At the Atlas apartments, the ladies express that they weren’t surprised to see Joe go. Meanwhile in the guys’ room, Suede laments over being in the bottom three for the past few challenges. Let’s see if being humbled by producing consistently wack designs will bring us to the end of Suede referring to himself in the third person. And his sunglasses look like Whoopi Goldberg’s. Or a blind man’s. And that makes me chuckle inwardly.

Suede takes a little time to enjoy The View.

Oh, gosh! Heidi’s letting everyone repick their models! Let’s see if everyone does the boringly predictable (and nice) thing by staying loyal to the model they’ve been assigned to throughout the competition. I bet that’s what they’re all going to do.

Kenley switches models, and takes Joe’s old model. So sad, so yet exciting! And so does Leanne–she takes Suede’s model, Tia. Tia looks sad. Suede says she’s like that kid and the candy store that wants what everyone else has. Yeah, I didn’t know what he was talking about either. I just thought kids in candy stores wanted candy. Tia may have grown attached to Suede, but she should think about her career: She probably has a better chance at making it to Bryant Park on Team Leanne than she does of Suede’s sinking ship. SOS.

Korto’s model looks EXACTLY like Jaslene from “America’s Next Top Model.” I can’t get over that. And I know for a fact that there are many, many people in existence that agree with me.

And this week, we get yet another THROWBACK challenge. This challenge’s inspiration comes from season two. I love vintage, but I don’t like my Project Runway challenges vintage.

What? Now Tim tells us that the looks they create must be inspired by a particular genre. What? The end result is that we’ll have Kenley designing a hip-hop look for Leanne, Korto designing a punk look for Suede, etc. I can’t wait! Finally a challenge I can be excited about! Especially with defiant designers like Kenley are involved!

Then Leanne starts rapping. It was awkward and terrible, as you imagined. Kenley suggests a high-waisted “gangster” ensemble for Leanne. Strange.

Someone on the prospect of Leanne gone hip-hop: “Lil’ Lee J. Blige” LOL

Kenley is staying in her box, and his designing a ’50s style floral cropped halter-like blouse for Leanne’s hip-hop makeover. This Kenley girl is really asking for it! And all she had to do was dress Leanne like an M.I.A. video.

I actually think this garment Suede is making for Jerell may actually work!

Korto reminds me of Chloe from season two, in terms of their demeanors. They’re both laid back and have a mature outlook on the competition.

I loved the garment Jerell designed for Kenley. It was a breathe of fresh air. I mean, I love her normal pin-up/vintage/’40s/’50s thing, but I was surprised in a good way.

Tim comes into to review, and has this amusing dialogue with Suede: “Tim you’re not saying anything, that scares me.” “No, no, no–I’m taking it all in.” Tim is the best! His criticism is so tactful, and I think that’s just one of the many reasons why we all love him so much.

Back-and-forth between Kenley and Tim regarding hip-hop street wear (words I never thought I’d utter): “I see a lot of hip-hop artists wearing denim and leather jackets.” “Correct me if I’m wrong, but shouldn’t it be oversized?” “No! That’s ’80s hip-hop!” It’s the blind leading the blind! Or rather, because Tim seems to be more attuned to hip-hop culture, it’s more like the guy with corrective lenses leading the blind…

Then Tim confronts Kenley about her consistent rudeness. He’s right! Tim is not merely a mentor or clairvoyant–he’s a fashion genius, so LISTEN TO HIM. I’m glad he finally said something to her about her excessive snippyness. I actually like her (unlike the rest of the world), but she is vile and wildly unprofessional on the runway (the incessant giggling)–she needs a wake-up call. She doesn’t listen to the judges, she doesn’t listen to Tim, and if you don’t listen to Tim, who do you listen to?

Kenley on her high-waisted ‘hip-hop’ inspired design for Leanne: “I was thinking Alicia Keys.” HI-larious!

Day two. Leanne tries on the high-waisted jeans Kenley made and she doesn’t seem to believe the judges will notice the bunching at the crotch. It’s like this girl’s never seen “Project Runway” before! The judges ALWAYS notice! And by the way, Leanne looks more Urban Outfitters catalog than she does Baby Phat.

Suede on Jerell’s hair makeover: “We’re channeling Lenny Kravitz.” Go figure!

When Tim walks in and sees everyone with their hair makeovers, he says, “Good heavens!”

Kenley thinks she’s going to win EVERY week! And she never does! I think she won maybe once. But I actually think Jerell’s going to win this one again. I sure hope so. I like him, he’s so fun.

Guest judge: LL COOL J! Whoa! Does this have anything to do with the new Sears line he has to promote?

Korto definitely captured the country walk.

Kenley looks AMAZING! I always said that if I were a pop star, I would be like either the Pussycat Dolls or Danity Kane (don’t judge me!), and I really think Jerell really captured the look that I like.

Now Kenley’s trying to blame LEANNE for that FLIP-HOP DISASTER!

Heidi introduces LL as a “style icon.” Maybe that era came before me. I remember his sitcom, I was around for some of his latter hits, but I think LL’s fashionista days might have been before my time.

Heidi says that Suede made Jerell look like Jerell. They say Jerell’s design for Kenley was sexy but not too vulgar. LL was like, “The high-waisted jeans are a problem.” LOL. Nicely put! And in response, Kenley’s acting like an unprofessional baby on the runway.

Michael Kors said Korto looked like a woman going out to eat ribs in the outfit Leanne designed for her.

The winner: KORTO! Really? It was my second place. This is the second time I’ve felt Jerell was shafted. I thought he should have won the Brooke Shields challenge. But Brooke couldn’t handle animal print.

Who’s going home??? Suede! Sad, but true. He should have revealed his real name. I can’t believe there’s only one guy designer left now… It’s a runway first… I would declare “girl power” now, but I kind of want Jerell to win the competition. And my second choice is Korto. I really like her personality.

Next week looks amazing! Everyone’s crying on the runway! It must be the best challenge EVER!

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