Project Runway

Air Date: 11/12/09
View Date: 11/13/09

This was the first part of the two-part finale, where we got to see the start of the top three's collections as Tim Gunn went to their homes. Irina did run into a problem with a main part of her collection. She was originally going to use T-shirts with pictures of Coney Island under a more tailored outer design. Unfortunately for her, the pictures were copyrighted and not available for use. This really stressed her out because now she had to rethink her whole line.

Then all of the designers headed back to New York about 7 days before fashion week. While sitting around in their rooms, Althea and Irina find out that Carol-Hannah is very sick and wouldn't be coming in that day. She did come in the next day, but still felt pretty awful. Everyone got down to fitting their models and working on their collections when a surprise was thrown their way: they had to create another look that fit in with the feel of their remaining collection. But they would not be alone. The last three designers eliminated from the competition were brought back and randomly chosen to work with the remaining contestants. The six headed off to mood with $150 and gathered their supplies, and their main models picked the girls for the 13th look. Back to work, then on to home. But once back in their rooms, Carol-Hannah's illness returns with a vengeance and she's not sure if she can go on with Fashion Week. And that is the cliff hanger we were left with leading into the season finale.

One unusual thing that happened was that Michael Kors and Nina Garcia met with the designers to provide them with advice regarding putting on a runway show. Ideas included how best to set up a line presentation, with some basic ideas like start big, end big.

10 words or less: I really hope Carol-Hannah can continue. She's my favorite.