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(S06E05) I have a problem with this season of Project Runway. The contestants seem to focus on how much they hate other designs instead of being friendly and helping or saying that the outfit looks like a hot mess to their face. They hope that the clothes will sink the competitors, so they stay silent.

The drama continued this week when Tim Gunn revealed that the challenge was using newspaper as fabric. The unconventional material challenges lead to a lot of failures (fat paper Minnie Mouse from Season Three's Garbage challenge comes to mind), but overall, the contestants stepped up their game.

I'm finally back to watching The Cut after a few weeks when it was pre-empted here on the West Coast. There are four aspiring designers remaining: Princess, Liz,  Felix and Chris. Their assignment is float around on a garbage barge for two hours and scavenge things to use in clothing design. Although the designers are supposed to work on their own Felix and Liz help each other out (or rather Felix helps Liz).  They then have dinner with Tommy Hilfiger and no one really seems up to the task of simple dinner conversation. Felix and Liz continue to work together while Chris and Princess have a respectful friendship but see each other as competitors. In the Style Forum, the Princess/Liz rivalry heats up. Then it's time for the designs. Liz does her usual classic design style (pretty but we have seen her do this before) while everyone else's outfit is a hodgepodge. Chris gets points for his red satin skirt and short blazer. Princess gets in trouble for the half-skirt pleated thing she made (and the barely-clothed model) and Felix loses points for his plaid shirt and ugly vest. In the end, Tommy says he was looking for the designers to create something beautiful so Felix gets the boot. Next week we finally get to see who Tommy choses.