Project Runway Episode 4: Sorry honey, Olympians don't don cocktail duds

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Project Runway Episode 4: Sorry honey, Olympians don't don cocktail duds

POSTED: Friday, August 8, 2008, 6:21 PM

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Episode 4's winning design

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CP fashion platelette Rebecca Grites sizes up Season 5 of Bravo’s Project Runway every week on Critical Mass.

One trip to the Armory Track and Field Training Center, one Apolo Anton Ohno and one half hour of looking at antique Olympic Opening Ceremony outfits added up to a challenge that stumped the majority of The Gunn Gang this week. Most of the designers couldn’t wrap their heads around the abstract concept known as "athletic," and decided that strong, muscular and larger-than-size-2 women would be best fit in skinny cocktail dresses or "whackadoodle" vintage-inspired airline stewardess uniforms. This week, there was far too much fashion and not nearly enough function.

Jerell made his first (and hopefully last) hat, Terri busted out a three-piece sportswear suit and prevailed over Keith The Thief — fabric ganking is uncool, Keith. The most uncool moment of Episode 4, however, was Blayne’s ignorance regarding Sgt. Pepper. He may hold the bronze medal in tanning, but he earns no merit with the world by dissing the Fab Four.

This week also featured our first fight: Joe vs. Daniel. Red thread vs. white thread. Two men. One sewing machine. Who will come out alive? Well, they both survived, but let’s deem Joe victorious, since he almost won the overall challenge while Daniel almost got auf’d.

As for the actual winner: Korto?! WTF?! Her '70s-inspired caped suit was all too white and — let’s face it — hideous. Terri totally should have taken it; she's been robbed of the win, and even just recognition, every week. I’ve got my eye on her for the final three, and she’s the only competitor I feel 100 percent comfortable saying that about thus far. And we said goodbye to Jennifer — you can’t sit on the chopping block for too long without getting cut.

Stay tuned: a Brooke Shields group challenge can only mean butting heads for Episode 5.

View all the designs from Episode 4 here.

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