RubyLemons

Sadly, I agree that Ivy should have gone home this week. That dress, that color - oooh, hid - eee - ose! I liked her thinking and reasoning, but it just didn't turn out. Loved Mondo's look. He answered the challenge of making something that was over-the-top. It was sooo creative. Everybody else did well enough. I liked Valerie's dresses. I'm not sure why she got so hammered. Last comment: I totally disagree with the judges on Gretchen's dusty color caftan. Awful. And her ready-to-wear was also boring. She makes nice flowy clothes... out of bland colors... every time.

I gotta say, there's something about Mondo's design. It worked. Someone who'd wear a hat like that - would wear an outfit like that. And you gotta admire Michael's use of crushed and crimped fabric which worked so perfectly with his monster hat. I also thought Gretchen pulled off a great look the way she echoed the hat by pattern and color in the ensemble - she's good. I, too, had a completely different vision for the orchid hat.