Project Runway Week 3 Recap

I didn't post a recap last week because of technical difficulties, but decided to do one this week because I knew being a team challenge it would full of dra-ma!

The challenge: create a California surfwear look. The real challenge: work in teams of two. Duh,duh,duh... (collective groan from designers)

Team 1: My girl Sharin and Carol Hannah.

Team 2: Mitchell and Ra'mon. Ra'mon was terrified to work with Mitchell since Mitchell had been in the bottom two the previous two weeks. Who could blame him? Mitchell said he chose Ra'mon because he wanted someone who could carry him in the challenge.

Team 3:Qristyl and Epperson, who clashed from the beginning because Epperson kept bossing team leader Qristyl around.

Team 4: Jordana and Nicolas (who decides to create "an ombre of macrame" - huh?)

Team 5: Irina and Johnny

Team 6: Logan and Christopher, the no-drama team

Team 7: Althea and Louise

The teams consulted with surf girls, got their fabric from Mood, and then headed into the workroom, where you could tell which teams were working and which were headed for an implosion. Qristal and Epperson snapped at each other and tossed back Tylenol, while Mitchell made snide comments while watching Ra'mon do all the work.

Tim enters with a surprise. Each team has to create a second look: an avant-garde design which coordinates with the surfwear look. Duh, duh...okay you get it.

Basically, at this point it becomes very clear that Mitchell cannot sew. "I have wonderful ideas in my head, but technically, I'm in trouble...I'm in big, big trouble." Dude, how did you get on this show?? At a certain point, Ra'mon just started doing all the work without even telling Mitchell what he was doing. He was still sewing and hand dying fabric with less than 30 minutes left until the runway. He just kept plugging along, and he miraculously created their two outfits pretty much single-handedly.

Max Azria of BCBG was filling in for Michael Kors and adorable Rachel Bilson was a guest judge as well.

I thought most of the teams did pretty well--I LOVED Sharin and Carol Hannah's collection, but they were just safe. The two top teams were Johnny and Irina, who had a really cute macrame theme, and...Ra'mon and Mitchell! Whaaaat??? Ra'mon looked so relieved. Mitchell admitted to the judges that Ra'mon did pretty much all of it except for a swimsuit that is totally hidden by the dress. The judges love the looks and are amazed that Ra'mon did all of it himself.

The bottom teams were Qristal and Epperson, obviously, who seemed to forget the judges were there as they basically just carried their bickering from the workroom to the runway, and Nicolas and Jordana, who sent down a sheer lace bodysuit with garters that was pretty hideous.

Ra'mon won the challenge! And in a twist, Mitchell was eliminated, even though his team won--as Heidi told him "Three strikes and you're out." In my opinion, Mitchell should have gone home last week--those shorts he sent down the runway were even more ridiculous than Malvin's egg-top.