Blayne and Leanne

"I'm beginning to like get paler and paler, weaker and weaker, and probably by the end of the season I'll be, like, frail."

Try as we might, we just can't hate him.

Oh, don't look at us like that. We didn't say we loved him, did we? Yeah, he's trying too hard and yeah, he's annoyingly young, but as reality show contestants go, he's harmless and he seems to be enjoying himself.

And speaking of annoyingly young...

...we can understand Tim's reaction to his not knowing what "Sgt. Pepper" means, but honestly, how many of you at 23 were all that aware of the music scene that predated your birth by 2 decades?

Still, the argument could be made that a fledgling fashion designer should be a little more aware of the trends of the past and the figures that drove those trends. Certainly, we found it annoying in S3 that Alison didn't know who Farrah Fawcett was and Bradley didn't know anything about Cher.

It's notable that he apparently took Tim's advice because what's on that dress form isn't what walked down that runway.

Unfortunately, this is. Starting from the bottom, those pants are awful. We're not sure what that fabric is but it looks cheap and it's way too clingy and wrinkly.

Working our way up, we guess it's commendable that he didn't want to do a typical red and blue, but going for pink and a metallic teal doesn't strike us as a very wise choice. The design of the stripes was an okay idea, but he didn't do such a hot job of implementing them. They're not consistent in their lines. They look like they were pinned on and left that way.

On the other hand, we kind of like that collar treatment he did, even though we're not fans of the Wilma Flintstone look.

It's not that he's to our tastes, because he's not, and it's not that we think he's all that innovative, because he's not, but he's a lot better than we assumed he'd be going into this.

We don't love the look, but it's sporty and a little different and a lot closer to appropriate for the challenge than most of the other looks.

We both liked Leanne's entry a lot, Tom more so than Lorenzo. We think it looks sporty and patriotic and interesting, which, on paper would make it the perfect entry for the challenge, but it wasn't without its problems.

Tom loved the collar but Lorenzo hated it. We both agree that the proportions of it were a little off, though. Slightly smaller and slightly better executed (what's going on with the blue part?) and it could have been perfect.

Lorenzo doesn't like the off-center buttons either. Tom thinks they add a little visual interest.

We both agree that the massive peplum was a big no. We can understand wanting to add some flair (no pun intended) to an outfit that looks a little "tennis court" but it actually makes it look less sporty than it should and we doubt it would have complimented a lot of those athletes' bodies.

Still, it was a pretty good entry, despite the flaws with it. Leanne's shaping up to be more of a designer than we realized going into it.


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