@jonnieblack said: And I still think Chrisitan puts himself into the designs too much. He usually is spot on with the problems but let them figure it out, especially in an all-star season. Looking forward to the next episode.

It doesn't bother me too much anymore. In fact, I appreciate the fact that he tries to correct them, because I don't want to see a flop walking down the run way.

My girl Laurence is playing with fire with half-a22ing some competitions.

With that said, I am glad that she was called out for it, and I'm happy that Bishme got the win

Another recycled challenge. I’ve never watched Below Deck so I didn’t know any of the clients. As soon as I saw Bishme’s look in the workroom I knew he would win. LOVED. Brittany did a great job with the most difficult task so kudos to her.

I don’t think any were terrible but Prajje’s was the worst. Second week in a row. Has he run his course? Anna may have been eliminated but not a total loss. She hooked up with the hot guy.

@jonnieblack said: She hooked up with the hot guy.

You think? I was hoping that she didn't since she's married.

I guess I don’t really know, it could have just been the edit.

It looks as if this next episode will be all about what the designers want to make - finally!

I got the sense Annie just meant he was physically appealing, not that she was forming a romantic entanglement. I know I've seen women I thought were hot and wife has seen men she thought were hot without the slightest temptation to do more than look.

It will be nice to see a challenge where they can make what they want. I am a proponent of challenges with limits because I think it drives creativity. I approved the red fabric challenge (though I wish they had picked a better quality fabric) because it can stretch the imagination. My wife and I once ran a doll competition at a Costume-Con with a color limitation. We got great entries from it.

I was disappointmed with the latest challenge, ngl. Anything they want to make and some of the choices were 😒

I think my biggest problem overall were the fabric choices. So blah. Almost uniformly. Prajje avoided this, but I remember some years ago a contestant chose a green fabric and all the judsges were like, no, we don't use it on covers, no one likes it, Heidi HATED it. I was worried for him, justifibly I guess. But I kind of liked his look. The skirt was beauftiful. The top was cut a little off but I thought there were werse looks. I hink I'd have had Korto in the bottom. I just wasn't feeling hers at all. But it was her. Rami made a nice draped gown, very well done technically, very him. Just a little underwhelming.

The only look I really loved, and the correct winner, was Bishme. That had wow factor in all the right ways. It absolutely hit Met Gala. This coming from someone who normally hates sheer over lingerie and would never wear it, but it had DRAMA.

I thought for sure they were going to send Prajje home after the critiques but they made the right choice, imo. The problem with Kara Saun for me is that I really don't know who she is as a designer. When the challenge was announced I could pretty well guess what all the others were going to do except her. I remember in her first season, she won several challenges and was the odds on favorite to win but her final collection was very ho hum with a very odd theme of an "Aviator" inspiriation. The judges saw through it correctly, and gave the win to Jay.

We liked most of the designs, actually. Other than Brittany which we hated.

No, given that, I was getting a little annoyed at Prajje. He kept obsessing about Brittany's top and that she was ripping his off from a previous challenge. Even after said he was going to let it go, he kept mentioning it in the confessionals.

I really wanted to shake him and say "You don't own the concept of a criss-cross top! Its been around for decades!" I know its a pet peeve, but most design lines have long histories. You can use them in unique and different ways, but don't think you're the brilliant one that came up with it. We really liked Bishme's use of the rouched panels on the skirt; beautiful and i nnovative; panels like that aren't new. Bishme did deserve the win this week.

I agree about Prajje. There has been a lot of that this season. Complaints about Anna doing the same dress for two challenges. Hello, most desingers have a signature look. You could say that about almost all of them. Crisstops have been around at least as long as I can remember and I'm old.

Maybe I would have liked the designs better if I liked the fabrics better. I don't think the dark, rainly runway helped several of them.

I agree about the runway. I'm sorry, but outdoor runways are a terrible idea. A lot of fabrics are easily damaged by water. I'd much rather they used the usual facilities if they can't arrange a different, indoor facility.

@Costumers said:

I agree about the runway. I'm sorry, but outdoor runways are a terrible idea. A lot of fabrics are easily damaged by water. I'd much rather they used the usual facilities if they can't arrange a different, indoor facility.

I was furious with the runway!!! I couldn't see a darn thing. Where was the lighting? I didn't get a good look at Korto's outfit, because she was safe.

@jonnieblack said:

I agree about Prajje. There has been a lot of that this season. Complaints about Anna doing the same dress for two challenges. Hello, most desingers have a signature look. You could say that about almost all of them. Crisstops have been around at least as long as I can remember and I'm old.

I think it was more than the top. It was the bottom as well. To me, Brit stole his whole look, and she did not execute the top very well.

@Poetist said:

@jonnieblack said:

I agree about Prajje. There has been a lot of that this season. Complaints about Anna doing the same dress for two challenges. Hello, most desingers have a signature look. You could say that about almost all of them. Crisstops have been around at least as long as I can remember and I'm old.

I think it was more than the top. It was the bottom as well. To me, Brit stole his whole look, and she did not execute the top very well.

His was much better.

@jonnieblack said:

The only look I really loved, and the correct winner, was Bishme. That had wow factor in all the right ways. It absolutely hit Met Gala. This coming from someone who normally hates sheer over lingerie and would never wear it, but it had DRAMA.

I wasn't so wowed by Bishme's look. I think if I saw Korto's look, I may have liked it, because I loved the bit that I did see.

I thought for sure they were going to send Prajje home after the critiques but they made the right choice, imo. The problem with Kara Saun for me is that I really don't know who she is as a designer. When the challenge was announced I could pretty well guess what all the others were going to do except her.

I do believe her aesthetic is whimsical, but she goes overboard with it. She needs to streamline it a bit.