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Project Runway Map: And the Winner Is...

March 6, 2008 at 4:05 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

Anyone who considers himself a true fan of Project Runway has probably seen the final episode before hitting the blogs to see what people have to say. Thus we have no qualms about revealing Christian as the winner.

Personally, we're very happy about this decision. Yes, Christian is like an annoying little sister. Yes, Christian has some ridiculous obsession with flat-ironing his hair. And yes, Christian says "fierce" way too much.

But the fact is, Christian is also really talented. His designs can be over the top but he's very creative... enormo puffysleeves and skinny pants be damned.

Our semi-stream of consciouness review of the finale, after the jump.

Designers' Collections
Jillian: Her collection was well-constructed but it lacked cohesiveness. There were hardly any stand-out pieces, except for her last piece with the pleated palazzo pants.
Rami: We like his aesthetic so we enjoyed his collection. It's all well-constructed with gorgeous colors--and it's actually wearable. Except for maybe that gold sparkly toga.
Christian: Over the top. What about the neck thing that hardly showed the model's face? And there was a lot of black. While we would probably wear more of Rami's designs, Christian's felt very innovative and high-fashion.

WTF Moments and Random Thoughts
· Jillian's striped sweater with mop sleeves. And we don't mean mop in terms of volume or shape. We mean mop in terms of like mop strings. W. T. F.
· Was Rami sleeping on a pull-out couch?
· Christian's black outfit with the hat reminds us of something Elphaba from Wicked would wear.
· All the contestants were very supportive of each other. We wonder what it would have been like if Victorya was in the finals.
· Tim gushes over the talent of contestants. We agree--but we wanna see more bitchiness!
· Are Rami's models wearing a ridiculous braid hairstyle or do you secretly love it like we do?
· Victoria Beckham, guest judge. WTF?! And she's a style icon of Christian.

Winner
The judges gave their reactions after the show, including Posh Spice. Everyone loved Jillian's line but said it looked disjointed. They were wowed by Christian's collection but thought there was too much black. Similarly, they gushed for Rami. At the end of this, we think Rami has the edge.

But they throw us a loop and announce Christian! Who starts to cry of course, but not in a dramatic showy moment. Probably out of relief. And Rami takes the news as well as we've ever seen a loser take it. (What is up with all these contestants, must they be so normal?)

Now Christian gets a spread in Elle magazine, $100,000 to start his own fashion line and Posh Spice says she wants to wear his clothes.

Our Map
The show came full circle with the designers presenting at their starting point, Bryant Park. Check out the rest of the locations from this season here.

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