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Runway Update

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So last night, I watched three back-to-back episodes of Bravo's Project Runway to catch up with this season's fashion drama.

I'm not sure if it's me, but I don't think there is any... really.

The challenges have been excellent starting with the charge to design an outfit for that finicky former football player, Tiki Barber to Wednesday night's extra hard, but really cool coomand that called for the contestants to make outfits for women who had lost significant amounts of weight. And - Ha Ha - the trick was for the designers to use their favorite outfits as the center of their design.

Unfortunately, while the challenges have been good, what we've seen walk down the runway has been a bit of a snoozer. It seems not working with average models has definitely taken them out of their comfort zone. This surprises me because the designers this year were soooo accomplished. Maybe that's the problem, they are too good for their own good. They need to shake it up. Work from the heart!

Not to mention, they are soooo professional that nobody is catty. I like them all as people. I was heartbroken when Jack had to leave. And the rest of the designers from Chris March to the little persnickety Christian to Sweet P - who I knew would be just eeevil...

I guess catty folks are better designers.

What do you think of this season's Runway?

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The Mirror Image team consists of Inquirer and philly.com writers with a passion for fashion and an eye for the trends. We live to shop and shop to live, but always appreciate a good sale. We know that “What I am going to wear?” is a serious question, possibly requiring consultation and multiple outfit changes. We believe beauty treatments can be a necessity instead of a luxury, and consider awards shows required viewing. Above all, we strive to bring style into our daily lives – and have fun telling others about it.

Contributor Elizabeth Wellington has been the Inquirer's Fashion Reporter since 2003 and writes the Mirror, Mirror column for the Sunday Image section. She is a bargain shopper who hates buying pants and rarely meets a dress she doesn’t like.

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Contributor Karen Heller covered fashion for several years, nationally and regionally, and has an enduring interest in style and fashion. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in commentary, she reports on popular culture. Her column appears in the Wednesday Daily Magazine.

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