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Project Runway, y'all.

Santino was robbed! I just watched his collection again, and it's just, in a word, magnificent. The colors really tie the whole collection together as a whole (as do the hot, hot T-straps); the fabrics are lush and flowy and friendly to the body; the designs are creative and interesting and detailed without the ridiculous Santino excess that made many of his PR designs unpalatable.

Tim Gunn actually made an interesting point in his blog: as marvelous as he found Santino's collection to be, he prayed for him not to win, because then PR would become Welcome to the Freakshow. Ladies and Gentlemen: Jay McCarroll in this corner!

On the other hand, Chloe's collection looks like cupcakes. The seaming was lovely, and the clothes fit their models perfectly, but: cupcakes. Big, fluffy, frothy cupcakes, suitable for feathered hairdos and hurled martinis. So many puffed sleeves! So many shrugs! So much stiff, shiny satin!

I can't understand the win here, unless the judges went for the clarity of vision and the pieces' relation to each other. Which, i honestly think Santino's collection was more interestingly put together, because the connections were more subtle, whereas Chloe's banged you over the head with Look! A Collection! I liked working a little for Santino's story.

And then there's Daniel V. I thought some of his pieces were seriously beautiful, most of them actually, but i agreed with the judges that there was not enough holding the collection together as a whole. The pieces were easily the most ready-to-wear, which i suppose is both a blessing and a curse. The ivory coat in particular had an amazing neckline, and the pieces were all well-made. But there was nothing as spectacular and outstanding as, say, his orchid piece.

I mean, Santino wrote his clothes a song. Robbed!!