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"I&amp;amp;#8217;ve been watching the show since it started oh-so-forever-ago, as I&amp;amp;#8217;m sure many of you gals have too. In case you want to bump your fan status up a dozen levels or so, I just wanted to give you the little FYI that you can actually bid on on this season&amp;#x27;s designs--on all of &amp;#x27;em. That includes the good, the bad, and the so-questionable-it-creates-a-cliff hanger-and-they-cut-to-a-commercial-break designs--say, for instance Casanova&amp;#x27;s Braveheart-esque &amp;quot;gown.&amp;quot;There&amp;amp;#8217;s no doubt that Season 8 of Project Runway will not disappoint, thanks to the kooky cast members (ahem, the aforementioned Casanova) and what are decidedly the strangest challenges yet (did you see the party store episode?!!). The designs are shaping up to be pretty wild as well and this season, after each episode all of the looks will be up for auction on the official Project Runway website. I couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t believe it when I read that Casanova&amp;amp;#8217;s half-dress-half-bathing-suit-loin-cloth from Episode 1 sold for $47 after being put up for auction on the show&amp;amp;#8217;s official website! During the episode, Tim Gunn questioned Casanova if his design was too &amp;amp;#8220;vulgar&amp;amp;#8221; - and I questioned what was going through Casanova&amp;amp;#8217;s head to begin with, which walked the runway and garnered strange looks from the judges (I wish you could see the back of this design, or lack thereof). Now my biggest question is: I wonder who bought it? Or why? I mean, it&amp;#x27;s a pretty legit fashion Don&amp;amp;#8217;t in almost anyone&amp;amp;#8217;s book of style, could perhaps the buyer of that awkward piece of cloth was stocking up for Halloween? Or maybe it was a friend, just cheering Casanova on? Or someone betting that the garment would be worth something some day when the rest of the Casanova line is shelved alongside Dior and Chanel at the Met Museum&amp;#x27;s Costume Institute? Now don&amp;#x27;t get me wrong: I love that all us viewers at home have the chance to support these young and emerging designers by bidding on their pieces, and there&amp;amp;#8217;s plenty of designer&amp;amp;#8217;s looks that I would love to own myself (even if I can&amp;amp;#8217;t fit into them), but my jaw is on the floor over the very idea that someone out there plunked down money for that particular look. Honestly, ladies - would you have bid on that design if you had the chance? What about some of the other Project Runway designs? Would you bid on the looks that you liked the most? (If you&amp;#x27;re curious, like I was, to see what&amp;#x27;s selling check out the auction results for Episode 1, 2 and 3 now.) And maybe most importantly, who is going to tune in on Thursday to watch the next episode? More Ways to Get Glamour Glamour stylists answer your fashion questions at WhatToWear.com. Ask away! You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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