It was a close one for Maryland Project Runway contestant Christian Siriano last week. He found himself in the bottom two after the challenge.

That challenge involved coming up with a two-piece outfit for Sarah Jessica Parker's fashion line Bitten -- everyone pitched, and half of the ideas were chosen. Then the people whose ideas were chosen picked a teammate for the challenge. The catch (of course, there is always a catch) was that they only had $15 for materials since Bitten is not an expensive line.

Christian worked with Carmen on his design -- a stretchy turquoise turtleneck minidress and gray, black and white zippered jacket. The other designs of note were Marion and Steven's dress, made of a woven material that stretched and stretched and stretched, ending up way too big, as well as misshapen. Elisa and Sweet P made Elisa's "polymorphic dress" and cape, which looked like they'd be a disaster. Victorya and Kevin's little black dress (with a giant neck-bow) and tiny racerback plaid vest also got some attention.

In the end Victorya's design won the challenge, and Elisa's was a very close second. The bottom two came down to Christian and Marion -- their partners were declared safe. The judges thought Christian's look was totally retro, looking entirely 1980s instead of like a modern spin on the era. But Marion's misshapen, Pocahontas-evoking garment made him the recipient of Heidi's "auf."

Overall, I think Sweet P kept Elisa from getting totally out of control, and the end result was quite nice. And Christian needs to listen to Tim Gunn, who had warned him that his outfit was looking a little too retro.

Lastly, I can't believe how many tears were shed -- Chris cried at the mere sight of Sarah Jessica, and Ricky bawled like five different times in interviews.

What did you think of the episode?