Every season, Project Runway shows the final collections at Fashion Week before the show’s finale episode and thus includes “decoy collections” so you can’t figure out who the real finalists are. Clever, and especially so when there are multiple collections that are good, well-made and seem to have a lot of heart put into them. Past season decoy collections have been painfully obvious, but not this time. While I have my suspicions, I’m really not sure about anything except what my favorites are.
Here are a few designers and pieces that stood out to me:
Seth Aaron didn’t really catch my eye this season, except as sort of an edgy foil to the other, more ladylike designers. I had lost interest in Project Runway over the last couple seasons due to what I thought was a really embarrassing lack of sewing ability, but this season has redeemed itself.
Seth Aaron’s collection was really gorgeous, well-made and I loved the plaids and tartans he slipped in. It’s easy with tartan to go to an obvious “copying-Alexander-McQueen” place, but he managed to make it look like his own collection.
The dresses were nice here, but it was the coats that really caught my eye.
Anthony is one of my favorites, if only because he seems to be constantly happy—even making his sarcastic comments sound borderline sweet.
Wasn’t too bowled over by everything he showed (too much sparkle!), but these two dresses are perfection.
The left hand dress I could easily see on the Oscars red carpet and the right hand dress is a prime example of how to do sequined minidresses right. Fits the model like a glove, too.
Most of this season’s designers get along really well, but for Jesse who certainly has the potential to stir up some drama.
Overall, his finale collection was a bit costume-y, but I love the way he used velvet on the left and the coat on the right is well-constructed and something that most women would buy and wear.
Amy has pulled out some nice pieces this season—usually playing with volume, as she carried through to the finale collection above. All the pieces she showed played it a little safe (read: boring), but the girl can sew.
The dress on the right is really gorgeous and I like the jazzing up of the left-hand side tunic sweater with the shoulder embellishments.
Of all the finale collections, I was most interested to see Janeane’s. She’s been hit or miss—and unfortunately, I think she missed the mark a little here. She has a really pretty aesthetic, but I fear what she showed was a decoy collection.
I did, though, love what she did with the shoulder embellishment here—a look that’s popular this season but won’t necessary translate well to street-style.
It will be interesting to see what happens! If you want to check out more in-depth Project Runway coverage, please visit one of my favorite blogs, Project Rungay/Tom & Lorenzo.
Have you been watching this season? Who do you think will win?
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