The Fashion Show Contestants Make it Work
Isaac Mizrahi reveals the contents of his head. Without surgery!
Episode 7: On the Job
-by Eric Walter
The competition is getting fiercer and fiercer on The Fashion Show. With only eight contestants broken up into teams of two — and only four designs to judge this week — it's getting pretty hard to sort the haute couture from the clearance rack.
This week, Isaac sits out the mini challenge so he can make a dramatic entrance later as the inspiration for this week's assignment: design a dress for his collection! They're on the job this week — and appropriately they have an eight-hour day to complete their finished designs.
As if that's not bad enough, Daniella gets randomly assigned to work with Reco. Not only do they have to deal with each other (or not deal, as the case may be), but their colleagues, and we the audience, are treated once again to their bickering.
Daniella and Reco (don't) feel the love. More importantly, what IS Merlin wearing? He looks like an extra from the Mos Eisley cantina scene in Star Wars.
There is a ray of light, however, when the producers pull Becky Newton (Amanda from Ugly Betty) out from behind the curtain to judge the mini-challenge.
Previously... on Ugly Betty...
Poor Lidia is not on top her her game this time around. James Paul's piscine vision proves too challenging, and the other designers begin to compare her constant kvetching to the cooing of a pigeon.
But it's a competition, and JP is not feeling too obligated to step up and save her, even if the garment fails. And fail it did.
The pigeon is asked to fly the coop.
What Worked
Feedback from the audience is a mixed bag. They seem to find a little good in every design. But Johnny & Merlin and Anna & Haven stand out.
Isaac does not like Johnny's choice of felt for the jacket (left). "I could kill you for that," he says. But he's safe. The outfit designed by Anna and Haven (right) carries the day.
Style muse Veronica Webb (far right) has a lot of smart things to say about fashion, and Isaac is clearly in love with someone who loves his clothes. But ... what is that smell?
What Didn't
Daniella and Reco.
Rather than collaborate, or even compromise, the best Daniella and Reco can do is give in to each other and resent it. Sounds like a lot of relationships, actually.
I get a little nervous whenever they're shown outdoors, because they're so ready to toss each other under the bus. "Good-bye," Reco says so eloquently. "I'm gonna ride over her on the retarded bus. And then back up."
Nice.
Working in such unhealthy conditions, their garment could either be a gorgeous invention born of passion ... or a hot mess born of hatred and bile.
You decide.
It isn't a total loss. They love Reco's top, which Daniella hates. But they don't go for Daniella's "Granny PJ pants," as someone calls them. Reco can hardly disguise his glee.
Their fights look more like a personality clash than honest disagreements about design. Daniella does toss Reco an olive branch — after she realizes she may be cut this week: "I think if we could have agreed on things and been excited for each other, we could have taken it to a whole other level." But he dismisses her.
This is what the judges need to see, not their squabbling.
Best Gay
Johnny talks about "five minutes in heaven" with Isaac and considers whether or not he would get with him. He says he'd do it to have a good conversation starter — presumably something like "So, um ... I did it with Isaac Mizrahi. What's your name?" — but fears it would be "kinda like kissing your grandmother."
I wonder what Isaac would think of the comparison.
Best Line
Daniella: "Even if it's to my demise, I'd rather be safe than tacky."
Worst Line
Reco offers this delightful mixed metaphor: "You go ahead and knock it out the box. And when you don't knock it out the box, your ass is gonna be where? Under the bus. With the box."
Best WTF Moment
Isaac gives otorhinolaryngology a run for its money. "Usually, what makes it good is that it's something that you haven't seen a thousand trillion times before, and it's something you don't expect to work, but it actually works, like, enters through your sinuses. It makes your head explode."
Fashion is pain, princess.
Next Week
Coco Chanel!
Halston!
Yves St. Laurent!
The designers have some classics as their inspiration for next weeks' challenge. And it looks like Merlin is up to his old battle of the sexes shtick. Bad gay!
But it's a competition, and JP is not feeling too obligated to step up and save her, even if the garment fails. And fail it did.
The pigeon is asked to fly the coop.
What Worked
Feedback from the audience is a mixed bag. They seem to find a little good in every design. But Johnny & Merlin and Anna & Haven stand out.
Isaac does not like Johnny's choice of felt for the jacket (left). "I could kill you for that," he says. But he's safe. The outfit designed by Anna and Haven (right) carries the day.
Style muse Veronica Webb (far right) has a lot of smart things to say about fashion, and Isaac is clearly in love with someone who loves his clothes. But ... what is that smell?
What Didn't
Daniella and Reco.
Rather than collaborate, or even compromise, the best Daniella and Reco can do is give in to each other and resent it. Sounds like a lot of relationships, actually.
I get a little nervous whenever they're shown outdoors, because they're so ready to toss each other under the bus. "Good-bye," Reco says so eloquently. "I'm gonna ride over her on the retarded bus. And then back up."
Nice.
Working in such unhealthy conditions, their garment could either be a gorgeous invention born of passion ... or a hot mess born of hatred and bile.
You decide.
It isn't a total loss. They love Reco's top, which Daniella hates. But they don't go for Daniella's "Granny PJ pants," as someone calls them. Reco can hardly disguise his glee.
Their fights look more like a personality clash than honest disagreements about design. Daniella does toss Reco an olive branch — after she realizes she may be cut this week: "I think if we could have agreed on things and been excited for each other, we could have taken it to a whole other level." But he dismisses her.
This is what the judges need to see, not their squabbling.
Best Gay
Johnny talks about "five minutes in heaven" with Isaac and considers whether or not he would get with him. He says he'd do it to have a good conversation starter — presumably something like "So, um ... I did it with Isaac Mizrahi. What's your name?" — but fears it would be "kinda like kissing your grandmother."
I wonder what Isaac would think of the comparison.
Best Line
Daniella: "Even if it's to my demise, I'd rather be safe than tacky."
Worst Line
Reco offers this delightful mixed metaphor: "You go ahead and knock it out the box. And when you don't knock it out the box, your ass is gonna be where? Under the bus. With the box."
Best WTF Moment
Isaac gives otorhinolaryngology a run for its money. "Usually, what makes it good is that it's something that you haven't seen a thousand trillion times before, and it's something you don't expect to work, but it actually works, like, enters through your sinuses. It makes your head explode."
Fashion is pain, princess.
Next Week
Coco Chanel!
Halston!
Yves St. Laurent!
The designers have some classics as their inspiration for next weeks' challenge. And it looks like Merlin is up to his old battle of the sexes shtick. Bad gay!
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