By adding extra time to each episode, Project Runway has been able to integrate a 3rd dimension to the evaluation process -- the opinions of the other contestants. While this has shown up in previous seasons, it has developed to the point where the judges' authority is being called into question. This is great for me as someone who has been educated about fashion by watching the show, because I am now at a point in my fashion knowledge where I don't need to be convinced that it's not all just arbitrary, so there is no need to protect me from learning about dissent. It is like the adolescence of the show, or, more appropriately, the transition to democracy from tyranny. You still get the sense that things are censored heavily enough, but they are taking real risks with what they have left in at this point. The judges are making the contestants distraught and it is wonderful to see this conflict, and to know exactly what the contestants see that the judges don't.
I agree with the contestants. I don't understand why they chose that jumper from Gretchen, which they said women would want to wear. Women who live on another planet from me. Even more mind boggling was the decision this week.
At the same time, I don't feel totally confident in my "taste" level in part because I like some of the simpler or more obvious designs. Case in point for this episode is Christopher's little green dress, which the judges didn't like the bottom of for a reason they did not specify.
If you want to see the dress they liked, it's here. The one they should have is here.
BTW, all fashionistas should be Hegelian. If there was ever evidence of the movement of a world spirit....
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