For this Finale Episode, we start where we left off. The designers are in the lounge and poor Kini is having a mini-meltdown after the judges did not like the preview of his collection.

On this week's episode of Project Runway...the Final 4 Designers go to Rome, Italy; get home visits from Tim Gunn; return to NYC and preview their collections to the judges... ALL IN ONE EPISODE! In other words, A LOT goes on, yet very little actually happens. Let's review....

Moments after finding out that they have made it to New York Fashion Week, the designers get a visit from Heidi, Tim and....

 DECOY COLLECTIONS: Part One...


Coral Gables, Florida-based designer Fade Zu Grau was OUT on Episode 8, the avant-garde episode. He was the first Season 13 designer to get a chance to show a "Decoy Collection" in Mercedes-Benz NY Fashion Week. Lucky him... In case you don't know the whole "Decoy" thang--it goes like this:

"Project Runway" begins airing in late July and Fashion Week is in Early September. Because NY Fashion Week is so photographed and publicized, there is no way to hide the final collections from the press. So the producers decided years ago that every designer in the competition that is still "In" at the point of Fashion Week, is allowed to show a collection. Yes, that's why I say "lucky them".

This past week on Lifetime's Season 13 "Project Runway", the 8 remaining designers were tasked to create a fashionable look for an 8-12 year-old young girl inspired by a...

Now, I admit that I played with dolls (no surprise!) but because my generation was about 5-10 years ahead of the "American Girl Phenomenon"...my sister did not have one and therefore I didn't play with an "American Girl"; instead, it was all about...

This past week's Season 13 "Project Runway" episode on Lifetime dealt with Diamonds and Evening Wear...it was the "Chopard Challenge". The show's Mentor Tim Gunn introduced the challenge along with  Co-President and Artistic Director of the Geneva Switzerland-based jewelry manufacturer, Caroline Scheufele.

This week's Lifetime Network Season 13 "Project Runway" episode began with awkward silence in the Gotham West Apartments--with roommates Amanda, Char and Korina...it seems "Meany McMeany" designer Korina Emmerich called out Amanda Valentine as being "kind of a " phony (whatever that means)...