Still would've gone with Terri's look as #3. I don't care if she makes pants all the way to Bryant Park. Everyone else makes a dress or a skirt every week but you don't see Terri bitching about them. Each designer has his/her aesthetic and the trick is to marry that to the dictates of the challenge, which I think Terri has done very well. And as for Blayne's little dig . . . well, he and his polka dot bloomers can bite me.

Exactly this! Trousers are hard, yo. I don't understand the Magical Elves' harping on this theme. So she does her stuff in pants, rather than skirts. Lots of houses made their names in pants.

Edited because "shit in pants" was a bad phrase.

PR:

Definitely agree that the bottom three should have been Stella, Suede, Joe, in that order. Stella wouldn't have been long for the competition, but Joe's outfit was hideous. It was also very, very pink. Just 'cause it works for drag queens, yo, don't mean it works for everything.

I was sure it was going to go because poor construction is the kiss of death on this show. But I guess it was so poor they thought maybe it was a design feature, whereas Stella's was clearly just not tailored well. Still, I think I'd give her kudos for thinking through the challenge instead of just throwing something up that was "Asian" and I do mean the quotes.

I thought this was going to be Kenley's challenge, and it should have been. It was the era she could have rocked, and it was with a designer with an eye for prints. I'm glad she made her design and stood by it. I agree that with one more piece it could have been amazing, maybe a hooded flyaway scarf or something. Something solid to offset and play up the print.

Still, to my surprise, Leanne's outfit was lovely and understated and fit the era without losing modernity. It had an interesting shape, and I think I'm beginning to see her design aesthetic in a way that hasn't been evident.

Oh! And can I say how horrified I was about the travesty in the sample room? Those designers need their wrists slapped.

Still, I think I'd give her kudos for thinking through the challenge instead of just throwing something up that was "Asian" and I do mean the quotes.

Don't you mean "Oriental?"

I so think Joe should have been the one to go. Stella's had all the problems everyone says it had but Joe's was HIDEOUS!

As was Blayne's. But his I guess was well constructed.

Oh! And can I say how horrified I was about the travesty in the sample room? Those designers need their wrists slapped.

I think if they wanted to be careful of the fabrics they should have given them more time and people to help them.

Don't you mean "Oriental?"

Ha! I totally do. Did I mention it was awful? Because it was.

I agree that they should have had more time, which I thought right at the beginning when they said how much they'd have. But still, dragging those bolts along the floor, tearing that stuff off the racks. Some of that fabric was worth a lot of jack, and I hated to see it get potentially damaged. Felt like a lack of respect to me.

First of all, how the fuck is Blayne still around??? I'll agree that Stella wasn't ever going to make it to Bryant Park, but at ZOMG those balloon pants. WTF???

Of the bottom three, I was expecting Suede to go. His dress just didn't *fit* and it's not the first time he's had that problem. And the less said about Joe's taste level the better.

OTOH, Stella has repeatedly sent half-finished ideas down the runway, and part of the challenge is always FINISHING YOUR FUCKING GARMENT. PS, in the 1930's, women wore shirts.

Kenley should have known that "a look" != "a dress" no matter how impeccable the dress is, but I also loved Leanne's look, so I was happy to see her win.

I'm not sure what the deal was with everyone bitching about Terri's pants this week. Terri always makes pants, Korto always makes jackets, Leanne always makes dresses with random flippy thing, Blayne always makes whacked-out ugly crap. Isn't that what having a point of view is all about?

I would have been happy to lose any of the bottom 3. I think all their days are numbered.

Leanne won me over with her NY night outfit inspired by the plant grate. It was perfect and I thought it should have won that challenge. She really is getting "it" as far as innovation and polish.

Kenley disappointed me.

First of all, how the fuck is Blayne still around??? I'll agree that Stella wasn't ever going to make it to Bryant Park, but at ZOMG those balloon pants. WTF???

So. Much. This. Say what you will about Joe and Stella, but has Blayne ever been in the top 3?

Seriously. I was so sure we were going to get a chance to get rid of either of the verbal tic guys, but there was enough bad enough that we didn't. Bah.

Blayne's outfit was terrible.

And I think everyone fell a bit on the "look" aspect of the challenge. There was a lot of leeway in what they could do, but that was an awesome inspiration piece, and no one sold that to me in either era or actress.

There was a lot of leeway in what they could do, but that was an awesome inspiration piece, and no one sold that to me in either era or actress.

I really wish that they had actually shown the designers the movie because it was clear that most (if not all) of them had never seen it and were just parroting back DvF's description of it when asked about their inspiration.