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By Jeff Long | Season 1 | Episode 2 | Aired on 12.07.2004
In the apartment, Austin and Robert have put on clay facial masks and are having a beer. Though it really shouldn't need explaining, Austin supplied the facial masks and Robert the beer. Robert jokingly tells Austin, who is donning a nightshirt straight out of Peter Pan, that he feels like he is looking into a mirror (because of the mask). Austin goes right into a mirror exercise with Robert that continues to just the other side of comfortable. In an interview, Robert says that he likes Austin a lot.
The next day, everyone goes to the workshop. Starr likes her design, but is worried that she won't have enough time to finish it. Her dress is pretty: it's a tight-fitting full-length dress with a slit up one leg, in a bright green color with red trim. As well, it's one-shouldered, and at the top of the shoulder is an interest of reddish...things. Lumps of fabric. They look kind of like tomatoes. In an interview, Starr kind of defines envy, but doesn't explain how that has anything to do with her dress. She says that she looks around at the work of the other designers and envies them. Tim Gunn enters and abruptly tells the designers to bring their designs and get into vans that are waiting outside for them. Everyone is all, "Huh?" Commercials
The contestants are taken to 30 Van Dam, a clothing store. Tim Gunn tells them that fashion is not just about vision, but also about selling your vision. Then, we hear from Paul Berman, the owner of the store. He informs the designers that their designs will be offered in a silent auction today, which he says will be attended by some of New York's "most fashionable" people. Tim tells them that the designer with the garment that receives the highest bid will be the winner of the challenge. However, the judges will still decide who is eliminated. So, someone could get the second highest bid but be eliminated. Yikes.
Everyone dresses mannequins that are hanging from the ceiling. Jay expresses a tiny bit of regret that he has dressed as Jesus on this day. You see, the designers aren't just selling their designs, they are selling them. They have to answer any questions and generally explain their garments, so personality will play a part in how this challenge unfolds. Vanessa has made a maternity dress so, "unless someone walks in who's bloody pregnant, [she's] completely screwed."
We see everyone trying to get attention from the shoppers. Robert and Alexandra are flirting with people. Wendy gets really anxious when she sees them. I imagine she'll make them a sandwich or something to get back at them.