This episode featured the first team competition. This is usually the catalyst for drama but last nights drama was fairly mild. The guest host was Brooke Shields who is currently one of the stars in a series called Lipstick Jungle (you know, one of the Sex in the City rip off shows). Honestly I didnt even think this show was still on the air but it apparantly is because the winning design is going to be featured on the show as one of Brooke's characters outfits.
The instructions were to design something a high powered exec would wear to work that could also transition into evening. Each designer had 30 minutes to create a sketch of their design which they showed Brooke and she in turn picked her top 6 which were given the go-ahead. The designers thus picked teams or pairs a la third grade kick ball, which meant someone would be picked last or chosen by default. Stella was the last picked and despite her tough leatha exterior, seemed a bit hurt by this. Jerrel (whose personality is finally starting to emerge) ends up with her and very nicely takes her under his wing.
Off to the fabric store they went, weee! Nothing very exciting happened there so onto Parsons. This is where the friction began. Get two opinionated designers together and they will obviously butt heads, at least thats what Bravo was hoping. Suede and Terry had the most problems with each other with Terri emasculating Suede at every chance she got (not that this was difficult) and basically took away all of his responsibilities. I dont blame her though, he lacked confidence and couldnt execute and we all know that reality tv show contestants are not there to make friends.
Since there were only 6 designs, I will post all 6 for you to reference:
Blayne (the tanorexic who is fading faster than Beyonce in a L'oreal ad) and Leanne created this little ensemble. It did not go over well with the judges. Brooke felt it wasnt nice enough for an executive to be wearing but Heidi asked if she got dressed in the dark, ouch. I didnt think it was that bad, but clearly they didnt so much get what the parameters of the challenge was. Boring Leanne seemed to be there for the ride and didnt have much to say or contribute to defending the outfit. Blayne on the other hand took full responsibility and said if the design loses, he should go home. Leanne agrees.
Next we have Jerrel and Stella and I like their design a lot. It was interesting and combined colors, patterns, and textures well. Stella got to use her leatha skills and made the belt that Brooke didnt so much like but everyone else seemed to, including me. I just love that belt around the waist look.
Joe and Korto created this design. When she takes the jacket off she is wearing a gold/tan slinky tube dress that had the back cut out. Eh, kind of boring and I hate the sleeves but I am not big on volume in clothing in general. It was just ok, not dazzling though.
Kenley and Keith paired up to create this textured, high waisted skirt and floral top. Overall I liked to concept of this ensemble and I felt it could go from day to night although the judges disagreed. I wasnt sure if I liked the texture on the skirt (which you cant really see well in that pic) but it is a scallop type pattern. I find it to be acceptable.
After some drama, Suede and Terri came up with a shirt and pants, which Terri was about to dry hump she was so in love with it. Again, not really my style and it was a bit mediocre but fit the parameters of the challenge nicely.
Clearly the biggest dissapointment of the night came from Daniel and Kelly.
The overall consensous was that it looked cheap and it did. I dont think it is possible to mix black lace, animal print and teal together and have it look classy and clean. It was worse when she took the jacket off because underneath was this little cami that looked like something out of Fredricks of Hollywood. This ended up being the losing look and Kelly was sent home, barely squeaking by Blayne.
And the winning design was...Keith and Kenley's! No immunity was given on this challenge, but again the design will be worn on the show by Brooke Sheilds, me-ow.
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