I thought that either Korto or Terri could have won and I'd be happy.

I leaned toward Terri, but I liked both her and Korto a lot. I really want Terri to start getting some props, because she's been good every time out of the gate. She may be my current choice to win, with Korto second.

I think if they're going to boot Jennifer because she couldn't separate her personal taste from what the challenge requires, they're going to have to do that for Stella sooner rather than later.

Not the same thing though - Stella's still been trying to fit her aesthetic into the challenge, rather than simply doing whatthehellever and calling it an interpretation.

Also what Victor said re Terri.

I really want Terri to start getting some props, because she's been good every time out of the gate. She may be my current choice to win

She just exudes confidence without seeming too cocky.

I would've chosen Terri, too, for the blazer alone. That piece was amazing, looked great, and required more technical skill than making yet another sleeveless shirt/dress/vest/etc. And on top of the blazer she made three other pieces: the pants, which were very cute, the tube top, which was atrociously fitted, and whatever the ruffly neck piece was.

I liked Korto's piece, especially her choice of linen, but I feel like I've seen that silohuette from her before. The bottom half of the outfit looked exactly like her jumpsuit from last week. I really disliked Joe's look. Aside from the skort issue (of the devil), I just thought it was so expected. I didn't see any creative vision in it. He made a track suit with red, white and blue stripes that said USA on it. There was nothing original about it. It looked like I could've bought it from a Niketown. I mean, I guess that was the challenge, but give me someone like Jerrel who went way, way over the top but at least delivered something with a fresh perspective.

I may be going crazy, but I kind of liked Blayne's look this week. I don't know, the one shoulder, the way the stripes were positioned . . . I thought it was fun. It looked like something Charlie's Angels would wear to kick major amounts of Olympic ass.

Also, the sleeveless top on Terri's model was a little too tight, I think.

I thought it was a corset. She called it that at one point. I just thought it was a badly shaped corset. It needed more boning and shaping.

I liked Terri's the best with Korto's closely behind it. I like both of those women, too. I hope they are around a long time.

Stella cracks me up. While she sticks to her "leathah" aesthetic, she still molds it to the challenge. While her outfit wasn't really right, it did at least have some athletic appeal to it.

It looked like something Charlie's Angels would wear to kick major amounts of Olympic ass.

I think this was my problem with it.

Ugh. I had a long post and the board ate it.

I like Terri a lot. She's really confident and has a really strong POV, but she still *answers* the challenges. I liked her look last night a bit more than Korto's, but I think they're both really talented. Maybe the judges liked the simplicity of Korto's a little more?

Daniel and Jennifer were inexplicable. I mean, what did they picture the men wearing next to those little dresses?

Shear Genius: WTF? I know there's only so much you can do with hair, but dog grooming? And I had to sympathize with the stylists because so many of the clients has hair that didn't match their dogs at all. Still, Nekisa's gone! YAY!

Still, Nekisa's gone! YAY!

I was waiting for this to happen, and now that it has I think I can stop watching.

but I wouldn't be surprised if the fit on that top was what made the difference between Terri and Korto.

yes. This.

Did anyone else see What Not to Wear with Tara Kirk, the Olympic swimmer? As Tim pointed out (but the judges did not, as far as I could tell) these women do not all have traditional women's bodies. Not just the swimmers, but think of any track and field athlete, especially those in the throwing events, or something like judo, which I believe is in the summer games. On WNTW, Tara was actually quite petite but had very prominent arms and shoulders, and feminine outfits were not her most flattering look. Just another reason Jennifer's cardigan and skirt thing would not have worked- those clothes would almost have looking like they were mocking the athleticism of the women's bodies.

But that leads me to my problem with all the winning outfits. White pants (or skort!?) on anyone besides the gymnasts? In my days of working at Nordstrom, I probably could get white pants onto 5% of my clintele, either because they wouldn't have looked good or just plain old would not have been comfortable with it. The panels on Korto's pants were intended to add a little big of structure, but I found them to be kind of see-through. I would have liked pants out of the pinstripe navy Terri used for her jacket, and then a white jacket instead. But maybe I'm taking this too literally, since no athletes will ever have to actually wear these clothes.

I do like Kenley's own clothes but she is starting to grate.