But just when I was starting to like him, he turned right back into Dr.
To give credit where it’s due, Jeffrey’s inspiration - Japanese ghost and demon stories - was exactly the kind of out-of-left-field thing that occurs to a real designer he’s not afraid to follow his own esthetic impulses, wherever they take him, and it looks as if this time they may have taken him on a journey much more interesting than a safari. But all the emphasis on that bizarre green-and-white-striped Hilda-the-Hippo-goes-to-a-party dress and matching mega-ugly overnight bag may have been intended to distract us from the fact that the rest of his collection looked extremely good. And Jeffrey? Well, if you’re going to call one of your own outfits a ”sideshow freak,” you’re pretty much doing my job for me. We’ll just forget the appearance of that I-ate-some-bad-spinach nightmare dress that Tim called a ”chartreuse popsicle.” It never happened.
Laura’s clothes were rich and dramatic and represented a unified, adult esthetic. Didn’t your heart sink when both Michael and Uli used the word ”safari” as inspiration? At least they were on different safaris: Michael appears to have taken the Booty and Bling Adventure Ride, while Uli’s glitter-and-bones look indicated that eighth-row center at the Broadway production of The Lion King is about as close to an actual jungle as she’s ever been. Official judgment about the clothes will have to wait until next week meanwhile, let’s make some unofficial judgments.