Episode Report Card Potes: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Hello Pretty
By Potes | Season 18 | Episode 8 | Aired on 04.25.2012
With that, it's five minutes to the start of the runway show! Poor Seymone can't get her big fat foot into whatever shoe has been assigned her. Crisis! But not? I guess it's all fine. Alisha steps out for Anndra Neen, looking very Hepburn-esque in a white suit and fantastic jewelry. The Anndra Neen designers seem to be quite happy with her. We see the other ladies walking in the show, and they really do look like they're on Quaaludes. Why is everything so slow and boring? Catherine is worried that she's going to fall, but doesn't. Anticlimax! Next is the Siki Im show, which Sophie opens. Siki himself says that she was very dynamic, despite all evidence to the contrary, and thinks she can be a world-class model. Seriously, why does everyone look so dull? I guess this is what fashion shows are like. What I wouldn't give for just a little bounce, or hint of a smirk! Giulietta is next, also opened by Sophie. She really does look lovely, and the Giulietta designer notes that she has a certain Twiggy-esque something about her. This is a big plus in a retro-inspired line. Annaliese then opens for Julian Louie, looking a bit angry in her tennis-inspired dress. Though Cutrone is normally haunted by Annaliese (in a bad way), she thinks she did really well in the show.
Julia Record, who is the Director of Communications for the Dorchester Collection, announces that Anndra Neen has won the show. This is good news for Alisha, who hopes that her opening had a little something to do with the victory. She's won the challenge, which means she'll get a two-night stay at a Dorchester Collection Hotel somewhere in the world. And really, how stingy is a two-night stay? Pony up, Dorchester Collection, you just got a lot of free publicity.
Back at home, there is more Tyra Mail: "Who knew couture could be Purr-fect? Fierce and love, Tyra." Oh, please telling me they're going to get mauled by tigers! A girl can dream, a girl can dream. The ladies head to Siren Studios, where they encounter Jay Manuel and a whole set full of Hello Kitty goods. Jay explains that the models will be wearing couture pieces made completely of Hello Kitty product. This is awesome. What is less awesome is the fact that all the models have shown up wearing leopard print. Do you think they pulled that together themselves? It is gruesome. The man who designed these pieces is Francis Libiran, a Filipino designer, who worked for over three months creating what amount to be visually exciting physical endurance challenges/torture devices for many of the models. The photographer for the day is Ann He, a sixteen year old young woman who was a finalist in Seventeen's Pretty Amazing contest. I don't know what that is, but young Ann seems lovely.