[bleep] why is the [bleep] model not here.

Have you seen Martinique?

No. I haven’t.

You know, she’s kind of essential for me.

Well, and Jay is missing seven girls.

-Get the hell out. -Seven.

[Jay grunting] I have them.

[sighs]

Julia, why am I missing seven girls?

[Julia] I don’t know.

Karen is not around.

[model] There she is.

Yay.

[model] Yes. You made it.

[overlapping chatter]

-Now I have six. -You have six? Okay.

-That’s getting better. -One showed up. Yeah.

But still that’s a lot.

Yeah.

[Kara] Hi. Give me a hug.

Hello.

[Kara] Mom. Hi, Leonora.

-Dad. -Hey.

-Come on. -Hi Kara Saun.

Hi. You look beautiful.

Oh my Goodness.

[Kara] It’s such a good feeling

to see my mom and dad supporting me

and they were so excited for me

and they’re just like

you’re just a winner in our eyes,

and that was just what I needed to hear.

All right.

Okay.

-[woman] Hey. -[Jay] Hi.

-[indistinct remark] -[Jay] It’s me.

I’m really nervous. I have like two minutes.

-Yeah. -I have lots of stuff to do.

It’s fantastic to have my family

see this because, you know, they don’t--

they’re not those kind of people,

they don’t see this stuff ever.

I’ll see you after the show.

-Okay. Good luck. -Okay. Good luck.

Bye.

So, listen, what I want you to know is

we’re really not trying to do a number on you.

-Okay. -[Tim] The producers

are not going to accept $15 for those shoes.

They’re giving us three options.

One is no shoes,

the other is new shoes.

The third is use the shoes

and we tell the judges the shoes can’t factor

into their overall evaluation of you.

I’m being penalized for having good taste?

[Tim] No, you’re being penalized--

-And for having good-- -[Tim] --because of the--

For having shoes that look designer.

-[Tim] No, you’re being-- -Because everybody else

had to buy a nine dollar shoes?

[Tim] No, but you’re being penalized

because of the terms and conditions of the contract

that says no favors.

You can’t get things for free.

For the producers, the price of $15 a pair

is the same thing as zero.

Okay.

-Then I’ll do number three. -Do number three.

-Okay. -Okay?

-Okay. -Great. Okay.

-Thank you, Tim. -Thanks Kara Saun.

[Kara] There is only one option

that I could really take,

which was that the judges

would not be able to judge the shoes

in judging my collection.

[dramatic music playing]

Hey, you’re here.

You’re here.

That takes it down to five that I need.

Let’s check on those headphones.

Wow. This is [bleep] crazy.

All right.

Are you guys--

We need Crazy Glue.

One broke?

Two broke.

Two broke?

How did they break?

They can’t break.

This is what I [bleep] expected.

[energetic music playing]

[energetic music playing]

Oh, you’re here.

[smooches]

I thought you were never gonna show up.

[energetic music playing]

The mood is kind of, um, really casual.

You know, nothing--

none of this thing,

hate that, really normal.

Just like you’re walking the street.

None of this.

Gross. No, just really like--

really German.

Think really German.

Like, oh.

[energetic music playing]

Everyone break a leg.

[Heidi] Hello.

[applause]

[Heidi] Hi, I want to welcome everyone to Project Runway.

And this is our final runway show.

This is our big finale.

And our three designers have worked so very hard

for this moment.

I wanna introduce our judges,

Michael Kors.

[cheers and applause]

Nina Garcia.

[cheers and applause]

And Parker Posey.

[cheers and applause]

[Heidi] We have three really, really talented designers here,

so enjoy the show.

Thank you for coming.

[applause]

Hi.

[cheers and applause]

[Kara] Hello.

So, Fantasy Fly Girl.

That is the name of my collection today.

It’s a cross between aviation and technology.

I sort of took a page,

a mental page from Howard Hughes.

You know, passion will make you crazy

but is there any other way to live?

So, this collection holds everything that I love,

so I hope you enjoy the show.

Thank you.

[cheers and applauses]

[energetic music playing]

[singer] ♪ One, two, three, uh! ♪

[applause]

[energetic music playing]

[singer] ♪ One, two, three, uh! ♪

[applause]

[energetic music playing]

[applause]

[singer] ♪ One, two, three, uh! ♪

[energetic music playing]

[singer] ♪ One, two, three, uh! ♪

[energetic music playing]

[singer] ♪ One, two, three, uh! ♪

[energetic music playing]

[singer] ♪ One, two, three, uh! ♪

[energetic music playing]

[applause]

[singer] ♪ One, two, three, uh! ♪

[Kara] Everything that I came here for

as far as, you know, fashion week,

it came full circle with how I was hoping

that this would end and I’m very excited.

[applause]

[singer] ♪ One, two, three, uh! ♪

[cheers and applause]

[Heidi] Coming up on Project Runway.

[cheers and applause]

[applause]

[applause]

Hello. I’m Wendy Pepper.

And as someone famously told me to mention,

I am a mom from Virginia.

But I have always dreamed of being a fashion designer.

And this day is my dream come true.

Thank you for sharing it with me and enjoy.

[applause]

[energetic music playing]

[vocalist singing in foreign language]

[applause]

[cheers and applause]

[Wendy] The most incredible part about today for me

is having Finley see my clothes on the runway.

It’s pretty special.

[applause]

[vocalist singing in foreign language]

[cheers and applause]

I’m Jay. Hopefully you know who I am.

And I’m not really gonna go into a spiel about my work.

Why don’t we just let it speak for itself?

[cheers and applause]

[energetic music playing]

[applause]

[applause]

[applause]

[applause]

[Jay] To have my own show in the tents is--it’s huge.

It’s massive. It’s like the pinnacle of...

being a designer in New York.

It’s a huge opportunity.

I’m privileged.

[cheers and applause]

[energetic music playing]

[rock music playing]

So, I have to say Jay.

You know, it was really-- it was probably the--

there are great pieces in all of them.

But it was probably the only group

that we had a real clear point of view and a direction.

The final show was so interesting.

You really saw the personality of the designers.

My favorite was actually Kara.

I think she designed really much more for the modern woman

and what they want to wear today.

[overlapping chatter]

I love Kara Saun.

I thought she was really good.

How she, you know, I thought it was hip.

There was a bit of the bling-bling thing.

And the cuts were really good.

It was innovative.

I’m rooting for Jay.

I really liked his collection the most.

Kara Saun was my favorite.

And I think she’s definitely gonna win.

I thought it was an excellent show.

All of them were good.

But Kara Saun’s was perfect.

I think the pitch perfect show.

Project Runway is just-- it’s been amazing.

I feel great.

It all worked out.

It was the first time where it all made sense.

Ever since October, it’s been in pieces,

piles of fabric, here--

things laying on the floor, things on hangers.

And that was five minutes of just the exactly

of just the exactly what it need--

what exactly what it needed to be.

[Kara] This is what the last six months has been about.

This five minutes,

fifteen minutes of them going out in the runway,

it’s all these months.

That’s what it’s about.

It was so beautiful.

Oh, thank you, Mom.

-Thank you. Thank you. -I’m so proud of you.

Thank you.

You can be a mom and do anything

you want in this world.

I would say that basically,

next to my lovely daughter.

This is, after 40 years,

the most important milestone for me to cross.

The fact that I showed in New York City

during Fashion Week when I was sewing in my basement

six months ago is an astonishing feat.

And I’m really proud of myself.

[Heidi] Coming up on Project Runway.

One of you will be the winner of Project Runway.

You get overly complicated.

The minute she turned that corner, man,

you lost the whole dress.

[tense music playing]

I thought it was an amazing show.

I thought they did such a fantastic job.

I loved it. Did you like it?

I thought it was really great.

-You got to see their style. -[Heidi] Yeah.

For the first time it was really just them,

a whole collection like that.

-I loved it. -Me too.

So let’s bring out our designers.

Designers, we’re back at Parsons Design School

and this is where it all began.

This is gonna be the hard part again, elimination time.

One of you will be the winner of Project Runway.

The winner gets a one year contract

with Designers Management Agency,

a company that represents the business interests

of fashion designers.

You will also win a fashion spread in ELLE magazine,

a mentorship with Banana Republic design team,

and $100,000 to start your own label.

Before we bring out the models,

I wanna introduce yet again, our judges.

Michael Kors.

He’s a design legend.

Hey guys. Congrats.

[Heidi] Nina Garcia,

fashion director of ELLE magazine.

Hi guys.

[Heidi] And our third judge

is one of the major stars

of independent film, Parker Posey.

She’s seeing your designs today for the first time.

Okay, let’s bring out your models.

[energetic music playing]

Models, one of you will also be a winner today.

The model who is associated with the winning designer

will get that fashion spread in ELLE magazine.

Okay, let’s begin the questions.

[Nina] I wanna ask you, Jay,

tell me about the fabrics you chose

because I noticed there was a lot of knits

-in your collection. -[Jay] Yeah.

I mean, there’s that the aqua poncho

that was crocheted and I hand beaded it.

[Parker] And the quilting and--

I did all the quilting.

Uh, horrible.

Do you like that?

I love quilting.

I mean I wanted that kind of tradition,

nostalgia, quilt look,

because that’s a part of my history, you know?

My sister has quilted stuff.

Well, for me, it was very fashion forward.

And very new.

[Michael] You end up dyeing a lot

of these fabrics yourself?

-Not this. -[Michael] But a lot...

-...but, uh, some of them? -I do a lot of dyeing.

I mean, all the gloves and... All that stuff was dyed.

[Michael] I think that it’s a little matchy-matchy,

DTM, a little dyed to match we call it.

And once she comes out you get the quick emotional

rush of, "My, God, she’s fuchsia.

She’s pink."

And I think that in some of these pieces I lost the work.

Mm-hmm.

[Nina] Sometimes I do think you get overly-complicated.

Like the--I think it was the mauve zipper, jacket.

[Jay] Uh, lavender, yeah.

[Nina] Lavender.

But we notice everything.

[Heidi] Wendy, maybe you can tell our judges

what your inspiration was

and what your idea was on your collection?

You know, I live in the country

and so I just went outside from, like,

morning to night and, you know, it was fall.

I saw the leaves falling,

and I saw the grass changing color.

And these things really made me want to make a collection.

Primarily, for me, it was just full of texture.

So, you’re a mom.

You live in the country.

Was this about you as a woman?

These clothes were demure

but a little bit suggestive where they needed to be.

Well, you have one thing that was definitely not demure.

[Nina] You had an entirely--

-It was totally transparent. -[Nina] See through blouse.

[Michael] I just thought it was really out--

it was out of step for you

because I saw where you were going,

it was autumn, no, it was you,

and then all of a sudden I got boobies

and I was like, "What’s going on with the boobies?"

Even if you were 25 and a size two,

you wouldn’t wanna wear that.

I don’t know if it was personal.

You know? I think you’re a good tailor

and you know how to make clothes fit a body.

I mean listen, you tailored charmeuse

it’s like trying to tailor a Kleenex.

Um, so I know you can pull that off.

Some of it to me was more successful

from a professional point of view.

But I think if you weren’t able to concentrate

on one category

and make that category the best.

Kara, I’m just curious,

you mentioned Howard Hughes,

so the aviator was that meaningful to you?

Yeah, it was.

Not so much the ’30s

but the passion that he had for his art.

-[Michael] The drive. -I keep on saying rivets,

you know, and just going over the fabric

and going over my detail

and my design saying like, "Rivets. Rivets."

It’s like--it’s how important it is for the cut

and the design of it.

Was this very personal for you?

[Kara] It really was.

I always like the sexiness of it.

I always love to interpret that into anything I do.

What was your biggest challenge?

Getting the type of fit that I like.

Like, the metallic leathers,

I wanted them to look like silk.

Lot of leather, lot of--Fur.

[Michael] And a lot of glamour and a lot of fur.

[Parker] I mean, some of these dresses

I felt could be worn to the Oscar’s.

It’s like, you know, they’re really,

like, thoughtful and provocative.

[Michael] And she’s not glued into it.

I mean, I’ve got to say that, like, you really--

you understand someone’s body.

And that came across loud and clear

in everything that walked out from you.

On this dress, what’s going on here, it’s soak.

I mean it’s Gucci.

I was thinking it and then all of a sudden,

that came out on the dress,

and I was like, "Oh, my God."

I really, in my line,

did things that I’ve been doing for years.

I was disappointed to feel so much Gucci in this.

And it wasn’t just those bits.

[Nina] I have to agree with Michael.

I mean, down the color, down to the fur.

It’s just things that honestly I’ve been doing for years.

And it’s not things that, you know,

-I’m trying... -[Michael] You have--you have...

-...to take one of the designs. -[Michael] ...one other thing

that I was perplexed by, out comes Leticia Birkheuer,

one of the best models in the business.

She can walk in anything,

and you give her a dress that she can’t move in.

The minute she turned that corner, man,

you lost the whole dress.

[Heidi] Designers, models, thank you,

you can leave the runway.

-I’m gonna call you back soon. -[Michael] Thanks, guys.

[Jay] I think I had a mixed-up collection. It’s fresh.

I mean, they’re going to have their opinions,

but I know and I think it’s cool.

That’s the point of having of your own style.

[Wendy] I tried my best.

I love my clothes.

Now, whether or not the judges even felt

it had aesthetic value, I cannot control that.

I can only do my best job.

[Kara] Something positive and negative

was said about everybody.

So, at this point, you don’t know how they’re judging.

Are they judging on this one day?

Are they judging on overall?

The only thing I’m hoping

is that they will consider the overall

and the fact that I was consistent.

[Heidi sighs] So this is the final one.

What do you guys think?

[Nina] I’m very torn.

I think it’s between Jay and Kara for me.

For me, it’s a combination

of I wanna see something that’s original,

that tells me something about that designer.

And then also, I wanna leave curious about

what can I expect from them, you know, coming up.

[Heidi] How about--how about, um, Wendy’s line?

Did she go over expectation?

Well, let’s be honest,

I mean, I think that she’s got one thing

that everyone in the fashion industry needs to have.

She’s tenacious, that’s for sure.

I think that, you know, she’s too interested

in listening to what we all have to say.

And I think that, again, you’ve got to listen

to your own heartbeat and with one ear open

listen to what people have to say.

You could really see, like, Jay and, um, Kara Saun--

-They thought about it. -They thought about it.

It was really like they were doing their best,

trying to put all the most amazing things together.

And it was coming from them.

What I like about Jay, there’s like some irony there.

It’s fun, it’s colorful,

and it doesn’t take itself too serious like--

-I completely agree. -It’s so artistic.

-And it was so-- -Not from an outside source.

Right. There’s something in him

that I think he has the depth to do more.

It’s almost, kind of, like,

because he lives in the small town in Pennsylvania,

he’s just doing what he feels in his gut.

What was your absolute favorite about Kara Saun?

You know, her clothes are perfect.

-[Michael] It is. -They’re perfectly done.

[Michael] She’s consistent.

I like a lot of the things that she has done--

-[Heidi] I do too. -For the show.

[Heidi] It was a beautiful show,

and really they were all tailored and made so well.

Complicated.

[Nina] Well, she’s also very professional.

-Very professional. -[Michael] Totally.

She doesn’t lose her cool.

-She’s-- -[Michael] Articulate.

[Parker] We’re talking like one-on-one, like,

I can just see her with a client.

She’s upbeat.

She’s got all that kind of stuff which is great

when you’re dealing with a one-on-one customer too.

I do think she works incredibly well.

And her clothes always looked perfect

and that is--that’s where I’m having a very big problem

in deciding between these two.

So we feel good with our decision?

-Yeah. -[Heidi] Do we feel very strong?

-[Heidi] Because this is it. -[Michael] I know.

Let’s call back the designers.

[suspenseful music playing]

One of you is about to be named the winner of Project Runway.

[suspenseful music playing]

One of you is about to be named the winner of Project Runway.

Wendy.

You can be very proud of yourself.

We all thought you did an amazing job.

We feel that your line definitely has commercial appeal

but it lacks the level of consistency

that the other two have.

You’re out.

Thank you.

-Auf Wiedersehen. -Thank you.

You did a great job.

Thank you. Thank you.

[dramatic music playing]

Does that mean you still win?

Well, I’m still in with you, right?

You know, it’s devastating.

I mean, you don’t get to this of level of a competition

and think you’re gonna lose.

And, you know, I’m gonna keep trying.

We certainly tried our hardest.

No two people could’ve tried harder.

-No. -[Wendy] I’m going home...

and I’m going to open up my very first Wendy Pepper shop.

I’ve always wanted to have my own shop

and really experience

what it is that I do,

because I do feel it’s unique.

Final two.

Jay.

Kara Saun.

One of you will be the winner of Project Runway

and one of you will be out.

Jay.

Your line was wonderful.

It was artistic.

It was out there.

It was you.

Kara Saun.

Your design was amazing

and your execution was flawless.

It was beautiful.

Jay.

Congratulations.

You are the winner of Project Runway.

We felt that Jay has an original voice

and who really believes

he’s the next great American designer.

What?

That’s nutty.

Nutty. Nutty.

Kara Saun, you did an amazing job.

We love what you did.

And you’re gonna go far.

Good luck to you Jay. Okay?

[Jay] Yes.

Thank you, Kara Saun.

-[Kara] Thank you. -Auf Wiedersehen.

[Kara] Thank you all.

It was very hard choice guys.

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It’s okay.

It’s all right.

I am disappointed.

You know, I worked really hard for this

and I think that I have to just sort of go on faith

and know that, you know,

it doesn’t change my path in life.

It’s okay.

[woman] I know. I know.

It’s just been a long road.

I would’ve loved for my parents to see me win.

But to have, you know, most of my family here,

to witness my first debut show was just amazing.

It was amazing.

And this is something that we’ll all just

always remember this time right now.

Is this really happening to me really?

[Michael] You know what? Remember the moment.

It’s a great moment, seize it.

I, uh, I... [jabbering]

[Nina] You’re at a loss for words, for once.

[Heidi] And Julia is a winner too.

She has a fashion spread in ELLE magazine.

-Congratulations. -[Julia] Thank you.

Mwah.

-Congrats. -Thank you.

[Heidi] Mom.

[Jay] When Heidi said that I won Project Runway,

I could not formulate words.

It total surprised me.

Total shock and I still haven’t really even

processed it, you know?

Like, I’m the winner.

I’m a winner.

I’m so [bleep] happy.

This is not happening to me.

It’s happening.

-The show was great. -[Jay] Thank you.

[Heidi] What are you gonna do now?

Have a cigarette.

This has really been great for me

because I held on to a lot of insecurity

for a long time in my life.

And I’ve gained a huge amount of confidence from this.

-[Michael] Yeah. Yeah. -[cheering]

[Heidi] After all those long hours.

[Jay] I always had this vision

and now I get to share it with the world.

Like, I feel, like, I can conquer the world now

and I’m gonna. [bleep] damn it.

Project Jay, that’s all I’m saying.

[Heidi] Visit projectrunaway.com

you’ve seen on today’s show.

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