Episode Report Card Jeff Long: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The She-Lady Silk Chiffonie Haters Club
By Jeff Long | Season 10 | Episode 7 | Aired on 08.30.2012
Dmitry decides that he is going to make something really simple, which he says is a big challenge because you can't hide any flaws. Elena interviews that making simple stuff is difficult for her. Those are the exact opposite points of view and the reason that this season will almost inevitably end in a death match between Dmitry and Elena. She says that she loves details and seams and texture. She's going to try to make something clean and sleek and commercial. Melissa spends a lot of time thinking about how to fit in with the collection while standing out at the same time. Sonjia's getting really nervous since she was in the bottom during the last challenge. Christopher feels like he has a leg up for this challenge because his aesthetic is romantic and commercial.
They start choosing their fabrics and it looks like everyone is doing OK. Christopher tells Fabio that he's going to do employ his old shredding technique again and Fabio makes a little sound that sounds a little like "Bitch, please." He knows it will be a risk but he's doing it anyway. Melissa knows that she wants to use a fabric that no one else is using.
Elena is bitching about how she's having a hard time adapting her aesthetic for the challenge. In the workroom, Gunnar asks her what she's going to make and she says that she doesn't know. She tells us that she hates this challenge. Gunnar, meanwhile, is all smiles and lightness and is thrilled by the lace fabric that he found. Fabio tells us that the dresses are going to be sold for between 200 and 300 dollars, so they have to design with a mind towards production costs.
Elena seems like she may be over-thinking this challenge. She's even stumped by whatever the traditional hem length of a cocktail dress might be. Jesus, it's a party dress. Make a dress that a girl would wear to a party. I guess that makes sense that she would have such a problem with that. She makes dresses for women who are warlords in science fiction wastelands or eating children. Party dresses would probably seem pretty foreign to her customer. Gunnar wants his dress to pull together some of the "loose ends" from some of the other dresses and make the collection more cohesive. Bert's use of lace and Jay's sheer cap sleeves will be elements of his dress.
Christopher points out that everyone seems to be making a cocktail dress, even though most of the collection is that as well. He's making a gown, of which there are currently only two in the collection. I'd be interested to see whose dress sells the most when this is all said and done. Sonjia jokes aloud as she's working on her dress form that she needs to keep her head in the game and knock some more of the guys out of the competition, then she looks over at Dmitry and feigns not knowing that he was in earshot. Ven seems to have it all figured out. He's familiar with pricing and factory production and he's also being mindful of the customer.