Project Runway - Episode - Spoilers

First off, I would like to apologize for not doing this sooner, but I just finished watching the show.

The challenge this week was to design a day to evening outfit for Brooke Shields character on Lipstick Jungle (one of my fave shows)! The winning design will actually be worn by Wendy this season.

All of the designers had 30 minutes to sketch and then they met with Brooke. After the meeting, she chose 6 designs and those 6 were allowed to pick a partner.

Okay, maybe it's just me, but does the talent level seem to be a bit down this year? Maybe it's the taste. I'm not loving designs like I normally do.

The winning design this week:



I thought that this dress was stunning, but I didn't really see the day to even transition of it. It's very high-end and elegant, but it simply looks like evening wear to me. The chocolate diaphanous skirt is gorgeous. Great pedastal for the floral chiffon.

Losing design:



For evening, she was supposed to shed the jacket to reveal a leapord midriff tank trimmed in that odd blue color. It could've been very cute, but it came off looking cheap and tawdry.

My favorite:



I absolutely love this dress and would wear it in a heartbeat if I could pull off this color pallet. It looks so high-end New Yorker to me. It didn't win because Brooke wasn't crazy about the belt, but the other judges swooned over it.

I also hated this one:



The colors are just awful. The orange is a jacket that is meant to be removed for night. What it manages to hide in this picture is how poorly constructed the top part of the dress was.

These were the other two designs:



Yet another bare midriff and wayyy too casual. The Bermuda shorts were an innovative idea for the character, but he would've had to make the right fabric and color choices to pull it off. He didn't and it turned out to be way too casual.



I actually like this look - except for the belt.

Thoughts?