Episode Report Card Jeff Long: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Welcome to the Stress Ball
By Jeff Long | Season 10 | Episode 13 | Aired on 10.11.2012
Next, we see the designers all packed up and ready to leave in the lobby of the Atlas Building. Melissa, who is obviously the last to arrive, interviews that it's all about Fashion Week and she has to kick the asses of the three guys. Everyone says their goodbyes and Fabio says that, in a perfect world, they would all be showing at Fashion Week. But, alas, this is not a perfect world. Now you tell me.
Flash forward four weeks. Wasn't that fun? Tim is in Massapequa, Long Island to see how Christopher is doing with his collection and he's wearing THE cutest outfit. Khakis and a red blazer! I love it. Chris's family lives in a split-level house in a cute little neighborhood. He's sitting at a table with his parents and another gay boy talking about how Tim is coming to their house. Tim knocks on the door. It's a glass door that is in front of the proper wooden door. When knocking on doors like that, I always have this dilemma where I'm like, "Maybe I should open this first door and knock on the main door, because maybe they can't hear me knocking on this outside door. But, I don't want anyone to see and think that I'm just like walking into this house. Because, obviously I'd need to be invited. Forget it, no Girl Scout Cookies for them." Christopher answers the door and hugs Tim.
Christopher takes Tim to the really well lit basement, which doubles as his work space. Tim marvels at the amount of work Christopher has completed. Tim asks what Christopher's inspiration was and he says that he came across an x-ray that his mother had taken after a minor car accident. He thought it would make a great print. Literally. Like, the print is a photograph of the x-ray. Tim seems a little surprised by this. "Literal" is never a favorite word of his. Christopher wanted something simultaneously haunting and alluring. He starts to show Tim the items in his collection and Tim seems approving, if somewhat reserved. He tells him that a leather bustier that he has made is too sweet. He tells him to toughen it up a little. He loves a coat that he made and says that it is a representation of the classic "Christopher silhouette."
Tim pulls this skirt that has bleach stains on it. Christopher is embarrassed by it and says he wanted to know what effect bleach would have on leather and he found out that it corrodes it. Tim LOVES it. He loves how unique and one-of-a-kind it makes the garment. He thinks he should consider using the technique on the bustier. Tim tells Christopher that he should feel really good about where he is. He says that he's now very excited about Christopher's collection. Christopher interviews that he's feeling confident. Tim's last words of advice are, since Christopher has fabulous silhouettes and knows how to make clothes, he should be taking more risks. Then, he interviews that from the changing from an indecisive designer to a confident designer will make a huge impact on the judges. Did I hear that correctly? Is that what he thinks his arc has been? I've found him pretty confident from the get-go. Right? Whatever. It's just rhetoric anyway.