By Sabrina Cognata

This week begins with Jack showing off his face as it melts off.  He keeps saying the fact that the right side of his face is the size of a grapefruit has nothing to do with his AIDS.  I guess maybe it doesn’t but it looks like he went one round with Mike Tyson and this isn’t good.  Later Jack calls his doctor and tells him he’s sure he has an abscess in his face caused by a staff infection.  At first Jack decides to stick it out and hear about the challenge.  Everyone feels really badly for him and Sweet P says she’s worried about Jack and doesn’t want to lose him before it’s his time to go. 

Heidi’s on the runway and says that she’s going to bring out the designer’s models.  As the remaining designers watch as out prance 11 women in clothes way too big for their bodies.  Heidi proceeds to explain to the designers that their models have each lost a substantial amount of weight and they are each wearing their favorite fat clothes.  The challenge this week will be to design an outfit that is suitable for everyday life and also expresses themselves as a designer.  They must also use the favorite fat outfit as the raw materials for the new outfit, as well as a stipend to spend at the fabric store after they confer their design with their clients.  Heidi randomly pairs up the designers with the women by drawing their name out of a bag.

Immediately after this happens Tim comes into the workroom to check on the designers and he approaches Jack about his face problem.  Jack tells Tim that he wants to speak with him outside and when the two return Tim says that Jack has decided to end his time on project runway because he needs to seek medical attention.  Everyone is visibly upset and Sweet P, Christian and Elisa seem as though they are about to cry.  Tim comes back and says in order to uphold the integrity of the competition they have chosen to bring back fatso Chris.  Everyone gets excited.  Tim then says Chris must meet and greet his client, Jack’s former client and he also gets to work all night long in order to make up for his lost time.


Lauren lost 136 lbs / Steve ends up with the wedding dress woman.  Instead of doing something with the lace or beadwork stupid Steven decides to create a dress that looks like something an old French maid would wear—black with an ugly white collar.  It’s something you’d get at the Dress Barn.

Sylvia lost 58 lbs / Chris actually has a lot to work with the blue materials he uses but then trashes it up with a giant campy red bow that ends up looking like something John Waters would crap out all over that outfit.

Erica lost 60 lbs / Jillian takes the trim from the black tuxsuedo pants and uses it as a trim on the red material she buys and makes into a cocktail dress—it’s nice, but what the hell happened to using the raw materials?

Tracy lost 102 lbs / Elisa creates this ugly multi-layered dress with that stupid flowing bustle that makes Tracy’s hundred pound weight loss more like a weight gain.

Elise lost 48 lbs / Kevin gets this GIANT yellow jacket of Elise’s that looks like it was skinned off Big Bird.  I cannot for the life of me figure out how he successfully made it into a sexy and flattering bustier, but he did and I actually think he deserved to win.

Lisa lost 56 lbs / Rami designs the hottest pencil skirt and short sleeved blouse for Lisa.  When that chick prances down the runway you can tell his outfit inspires hotness all over.

Penny lost 56 lbs / Ricky comes up with his first major hit.  He finishes his outfit and it looks good on his model.  He comes up with a nice a-line top and a well fitting pair of jeans that hug in all the right places.

Carrie lost 56 lbs / Christian has his hands full as Carrie tells him black top with denim on bottom.  He delivers though as he figures out a way to make his outfit hot and edgy in a Christian sort of way while pleasing his client.

Ori lost 139 lbs / Victorya, oye vey!  I am not sure why she did not end up on the chopping block because I thought this ugly green cocktail dress looked like something that you end up having the fat bridesmaid wear because the regular dress cuts make her look like a severed piece of ham.

Alecia lost 160 lbs / Kit has some major talent.  I thought the apricot colored dress with cute black and white fabric accents are awesome beyond words.  I want to say she should have been in the top three moreso than Jillian.

Chris lost 100 lbs / Sweet P comes up with a dress that is cute and fashion forward and flattering on her client.  It isn’t the best thing I have ever seen, but she isn’t going to end up on the chopping block either.  I wish the halter part had been done better though.


In the end, it’s down to Kevin and Christian for first place, but Kevin’s choice to pair his top with the dreaded leggings ends up giving Christian the edge.  Chris gets a word lashing about his creepy choices that make his outfits looking less like fashion and more like a costume, but he’s spared and gets to stay another week.  Poor Steven knows he has zero chance of escaping being sent home and so does everyone else.  Elisa looks like she’s going to vomit up an entire bird when Steven’s name is announced.  I guess Steven will not be around anymore to horrify us with his matronly gowns and terrible fashion sense.  He probably wont even be missed.