Now it gets exciting

Nothing like waiting until the last minute, eh Lifetime? Finally, it gets interesting. It's the 11th episode hoo-haw. The ol' switcheroo. Up is down. Black is white. Maya is out. Anthony is in. The final confirmation that we are in bizarro world? Emilio wins again. For the 3rd time. In a row. What the what?!

I would like to give the judges the benefit of the doubt that perhaps it looked better in real life, but that dress was not worth fawning over. I will give him excellent tailoring props, but the fabric is tacky. It is glorified copper lamé, for the love of pete. Anthony's was no show-stopper either but I do believe Jessica Alba can work it.

Speaking of Miss Jessica, what makes her so special that she gets to walk out on the runway like Heidi? I do not think I have ever seen a guest judge do that and I have to believe in the hierarchy of celebrity fashion icons, that if anyone gets to be introduced on the runway, it would be Carrie Bradshaw. And if you recall, she did not.

If I had my druthers, there would be no challenge winner. Maybe the pressure of dressing Heidi got the better of them, but the "best" were merely "ok" and the worst were, well, the worst. Poor Jonathan went home with his head held high. Now help me Nina and send Mila home.

"SethAaronEmilioSosa"

I'm with you Tim. I STILL don't see "E. Sosa" on that print but I was admittedly blinded by his ego. Yowza. That man does not suffer from insecurity. I will hand it to Emilio, the print wasn't bad from far away but I personally have never been fond of designer-logo'd clothing. Never owned a Vuitton bag and never will. Not even the cute Murakami one (much love Takashi!). However, the juxtaposition of eras and style did work, even if it was a little on the plain side, and I would have chosen Seth Aaron for the win. Again.

In other repetitive scenes, Maya played the bridesmaid once again. I would feel bad for her but you know, she hasn't done anything win-worthy. Her designs can be interesting, but not generally desirable to actually wear.

Jonathan's disco straight jacket was a pretty spectacular fail but was his print really so bad? I thought it was pretty but maybe I am in the middle of a bad bought of Seasonal Affective Disorder. I'm here for you buddy. Bring those pale teardrop mud stains to mama.

SAD or not, I can tell you Mila's design made me MAD. Poor dress design, poor textile design, poor stiff fabric. Consider that mess the next time you call one of your colleague's taste into judgement.

As for Anthony, you will be missed. I humbly offer my apologies for predicting such a short lifespan on this show for you and am grateful for the laughs and good sportsmanship you brought.

MacGuyver would have trouble with this challenge

This was one of those love/hate episodes. On the one hand, if you can rise to the challenge, you are sure to elevate yourself far above the competition. On the other hand, asking people to stretch their creativity with mediums that are not only completely foreign to them but may actually require some level of materials science education to use, isn't even a train wreck worth watching. Case: Emilio. WTF? Nice save on the "everyone else was making dresses and I wanted to be different" excuse, regardless of its truthiness. But while the bathing suit was wildly hoochie, the greater sin was it was just plain ugly. And if he had more money, it would have been an ugly dress. Though it did make me wonder if they still make silly string.

All of the designs had that 1st-year art school vibe to them. And believe me, as someone who had no business taking sculpture classes but enrolled in three, the end results were all too predictable. Jesse's was very tin-man but not worse than Emilio's. Even Maya's design, while laudable, was only impressive because it fit. I'll give her the necklace, but considering 90% of jewelry is inherently hard ware, it was really more of a savvy choice of accessory to make than amazing display of talent. I'm not even going to go into Color-Block's design. I would have picked Jonathan's instead, though I was distracted by Oscar gossip on the internet while Mila's design went down the runway and didn't notice the fantastic flow of her blocks of white and black plastic. Was it as bedazzling as guest judge Stephen Webster thought? Also missed, why were there four judges this episode?

Jay Nicholas unmistakably owned this runway. It was a dicey start but he perfectly executed his vision. Kudos to you, sir.