Season 7 Episode 4 – Design Your Heart Out
The designers were asked to design a look for a Fashion Week gala. The looks were required to feature the color red and Campbell's branding and were modeled by women who had been impacted by heart disease.
The designers were asked to design a look for a Fashion Week gala. The looks were required to feature the color red and Campbell's branding and were modeled by women who had been impacted by heart disease.
The designers are tasked to work in pairs---but egos soon clash and tension reaches a fever pitch on the runway
Season 7 opens with 16 new fashion designers infiltrating New York City.
A winner is crowned after the final three designers showcase their runway lines on fashion's biggest stage---Fashion Week at New York's Bryant Park---in the conclusion of the Season 6 finale.
In Part 1 of the two-part Season 6 finale, the final three designers prepare their lines for their Bryant Park runway showing, with mentor Tim Gunn providing a look at their progress.
For their final runway challenge before New York Fashion Week, the designers embarked to Los Angeles's famed Getty Center (a portion of the J. Paul Getty Museum), where they were greeted by Gunn and the mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa. After the mayor greeted them, Gunn explained that their challenge would be to draw inspiration from any location in and around the Getty Center. After 30 minutes of browsing (with their models in tow as muses) and 30 minutes of sketching, they were given $300 to shop at Mood for the final time. On the runway, no concise top or bottom was indicated. Rather, the judges had compliments and criticisms for all. Klum then asked each designer to explain why they felt they were worthy of making it to Bryant Park and which two designers they would take with them. There was no one winner for this challenge; instead, each designer was either advanced to the final round or eliminated.
Before being presented with their challenge, the designers were required to be facing away from the runway. When Heidi emerged, they were surprised to see looks of theirs from previous challenges. They were asked to create a companion piece from their winning look. (Irina, who has three wins as of this episode, was given her most recent look; Logan, who has never won or been in the top before, was presented with his first look by default.) The designers were given $100 to shop at Mood and one day to complete their outfits. In the workroom, Althea noticed Logan was creating a similar collar to that of her top three design from Episode 9. On the runway, Irina insinuated that Althea's coat was inspired by Irina's previous winning look, but the judges ignored this complaint and awarded Althea the win.
For this challenge, the designers embark on a trip to the Michael Kors boutique, where Kors briefs them about drawing inspiration from seven select locales around the world. Designers chose in the following order, beginning with Carol Hannah as a benefit from her previous win.
Sequins, Feathers and Fur, Guest Judges: Bob Mackie and Christina Aguilera