We're calling it right now.

We don't care if the season's not half over. This:

"I don't know what he's packing, balls or vajayjay, but he needs to work that out 'cause I ain't got no babies, ain't nobody sucking on my titties. So please, man up."

Is the best line of the season. Seriously, who's gonna be able to outdo that one? We want a t-shirt that says "I ain't got no babies sucking on my titties."

And we can't really fault her for the sentiment.

Seriously, what the hell happened with these two?

As annoying as Suede's been up till now, he never seemed to have a problem getting the work done.

And Terri's been low-drama so far.

Why then, did these two just fall apart with this challenge?

Suddenly Suede's fretting and whining and worrying that he can't get the job done well enough to please Terri.

And Terri put her bitch pants on and refused to take them off.

We think they just saw "team challenge" and panicked. Anybody who's seen the show knows that these challenges are a minefield and these two were probably afraid that the other one was going to throw them under the bus in front of the judges. One kind word from Tim and suddenly Terri loves Suede's work. They just both needed to hear that they weren't in trouble.

Oh shit. We just used the tiresome "thrown under the bus" catchphrase. Shoot us.

All that drama, and for what?

A pretty mediocre look, that's what.

We don't hate it. It's just....okay.

Look, we were around for the '80s and we've seen enough paisley to last us several lifetimes. It comes back at least once a decade but that doesn't mean we have to love it. We kinda liked the print anyway, but since the entire look rests on it, we didn't think it was the strongest choice.

And therein lies the problem: the entire look was in the top. It's a basic gypsy blouse. Big whoop. Too many of the designers heard the word "bohemian" in the brief and focused only on that.

And while we're on it: since the whole look was the top, why did Terri give the top to Suede and then sweat all over him? If she was that worried about it, she should have given him the pants to do while she took care of the main part of her design. Designers, it's way too early in the game to be letting pressure and sleep deprivation get to you like this. Have a coffee/valium cocktail.

And that belt looks cheap.

The pants are nicely done - in fact, the whole outfit is nicely done. We just don't think it was all that interesting a design, nor do we think it followed the dictates of the challenge all that well. It's not an office look (exposed shoulders in the office?) and we're not seeing a day-to-night transition anywhere either.


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Korto and Joe

Not exactly the Dream Team, these two.

Although despite the sturm und drang, we thought they turned out a pretty hot look. Not without its problems, mind you, but let's talk about both the sturm and the drang first.

Okay, yes. We can see Korto being annoyed with Joe. She gave him the opportunity to voice any concerns he had and he didn't - until Tim showed up and voiced his concerns. Annoying, sure, but we doubt Joe had any ulterior motives. How could he? She had immunity.

Do you hear that, Korto? YOU HAD IMMUNITY. What was the point in getting so upset about it and getting all up in Joe's Kool-Aid? We can understand the principle of the thing but if there's one thing we've learned watching this show, reality competitions are no place to stand up for your principles. Hunker down, whore yourself out and get yourself to the next stage in the competition. That's how it's done.

Besides, there were other reasons to get up in Joe's face and you appeared to ignore them.

We really like the jacket. We love the color and we love the gold trim and belt.

Despite the attempt to tone it down a bit, it's still too puffy, though. Especially the sleeves.

My god, they're bordering on ridiculous. Still, it's a striking and unique look.

See Korto, instead of yelling at Joe for not saying what you think he should have said, you should have been more on top of him for the lousy fit on this thing.

We do like the basic design of it and we think it was wise to do it in a neutral color. We also like the band of trim and the cutout in the back.

As an aside, why does Katarina look miserable all the time? Of course models aren't supposed to walk down the runway grinning like idiots, but she looks like the show is taking precious time away from her cutting and goth poetry. Lighten up, girl.

Back to the dress. Everything is either sagging or pulling in weird directions. From tits...

... to ass.

We're not sure what happened there. We never noticed any egregious fit issues in his previous offerings.

A shame, because if it had been executed better and if she'd paid a little more attention to the overall design, this could have been a contender. We think Korto's pretty damn talented and has the goods to take this thing all the way, but the girl is wound up so tight we fear she's going to implode at some point and ruin her chances.

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Blayne De Soleil and Judy Noodles

There were some mighty bizarre matchups this episode. Jerrell/Stella, Terri/Suede and these two. Unfortunately, Blayne and Leanne didn't really get a lot of air time, which is a shame because we're really curious about how they worked together.

One thing's for sure...

It weren't no match made in heaven.

We want to say this was an almost-but-not-quite, but really that's being far too kind.

To be honest, we're not sure why Brooke picked this design at all. Sure, you CAN do formal shorts - they're certainly in right now - but there was no indication from the pitch that Blayne was going to be able to do them well.

It looks like the design was edited slightly. If we're looking at that right, it looks like the vest was originally going to be much more prominent.

As it is, you can barely tell there's a vest at all. Oh, kittens. There's just so much wrong here we don't know where to start.

Let's start with color. This is actually a fairly nice combination of colors but they don't look formal. They're right out of the H & M playbook. In fact, the whole outfit looks like H & M. That's not a knock against H & M (we certainly aren't too proud to pick up items there every now and then), but like real H & M clothes, these look disposable. Like she'll get maybe two or three wears out of them before they start falling apart.

Everything looks cheap and way, WAY too casual for the brief. This is supposed to be a costume for a high-powered executive character and it looks more like something one of Blayne's friends would wear. There's a real problem this season with designers not tailoring their aesthetic to the challenge at hand - which is why Stella's becoming such a standout.

One nice thing we can say: we actually really like Leanne's design for the top. We hate the button-down shirt that went over it, though.

Maybe - MAYBE - if they'd made a jacket to go over this it would have looked more professional and more adult, but the undone shirt with the rolled-up sleeves was a disastrous decision and immediately brought it down to a "running errands" outfit.

And what the hell is up with the accessories? Tim told them to dress the look up a bit and they just threw any jewelry they could find at the model.

And the VEST - my GOD, that's hideous.

But this is all just prelude to the true disaster...

Those shorts are unbelievably bad. As we said, you CAN do formal shorts, but these don't look formal at all. The fabric and the color are way too casual. AND 43-YEAR OLD EXECUTIVES DO NOT GO AROUND BARING THEIR BELLIES! You'd think that would go without saying, but apparently some of the designers should have been told this.

And the FIT! Poodles, we have to sit down for a second.

It's not just that they're tight - which is of course a huge mistake for this outfit, but they ride so low and make her entire lower half look weird. Too tight across the waist and then weirdly too big in the butt and the crotch - yeah, that's always flattering.

And then they cuffed them, which makes us want to hand out some slaps. Have either of these two ever actually been in an office? Horrible.

From a basic design POV - as long as we ignore that vest - it's not terrible, but considering the dictates of the challenge, it's a huge fail. Too casual, too young and there's absolutely no transition from day to night.

Still, despite the rather immature design, we really have to give little Blayne here a lot of credit for stepping up. There was absolutely no hesitation on his part to take the blame for this trainwreck. Sure, he can be annoying and yes, he hasn't done a thing to prove his worth yet, but that was a standup thing to do and we can at least applaud him for that.


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The Dream Team

Could ANYONE have predicted that these two would not only comprise a dream team but that the general consensus would be that they were robbed of a win? Up is down! Black is white!

We'd already started warming up to Stella, but who knew Jerrell was such a sweetie? It was really cute how he went out of his way to make her feel wanted and needed on his team.

And remember what we said about Stella having the ability to marry her aesthetic to the challenge? Case in point. Granted, she didn't appear to have much input into the actual design, but she saw what was expected of her and stepped right up, producing work that probably wasn't to her taste, but perfect for the look.

"I feel like I really need to listen to what the challenge calls for."

How utterly fucking refreshing. Instead of simply pouting and saying that the judges don't "get" his work, he took the unheard-of position that maybe his work hasn't been as revolutionary as he first thought. Between that and his kindness toward Stella and his maturity as a team leader, we're suddenly rooting for him to take it all the way to the end.

Of course, putting out a killer outfit helps too.

Kittens, we LOVED this look. It wasn't exactly flawless, but it was stylish as hell.

We love the choices of colors and fabrics. They all compliment each other without being too obvious or matchy-match.

And we love the proportions on this thing. It's sexy and it reveals just enough skin while at the same time being both age- and work-appropriate.

Also, it's perfectly accessorized. Based on past work, we never would have predicted that Jerrell had such good taste.

And now the exceptions:

While we said we liked the proportions, we can't get behind that gigantic leather thing around her waist. Don't get us wrong, we like the concept and we love the color of it, but it's really way too big for the rest of it and it makes the top look like it's shoved in there. Probably because it is.

And while part of us agrees with Heidi about the belt - it's a fun and visually interesting addition - we kind of agree with Brooke that it's a bit too much.

"I don't fucking see the fucking problem."

We know, Stella. We just think it's kind of obviously not a Brooke Shields look. Carrie Bradshaw, maybe. But not Brooke.

But kudos to you, Cheroin. You did a kickass job executing that.

We've been blogging the shit out of this show for two years now and have any of these ungrateful designers ever made anything for us? No. We're going to kiss Stella's ass for the next couple of months in the hopes that she forgives us for the nickname and makes us some leather jackets, because that bitch may be limited, but what she does know, she knows well.

We also didn't see the point in the asymmetrical hem. This look could have used some editing. Not nearly as much editing as last week's look from Jerrell, but a little would have gone a long way.

Still, it was a major improvement over last week and we thi-

JERELL! What the FUCK are you WEARING?!


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