This season's lingerie challenge came packaged with a runway sleepover for the designers. Don't get me wrong- I love Bella Thorne, but isn't she a little young to be judging intimates? And how come Heidi Klum doesn't look that old next to her?
We all knew that Blake, who has the least *erm* experience with women's lingerie was going to struggle on this one. And struggle he did. He has had a problem with execution and construction on previous challenges, and this one was all about construction. Merline was pretty quiet, and looked to be in trouble, too, because she didn't use the underwire that was provided to all the designers...but by the end of the challenge she was back to her old self, hastagging EVERYTHING. #annoying
Kelly seems to be on the right track to wooing Heidi because she's focusing on "sexy boobs." But as soon as Heidi enters the workroom, you can tell that she won't be mincing any words today. She calls Edmund "Mr. Tacky" which is spot on in my opinion - not just for this challenge. Edmund has immunity for this one, but for heaven's sake! When is he gonna get kicked off for being Mr. Tacky?!?
Swapnil decides he's going to work with bondage straps, but he doesn't have enough white straps to complete his look. Tim says Swapnil is making pesto without basil leaves, reminding us why Tim is who he is...because he's brilliant. And then after the designers have a sleepover on the runway, Tim wakes them all up in his pajamas, reminding us that's he's just a man after all.
Jake has this weird sob story about how he has to give his model a real underwear, not a thong. Wah wah. But I appreciate that he is sorta getting to know his model. Then I realized, the twist to the challenge was that all the designers had to make a coverup for the lingerie, and the only coverup we saw was Lindsey's. At the last second, Jake "drapes" a sarong (READ: he tied a square piece of fabric around his model's waist).
Lindsey makes a boring top and bottom, and covers it with an even more boring peach boyfriend shirt, but at least she actually made a coverup. She lost three hours because she needed a stitch and a tetanus shot, and she still pulled out an okay look. Way better than most people. Props to her this week for this moment of brilliance: "Joseph's look is boring...and that's not good because they tell me I'm boring all the time."
CHOKE: in the Sally Beauty room, Lindsey and Joseph talk to their hairdressers and after very different consultations, the picture of the same model's makeup is shown. Watch for it!
On the runway, Swapnil's look is a "showstopper" despite its flaws, Candace's look flies under the radar and so does Merline's look, about which Candace says, "No one thinks Merline is a threat." I agree, just not this week. Ashley's look appears to be the most reproducible, Zac calls it "yummy," and it's in her signature lavender color. Kelly's look is her signature trashy, but it fits the challenge okay since it's lingerie.
SPOILER: In the end, Merline triumphs in a big coup. She's coming into her own, despite that a look she calls architectural has no structure. She's most likely gonna be back to her loudmouth self next week. Cant wait for another unconventional challenge!!!
SPOILER: Blake goes home. I don't even like him. Why am I sad to see him go? He was surprisingly nice in his exit interview. He'll probably be back for sassy quotes and to be a designer's assistant in later challenges.
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