So We Think We Can Sew

The episode starts with only six contestants left, and of them two guys, Christopher and local designer Logan left.  Althea thinks that girls are stronger, well except for Gordana, who is a Bosnian Serb, so she doesn't count.

The contestants have face away from the runway, and when they turn around, their winning looks are onstage.  Their challenge this week is to create a companion piece that complements and enhances their best look.  Logan doesn't have a winning look, so he has a sad. The look he's working with is his gown from the first episode. He buys 40 zippers.

Logan says Althea is making pants like Melvin, who got kicked off early on for his jodhpurs. Logan is from Idaho, so he can work on his car and make a dress--the best of both worlds.  Christopher is working on thirty yards of fabric and wants to make a crazy, high-volume gown. Of course.

Tim comes in and helps Carol Hannah have a breakthrough.  He loves Irina's tapestry fabric, and says that what she's doing is unexpected in a good way. He tells Christopher that next to his winning dress, the one he's working on looks twenty years older. OUCH. He tells Althea that it's a good start, though the volume of the pants are disconcerting.  Tim isn't wild about Gordana's design, but he's excited about Logan's piece.  Ruh roh, Althea is annoyed that the collar on his outfit looks like the one she made for the Christina Aguilera challenge. She gossips about him with bitchy Irina and her model.

Everyone has a lot to do the day of the runway show.  Irina won't lend Gordana a hook and eye.  Logan thinks Irina needs to be humbled.  Althea thinks Carol Hannah is a one-trick pony because she always makes dresses.  Irina thinks Althea's sweater looks like the one she made the previous week.  So basically everyone has turned into big ol' bitches.

At the runway, the judges are season 2 alum Nick Verreos, Nina Garcia, and random Kerry Washington. Every designer is totally in love with his/her look.  Nina thinks Christopher's huge gown is ill-proportioned and bottom-heavy.  They love Irina's outfit, calling it elegant and cozy, though Nina thinks the dress itself looks cheap. They don't like Gordana's at all. (Nick says it looks like a Polish office worker, and there is nothing grosser than a Polish office worker.  YUCK.)  They love Carol Hannah's deliciously simple and light pocketed dress. Nina thinks Logan's dress looks like an unflattering student project.  Nick thinks it's '80s futuristic. They love Althea's pants.  Irina calls out Althea's big sweater for looking like hers. 

The judges deliberate, and Althea wins.  The bottom two are Logan and Gordana.  Gordana's in and Logan's out.  Frowny face.  He's taking his silver pants and he's going home. Here's his goodbye speech:

Next week: more bitches talking shit.