Suede and Jerell

It's to his credit that Suede didn't assume that the Olympics are a glittering cocktail party.

Unfortunately, he somehow got it into his head that the Olympics are a cheerleading competition.

From a strict design perspective, it's an inoffensive little frock, but we've seen this look from him once already. The basic silhouette and proportions are exactly the same as the dress that won him the "green" challenge.

In the "credit where it's due" department, we can admit that he at least did a good job of choosing colors, something that inexplicably tripped up a lot of designers.

And it's a fairly well-executed design. We like the detail on the back.

It's like there's a continuum of appropriateness for this challenge. On the one end, you have entries like Joe's, Korto's and Terri's. On the other end, you have Jennifer and Jerell and Daniel. This entry falls somewhere in the middle. It's ever so slightly sporty and it's rendered in the correct colors, but it just doesn't hit the mark.

And speaking of the low end of the continuum...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHA!!!! The hat! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

HAHAHA!! *gasp* HAHAHAHAHA!! Forty different fabrics! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

HAHAHAHA!!!! Pencil skirt on an Olympic athlete! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Leggings! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Little Bo Peep!!! Oh, HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

This concludes our critique of Jerell's outfit.

Here's what the judges had to say:

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!"

We concur.


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Staggering to the finish line.

Strap yourselves in, bitches. We're in the homestretch!

Korto's initial good impression is rapidly fading with each challenge. While this week's entry was better than last week's, it's still a fairly poor attempt.

Look, jumpsuits are making a comeback (although we suspect it's a brief one), so points to her for being on trend. That doesn't mean we have to like it, though.

Did the designers collectively just not get this challenge? What about this look says "night on the town in NYC?" What does the picture she took have to do with this look?

It's a testament to how badly these looks are photographed on the show that there's simply no way to tell that she apparently used rope and braiding techniques to mimic the column in the picture. It's way too subtle to be appreciated, but she did actually make a limited attempt at "inspiration."

Still, it's just a terribly bland look paired with bland styling. We're not all that crazy about the proportions either. The flare on those pants is insane and the bust and collar do weird things to her torso. Not flattering and not interesting.

Suede misses his mommy.

It's ... alright, we guess. So long as you ignore the execution and fit flaws. And the bigass HAZMAT boots.

He really only took color from his inspiration and then went off on his own. To our tastes, there's a little too much shiny and a little too much bling here.

To his credit, he did use some nice details that didn't show up on the Black Runway of Doom.

It's just that it's kind of sloppy-looking and it doesn't appear to fit her properly anywhere.

Still, lose the tacky belt, steam that thing, take another crack at that hemline, and put it on a person it fits correctly and it's not a bad look.

If Daniel wrote his autobiography, it would be titled Daniel Feld: Ten Seconds to Meltdown. Not that he ever will have a meltdown. He appears to live in a perpetual state of razor's edge. Almost, but not quite, flipping out.

And we don't get this dress. It looks like she's still in the process of putting it on.

Like so many others, his inspiration was incredibly vague but props to him for mimicking the quality of light in the photo so effectively.

There's all kinds of ...business going on in that bodice.

So much, that we can't really get a handle on it. The finished effect looks like a lot of extra fabric hanging of her boob.

Just once, we'd like to see Daniel (who we can tell is talented) would calm down and make something a little simple and classic just to prove that he can. He seems to be throwing every trick he knows at the dress form every week and the result is always too much look.


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Tom and Lorenzo offer Congratulations to Suede

"Suede decided to cut out all these strips. Suede loves that. It is going to be a long night for Suede. Suede is a bisexual Sagittarius and loves long walks on the beach and really loves to work with small pieces of fabric. Suede is really sad."

Once again, there's one sentence in there with which Tom and Lorenzo agree.

Uhhh...

Yeah.

Oh, kittens. Tom and Lorenzo do not agree with each other on Suede's dress. Tom and Lorenzo are fighting. This makes Tom and Lorenzo cranky and irritable and less likely to have sex.

Tom thinks that this was a youthful, somewhat whimsical design that against all reason, came out looking better than Tom expected.

Lorenzo thinks she looks like a frozen pizza.

Tom and Lorenzo both agree that Suede was getting the loser edit and when Tom and Lorenzo saw what Suede was working on, Tom and Lorenzo assumed it would be a disaster for Suede.

Tom and Lorenzo also agree that the skirt and basic silhouette are cute.

Tom and Lorenzo can also admit to a certain amount of shock that the obvious execution issues with this look were never even referred to by the judges. Tom and Lorenzo think the judges are whackadoodle.

Tom and Lorenzo also think that perhaps it is a bit silly for a 37-year-old man to dress like a 15-year-old skate rat.

Tom and Lorenzo are grateful to Suede for providing Tom and Lorenzo with this opportunity for snark:

"If I were ten years younger, I would wear it too."

"Says the 35-year-old in a lace bustier and micro-mini. Honey, if you were ten years younger, you'd probably be running around in a sequined diaper."


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