I confess I was worried. The whole whatever setup to get them in the helicopters mirrored enough other challenges where designers were asked to wander the city and so many of them came back inspired by the geometric architecture. I love geometric designs, I love architecturally inspired designs, and I need to see another contestant paste a skyline across a model's chest like I need another hole in my head. But, the designers did not fall into that trap. So kudos. Instead some of them dug back down and found their confidence, and some of them tried to be bold in ways that were less successful. It is always, around this point, where the rubber starts to meet the road. You can do things you've done before, and still get great responses, and do something you've done before and get, ugh, that again. You can break out in a new direction, and get great responses, and break out and get, ugh, what is that. At this point in their sleep deprived, sore sewing handed bodies, it starts to feel so unfair.
But the judges - while the judging takes much longer in real life than we see on TV, slept in their own beds, with the normal roommates (I assume, but you get my meaning), ate food probably on a real plate. So, they can say, that shoulder I've seen before, but this outfit is cute, you're fine. That shoulder I've seen before, and I didn't super love it then, so you can die on that signature shoulder hill if you want to. Also, I had said recently that no one sent a naked model down the runway yet this season, and Dexter, that was not a challenge dude. Making a see through outfit with a jacket is not acceptable.
So, Nathalia and Dexter reached the end of their time. Which, for savvy viewers at home, means that the use of the Tim Gunn save for Cornelius threw their numbers off. So now they are at six. I'm guessing next week's challenge requires even numbers. Hope the designers are ready for that.
