Back to the present. Brooke announces that their challenge will be to design a look for her TV character Wendy Healy on her show, Lipstick Jungle. Brooke also explains that her character Wendy is a “high powered studio executive." (Quick! Get those shots ready to play the ‘how many times will they say high powered’ drinking game.) Tim tells the gang that he has a “dossier” for them - and it will self-destruct in sixty seconds. No, it just contains photos of Brooke as Wendy in season one of her show.
At this point, as they leaf through their Grosse Pointe Blanke hit man packets - er, no, I meant fashion dossiers - Brooke further expounds upon the challenge parameters: The look must go from day to night, boardroom to club. Tim springs a surprise on the group: For this challenge they will work in teams of two. The designers are decidedly not thrilled. Tim tells them they can sketch for half an hour, then will pitch their ideas to Brooke. Brooke will choose six of those designs. I’m assuming from past seasons of Project Runway that this means those six will be ‘team captains’ and will choose their teammates.
As they sketch we hear their thoughts through their solo vlogs. Jerell, very wisely, admits that he has to listen to the challenge this time and keep it sexy and simple. Kelli is picking up on the TV character’s “bohemian” past and is going with a leopard print. Daniel is sketching away and says he wants to win very badly. His sketch looks amazingly like Brooke Shields. I hope for his sake his passion for this challenge serves him well. He’s sketching fast and furiously and it looks very good. At this point, he vlogs that he has a Middle Eastern background: his mother is Moroccan, his father Israeli. I'm guessing this is more 'getting to know our designers' but the editing makes it a non sequitur. The jump cut implies his 'background' will inform his design, but I don't see an obvious connection. Sketching time is over, though; it's time to meet Brooke and sell, sell.
Suede’s pitch is first. From what I can tell his sketch is a bit blah. Brooke worries about the puffy sleeves. Kelli shows Brooke a sketch of a fitted, strappy leopard print dress. “It’s the jungle!” Brooke exclaims, but she does not look impressed. Maybe she thinks it was a bit too literal? Kenley next shows Brooke a spindly looking sketch. But Brooke likes the boat neck neckline. It is a good neckline for a square face like Brooke has. And broad shoulders. The sketch looks as though it has a plunging back with criss cross straps across it. Hard to tell, though because the pencil lines are faint.
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