Project Runway Season 5: the Final Finale

Season Finale Part 2: The actual finale

Last week Jerell was sent home for being too embellish-y. This week is the final three: Korto, Leanne, and Kenley.

Tim goes around and helps the girls critique their collections. Kenley, as usually, attacks Tim’s advice to toss off her Alexander McQueen knock off. He also says she uses rope arbitrarily, to which she got even angrier. Korto “Big Sleeves” has decided to whip up two new dresses for the collection instead of her bridal suite. Leanne seems to have everything together.

Everyone’s in tears, but luckily not enough to make an all-female Final 3 look like Lifetime. No for reals, it’s totally not even as bad as previous years. Disasters abound—one of Kenley’s tops went droopy, and Kenley had to practically shove her model into a dress.

By the way, how much am I loving the commercials for the new season of Top Chef? Padma Lakshmi is like the hottest woman on the planet who’s slept with a literary star. Ever!

When J. Lo doesn’t show up, Tim Gunn pinch hits, to which Kenley gives the priceless line, “wow. Maybe I should have had a better attitude.”

Kenley goes first with her “dream wardrobe.” Her music was some kind of weird ersatz drum n’ bass style that didn’t fit in with the bright colorful tone of her collection. Kenley was all about the forties—emerald green, hot pink, Miami lawn chair prints. Pencil skirts with structured shoulders. Occasionally there were structural elements like exaggerated hips or voluminous skirts, but it mostly looked like a thrift shop on parade.

Korto debuts her “nature inspired” line. Her music was much more appropriate—rock African fusion. She had a couple of America’s next top model contestants in there, which I thought was fun. But Korto’s collection was also a lot of green, a lot of khaki, a lot of rustles. Pleating and crazy collars and deep-v’s. I was disappointed, because Korto’s stuff has, before this, been quite strong.

Leanne looks like a mess as she debuts her collection of sea-inspired dresses. Her collection debuted to the clicks and clutters of some post-rock band. Pleated minis, ruffles, all in whites, beiges, and aquas. Everyone knows I’m bias towards Leanne, but when I saw the collection all laid out like that, I was a bit bored. I wanted her to take it to the next level, but she seemed too afraid.

Michael Kors thought that Kenley’s collection was fantastic and had spirit. But everyone agreed one of her dresses look like a Balenciaga silhouette. Just as with the Alexandre McQueen dress, Kenley pleaded ignorance.

Korto’s collection was also loved, though a bit overworked. She needed to edit, which I agree with. Leanne’s collection was considered the most versatile in the amount of separates, but a little one note, which I also agree with.

And the winner is…LEANNE! Poor Korto, so close, and yet so far. I’m hoping Korto gets a ridiculously big contract making ridiculously big sleeves for someone.

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