PR: Kristin, Sarah, and Michael D.

The T Lo Train is chugging along, spitting out opinions.


Kristin, you're a hometown girl so we're prone to defending you and to be fair, we really liked what you did last week, but...

Model: Kaven

You're already in a rut.

This is essentially the exact same dress you made last week.

We're all for that Watanabe thing you've got going on...

But all these asymmetrical pleats and hems with all the twists and the folds and the gewgaws around the neck?

That's getting old real quick.

You've escaped the judges' attention so far, but if you pitch another of these down the runway next week, the judges are finally going to notice that you're making the same outfit over and over.

And you should thank your lucky stars you got saddled with the best of the models. She's making that look sing, we have to say.

Tim Gunn's Workroom:


We're still thinking she's a contender...

Model: Samantha


...even though this look isn't as strong as last week's.

It's still pretty good, though, and demonstrative of some fairly kickass instincts.

We really like the design of the top and the colors she chose.

Although it's a little sloppily executed.

The only part we really don't like is the skirt. It's in too heavy a fabric.

And it comes up too high.

Not a great design, by any stretch, but there's still just enough there to keep us interested to see more. And we have to say, those shoes were a masterful choice. Just the pop of color the outfit needed and they're exactly the right tone. Some people felt there was too much focus on the styling with this challenge, but this was exactly the kind of challenge where styling is important. All fashion designers have to be able to demonstrate styling capabilities, so we don't think the criteria is out of the question in a competition like this.

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Michael wasn't bitchy enough this week. We were disappointed.

Model: Zhanna

He did, however, produce what we call an optical illusion dress.

Meaning, our first impulse was to say, "Hey, that dress looks pretty great."

And it does. It's got the whole "Valley of the Dolls" feel to it that a gay can't help but love.


The problem is, there's no real design here. It's a very, very simple dress.


All of the work is being done by those "sleeves" (which aren't that impressive upon review) and the fabric itself.

Besides, we think this tips the scale over to being just a little too literally retro for a billboard that's supposed to be selling a magazine as fresh and up to date. Definitely a cute dress, but like all the entries in this post, pure middle of the road.


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