“Blood for fashion! And, I’m bleeding it baby.” ~ Suede

Things were prickly on Project Runway this week, as the contestants took on perhaps their biggest challenge ever: Create an outfit from Saturn Vue Car parts. It became apparent that things were gonna be rough when the designers were taken to a parking garage, where there awaited a bunch of cars and, of course, Tim Gunn. The Saturn dude explained that the cars were Hybrids and that the contestants had four minutes to gather car parts for their outfits from inside the cars. It was pretty funny to watch these folks grasping for seat belts and floor mats instead of running around Mood with a budget. Tim Gunn tells our designers that the winner of this challenge will have immunity and that it is about innovation. He says they should just “do it and have fun.” Whoohoo!

As Suede launches into a story about his late father and a car he once had, I realize that he has a lot of dead relative stories that seem to magically correspond to each week’s challenge. Crazy. Meanwhile, Blayne is having drama with the sewing machines because they’re not made to sew seat belts. Terri asks Keith what he thinks of her garment and he replies, “I wouldn’t trust my taste. Apparently, it’s questionable.” That’s right, Keith, grab a clue, honey. Then, we find out that Kenley’s model will not be showing up. Kenley takes this out on her new model because her measurements are not exactly the same as old girl. Well, duh, Kenley. Chill out. But, Kenley does not want to chill because as she says, “It’s all about me right now.” Okay. The claws are starting to come out, people!

Tim Gunn swoops through to offer advice and shake his head just so. Blayne calls him “Timlicious” and Tim doesn’t even bat an eyelash. Blayne then says, “Thank you, love your face,” after Tim is done dispensing advice. I’m starting to love Blayne and this disturbs me. Terri calls Korto’s seat belt coat “Jeepers Creepers”, which, I’ll admit, makes me laugh really hard, but it makes Terri roll on the floor of the sewing room laughing at her own joke. Jarell defends Korto and says of Terri, “She’s got two faces and four patterns. That’s it. Don’t trust the bitch,” and then smiles sweetly at the camera. Hmmm…Jarell can stay too. It’s getting pretty obvious that the other designers are over Keith and his ‘tude. Keith explains why this is to the cameras. “I deserve it more than the others,” he says. Whatever, dude.

In my favorite moment of the episode, Stella receives a call from her boyfriend, Ratbones. Yes, Ratbones. “Are you being bad-assed or what?” Ratbones asks his love Stella. I think Bravo should scrap the whole series and give Stella and Ratbones their own show. I don’t even have to see this guy to know he’s amazingly awesome and that I need to watch these two in action. Stella + Ratbones = Leather 4Evah. Okay, I’m done. I’m okay, really. Sigh.

The day of the runway show, tensions are high. Keith freaks out because his model sat down in the makeup chair when he told her not to and her skirt tears. There was a moment when I thought he might go postal but he reigns it in and manages not to commit any acts of violence. The judges lineup looks so unfamiliar that it scares me. Replacing Nina Garcia this week is Laura Bennet from Season 3 (you know, the one with 20 kids) and Rachel Zoe crawled out of her coffin to be the guest judge. What is it about that woman that is at the same time awesome and repelling? I don’t know but she fascinates me. For once, I love and hate the designs equally. There are 5 on my Love List and 5 on my Hate List. The Love List went: Jarell, Kenley, Leanne, Suede, and Korto. My Hate List was comprised of: Keith (shocker!), Terri, Blayne, Joe, and Stella.

The judges loved Korto’s Jeepers Creepers coat, Jarell’s bustier, and Leanne’s dress. Of Korto’s coat, Rachel Zoe said, “It’s so chic, I cannot believe that it’s from car parts.” Michael Kors said of Jarell’s outfit “while over the top, it’s appropriate.” But, Leanne’s dress took top prize. Rachel Zoe was “blown away” (which, let’s face it, could be accomplished with a forceful sneeze) and Kors said, “the silhouette is fabulous. Interesting but it’s chic.” Yay Leanne!

Stella’s vest and skirt combo, Blayne’s seat belt and mirror dress and Keith’s whatever it was left the judges cold. The judges thought Stella’s top didn’t go with her bottom. Kors proclaimed it “a little random.” Blayne’s ill-fitting dress offended Laura, who said, “the fit at the top is distracting.” Yup, that’s what I thought too. Distractilicious. But, Keith, the whiner, pissed the judges off the most. Laura said, “there’s no concept or idea.” When Keith tried to blame the model and then blamed the judges trying to reign him last time in for this week’s sucky design, Michael Kors told him to “let it roll off your back and get on to the next project.” Except that there won’t be a next project for Keith because he was sent home. I wish I could say I was sad about this but I wasn’t. I was very close to being filled with glee and I don’t even feel that bad about it. So, there. (Yes, I’m sticking out my tongue.)

*Tune in next week to see goddess designer Diane Von Furstenberg!!!! Yowzah!

**Project Runway is on Wednesday nights at 9 on Bravo.

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