Keith and Kenley surprisingly are smiling and their outfit looks finished. They have it laid out on a table instead of on the dress dummy for some reason. That wild print fabric Kenley deemed “cheesy Palm Beach-y” looks more subdued now that the blouse is less, well, blousy. It simply looks like a fresh, new spring blouse. Fashionable. It sits atop a wide belt and a brown skirt. It’s hard to tell much more about the outfit with it lying flat like this. But Tim professes to love it: “really fabulous” he approves. “She’s gonna love it," Kenley chimes in.
Next Tim goes to Korto and Joe. They’ve seemingly gotten along well during the team challenge, but how about their collaborative garment? There are two pieces on two dress dummies: A very plain, putty colored sheath dress. And a bright orange caftan jacket with gold trim. Their notion is that the jacket over the sheath is ‘day’ and without the jacket it’s ‘night’. Joe expresses concern about the jacket. Tim asks him to specify his concerns. Basically Joe says, and Tim agrees, that the jacket is too ‘poofy’. Tim compares it to a “big sweet potato." Korto grouses that Joe had not mentioned his concerns until now. “It was her design,” Joe keeps telling Tim. Joe is passing the buck to Korto so quickly he could be a Vegas counting machine. Tim gets out from the middle of their sniping with a vague, “You have a lot of decisions to make," bringing their focus back onto what they actually need to do next, rather than bicker and point fingers. Tim is like Samurai Linguist. Crouching caftan, hidden muumuu? Tim eschews effrontery and effortlessly escapes.
Unfortunately Korto and Joe do not take Tim’s hint at what to do next. They trade verbal jabs and vague threats (mostly from Korto) like “under the bus,” “cut you off,” and “dead to me.” Joe, this woman survived a civil war. Don’t mess with her! Just stop making excuses and whining, and sew. Don’t forget Tim’s mantra: Make it work. We next see various designers back at The Atlas, getting dressed for the runway show. They stop off at the Parsons workroom after that. Wait — Kelli is still asking Daniel to make a new skirt? He hasn’t made it yet? Is the editing messed up, or did they leave the entire redo for the day of the runway show? If so, why?
Jerell (in his solo segment) is mocking the fact that Terri is bragging about her garment. Terri has the top on and is dancing in it and praising her work. (Wait - again - didn’t Suede actually sew it?) Blayne interviews that he took a risk with his design but it’s all coming together now. Kenley and Keith, and Korto and Joe are putting their finishing touches on their outfits. Joe interviews that if their team is in trouble he will go home since Korto won the last challenge. So, she has immunity this week and cannot go home. And now it’s time for the models to come in for a final fitting. Then the models go to hair and makeup at the Tresemme salon. Five minutes to showtime and Daniel is still sewing the skirt. Everyone nips and tucks (fabric) here and there, trying to make things perfect. And before you know it, it’s showtime.
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