Yeah, I took a look at the clothes the new designers made from the first two episodes and I concur. All of the designs seem very derivative like we've seen them all before. (Mind you this is coming from a guy with little to no fashion sense.)
I agree the clothes have been meh, but the eye candy better than usual.
I have only seen two dresses I liked from the eco challenge were those from Korto, Suede, Terri, and Kenley. The rest were far below par. I'm really curious about Korto because her salad bar dress from the first episode was very striking. Daniel's plastic cup dress was very clever in a Jane Jetsonish kind of way and actually looked good. If Scarlett was living in a supermarket, she could go visit Rhett in that number.
My guess for the final four: Korto, Kenley, Suede, and possibly Terri or Joe. That last slot I'm very iffy. None just leap out and grab your attention the way Christian, Austin, or Chris's work did. Really, last season was just amazing. I wasn't big on Sweet P (who names their kid that??) or Jillian, but I appreciate their work. Sweet P and Jillian are solid designers though I think they lack vision. Rami, Christian, and Chris... if they were in this current group? Any one of them would walk away with it... so far.
None of the guys do a thing for me, sorry to say.
