'Project Runway' Recap: Cindy Crawford and Cynthia Rowley Judge Final Arty Challenge

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"Fashion Week is at your fingertips," said "Project Runway" judge Heidi Klum to the five remaining designers. After this final challenge, only three would remain.

The designers found themselves greeted by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at the Getty Center, contemporary home to J. Paul Getty's collection of Western art, and were asked to use the art center as the design inspiration for their garments.

With the models-as-muses in tow, contestants received a brief tour and were given 30 minutes to sketch their ideas which came from green algae on a fountain rock (Christopher Straub) to classic paintings (Irina Shabayeva and Gordana Gehlhausen) to an 18th-century French bed (Carol Hannah Whitfield) to the Getty Center building itself (Althea Harper).

While the creative juices may have been flowing, the good vibes definitely were not. Everyone was on edge and the outtake remarks were increasingly pointed as all the designers sharpen their tools and claws.

There's no love is lost between Shabayeva and Harper, in particula, since last week's episode, where Shabayeva accused Harper of stealing one of her designs. "It's getting really rough right now and awkward," Harper says.

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