Let the dog in!

The challenge this week was to design a summer Olympics opening ceremony outfit for female U.S. athletes.

The guest judge, Apolo Ohno, seemed to have good comments at the end, but when the challenge is to design for female athletes, I wondered why they didn’t get a FEMALE ATHLETE to judge. Are their publicists just not as good as his? Apolo is sorta cute, in a hobbit-y kind of way, but wasn’t he a WINTER Olympian, anyway?

[At least this week, I understood the challenge right away. Last week, at first I thought they were all going to have to use green-colored fabrics. Odd choice, but whatever. Then they discussed hemp and other ECO-friendly fabrics. Ohhhhhh. Environment, NOT Kermit.]

This episode reminded me of when they gave designers normal to large sized models as clients last season. Several contestants were all, “I’ve NEVER designed for this siiiiiiize. (eyes roll) I guess I’ll drape.”

This time, several designers were all, “I do chic, not sportswear. Gag-a-matic!” (eyes roll)

Daniel made a boring cocktail dress after Kenley suggested he ditch the cape he was working on. He almost got the boot. Thanks, Kenley. Good tip. (She might be cute as a button according to SOME people-you know who you are-but I’d think twice on her advice.)

If you’re named Mary, have a flock of sheep and like clubbing, Jerell made a great outfit for you. What planet is he on anyway? And he put himself on the chopping block because he did NOT LISTEN TO TIM. Tim said the scarves alone were very “Lucy Ricardo” and not in a good way. So what did Jerrell do? Added a giant silly hat. (”My first hat!” he said. Let’s hope it’s his last. And what random Peter Pan thing was on HIS head??)

AGAIN, PEOPLE: LISTEN TO TIM!

Joe’s outfit was cool, I thought, but with all his bragging you KNEW he wasn’t going to win.

When Jennifer finally got the boot for an outfit that made NO SENSE for the challenge, she said she thought she had brought a different perspective to the competition with her surrealism.

Did anyone ever get surrealism from her? No? Of course, my idea of surrealism is melting watches and floating umbrellas. Maybe her surrealism is being SO real that it’s SURREAL?! Ouch, I think I just hurt myself.

Most remarkable, however, is that the winner was the Liberian woman, Korto. SHE got the American concept best and blended it with her style.

I felt the top three were real close this week, but Kors clearly sneered at Joe’s, so that knocked him down to third.

Whose did you like best? Have you noticed the women seem to be dominating this season? Woo hoo!

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