1/09 - PR18 Show Discussion

Mess. I would have really used this opportunity to send Sergio home. There's being confident of your abilities and there's being an arrogant know it all, and he's the latter. He's not learning anything from his experience on this show. Even sadder, he feels like he has nothing to learn, because he thinks he knows it all.

I missed tonight's episode. Who got eliminated?

kocky_Kamikaze it looks like Melanie was eliminated and Sergio and Marquise were in the bottom three with her.

Sergio Was so disrespectful - he dismisses Christian every time he comes in the work room. Now he dismisses the judges, who have many years of fashion expertise! He needs to come off his high horse. He’s not all that.
I was disappointed in Nancy. I would have thought all those years working in corporate would have provided her with better teamwork and diplomacy skills. She looked sulky and pouty. No matter where you work, you need to get along with others.
I loved the top two looks, both beautiful and flattering.

I disagree about Nancy. She was trying to be a team player, and they excluded her and brushed her off. I don't know if it was ageism or just that shes got a very scattered way about her, but she didn't become sulky until they started excluding her and making decisions without her and then expecting her to toe their line. By that point, she was too pissed to care.

I get that her chaotic "organic" way of designing is frustrating in a team setting, but I think they are just as responsible to find a way to work with her as she is with them. 

As for Sergio, he really should have gone. I wonder if they asked team stripes who the leader was, because it was clearly Sergio, and he led them in a bad direction for the whole collection, not just his own design. But I think it's true that they're keeping him for the drama and as someone we love to hate. (Maybe they also want to give him a chance to ruin his reputation even more each week. LOL)

Seriously! I wonder at what point the other designers are going to realize he doesn't know what he's talking about and stop taking his advice.

On a different front, I did love that Geoffrey won! His design was very cool, and it was so touching that Cyndi had played such an important role in his finding more confidence in himself as a kid.

In my era, it was beatnik dress (all black with long stockings and a beanie if you could find one). All black clothes have been popular for awhile, but in the 50s/60s was groundbreaking. I tried and failed miserably.

I caught most of the past episodes this week and thinking back to his "creations", he has had some hot messes. I don't recall the first paired challenge, but he did the Little House on the Prairie thing with the animal print---it did not fit the criteria, but being well made, he was in the middle. The Christmas challenge that he won was pretty far out there. If he left it with the beautiful print from the top, it would have been a great party dress but he seemed ( to me) that he was mocking the challenge by using the basket--- complete with bells--- to go over the top.

The black suit he made for Karli was OK ( Laverne liked the jacket) but the loop tie top seemed so 80s and not at all her style.

I think he constructs beautifully, but the styles have been not great and this was the worst week... and his attitude seemed like he wanted negative attention. Really curious if he is going to continue in this direction now that he has shown himself for what he is....trouble.

Me, too, silver18! I permed my shoulder-length hair trying for a wild hippie look, but I looked more like Weird Al! 😂 I loved all of the fun accessories! I had a pair of round wire-rimmed sunglasses with interchangeable lenses, including blue and yellow ones. Very cool!

I thought the same thing. I expected there to be tulle somewhere. Maybe not layers upon layers of ruffled tulle, but some pops of brightly-colored tulle, for sure. Even a little pop on Victoria's where the chiffon was would have worked.

I totally got Nancy's frustration. NONE of them truly lived in the 80s. Geoffrey was born in the late 70s, but the rest of them were toddlers at the most. Nancy's the only one who REALLY lived it. Sergio is freaking 30. He knows nothing. Clearly.

I graduated high school in the 80s in SoCal and NO ONE dressed like Cyndi Lauper in my world. The base color of most outfits was black. Maybe you'd add a color, but it wasn't all the crazy prints together and tons of neon the way TV shows seem to think (or sorority girls having an 80s party). I remember wearing plaid, but it was red plaid pants and then black everything else. Even going to concerts in LA, you didn't see many people dressed like Cyndi or any other pop star. Those were the outliers. I will say that my hair was pretty crispy, but I didn't get nearly the elevation of Cyndi's hair!

Not only was Sergio's design NOT 80s-ispired in any way, it was also butt ugly. What is his fascination with ruffles? There was another challenge (the one with street wear) where he did something similar and it also didn't fit the challenge. Those chiffon-y looking tops with the ruffles are hideous. I can't imagine ANY woman wearing that, regardless of age.....well, maybe Eva Gabor in Green Acres I think the issue with Sergio isn't his skills, but his taste level.....and of course his attitude. I really wanted them to boot him just for his snotty attitude toward the judges. Elaine saying he was a little arrogant was a HUGE understatement. Can't wait for him to go home.