So after working with formerly-fat women, candy wrappers and Tiki Barber, who knew the most demanding clients the designers could face up to this point were a bunch of teenagers from New Jersey (and their mothers).When the challenge — design a prom dress for said high school girls — was announced, I thought it would be an interesting showcase for the designers to show off their individual skills. Instead, what we got was a toned-down version of "My Super Sweet 16" with a less-entitled group of girls.
Don't tell that to Christian though. The dude — who was feeling decidedly unfierce — still hasn't met a challenge he hasn't bitched about, though I did enjoy his description of prom as "horrible, tacky and gross."
It didn't help that he was paired up with Maddie (pictured, right, with Christian), the most difficult girl of the group and a young wannabe designer know-it-all who had very strong feelings about her look (remind you of anyone?)
Still, the challenge wasn't a picnic for any of the competitors. Sweet P's partner wanted an extreme low cut on the front AND bottom, while Kevin and his girl (who he was excited to design for because he's from New Jersey and understands that kids like to tan and drink — just like anywhere else in America) met some harsh criticism from the girl's mom when she remarked that she looked a little pregnant (ouch!). Meanwhile, Victorya seemed like she was at a loss while wearing that perpetual look on her face that says "this is beneath me" — nevermind the fact that none of the girls actually picked her portfolio and the last girl who picked got stuck with it. Extra points to her partner for being anti-Victorya/polite and saying that she liked her portfolio anyway.
Fortunately for Sweet P, she made an executive decision regarding her gowns color and cut, while Victorya received an assist from Christian who was too depressed/suicidal to work on his own dress. Kevin, on the other hand, well, we'll get to him later.
I know I was a little critical when the show brought back Chris after Jack left the competition, but the dude is indispensable in the middle 30 minutes of each episode when the designers are in the workroom. He has an easy sense of humor, even when he's frustrated, and yesterday he was all over the place.
I'll spend as little time as possible on his terrible gay Flintstones/fags joke (not funny), and more time on his referring to Kit Pistol's mom as "Machine Gun" (slightly funny), revealing that he spent his prom at home getting drunk and watching old movies (very funny), revealing that he modeled costume with big fake boobs for his own portfolio (very funny and very disturbing) and, when Sweet P was lamenting being near the bottom again, exclaiming "I was voted off!" (genius!)
Also genius were the glimpses we got of the designers at their own proms (who knew Kit was a brunette?) I would've liked to see a snap shot of ALL the designers and found out more tidbits (like Christian winning best dressed and Sweet P all but admitting she put out for her surfer dude date).
I guess those tidbits wouldn't have included Rami since he's from Jerusalem and there's no prom there. That didn't stop the judges from putting him in the bottom FOUR this week for a dress that Michael Kors described as a 35-year-old woman going out to dinner in New York. I'm not really sure why Rami was allowed in the bottom pile (probably just so the judges could tell him he's not as safe in this competition as he thinks) since he had immunity, and Rami displayed a Christian-like stubbornness in refusing to adjust his style. Also, Chris's green prom dress kicked Rami's green prom dress's ass.
None of the dresses were fantastic, though I DID enjoy Sweet P's beautiful, formal gown over Victorya's bedazzled blue dress (which seemed to edge out Kit Pistol's own bright blue dress with different colors on the front that made it look like the old Simon Says game). I was disappointed that Victorya won over Sweet P, though I'm ready to admit that could be because I like Sweet P a lot and I hate Victorya.
I was a little shocked to see the final two come down to Kevin and Christian. They each did enough to deserve their bottom feeding status — Christian threw a teenage girl under the bus and blamed her for the dress' shortcomings, while Kevin's dress DID look kinda cheap, and he inexplicably refused the hem the bottom of his dress (is this really the time to get lazy?)
Still, I expected Ricky to be the one to get the boot because, unlike Kevin and Christian, he's constantly in the bottom, and the judges (ok, Michael Kors) even made a point of remarking how he just doesn't deliver each time out. This week he came out with a boring, slightly poorly constructed gown that wowed no one. I would also maybe believe in him a little more if he didn't always look like he was about to cry — that is, of course, when he's not ACTUALLY crying (which also happens a lot).
Anyway, what'd you think of this episode? Did you like seeing Christian humbled? I did, but, I kinda hope it only lasts the one week. Disheartened Christian is nowhere near as entertaining as Cocky Christian? What will we do with no outwardly straight men left in the competition? Which of the designers would YOU take to the prom? Finally, how in the hell is Ricky still in this thing?
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