Project Runway Season 10, Episode 2

Last night was Season 10's Innovation challenge.  This wasn't the first time the designers used candy to make a dress (remember Jillian's great Twizzler's dress?).  Dylan Lauren of Dylan's Candy Bar let the designers loose in her store.  What fun!  

Let's cut to the chase and discuss the top three and the bottom three.  But, wait a second.  I just have to say that I was completely flabbergasted that Andrea's dot candy apron dress with the crazy back was not in the bottom three.  Wow.

The top three were Ven, with his stained glass candy dress, Sonjia and her who did an ocean inspired dress and Christopher and his checkerboard design.  I am a huge fan of Ven, and was glad he won this challenge.  His dress was beautiful, and didn't look like candy.

Let's discuss the bottom.  Elena made a dress out of pina colada candy that looked like a macaroni dress.  I think the idea was good, but the execution was poor.  It could have been very interesting, especially if she had used another color.  Also in the bottom was Buffi.  She spent a lot of time weaving a top together that unfortunately didn't fit the model all that well.  Her skirt was one of those napkin skirts that the judges hate.  She styled her model a la SJP in Sex and the City (according to her), but instead she looked like a bipolar Barbie off her meds.  Finally there was Lantie.  Last week I said that I thought Lantie should have been eliminated instead of Beatrice, and I absolutely stand by that.  It seemed like Lantie really just gave up with this challenge.  In past seasons some very talented designers just didn't respond well to the Innovation challenge, so maybe that was the case with Lantie.  But anyone who's watched Project Runway before knows that the worst thing you can do in one of these challenges is to use a fabric like material.  Well, Lantie used and umbrella (Dylan Lauren called her on that right away).  Then she took a small amount of candy and embellished it.  She really did deserve to go home this week for two reasons.  The first, she didn't do what the challenge called for.  The second, she did nothing to sell her garment to the judges.  Had she been confident and made a case for herself she might have been in.  Instead she said she didn't have enough time and was argumentative.  That never goes well.

So, do you think the judges got it right?  

Lantie and her umbrella dress: