It’s an L.A. showdown to fashion week.
BeforeProject Runway, the only outlet us normal people had for critiquing designers was the red carpet.
Since there hadnt been a runway challenge in season 14 yet, we were due.
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Making it even more interesting is that two out of the final four designers are not exactly runway designers.
Ashley designs ready-to-wear, and Kelly designs streetwear.
According to Candice, shes got this in the bag.
Some lady comes to tell them that red carpet looks are all about color, drama, and fit.
Kelly, who has no idea what to buy with this much money (adorable!
), gets a variety of textiles to build her own pattern.
Edmond gets the worlds loudest sequined fabric youve ever seen.
And Candice bought a few variations of black.
The designers set up shop at FIDM and get to work.
He stares and stares and stares at the sequin fabric.
Its talkingloudlyto him (sorry).
He starts constructing…something.
He spends the whole first day creating that…something.
Luckily, Tim comes in on day two for critiques and squashes it.
He doesnt want to see Edmond play it safe, so he tells him to conquer the sequins.
He responds positively to all the work in the room, tells them as much, and heads out.
With more direction, Edmond puts the sequin fabric on his dress formfinallyand starts cutting the dress.
And he keeps cutting it.
Kelly puts her jumpsuit pants on the dress form, and they wont zip up.
She didnt take into consideration the stretch she would lose when she sewed on the leather triangles.
I am worried here, too.
Candices dress is elegant, breathtaking, and totally safe.
Kellys inspiration is Katy Perry going to the VMAs.
(Katy Perry would totally rock this at the VMAs.)
Its different than a lot of red carpet looks, but its very Kelly.
Her style may be different, but the quality of her clothing keeps going up and up.
When the judges see the look up close, theyre even more impressed with her textile design.
What else could that sequined material turn into except a disco ball?
This is not the look anyone was expecting from him.
The judges are disappointed, and, frankly, I am, too.
But walking down the runway, Ashleys model looked amazing in the look plastic boning to boot.
The fabric was fun, the fit was incredible, and Im with Heidi: The cleavage looked insane.
All the other judges like it even though Zac says the fabric isnt red carpet and gold is old.
It even gets an its pretty fabulous from Christian.
But it doesnt matter, though, because… How do we feel about this?
Were you all as disappointed in Edmond as I was?
And where do you think Kelly is going to book her 100 Best Western nights!?
Lets talk below and on Twitter@realdalener.
