Make It Work

GOING FOR THE SARTORIAL GOLD

Before I start the recap, has anyone else noticed that at the beginning of each episode, they've been showing the Elle Magazine featuring Mary Kate Olsen on the cover? I believe this is the third week in a row that they've shown a shot of it on the newsstands. Okay, I just had to mention that.

On last night's episode of PR, the designers were taken on a surprise "field trip" and wound up at the the Armory Track and Field Training Center in Washington Heights. Not only that, they ended up face-to-face with speed skating champion, Apolo Ohno who gave them their next runway challenge: To design a women's outfit for the opening ceremony at the summer Olympics.


There were mixed reactions among the designers. Manly man, Joe was psyched since he played football as a teen and has a background in sportswear (He ended up making a *gag* skort). Joe then threw a big manly temper tantrum in the workroom, accusing Daniel of using his machine. This happened in a room filled with unused sewing machines, mind you. He then went on to make a nasty comment about how nothing could get done because there were too many "queens" around. Uh huh.
Poor Daniel. Not only was he on the receiving end of Joe's hissy fit, he was severely perplexed by the challenge, saying he hadn't a clue what he was going to do and that everything he does is high-end glamour and not at all sporty.

He came up with a cute, 60s style cocktail dress that the judges tore apart, so to speak. While the judges ripped him a new one, he looked as if he might have a nervous breakdown. Michael Korrs said that it would be a great dress if "the sport was drinking." Poor Daniel. So serious. The only time he let his guard up was goofing around with Kenley in the workroom. He made her giggle repeatedly, but this really pissed off the other designers.

Meanwhile, Tanorexic Blayne was having a meltdown about not being able to tan. Jarrel (who I'm loving more each episode) was concerned. He noticed that Blayne was getting weaker and weaker but his perky blonde highlights were keeping him alive. When Tim came around to give his assesments, he commented that Blayne's outfit was looking a little "Seargent Pepper." Blayne was glassy-eyed saying he didn't know what that meant. When Tim explained that it referred to a Beatles song, Blayne shrugged and said that he'd seen "All Across the Universe" and that was as Beatles as he got.

As far as the licious behavior goes, he backed off a bit. He did write something on the chalkboard of their room that said "Team Sexylicious." I'm sure Joe loved that. Maybe he got mad and crushed some Coors Lite beer cans against his forehead.

Stella decided to go "cave woman" and design something with her leathah that came out really nice despite Leanne saying it looked like it belonged in a "goth nightclub." Leanne's obviously never gone to a goth night club.

Jarrell made something so outrageous and un-Olympics-like that I LOVED it. Talk about fucked up. It looked like the Olympics if Aunty Em from the Wizard of Oz was running track to a croquet party. Fabulous. Of course he ended up in the bottom three, but he slid by. Yay!

Jennifer was the one sent packing this week for her plain-Jane yellow-striped dress and sweater. It was about as Olympics as grandma's knitting circle.

The winner this week was Korto, who used a lot of white and even some white leather (maybe inspired by Stella?). I didn't like the end look all that much. I thought it made her model look a little too square, but I like Korto and was glad to see her win and SMILE.