Next morning, Jerell walks into an Atlas apartment door, with a cheerful greeting. Happily, he’s figured on Korto and Leanne for conversation rather than the maple syrup and the melon. And hopefully for Korto and Leanne, their conversation is more stimulating. Kenley is left out of the mix altogether; she sits alone as the others ignore her. Kenley vlogs that she “doesn’t feel like talking to the other designers” yet she stares or glares at them from her perch. The three don’t even seem to glance her way. If she doesn’t feel the three are worth her time, why is she watching their every motion? The editing implies that she wonders if they took her tulle.
Back at Parsons, Kenley asks to buy Jerell’s tulle. He declines. What would the rules be on that anyway, I wonder? Tim enters the room; he asks Kenley what’s the matter. She tells him, and he says as long as it’s on her receipt she can return to Mood and retrieve it. Naturally she is relieved. Tim sends in the four models for a fitting. Korto and Leanne vlog about the “pressure.” Kenley loves her gown on model Topacio. Jerell looks it over and thinks it looks like a dragon. And does he say that it looks “a little like syphilis?” Doesn’t syphilis have a purple rash as a symptom? And why do I know that? (Junior high — mandatory ‘health class’.)
Tim brings in Collier Strong. He is the consulting makeup artist for L’Oreal Paris. Collier will consult with the designer/model teams on an appropriate look for this runway show. Designers show him their sketches and fabric swatches. He comes up with a creative hair and makeup design for each model.
Back in the workroom three designers laugh and talk while one designer sits in the corner sullenly sewing. Guess who? Yes, it’s Kenley, who is styling herself into a lifelong victim. “It’s just me, by myself ... I’ve had to deal with that my whole life, being left out. I don’t know why.” Well, after watching the aired episodes, do you have a little more of an idea now?
Tim comes in and gives Kenley permission to go to Mood and retrieve her tulle. And by the way — he treats Kenley no differently than he does any of the other competing designers. He is courteous and cheerful to one and all, there to do a job and do it well. Style isn’t just about fabric and fashion. The most important kind comes from within. Style’s Epitome tells the group he will be back later in the day to check on them.
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