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Side question: Done one really still use the word divorcee?
And to answer my side question: Tim Gunn does, and if Tim Gunn is wrong, I don't wanna be right!
OK, they've done bridal challenges before, but this had a twist. The "models" were nine divorced women (who all still fit in their wedding gowns, I might add) and who wanted to turn those gowns into hot, modern, non-weddingish gowns. Now, for the women who had been divorced 3 months and 6 months etc., I wasn't too surprised they still had their gowns. But really? You've been divorced over 15 years, and your gown is 80's crap...you never wanted to get rid of it before? Hmm.
The designers chose their models based on how much fabric the dress had, since that would give them the most to work with. They learned later they would be able to go to ErsatzMood, but they only had $25 to spend on no more than 2 yards of fabric and additional accessories if they needed them and had money left. For example, because Shirin's model wanted a Cher feather headdress (Say "wha'?), she wasted time and money buying some peacock feathers. Nicolas should have been all up in her grill about trying to steal his title as the Feather Prince of NY, but this cast is about as non-confrontational as they come, so not Feather Rumbles ensued.
Thank you ErsatzMood.
It is also announced that this is the last challenge where winning will gain you immunity, so obviously folks are motivated to get a free pass to the Top 7.
Now, I don't know if anyone else noticed, but Tim seemed a little cranky to me when he was making his rounds. Nobody was making him happy. Or seduced. Or enthralled. Or stunned. Instead he was worried. And concerned. And reminding them they had a lot of work to do.
He did go classic Ninja Comforter on Shirin, though, who was depressed about her model's tiny, cheap wedding gown and big, outlandish (and hideous) concepts for a new outfit. He broke through Shirin's funk and malaise and got her turned right round, baby, right round.
That's the Tim we know and love!!
[Where i digress:]
BTW: Have I mentioned lately, I got to meet Tim at BlogHer '09? No? Let me digress. I was perhaps more excited at the prospect of meeting him than about almost anything else. And I actually had a jaw-drop, stare-with-a-big-smile moment when I saw him greeting people on the exhibit floor. Sort of how I was when I got to meet Grover in '08's Sesame Street Suite. (Seriously, the video from that little SSS encounter is hilarious...I look really really goofy.) Anyway, I bonded with CheatyMonkey over the fact that Tim is a big animal lover like we are, and has done anti-fur and other fashion cruelty work for PETA. I know he was lovely to her when they talked about it, and he was also lovely to me. (Really "lovely" is the best word for him...did I mention that already?)
When I finally met him, I told him "I'm a big fan, and I especially appreciate
