Shoes of Project Runway 5.3

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LEANNE WAS ROBBED!!!!* Robbed, I tell's ya!

How beautiful and classy and chic-with-a-(literal)-twist was this outfit?* It's a blouse and skirt, and I would wear both of them, together, separately, any which way I could.* And she accessorized it perfectly with that gold necklace and the <a href="http://bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=2082590005&amp;FOLD ER%3C%3Efolder_id=2077036567&amp;N=2077036567+4294 967268&amp;Ne=500000&amp;Ns=Popularity|0||Product% 2bCode|1&amp;Nu=Product+ID" target="_blank">Gucci Eva wing-tip inspired platform pump</a>.

<img src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pr53-leanne.jpg" alt="pr 5.3 leanne" /> <img src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/guccievawingtip.jpg" alt="gucci eva wingtip" />

On the other hand, the actual winning outfit (Kenley's) did indeed look like it was made with... what did Joe call it?* Ft. Lauderdale pool furniture cushion fabric.* From the 80s.* Not in a good way.* I'll give it that it was interesting and well-made and a good interpretation of the photograph on which it was based.* And it gave us our first double shoe usage (the emerald green <a href="http://bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=2065325941&amp;FOLD ER%3C%3Efolder_id=2057231773&amp;N=959&amp;Ne=5000 00&amp;Nu=Product+ID&amp;Ntk=all&amp;Ntt=roberto+c avalli&amp;Ntx=mode+matchallpartial" target="_blank">Robert Cavalli sandal</a> from <a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/blog/selections-from-the-shoes-of-project-runway-51/" target="_blank">episode 1</a>).* But I can't put this dress in the top 3 at all, let alone give it the win.

<img src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pr53-kenley.jpg" alt="pr 5.3 kenley" />* <img src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rcavalli-green.jpg" alt="roberto cavalli green sandals" />

Who would I say was deserving of more love (and perhaps a spot in the top three instead of either Kenley's or Terri's (which was also interesting, but the dress over pants thing is old hat, and hers seemed to have a lot of extra messy fabric that made it look flouncy rather than streamlined sexy)?

Once again, Jerell.* He made a whole gown, for chrissake!* And it's perhaps more limiting in what kind of "night on the town" you can wear it to (a black tie gala?* a flamenco performance?), it's beautifully made and a gorgeous dress.* And worn with shoes that are not quite the <a href="http://bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=2059507587&amp;FOLD ER%3C%3Efolder_id=2057231773&amp;N=2057231773+4294 967268&amp;Nao=144&amp;Ne=10&amp;Ns=Popularity|0|| Product%2bCode|1&amp;Nu=Product+ID" target="_blank">Kenneth Cole Hit or Miss</a>, but pretty close.

<img src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pr53-jerell.jpg" alt="pr 5.3 jerell" />* <img src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/kennethcole-hitormiss.jpg" alt="kenneth cole hit or miss" />

I'd also give a shout out to Kelli for this rocker Mad Max number, which went perfectly with the <a href="http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=2057208311&amp;FOLD ER%3C%3Efolder_id=1169&amp;N=959+4294967268&amp;Ns =Popularity|0||Product%2bCode|1&amp;Nu=Product+ID" target="_blank">Gucci Ebony sandal</a>, which isn't available anymore, but I remember well from <a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/blog/the-shoes-of-project-runway-46/" target="_blank">Chris March's Hershey outfit last season</a>.

<img src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pr53-kelli.jpg" alt="pr 5.3 kelli" /> <img src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/gucci-ebony.jpg" alt="gucci ebony black" />

I mean, I even didn't hate Blayne-licious and his neon frills.* Though I didn't much like the blah shoe choice (something along the lines of the <a href="http://bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=2080117303&amp;FOLD ER%3C%3Efolder_id=1167&amp;N=1167+4294967262&amp;N e=10&amp;Ns=Popularity|0||Product%2bCode|1&amp;Nu= Product+ID" target="_blank">Charles David Devin pump</a>).

<img src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pr53-blayne.jpg" alt="pr 5.3 blayne" />* <img src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/charlesdavid-devin.jpg" alt="charles david devin" />

Emily's losing "little black dress with a corsage" (Tim Gunn is always right, people.* Listen to him!) wasn't great, and one could argue that the <a href="http://bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=2084957947&amp;FOLD ER%3C%3Efolder_id=1167&amp;N=1167+4294967268&amp;N e=10&amp;Ns=Popularity|0||Product%2bCode|1&amp;Nu= Product+ID" target="_blank">Gucci Eva maryjanes</a> (guess it was the night for Gucci Eva shoes) were the most fabulous part of the outfit.

<img src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pr53-emily.jpg" alt="pr 5.3 emily" />* <img src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/guccieva-maryjane.jpg" alt="gucci eva maryjane" />

But in this, too, I think the judges went wrong.* Because I swear to you that I would much sooner be seen in public wearing that dress?which is at least kicky and has an energy to it?than Jennifer's dowdy and depressing silk charmeuse number, which looks like maternity wear for a ladies club luncheon rather than a dress for a night on the town.
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pr53-jennifer.jpg" alt="pr 5.3 jennifer" /></p>
The shoes are VERY DEFINITIVELY the best part of this outfit.* They're the secret love child of the <a href="http://bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=2084399319&amp;FOLD ER%3C%3Efolder_id=2041639855&amp;rvform=true" target="_blank">Stuart Weitzman Vanity</a> and the <a href="http://bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=2081940755&amp;FOLD ER%3C%3Efolder_id=2041639855&amp;N=933&amp;Ne=5000 00&amp;Nu=Product+ID&amp;Ntk=all&amp;Ntt=caberet&a mp;Ntx=mode+matchallpartial" target="_blank">Christian Louboutin Caberet</a>, and I love them.* Unlike the dress.

<img src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/stuart-weitzman-vanity.jpg" alt="stuart weitzman vanity" width="275" height="275" />* <img src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/louboutin-caberet.jpg" alt="christian louboutin caberet" width="275" height="275" />