Episode Report Card Jeff Long: A- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Out of Look
By Jeff Long | Season 9 | Episode 10 | Aired on 09.29.2011
Heidi doesn't think that Viktor's suit is sexy enough. They take the jacket off and end up loving the t-shirt underneath. Nina thinks that the suit was a little conservative. Olivia loves the pants of the suit. Michael appreciates that Viktor is wearing snakeskin print pants and a bowtie, just like the fabric on his tee and dress. I'm not sure how I feel about those things.
Josh says that he wanted to go masculine with his first look. Michael thinks the two looks are schizophrenic. Michael hates the ass of the pants. Heidi says it's one of the worst outfits that she has seen in a long time. She doesn't understand how he can put so many different elements in one outfit. He says that's him and she says that's scary. He says it's not scary and he puts his heart and soul into these garments. Did he just have his teeth whitened? They are seriously out of control. Heidi says that it's nice that he has heart, but if it doesn't translate, tough shit. Olivia thinks that the mix of leopard and that gross plaid on his first look doesn't work. Josh looks at her like she's a complete asshole, but girl is right. Nina haaaates the choice of fabric. She likes that he takes risks, but he has an edit problem that's not going away.
Heidi is stunned that Anya made her first look for 11 dollars. She likes the print of the second look. Michael doesn't like the color she ended up with on the top. Nina loves the print that Anya used and thinks that people would respond to it online.
Anthony's first look gets slammed by Olivia. She thinks that it needs sleeves. The second look she thinks looks like a tent. Nina thinks it looks cheap. Michael likes the hippie '70s take, but thinks the fit on the skirt is gross. Heidi thinks that both of his girls look boring. Nina agrees and adds that they're part of a cult. Michael says they're hippie sister wives. Anya laughs which she should be ashamed of! That's the guy who gave you your money! That said, that's the funniest joke Michael Kors has told in three seasons.
Bert says that his first look is supposed to be like Shelley Hack in old Charlie ads and his second look is like Candice Bergen. Heidi likes the shirt. Everybody thinks that the shorts are a little too long. Michael likes his top with the first look because women like to show their shoulders.
Backstage, Josh tells Kimberly that he missed the mark. He complains that he didn't have time to research (though that's what the dossiers were for, yes?). He says he was BARELY born in the '80s! Viktor says that he was born in 1980, but still watched movies and looked at pictures or whatever. Josh gets upset and says that not everyone grew up like Viktor (no, as a younger person, you spent even MORE time with the internet, Josh. Freaking photos of every period in the history of photography are at your fingertips. You have even less of an excuse than not growing up in the era) and says that Viktor's getting aggressive with him. Funny, his response seems like the most aggressive thing we've seen today. Kimberly says that she imagines what Viktor is trying to say is that it's up to them as designers to be aware of what happened at different times. Josh just gets up and walks away.