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Tim Gunn visits Dayton during part 1 of ‘Project Runway’ finale
This week is the first part of the season six finale on “Project Runway.”
Part one of the finale follows Tim Gunn as he visits the three final designers to check on the progress of their respective collections for New York Fashion Week.
Tim’s first stop is Carol Hannah in a suburb of New York. He seems excited about her collection and remarks that she is taking risks but points out that she wants to add just one too many enhancements to some of her designs. Her problem has always been editing her work. Tim meets her family and even helps make biscuits for dinner.
Tim’s next stop is to visit Irina who is living in Manhattan. He is impressed by some of the hand knit items she has created, but isn’t too thrilled about some of her fur choices. Irina seems visibly nervous to see Tim which is surprising due to the confidence she has shown up to this point. Tim goes to dinner with Irina and meets her family and friends.
Tim’s final stop is to visit Dayton native and University of Cincinnati graduate Althea Harper. Althea lives in New York as well but has chosen to work on her Fashion Week collection in Dayton. From the footage, it appears that she worked on her collection in a loft on Front Street in downtown Dayton.
“Dayton isn’t exactly the fashion capitol of the world,” Althea says as she rolls her eyes.
Althea says that she watched a lot of sci-fi movies to get inspired for her designs. Tim seems to like some of her creations, but fears that she is getting too costumey.
There are several shots of Dayton as Tim and Althea drive out to visit Althea’s family in Oakwood. We see shots of a train over the tracks at the entrance to the Oregon District. We see the Armory building (the big red building in the Oregon District). And of course we see a couple shots of homes in Oakwood as they go to visit with Althea’s family and friends.
Three things unique about this season’s finale:
- All three final contestants are female
- All three final contestants live in New York
- None of the contestants got to watch episodes of their season on TV before meeting up again for the the finale
After the designers’ time is up for them to work on their collections, they travel to New York to prepare for Fashion Week.
Althea is the first to arrive, followed by Irina. There is still some awkwardness between them since Irina accused Althea of copying one of her designs on the runway in front of the judges several episodes prior.
Hours go by, and Carol Hannah still hasn’t arrived to join the other two designers in the hotel in New York. Tim visits Althea and Irina to inform them that Carol Hannah has fallen ill and it’s contagious. She won’t be joining them until she is feeling better.
Four days until Fashion Week, Irina and Althea enter the work room and silently begin finishing their collections. Carol Hannah eventually arrives before Tim stops by to do another run through with the designers over their collections.
First, Tim feels Althea is having a problem with cohesion in her collection. Second, he still thinks there are elements to Carol Hannah’s collection that need edited or removed. Finally, Tim is concerned about the lack of color in Irina’s collection. Some of her pieces are far from completion.
After Tim leaves, it’s time to pick the models they want to show off their looks at Fashion Week.
In a surprise, both Nina Garcia and Michael Kors stop by to give the designers advice. The designers are relieved to talk to them without the pressure and criticism that comes with standing on the runway.
Irina remarks to us that she isn’t going to try and inject color into her designs. Will that hurt her when it comes time for Fashion Week?
Another day comes and goes and the designers now must decide which look they want their muse model (the model with whom they’ve been paired in the competition) to wear during the finale.
The next guest to drop by on the designers is Heidi Klum and she comes bearing one final surprise. They each have to make a 13th look for their collection and their muse model will be casting the model for the 13th look. But the designers won’t be alone, they bring back Christopher, Logan and Gordana to help finish the final three with their collections.
Althea picks Logan (which is who I would pick, but just because he is fun to look at), Irina picks Gordana, and Carol Hannah is left with Christopher.
I don’t know what happened after that because our stupid Time Warner DVR didn’t record the last five minutes of the episode. Perhaps you can fill me in?
So, from what you’ve seen of the designers’ collections so far, who do you think will win? Before this episode, I felt Irina was the strongest contender, but after this episode, my money is on Carol Hannah. Despite the flaws in her collection, I think she’ll do crucial editing with Christopher’s help and win.
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