Inappropriate Outfits Worn On Project Runway

Season 17's Hester Sunshine was easily one of the greatest designers to have been featured on "Project Runway." On top of bringing some exuberant fun to the competition, Sunshine also had an incredible knack for proving that kitschy, punk rock aesthetics could look sophisticated and elevated in the right hands. So, if anybody could make a set of nipple pasties look elegant, it was her. 

In the workroom, "Project Runway" winner and mentor Christian Siriano rightfully had his concerns. "I like the idea," he said, "but I still want you to make something fashionable and cool" (via Bravo). Admittedly, she did. However, the fashionable and cool element only existed below the waist where a mint silk floor-length gown fulfilled the elegance quota of the challenge. Everything above that point? Not so much. While Sunshine explained her look to the judges with the caveat "I think there's nothing more elegant than going topless," Elaine Welteroth countered that though the idea was there, the execution fell short — specifically, in the way that the taffeta pasties were made to look "puckered" (via Bravo).

The color certainly didn't help, and left the model looking like some burlesque DC super villain who'd covered herself in Kryptonite to take down Superman once and for all. It wasn't elegant, and it definitely wasn't appropriate. As Culturess noted, Sunshine had immunity that week, so hey, at least you've gotta admire her for using that opportunity to take such a wild swing.

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