ElectricTangerine

Warning: I wrote this while hopped up on antihistamines and pain killers - was attacked by fire ants yesterday.
We’re not even 25 minutes into this and I’ve already uttered the phrase OMFG like three times in text with others. (Note, I need to install real time tagging so those of us watching from the same timezone can interact.)

Okay so, model selection, and we lose Wendi, not Katie (this is why I didn’t do a red X over Katie on Sunday). I wouldn’t have chosen Wendi either. Something about her seemed ‘off.’

And now the challenge, blah blah, fashion icon, blah blah, here she is: Sarah Jessica Parker. Wow. Designing for her line Bitten in which no piece costs more than $19.98 and is available in sizes from 0-22. (Note: Must check this out, nearest store is very close to here.)

Budget is $15, oh, and, it’s a team thing.

The Teams:
Elisa and Sweet P
Kit and Chris
Victorya and Kevin
Marion and Steven
Ricky and Jack
Christian and Carmen
Rami and Jillian

Notes as they occurred to me:
- Elisa, formerly known as Grass Stain Girl, is now Spit Girl. Ieww. Also, you need to learn how to explain your ideas using conventional fashion industry language. It doesn’t matter how creative you are if no one understands your babbling and hires you. Also, don’t tell clients you leave bodily fluids on the garments you make.

- Sweet P, I so don’t blame you for crossing yourself. I’d suggest garlic, but Elisa probably takes garlic pills. She seems the type. Also, I’ve never seen a woman with that many tattoos look so frumpy. How do you do it?

- Kit - Your sketch was pretty cute.

- Chris, SJP is just a person. An ordinary person with an extraordinary job. You don’t need to go all trembly in her presence. Breathe in and out. It helps.

- Marion: See note about hats.

- Steven: Do you have a personality in there, somewhere? Except for your millisecond of panic at the thought of being auf’d, I didn’t see any. (Also, has anyone noticed he has the same voice as Diana from season 2?)

- Ricky: Seriously no one needs that many hats. *I* don’t even have that many hats, and I collect them. Also, you’re infecting Marion with the hatty-ness.

- Christian - I like that you used color, but did you read the dossier? I mean, it took me thirty seconds to see the size ranges the clothing had to adapt to. Closely fitted stuff doesn’t work that way.

- Carmen - the expression on your face when Tim was talking to Christian about being too retro seemed to imply that you agreed with Tim - if so, speak up.

- Rami - I like that you at least acknowledged that you had to come up with a design for many different body shapes.

On the Runway:
Kit & Chris: Cute outfit, like the beret.
Elisa & Sweet P: It did move well, not in love with the cape.
Rami & Jillian: Not very exciting. Functional, though.
Marion & Steven: Ugh. Just ugh.
Victorya & Kevin: I like the vest. I like the dress. I could live without the tie at the neck.
Ricky & Jack: Like the color. Dress didn’t thrill me, but it wasn’t completely suckful.
Christian and Carmen: See notes above. Love the color, hate how fitted it is - it doesn’t mesh with the line you were asked to design for.

General: Anytime someone says “what happened was” you know that they know they sucked. I hate when they ask the designers who should go…Carmen loses all her tough points for her non-answer, and Elisa at least knows she’s from another planet. It’s worse when you don’t know.

WINNER:
Victorya

AUF’d:
Marion