Terri’s sketch has some sort of pant suit going. Seems to be a frilly detail along the seams. “I do love the pants” Brooke allows. Blayne shows Brooke a sketch of Bermuda shorts (Brooke’s facial expression is priceless) and a blue vest. “That’s not a bad idea,” she tells him, and I wonder if she won’t choose his idea simply out of curiosity. Daniel’s sketch is the most accomplished and detailed. The design looks similar to what Brooke has worn in past films; there is a 1940s influence in the broad shouldered jacket, a la Brenda Starr, although the effect is not extreme. The jacket is striped with three-quarter sleeves. The blouse under it is ‘ruffly chiffon’ Daniel says. There is a straight, pencil skirt that falls just below the knee. Brooke seems to love it.
Keith seems a bit starstruck as he tells Brooke he has worked with different body types but “no one is this tall and this... such... you know... great legs as you do." Brooke seems a bit puzzled by his sketch and asks what part of it will be. Ruffles? No, fringe, Keith says. Stella shows Brooke an idea for a corset. “She’s still gotta go to work in this,” Brooke points out. Stella seems surprised. Who can’t go to work in a piece of laced-up fetish gear? Most of the world, Stella. Most of the world. Korto lays out a few colored pencils alongside her own sketch. Orange, lime green, and brown. “That’s a perfect palette," Brooke admires.
Joe’s up next; he’s drawn a ‘tuxedo inspired shirt’. Leanne has the only color drawing so far, with a soft looking draped dress. It’s indigo color. It looks simple and fabulous. “I want this for my real life,” Brooke blurts out. Jerell is bubbly as he tries to sell Brooke on “khakis and camels with slight pops of color." I think camel is an unfortunate word to use when describing clothing to a woman.
At any rate, the pitches over, Tim asks Ms. Shields to tell the contestants what’s behind door number three! No, she tells them the additional prize/incentive for this challenge. “The winning design will be worn by me, on the second season of Lipstick Jungle.” She announces her six choices: Keith, Korto, Jerell, Kelli, Terri, and Blayne. I am surprised at her choices; they would not have been mine. But she seems to have chosen the riskiest designs, not the prettiest. This could at least be interesting.
In the next scene, Brooke has left and Tim draws names from a bag. Hey! It’s Heidi’s button bag! I’m glad they found a use for it. Tim draws the team leaders’ names from the bag one at a time. The order in which names are chosen is the order in which the team leaders can choose their teammates. Clear as mud? Okay, moving on. Tim chooses Blayne’s name first, and Blayne chooses Leanne. Leanne interviews solo that she and Blayne are very different designers. She sounds worried. Keith’s button is up next, and he picks Kenley. This is all a bit too cruel, like grade school, playground volleyball teams. The four left unchosen have that “please don’t let me be picked last” look on their sad faces.
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