It's a lovely dress. Can you tell us who makes the fabric?

I was surprised at how unfinished their collections were when they arrived in New York, and second, how unfocused they were. In previous years, most of the designers had some sort of theme that gave their collections consistency, but did you see it in the brief glimpses we had of their work?

As for the cattiness that has been remarked on here before, it seems that me that it's a staple of reality tv contestants. I think they know, or if not, are told, that they have to produce some sort of conflict to keep the viewers' interest. It generally is expressed in those face-to-the camera interviews where they obviously have to come up with something that the directors can use.

I'm more than a little disappointed in the quality of the show this year--the designers seem unadventurous and lacking in basic skills, the challenges are unexciting, and certainly, the time given to showing the clothing is minimal. The producers must realize that the Project Runway audience is interested in the clothes! In addition to the runway show, the final stages of construction are shortchanged, too, so we have no idea how some of the designers got from their beginnings to the final garment.

I had some really hard-to-turn silk organza, and I found that wearing a rubber glove (the thin medical kind) made the process of starting the turn much easier.