This episode begins with Terri singing “Ding dong, the witch is dead!” She’s referring to Stella, who was sent home last episode. But wait, Terri. Not so fast! Heidi announces that the remaining designers will have help this time. Guess who?
“We’re baaack!” Emily says, as ghosts of ousted designers past appear on the runway. Each pair of designers will create one avant garde design based upon the astrological sun sign of one on the team. In the workroom, Tim pulls names out of the button bag. Teams are made. The teams will be: Korto and Kelli, Kenley and Wesley, Joe and Daniel, Leanne and Emily, Blayne and Stella, Terri and Keith, Jerell and Jennifer, and Suede and Jerry.
A bit about the phrase "avant garde" now. It means advance guard, literally. What it means in the arts, including fashion, is something ahead of its time. More than merely innovative, it could even be seen as shocking. Typically in fashion it means something abstract and conceptual, and which hasn’t been thought of in recent history. A tall order. Being inspired from an astrological sign, then, is merely their starting point.
Tim informs the group they will have two days to finish their work. It’s up to them whose sun sign each pair chooses. Tim hands each person a “dossier” about the twelve sun signs. The teams huddle around their work tables and study their dossiers. Blayne likes Libran colors — ivory, pink, and turquoise as listed in the dossier. Korto likes the water imagery associated with Aquarius. Kenley likes Aquarius also. Jerell, a Sagittarian, thinks the descriptors “postive, adventurous, carefree, and fun loving” apply to him. He asks Jennifer what she wants to do. They both choose Sagittarius.
Joe and Daniel choose Joe’s sun sign, Aries the ram. Emily and Leanne choose Scorpio over Libra. And it’s time to shop at Mood. Kenley has her teammate Wesley grab “an amazing plaid.” Suede and Jerry choose silk charmeuse. Jennifer wants some turquoise fabric. Terri barks at Keith to find some “lioness colors.” Keith vlogs that he warned her not to go for the faux fur. “You’re creating a lion costume,” he warns. Terri’s vlog self sniffs that “Keith’s skill level is not the same as mine.” The two do not get along well at all during this challenge. Terri seems hostile towards Keith from the beginning, and his plea, “Be gentle with me right now - I’m kinda fragile,” seems met with derision.
We see random clips of the various teams as they work: Joe likes the idea of a ram as inspiration. Kelli and Korto discuss their garment’s silhouette. Jerry says he has won awards in the past for avant garde design. Kenley brags about her design to the point Leanne whispers sotto voce to Emily that Kenley “never shuts up.” Kenley returns this fake whisper with a comment to Daniel: “I can’t believe people are talking about me right in (bleeping) front of me.” And then night falls and Tim makes his entrance to give helpful nudges to the various teams.
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