Dom: The avant-garde look, wow. How on earth did she get those prints to work together? And what a wonderful way she saved Jeremy's look. The Princess of Prints. Glad she's going--and remember, I called it.

Bradon: Loved loved loved the avant-garde look. Totally haute-couture. And I thought his "saved" look was very chic, in other words, the opposite of what he had to work with. No surprise here, either--and remember, I called it. :-D

And then the other three... They had to pick one out of the three. Helen and Justin are too evenly matched at this point. Alexandria was saved in part because Heidi likes her so much, and in part because they couldn't pick a clear favourite. Now, to break it down...

Justin: I think he's the favourite of the three remaining. He struggles with execution when under a stopwatch, but I think that now he'll have the time and space to make up for that. He's also the most innovative of the three remaining, and I figured an avant-garde challenge would suit his strengths. Of his looks in this episode, I adored his avant-garde look, and way to go for saving his own "out" look. I still think the neckline of that bodice is sloppy, though.

Helen: I don't think she's going to have the emotional wherewithal to pull off this last step. She's relied heavily on the other designers both for advice on technique and for emotional support, and I think she'll be in over her head now that she's on her own. With her looks this week, the "avant-garde" look was well made, but there was nothing avant-garde about it. Nothing fresh, nothing new. She made a really cute "saved" look, I could totally see that here in downtown Minneapolis on lunch hour (with something underneath to cover the midriff, of course.

Alexandria: Heidi's good graces can't save her forever. Now, interestingly, I liked both of her looks this week. In the avant-garde challenge, I could see her point of view well. (You kind of saw it in last week's mess, but this time around there was actually some execution.) But I wouldn't say that the look was particularly avant-garde, even though I like it. I love what she did with Miranda's pants, I loved the jacket she made, and I even loved the feathered mohawk. But put them all together, and it comes off really costume-y. No way will she get the third spot.

I love Justin! I am not up to the runway yet. Had to pause. When he picked his dress, I got teary eyed too. And I loved his butterfly inspiration

Dom: I liked her avant-garde look. The transformation look was cute too. She does very well mixing patterns.

Alexandria: It looked messy and unfinished. I did like the transformation look. But then again I love upscale punk! :-)

Helen: I did not like. She put a bunch of work into it. But it was too plain. And her transformation dress was too damn plain as well.

Justin: Beautiful. When she opened it up! Lovely! His transformation dress was beautiful. I see him going to fashion week. He brought it this week.

Bradon: I almost forgot about him because I hated his dress or whatever the hell it was soooo much. It was like a white splatter. I was not a fan of the transformation dress either. It looked like cheap vinyl with a place-mat attached.

Ok so I was apparently in the minority with Bradon's look. Oh well. Good for him! :-) Dom deserved to go to fashion week. She was great all season. I was not shocked by the ending. I do not think Alexandria deserves to go. Not sure what to think about Helen. But I do love Justin and I want to see him go to fashion week! :-D