Rings of Glory
Updated 2008-08-07 08:58:21
So, Blayne's not kidding about this whole tanning thing. He apparently thinks it gives him strength. The designers go on a field trip to the Track and Field Armory, where they meet Olympian and star dancer Apolo Ohno. He presents the challenge to them -- they are to create a design for the Olympic Games opening night ceremony (women's wear).
It becomes very clear early on that Daniel is in trouble. He knows nothing about athletics and he hates uniforms from his boarding school days. Joe is getting very Michael Douglas from Falling Down . First, he gets pissed about Kenley and Daniel laughing in the workroom (to be fair, it seems like a lot of the designers kind of hate her laugh), then he freaks because Daniel uses his sewing machine. We're talking about a room full of empty sewing machines. Say what you will about every instrument being different, but it was still weird. Then, he makes some fucked-up remark about how much drama there is because of all of the "queens" around. Hmm. I'm fairly certain he wasn't including himself in that, which is weird.
Anyway, on the runway, a lot of interesting stuff is presented. Terri, Korto and Joe are chosen as the top designers. Terri's was beautiful American sportswear, and Korto and Joe were the sportiest of all of the designers. Jerell, Jennifer and Daniel were in the bottom. Jerell created the craziest, costumiest thing ever that almost made me love him. Jennifer was boring and dowdy per usual. Daniel was just clueless-- it was essentially a purple cocktail dress. He virtually melted down on the runway, which was pretty interesting to watch. Korto pulled out the win and was very happy. Jennifer got the boot.
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