'The Fashion Show' How not to speak to Isaac Mizrahi

If you can't cut it on The Fashion Show, maybe it's time to hang up your measuring tape. Tonight gave us the first drop out.

Kristin proved that despite her own cutely edgy, hipster attire, she's no Kit Pistol by quitting in the first 2 minutes of of the episode. When the designers find out they will be working in the same teams as last week, Keith feels a little ill. His bad mojo has left him two down as Jonny was given the fashionable boot and Not-Kit quit. All the same, he's not as uneasy as Danielle, who clearly wants to be as far from Merlin as possible.

Isaac Mizrahi to the rescue! He tells James Paul that since he won last week, he has the option of moving one person from one team to another. He wisely realizes the tension in his own ranks and moves Danielle to Keith's team. Each team gets to pick a new leader, thus Team Bolero becomes team James Paul, Team Tube Dress becomes Team Anna and Team Harem Pant becomes Team Haven.

The mini challenge is sorting  the bank from budget in a box of outfit essentials and accessories. It's rather telling how most of the designer struggle with the challenge, unable to tell the real form the knock off. Team Haven does the worst, at 13 minutes and 2 seconds, while Team James Paul wins it all in 3 minutes and 37 seconds. This earns the team an extra $10 each in the challenge ahead.

Which is designing a collection of 4 looks to meet the social engagements of Tinsley Mortimer. Other than a copy of the invitations, the teams are given no direction. As such James Paul tells his team to think "stealth fighter" while Haven announces that they need to work off her own personal style, since she's so fashionable. It's a decree she later changes to "Linda Evans" of Dynasty fame, but still. Anna doesn't really create a unifying theme for her group, which makes the outcome all that more ironic.

James Paul and his stealth fighters, despite some early missteps by Angel taking the direction a bit to literally with paper airplane accessories, puts together a collection good enough to make them anonymously safe. Team Anna gets the top scores, with Anna's pleated pencil skirt and Daniella's jumpsuit garnering the most attention. In the end, Daniella's look wins, which I admit is a disappointment and a surprise. I can't imagine Bravo will sell many of those on it's website since one needs the figure of a toothpick to pull such a look off, but that pencil skirt was darling.

Down at the bottom is Team Haven, with Johnny's safety pinned look going up against Laura's vision of 80's junkie cheap. While Laura had insists backstage that she was unaware everyone thought red tulle was a bad choice, despite numerous clips throughout the show of her team urging her not to use it, she remains stoic on stage. Johnny on the other hand gripes that he didn't realize the show was 'America's Next Top Seamstress', and if he did he wouldn't have bothered with it because he is a designer, with underlings to cut and sew for him. Isaac is clearly less than thrilled with the boy's attitude. You simply do not talk to Mizrahi like that!

All the same, bad manners are more tolerable than bad vision and though she claims to not understand what was wrong with the dress, Laura is sent home. Johnny at least has the good sense to apologize for flipping attitude, but only time will tell if the judges can forgive and forget.

What did you think of the designs? Did the best fashion win? Would you wear a teeny jumpsuit? If so, can you tell the rest of us your diet secrets?