The kids wake up and, as Jeffrey eats his cereal, he laments that Emerald bit it again in the challenge. Golnessa is worried that she sucked so badly and feels very much that, in the grand tradition of reality show semantics, she needs to step up her game. 3-D. Rolando, who my friends think resembles the kid from The Neverending Story but I think favors Disney teen sensation Selena Gomez, says that House of Nami is feeling very confident after winning three challenges.
They get a note from Iman who DEMANDS that they all meet her at the Museum of Natural History. She also says that timing is of the essence, which I'm sure will play a larger role in just a minute. Calvin says something about maybe seeing dinosaurs or... I don't know what he just said. They walk up to this fortune cookie/vagina sculpture and there are all of these locked boxes under plexiglass. Iman is birthed and welcomes the peeps to the museum. She's so severe. The vagina is apparently a time capsule that won't be opened for a thousand years. I can't imagine that, unless there is a DVD of Hush and Twizzlers inside, the opening of a thousand year old time capsule won't be disappointing. The challenge is to create a fashion forward collection inspired by the contents of the locked boxes.
They all open their boxes. Golnessa gets a box from the '50s. Jeffrey gets one from 1989, when he was five. Cesar gets a box from 2001. He was in New York then and remembers 9/11, when, per him, we lost our freedom. That's a really good way to put that. Calvin has a box from 1957, which reminds him of Audrey Hepburn movies. Audrey Hepburn would hate Calvin. Dominque, who appears to have a grunge era box, interviews that all of their boxes are of such different eras that it will be difficult to create a cohesive collection. Iman comes out and says that everyone has to use plaid in their collections. Rolando is beside himself because he hates plaid. He says that people hate plaid right now, which he imagines is less that it will be hated in the future of fashion. Jeffrey, aka Morris Chestnut, says that he's used to plaid from his Catholic school days.
Back at the workspace, Emerald gets to work. Cesar feels a lot of pressure to pull the group together. Cindy says that they are all going to try to work with volume. Nami is using metallic and silver as their cohesive thread. Here's Isaac! He asks for the House of Nami's mood boards. Then. THEN, he reminds us that they are supposed to be inspired by their time capseeyules. Has he been hanging out with Madonna? Seriously, FUCK THAT TALK, Isaac. He likes their palette. David's year is 1982 and he is using Michael Jackson as inspiration. Rolando is using big shoulders, which Isaac finds more '80s. Emerald comes in and Isaac tells them to eliminate one of the colors from their palette, because there are too many choices. Cesar's has a protective hood, which Isaac likes. He feels like their collection isn't cohesive right now, which worries Jeffrey.
At the fashion store, they're all looking for their plaids. Golnessa feels that the selection isn't great. Cesar would like to not have to babysit everyone. Dominique hates all of the plaids that she's seeing. Back at the workspace, Eduardo tells us that he's making a one-shouldered garment inspired by 1976. And, he reminds us that he has immunity. Dominique is trying to recreate the flannel. She's going to make her own plaid, which makes Calvin say "hallelujah." Golnessa is making a coat inspired by 1961, like Jackie O. Cesar teaches her how to bone her garment. Cindy is sad to watch her struggle. Cesar really wants their house to win. Calvin models his skirt in high heels. Eduardo is beginning to like him. Jeffrey wears a blonde wig and acts a fool.
The day, they're back at it. David is as cute as ever. He's making a jumpsuit, like is grandma used to wear. Calvin tells us that he wore lots of plaid growing up. Rolando is having issues with his seams. Jeffrey can't decide to make his garment with or without the sleeves. Since he feels that Michelle Obama should wear it and it would be a sin to cover her arms, he's probably going without them. Dominique takes off her shorts to try on David's dress for him and he totally peeks at her nakedness. Rolando says that David flirts with him too, which you know, just isn't true. David says that he has stronger bonds with women than men. I love him. The House of Emerald looks like the Mandrell Sisters. Cesar thinks that he needs to create another look for their collection.
Rolando doesn't feel that the seams match on his look. Dominique likes every look but Rolando's. Calvin tells him that his dress is horrendous. He's afraid to try to fix his dress, but decides to make a new skirt. Cesar says that Ro is his baby and he knows he'll pull through. Cesar decides to hand paint a plaid for a new look. David decided not to use shoulder pads, so, with Dominique as his model, he uses the shoulder pads as lapels. It really doesn't look great right now and increases the football shoulder pad quality of the accent, but David is so cute I can't stand it. With help from my dear friend India, we've decided that he's a cross between Jonathan Schaech and Nicky Katt. Which is, of course, a big honking YES. David hops off of the work table grab something, then hops back up -- NO HANDS -- and it's beautiful and arousing. David loves that Dominique is cute and giggly. Cesar thinks that they're losing their focus. Eff that noise.
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Golnessa may be getting the boot. She can't seem to work things out. Cindy tells her that she doesn't like the shape of her look. Rolando as well is still having problems. Day. Is. Over.
The day, they're rolling their sad racks down the road to get ready for the show. Stefan has his claws out. Calvin wants simple clothes and crazy hair. Rolando is worried. Anja Rubik is the guest judge. Don't know her. Dominique's look is first. Very Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis. David made a jumpsuit. The lapels are nice. Eduardo's dress is fantastic. Rolando's look is pretty fantastic, if you ask me. Calvin's look is freaking brilliant, thought I still hate him. The skirt is AMAZING. The Bravo break is David trying to open a bottle of wine. No luck.
Cesar has decided that his new look will be the last one shown. Golnessa's zipper is breaking! Oh NO. It doesn't feel like she should be going home yet. Stefan orders the designers to stop touching their models. Cesar's first look is BRILLS. The hood is perfect. Jeffrey's look is flowing and interesting. Cindy's is kind of matronly, to the other stuff. Golnessa's looks good to me. Cesar's final looks is very interesting, but way too weird for the rest of the collection.
Isaac and Iman meet the designers. Anja is a model, apparently. Emerald wins!!!!! Unbelievable. Jeffrey's design is the winner!! He'll get an extra $500 bucks if he makes it to the finale.
The losers come in for judging. Anja thinks all of the fabrics are too similar. Eduardo says he tried to emulate a disco ball. Anja loves it. Isaac loves that he went mad while immune. They also love Calvin's look. Laura thinks the skirt is the best thing that he has done. They seem to like Dominique's look as well. Anja thinks Rolando's look is boring. Laura finds it shapeless. He tells them that he started over, but Iman still hates it. David's look gets grief, but Isaac defends him by recalling his sketch, which his look doesn't resemble, apparently. I love it. Fuck them. Iman asks him why he should stay and he says, modestly, that it's his profession. He doesn't say anything and Dominique starts to cry and tell him to stand up for himself. He says that he loved his grandmother and that's who he saw walking down the runway and he's proud of that. Seriously? Is this some sort of porn created for exactly me?
The designers come onstage after deliberation. Isaac is wearing a green pocket square. Bravo. Eduardo is staying, of course. Dominique is told that her look should be sexier, which is bullshiz. David is told to not move. Rolando can't move either. She says Calvin should reign himself in, but he should step aside. Rolando is out of fashion, THANK GOD. David is safe. Ro feels that his experience has made him stronger. And, Dominique is furious with David for seemingly giving up on the runway.
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