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By Jeff Long | Season 10 | Episode 5 | Aired on 08.16.2012
Nathan's team doesn't have much stuff on their forms yet. It appears that most of their collection is prints and silk. Tim thinks that it's circus-like. Gunnar says that he's having such a hard time not speaking up at this critique that he can't even look at Tim. Tim's really not into their color scheme and he finally calls out Gunnar for not looking at him. He says that he's just stressed out and wouldn't normally sew with the purple fabric of his skirt. Tim advises them to go in a different direction.
After Tim is gone, Gunnar tells his team that they're going to be fine, which seems nice. Then, he decides to ditch his original design and make a dress. Then, he recites a letter to himself where he scolds Gunnar for not following through with his original thought. No one responds.
Elena asks the rest of her team what they're doing about Raul. Sonjia needs to make a skirt that is based on the vest that Raul hasn't even sketched yet. He says that he'll make a pattern, but Sonjia tells him to just make a sketch if he's not at the pattern-making stage yet (though she does say that he should probably already be there). Sonjia decides to just make what she's going to make and hopefully it will work with what Raul is making.
As Nathan's team is quietly working, someone sings in a falsetto, "Silk Chiffonzies." I never see it coming out of someone's mouth but I think it's Christopher? Anyway, Elena and Melissa interview that Nathan, Ven and Christopher are called that because they always use silk chiffon, even though it's not terribly practical.
I'm sorry, Elena is a crazy bitch. In the middle of their work day, she says that she doesn't know WHO wears navy blue anymore. Then she calls out Dmitry, who is halfway done with a dress in navy blue. He says it's a different shade of blue, like everyone else is using. He thinks it adds diversity to the collection and he also thinks she should have said something earlier if she feels that strongly about it. She says that she did say something. She's just a complete asshole. What good can she possibly think that she's doing? I hate that shit. Dmitry interviews that everyone hates Elena, even the people who say that they don't hate her. He thinks that she doesn't have the ability to work with other people.
The models come in for a fitting. Ven says that Gunnar doesn't have taste. I'd probably agree with that. Dmitry says that Ven is a "one-way monkey." He means one-trick pony and that is amazing. He thinks that his designs are old. Melissa is super stressed. After the fitting, all of the designers scramble to finish. Elena insists on trying on Raul's vest, because she's a jerk. Her boobs are too big, Raul insists. She says that he needs to add darts and, well, a shape. She interviews that "Eddie Munster" doesn't know what he's doing.