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Project Runway got into the Olympic spirit with this week’s ep (and just in time as the 29th Olympic Games get underway in Beijing, China tomorrow) as the designers were challenged to create women’s wear outfits for the US Olympic Team that would be fit to wear to the opening ceremonies of the Summer Games:

Celebrity guest judge and Olympian speed skater Apolo Ono was on hand to help with the judging process. After the jump, find out who was in, who was out and who took home the Gold (since we already know that Blayne won the Bronzer) …

Okay … so there was a whole lotta look this time around. Much of it was fug, I must be honest, but some of it was pretty interesting. While I didn’t have much problem with the winning design I was pretty flabbergasted that the one design that I felt was so heinously inappropriate for any Olympic ceremony was not deemed the losing design (or even selected to be in the bottom two, for that matter). I think it was the biggest shock I’ve ever personally felt while watching any episode of Project Runway — ever:

First, the good stuff … I loved that Korto was able to tell her story on camera, tho it had me worried for a sec. Usually when the producers allow the designers to get personal on camera it means they are about to be axed from the show. I was happy that Korto was the winner this week, I think she is a great designer. Honestly, my fave design was Leanne‘s … hands down, it was the most stylishly fashion forward one of the bunch for me. She keeps impressing me, I think she’s the quiet contender that might go all the way. I also liked Joe‘s and Terri‘s designs very much, they were very Olympic to me. The rest of the looks were just so wrong, so off point. I was ON THE FLOOR WITH SHOCK that Stella was not cut from competition. When her design came down the runway and I saw that belly button hole on the front of her BLACK LEATHER outfit I was SURE she was going home. Seriously, what the EFF were the judges thinking?! I can’t BELIEVE that Nina Garcia passed up the opportunity to rip this look apart in the judging stage. I’m sorry, I’ve never so disagreed with the judges like I do this time. Jennifer, Lord, she was so due to go home … she must have lots of Holly Hobby dresses to make back in Walnut Grove. She was a very sweet girl, her designs were very sweet but Nina‘s right to say that she can’t get out of her design mind frame. I don’t know how she keeps thinking she’s a surrealist but … she’s sweet. This week, Suede kept his annoyingness to a minimum, Blayne — my gods — I kinda just want to slap him. The vapidness in this poor boy … it’s kinda hard to watch on a weekly basis. To be fair, he does have some design skills … I’ll give him that … but I don’t think he has two thoughts in his little brain to rub together. I wonder how far he’ll go. This week, I deffo started warming up to the designers … I’m starting to feel an affinity for them … now, it’s game on. Who are y’all’s faves? Do we see a Final 3 yet?

PS: Note to Daniel, stop messing around with Wesley this weekend and watch the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.

PPS: I’m happy to learn that Tim Gunn agrees with me on Stella (“Stella, oh Stella. How is it that you continue to persist?”) but is diametrically opposed to my love of Leanne‘s design (“Leanne, what happened? … The collar looked haphazard and lacked polish.”). His blog HERE on last night’s ep is a great read.

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