Next in Fashion (2020) s01e02 Episode Script

Hello, hello. Welcome to episode two
of Next in Fashion.
Things are about to get
so much more colorful
because today is
all about prints and patterns.
- I'm Alexa.
- And I'm ready! Let's do this!
Oh, God.
- This is us, right?
- Yeah.
Hi, guys!
- How are ya?
- Good morning, everyone!
- Hi!
- Welcome back to Next in Fashion.
You made it through.
- Yes.
- Earplugs in, everyone,
because it's about to get very,
very loud in here.
Because this next challenge
is all about
prints and patterns!
[cheering]
Ooh!
I know! We had a couple
of very different reactions.
Half of you were like, "Yeah!"
And half were like
- No!
- [Tan] I know!
Ashton and Marco,
I know how much you love black.
- Are we freaking out, you guys? Don't lie.
- I'm not a big fan of print at all.
The fear and everything
just sort of passes over both of us.
Like, prints and patterns sounds obnoxious
to me.
It sounds like this is gonna be
an ugly runway show.
Period. Thrilled.
- [laughs]
- Through the roof.
Lorena, are you fearful of this challenge?
No, I have a good partner for that.
Prints and pattern is totally my universe.
I'm the creative director
of Shivan & Narresh.
It's a luxury holiday brand known
for its iconic prints.
I design about five to six prints
every season.
My brand is known for prints.
- I clearly have an expert.
- [laughs]
In just about everyone's wardrobe,
there's some element of print and pattern.
And to win this Next in Fashion challenge,
you're gonna have to prove that you can
create something runway-worthy.
We want this to be
the most incredibly bold
and vibrant runway show.
Let your imaginations run wild.
We want to see polka dots, stripes,
swishy, wooshy, whirly things.
That's my favorite print.
- You like swishy, wooshy, whirly?
- I love swishy, wooshy, whirly.
- It's a classic.
- [laughing]
There's now just eight teams left.
It's still all for the taking.
And tomorrow, you're gonna put on
another runway show.
We will once again be joined
by A-list stylist Elizabeth Stewart.
And we'll also be joined by a very special
guest judge.
Joining us on the runway
is a designer who's not afraid
to make a serious statement.
A mastery of print is evident
all over his body of work.
- Drum roll please. We will be welcoming
- [imitates drum roll]
- That was a really short drum roll.
- Oh, sorry!
I wanted drama!
Yeah! Drum roll please, everyone!
We will be welcoming
- Prabal Gurung!
- Oh!
Shut your mouth!
- Yes, queen. That's the reaction I want.
- [laughing]
I'm super excited that Prabal is going
to be our judge for this challenge.
The same way we bring
our culture and everything
into what we do, Prabal does the same.
- [Farai] I'm excited.
- Cha-ching.
[laughing]
For this challenge,
each team will need to present
Two looks!
- [designers groan]
- [Alexa] Scandalous.
You'll be working with one female model
and one male model.
I know, Alexa.
There's gonna be cute dudes
in here all day.
[Tan] Really cute.
How you decide to design for them
is completely up to you.
And once again, this beautiful space
will be transformed
into a gorgeous runway.
And we've made sure
that our glorious closet
is filled to the brim
with all the fabrics and trims
you're gonna need this challenge.
Regard.
Nice today, no?
- Whoa!
- So beautiful.
- Wow.
- [Alexa] Every single print and pattern
in every color imaginable.
[Tan]
And if you don't like any of those prints,
you can actually design your own.
There on the right is a digital printer,
so feel free to go crazy with that.
Now whoever's print pattern make
the biggest statement will be the winner.
It's very simple.
And whichever team falls flat,
will be sent home.
You have all day today to work
and also a few hours tomorrow
ahead of the runway
to take your designs
from concept to reality.
Are you ready?
- Yes, yes, yes, yes.
- [Tan] Good.
Your challenge starts
[exhales]
now!
[Hayley] So let's do this.
In my world, I think what would be
kind of fun if there is sort of like
a punk feel.
[Marco] Maybe doing this kind of thing?
- [Ashton] Yeah. Like think Gwen Stefani.
- Yeah.
If we made this
as a No Doubt [bleeps] thing,
it would be dope.
I literally live every day
- in the world of prints.
- I know.
I think I'm almost
every time black and solid.
- I literally don't use print.
- [laughs]
A really intelligent decision is
to see what prints are available
and to see if we like one and to use that.
- Yeah.
- If we stop and go for the
for to doing our own print,
- we'll lose a little bit of time.
- I'm comfortable with that.
- Oh, beautiful. Absolutely.
- It's our color.
Okay, so, Tan, we have an amazing array
of very talented designers here,
but we are really testing them
to the limit.
They've got to make two outfits
in two days.
The difficulty with print is
you're never please everybody.
- [Carli] Oh, babe. No.
- [Daniel] No?
No, it's like grandma. All right, take it,
but I don't think so.
Because print is so personal,
you either love it or you hate it.
- That's just the nature with print.
- Yeah.
I like this.
[laughs] Oh, my God. Yes!
The first thing I see
is this bright orange fabric
with cow spots in it.
Are you taking this?
- Take it.
- Thank you. [sighs]
I'm like, "Yes!"
Hayley. Hayley, I'm loving this.
Are you loving it?
I was thinking more pastel tones,
do you know what I mean?
Like Miami '80s surf.
I really don't like it, personally.
That print to me is, like, bold.
It's, like, really over-the-top.
Hayley, can you take this back?
I'm gonna grab the hardware stuff.
Thanks.
I definitely feel like we need to throw in
an African element.
I want to show a bit of my culture
and where I'm from,
- and that we're all about prints.
- All day long.
So I feel like I'm
I feel comfortable here.
I grew up in Zimbabwe.
I lived there as a child,
and my aunt actually owned
a lingerie factory.
So, I learned how to sew
at the age of five.
There's so much talent in Africa.
You'll never meet an African
that has turned their back on their own.
So, if there's a way
to put my home on a map,
I want to be the person to do that.
- I am very excited.
- Yeah, this is gonna be really cool.
I'm unsure right now,
but it's not that I don't like
what I'm seeing.
I do like what I'm seeing.
- Okay.
- Just don't know what it is yet.
I've never used plaid,
but I know Ashton has.
The only print I think
I've actually ever used is a plaid.
I just grab that nipple and suck on it
because I had nothing else to do.
I'm just gonna have to go with this.
[sighs]
- No, I don't like the yellow.
- Yeah.
I like the print. I don't like the yellow.
[Narresh] In this challenge,
my responsibility is to make sure
that Lorena is as comfortable
with print as I am.
Very California.
[chuckles] I don't like it.
Whatever we pick in the closet has to be
an equal representation of me and her.
- [Lorena] I love this,
- [Narresh] It's nice, no?
- [Lorena] Really nice.
- Yeah.
This with this.
It's too bland.
But I like it.
In my professional life,
I'm used to have,
like, this strong vision.
I come from a large family
of very strong women.
My mom and four aunts, they all sew.
Fashion was basically something organic
in my life
and I want to be a role model
for this new generation of Mexican women.
I like it because it's a different--
It's not the typical print universe.
I know, but on the ramp, it'll look dead.
I don't think so, if we use it wisely.
I want to ask you, Charles,
because when I start to work in print,
it's important to decide what you like.
Animal. You like or not?
I'm open to it.
Prints and patterns,
it's not my comfort zone.
It's my comfort zone. As you can see.
We went so clean the first challenge.
Let's keep it a little bit more rock
and let's put a little more
of your aesthetic into it.
We are doing a hoodie, a top,
and two shorts.
Our inspiration is about animal love,
so we are creating an animal print,
almost a modern cheetah or leopard.
I like where you're going with that,
Angelo. It's like modern jungle.
I love that.
Sometimes I can get very tunnel-visioned
and what I love about working
with Angelo is
he reminds me a lot of the time
that we have to convey emotion.
It's amazing.
[Angel] When there's a man and a woman,
do you think we could do
like a wedding?
Yeah, I like it.
So, I think on the man's coat,
this should be really lean.
The pants can use, like,
the fabric we have.
For sure, we will put the girl in a dress.
But if we do cute, we cannot win.
Of course,
but we have to do our own character.
This is what we love.
I come from Shenzhen, China.
And back into my hometown,
when a guy marry with a woman,
they will always grab
the hometown inspiration
to put it onto their garments.
So this time, we're drawing illustration
coming from our hometown.
It's really abstract, but it comes
from the phoenix in my hometown.
When I draw it, I'm more focused
on like something about nature
because my hometown where I'm from,
it's really beautiful in the spring.
I'm from Seoul, Korea.
My label, Minju Kim,
is such a small company.
It's, like, me and my sister.
We make our own fabric and pattern.
Everything we do.
So, I'm very excited
to make our own print.
This is like a marriage
between two families or two cultures.
It could be the marriage of me and Minju.
Like, it just feels like a celebration
of our friendship.
[Julian] I know you don't like beanies,
- but it's Brooklyn. It'll make sense.
- I know--
- [Julian] It'll be so street.
- But I don't know if it's Brooklyn.
- I'm from there.
- Yeah, I know.
I know. I'm just saying, like,
I want to do a really oversized blouse,
and then I was gonna make shorts
for underneath it.
[Julian] I wouldn't do shorts.
I'm beginning to feel that it's a bit
all Julian.
It's not really involving me.
So, yes, starting to get a bit frustrating
'cause I've worked hard all my life.
Scotland itself isn't known for fashion.
You know, I didn't have the funds
to go to London.
So, I stayed and worked
from my family home.
And then I won
the Scottish Young Designer of the Year.
That was the beginning of it all.
And then I found out I was pregnant
with Freddie and Oscar.
I had twin boys on my own.
And yet, I'm still designing
and making stuff
from my mom's kitchen table.
I feel like I have been stuck in a rut
for a few years now.
Winning the competition
would change my life.
It would change my sons' life.
It would give me the confidence
to take my business to the next level.
That, in itself, is a huge achievement
for me.
I think we should, at least for one print,
create our own.
- I think we could do a nice watercolor--
- I think so.
I think that would be really nice.
[Carli]
For the man, we have a metallic pant
and a watercolor print shirt.
And for the woman, we're gonna create
a leather sleeveless jacket
that is hand-painted.
[Daniel] It's a race against the clock to
get it painted and sent to the printers.
The jacket is gonna need painting as well.
- That's gonna have to happen last minute.
- Yeah, I know.
- It is a prints and patterns challenge.
- Hello.
Yeah, and we can create
anything we want to.
This is like a dream.
I really like that. That's so fun.
- Minju, I'm done.
- Looks good.
[Narresh]
Everybody's making their own print.
I look like a painter and decorator.
Look. [laughing]
[Daniel] Oh, God.
[Lorena] Well, we are not.
- We just have no idea what we're doing.
- Yeah.
- To put it simple.
- Yeah.
I look around the room,
and I see everybody making prints,
and I realize that all we have is this,
like, black and white plaid.
We could make a plaid.
We could get black ribbon.
- That's what I'm saying. Yes.
- White and black and gold.
Our plan is to take fabrics and ribbons
and recreate a plaid.
[Ashton] If we literally just
grade it out and stitch it,
that's dope, dude.
We're not designing a print.
We're creating a textile that's a pattern.
[Ashton] That's beautiful!
I'm gagging over this right now.
[Adolfo] They could almost look like
a really super chic couple in the '70s
- getting off of a jet.
- Yes.
Do you know what I mean,
like literally stepping off the jet?
I mean, I obviously wasn't around
in the '70s.
- Look at me.
- Neither one of us were. [laughs]
But I mean, it's an iconic era in fashion.
Beautiful graphics and patterns.
So are we just doing,
like, a super simple trouser?
[Adolfo] I think so 'cause the attention
is gonna be on the vest.
For the woman, we are thinking,
like, really tailored in on the waist,
peplum felt jacket.
[Claire] For our male model,
shirt and trouser,
and then we got the leather vest on top.
Like, you know, understated,
but still very '70s glamour vibe.
- Angel and Minju, hello.
- Hi!
- Hi!
- How are you coping?
Minju, you look like you're literally
tearing your hair out.
What's on your mind? What's going on?
We have only, like, I think, four hours,
something like that,
so I'm really scared.
Talk us through your looks.
Two looks, one man, one woman.
Yes, let me bring you the design.
We are going to make a wedding.
This dress seems like quite the occasion.
Has it got a cape on it?
- [Minju] No.
- [Angel] On the back,
it will be like a tutu, not belt.
- [Minju] Like tulles.
- Tulle.
- Yeah. T-u-l-l-e.
- [Tan] Okay, yeah, yeah, tulle.
You seem to be working very well
for a team,
and a little birdie tells us you may have
a name for your team.
[laughing] Oh, yeah!
[Tan] What is it?
- I have a pose.
- Let me see.
Come here. You have to stand here.
- We are Dragon Princess.
- [laughing]
That's so cute.
- You two have to make one also.
- Yeah, make one.
We are English
- English
- We are English
- Queens.
- [laughing]
[both] We are English Queens.
- [laughing]
- [Alexa] Okay.
- We're excited to see it.
- [Angel] Thank you.
[Julian] Perfect.
- What is this? Is this your pattern piece?
- Yes.
- Label your pattern pieces.
- Sorry.
- [Narresh] We have to go brave.
- [Lorena] Yeah.
I'm working on the jacket first.
I think that's the
- relatively, the complicated one.
- Yeah. That would be great.
- [Farai] It's very nice.
- [Kiki] Yeah.
[Farai] I like the idea of having it open.
Don't worry about pinning too much.
It's just enough so you can cut
so it doesn't move.
[Angelo] Okay, okay.
- [Ashton] That looks rad, Marco.
- Yeah.
[Ashton]
Dude, the plaid is everything, bitch.
- Ashton and Marco, hi.
- Hi, guys!
Okay, how's it going?
So we took this as our main plaid,
and I am sort of doing, like, a replicate
of that in a bunch of different fabrics.
Can you tell me
the inspiration behind this look?
You know, we had all the plaids,
and Ashton brought up Gwen Stefani
and sort of a '90s grungy kind of thing.
[Tan] Okay,
I'm gonna leave this with you.
Does it feel like it's something
we've actually seen on her?
I don't think we're actually directly
pulling from her.
- Okay.
- I mean, I hope not.
- [laughing]
- We also hope not.
- Good luck, guys.
- Thank you so much.
Narresh and Lorena.
- Hi.
- How are you?
- Hello. Ooh!
- [Tan] How are you?
- Is this your menswear look?
- Yes.
So, this is a kimono-inspired jacket,
which is going to be
in this snake sequins fabric.
- Okay. Yeah.
- [Narresh] For the woman,
we have this beautiful screen printed
Japanese print.
- It's very muted.
- You're the only group
who have decided
to not make your own prints.
- You've chosen from the selection.
- Correct.
We almost have six separates,
so that's a lot of garments.
So we decided to keep the time
for construction.
[Alexa] Lorena, where are you from?
I'm from Mexico City.
It's a hip and trendy neighborhood.
- Nice.
- My studio's right there.
- So you're a Mexican boss. Awesome.
- I'm the boss of it. Yes.
- And this is your passion?
- I live for fashion.
Do you feel the same way, Narresh?
Oh, absolutely.
I haven't known any other trade.
My mother used to do fashion herself
before she had me and my sister.
She, in fact, works with me now.
She's in my company.
I'm one of the fortunate ones
- who got very supporting parents.
- [Tan] Good. Thank you so much.
- Good luck.
- Thank you.
Julian and Hayley.
- Hi.
- [Alexa] Hi, guys!
[Tan] How are you getting on?
- Good.
- Absolutely amazing.
- I mean, we're killing it this time.
- You are?
- Well, I hope so.
- Yeah.
So, I'm spotting some prints
already being developed.
[Hayley] Yeah, I've designed this print.
It's like '80s,
- Miami surf kind of thing.
- Yeah.
Amazing. And what have you come up with
so far?
[Hayley] So for the female look,
we are making a cow print,
razor front dress with a chiffon,
oversized bomber-style jacket.
[Julian] And the guy's gonna be wearing
a swoop zip neck shirt,
oversized sleeveless poncho
and cow-printed jogger pants.
- Our vibe is street royalty.
- Right.
- I'm from Brooklyn, so it's perfect.
- [Tan] It's a regal challenge.
- [Alexa] You from Brooklyn?
- Yeah.
How long were you in the military?
I was in active duty for four years
in Korea.
I was going to Seoul Fashion Week
every season getting inspiration,
working as a model as well.
I met my husband when I was there.
We came to New York to get married.
Did your family attend the wedding?
I don't speak with my parents.
- Okay.
- Yeah, we're on a anti-gay situation.
- Okay.
- Okay. Wow, okay.
It's pretty intense.
Both my parents were in the army.
When I first came out to my parents,
my mom, you know, she's in tears.
My dad's, like, freaking out,
and, you know,
we tried piecing things together.
It just didn't--
It didn't really work out,
so I divorced my parents in a sense.
It takes a lot to grow up in this society,
as beautiful and diverse as it is,
and be who you are.
I was able to come to grips with myself,
and now I'm Julian Woodhouse.
- Good luck. Work so hard on this.
- Thank you so much.
- Thanks, guys.
- [Hayley] Thank you. We will.
[whirs]
We have fabric, ladies and gentlemen.
Look at that.
- I love it.
- [Julian] Oh, yeah.
Hmm. I like the color.
[Charles] Oh, Angelo, it's gorgeous.
So good! They're like birds.
- [Angelo laughs] Thank you.
- I'm so happy with it.
- [Julian] Wow!
- [Daniel] That's beautiful! Wow.
- Do we do the shirt in this as well?
- Yeah.
- Our little border prints is super cute.
- [Farai] Yay!
- Wait. Is that a zebra?
- Of course. Because zebras are in Africa.
Fashionelles, dream weavers,
you have one hour left
till the end of day one!
Put the chicken in the oven.
Let's do this.
I think we're gonna need to do
something here.
See that?
- Like a woven moment.
- And then come around
and then bring it down and have it hang.
So, I just cut out the man's pattern piece
- out of the inverted pattern side.
- Cute.
So now I'm gonna use that.
- [Claire] Oh, my God.
- [laughs]
I'm working on the outerwear
for the male model right now.
It's like a trench coat.
Yeah, more like a trench coat.
It's a big piece.
And also
- I have to do the trouser pattern.
- Oh [bleeps]
Fingers crossed. I have never made pants
since I was 15 years old.
- Little bit scary.
- I know.
So, my first thing to sew was
my grandma teach me how to sew shorts
- [Minju laughs]
- using my curtains.
After those shorts,
I don't have a curtain.
At the age of 27, I got, like, 20 people,
like, working for my collection.
My brand specializing,
doing really, really strong and colorful,
genderless, contemporary ready-to-wear.
Chinese designers,
we are just like coming out.
I really want to present
a really strong message from China.
Instead of just people keep thinking
about mass production,
we really have some good design.
- Narresh.
- Yeah.
Do the shirt.
It's just a stitch left.
At least I'll be done with one thing.
[Tan]
There's not a lot of time left.
No. This is a really tough one to call
at this stage.
[Daniel] You know what? If we wanted,
I can make a really quick
legging out of this.
- No.
- [laughs]
Angel and Minju.
- They're making a wedding dress.
- Yeah.
I just hope we have enough tutu, you know?
You are using tutu, I'm using tutu.
These clothes are so beautiful.
I want to take it off
the mannequin and wear it.
[Tan]
I think that they may be in some trouble.
Their pieces themselves,
they're very, very simple.
Am I gonna feel inspired by it?
The time is really limited.
So we are kind of, like, getting crazy.
We don't know what we are doing. [laughs]
Julian and Hayley.
I mean, we asked for noisy,
- but this one's ear-splittingly loud.
- It's all over the place.
[Julian]
Hayley, how do you feel about the pattern?
It wouldn't have been my color of choice.
This color's beautiful.
It's fine, let's roll with the punches.
[Hayley] I'm not happy.
Whether I like it or not,
it's like, we've done this now.
We don't have time to change it.
- It's gonna be hideous.
- [Julian] It's gonna be good.
[Hayley] No, I'm just telling the truth.
It's gonna be--
It's not gonna be hideous, Hayley.
- [Hayley] It is for me.
- It's not.
I don't think it's gonna be too crazy.
- [sighs]
- It's gonna be so cool.
So, Narresh and Lorena.
I think that their prints are pretty.
It feels old school.
[Alexa] One thing they've got
to their advantage,
looks like they're gonna finish,
like, in five minutes time.
[Lorena] I love it. I love it. I love it.
You're gonna cut the seam here.
Do it as quickly as you can.
- Charles and Angelo.
- Mm-hmm.
[Alexa] Charles is, "Oh, my God.
I've got so much to do. I'm so stressed."
[Charles] Angelo, you have to cut faster.
You're not cutting fast enough for this.
Quicker, babe. Quicker!
It is my job in the team
to drive that forward
'cause if we both had our head
in the clouds,
- we'd have beautiful drawings and draping.
- [laughing]
- And, like, the model would be naked.
- [laughs]
Dude, it's rad.
Ashton and Marco.
[Tan] The amount of work that went
into that leotard is insane.
- Visually, it's stunning.
- But it doesn't look modern and fresh.
It doesn't look like Next in Fashion,
it looks like last in fashion.
[Marco] Well, at least at this point,
I haven't cut my fingertip off yet.
[laughs]
Just five more minutes
until the end of day one, you guys!
Use them wisely.
[Julian] We're running out of time.
Scissors.
- We're not gonna finish this.
- [Daniel sighs]
[Kiki]
These are gonna be like silk pajamas.
Time's up, you guys!
- Your workday is over.
- [Angelo sighs]
Rest up, everyone. Gonna need your energy
for tomorrow. Good night.
You can't walk, you're too tired.
I'll take you. Come on.
- [Alexa speaks gibberish]
- [laughs]
Let's talk about prints and patterns.
Now, anyone who knows me knows
I love a print and pattern.
I wear that stuff all the time.
But if you're intimidated by them,
start small and layer up.
You can wear them
under a bomber jacket, a denim jacket,
even under a suit.
Now, let's talk about one
of the most popular patterns of all time.
Stripes! A horizontal stripe like this
can make you look shorter and wider.
Go vertical.
It'll make you look taller and leaner.
Play with print and pattern.
Express your personality
and just have bloody fun.
- [techno music playing]
- [siren wailing]
[man] Please, p-please listen carefully
Funk!
Perfect.
- Tan France!
- Ooh!
- Alexa Chung!
- This is how I catwalk.
That's what you feel
when you say my name?
- Tan France!
- Oh, God.
- Don't you look gorge.
- Thanks.
I'm wearing my own brand with an anklet.
- You think I didn't see that?
- It's a styling choice, kids.
Was it a necklace,
and you just put it around your ankle?
- That's exactly what happened.
- All right.
- Who are you wearing?
- Prabal.
- Teacher's pet.
- I know. You know me.
- Should we get the kids in?
- Yes, please.
Kids! Vite, vite!
Oh, my gosh. Hi, guys!
Guys, you look so gorge!
Good morning, everyone.
Welcome back
to another frantic day in fashion.
- Oh, it's me. Great!
- It is.
If you could do me a favor
and pay attention.
[laughing]
I'm here to tell you
tonight is your runway show.
You have five hours left, to be precise.
Your clothes are back here.
Your models are about to arrive.
Not much time left. Let's get to it.
[Tan] Chop, chop.
[Ashton]
I feel like we've got this under control.
[Marco] As long as we can complete
everything that we have planned,
I think we're gonna be okay.
[Hayley] I need to finish that first
and then I can help you sew.
We don't really have much time.
Coming into day two,
we've got so much to do
in nailing the outfits.
- You okay being the sew-er this morning?
- Okay. Here you go.
[exhales]
I'm making a pant.
Okay, Minju, so I'm going to do the pants
as quickly as I can.
It's really short time, but we have
to bring out the ideas suddenly.
We have to work like
[laughing]
[man] Designers, three hours to runway.
This is 100% couture, baby.
Do you have a lot to do?
- Just details.
- Details. Yeah.
But at least it's good she's, you know,
obviously,
she's better at sewing than you. [laughs]
Shade!
One, two, three, four ♪
- [Lorena] So what's missing?
- We have to fix the zipper.
Today is all about finishes.
[Lorena] It's cute by itself.
- Yeah.
- I want to edgy it a little bit.
We're feeling pretty confident
about the runway.
[Lorena] We have to fix this.
Both of us run really successful brands.
So I think we're both, like, confident
with our designs.
- [Narresh] You're putting all across?
- Yes.
- Even front?
- Yes.
[Narresh] And we both completely believe
in the fact
that fashion that looks beautiful
and is wearable is never wrong.
[man] Two hours, ten minutes to runway.
Thank you.
- Hi, how are you?
- [Minju] Two hours, ten minutes.
It's all about, like, primal love.
You guys just met. You're dating.
So the vibe is street royalty.
You're gonna have a beanie--
You already have a beanie.
I wonder if we could use your beanie.
Did that get longer?
No, it couldn't have. Okay, thanks.
[Farai] Our models are gorgeous,
and they're beautiful,
and I'm sure they could
walk the runway naked
and probably nail this thing for us.
But then again, that is not
- the patterns challenge--
- Maybe next time.
[laughs] Yeah, maybe.
- There you go.
- [Kiki] Magic Mike.
- Yeah. Exactly.
- [laughing]
[man] Designers, one hour
to the runway show, please.
One hour. Thank you.
Pretend you're in love.
Oh! We love this.
This is a modern couple.
Yeah, I like the chocolate boy, geek look.
Let's keep that.
We're gonna take
some temporary hair color
and use these stencils
and then we're gonna put "BK"
on your head.
BK 'cause Brooklyn and street royalty.
[Daniel] Do you want to do the painting?
[laughs] I don't wanna do it.
I don't mind.
We've made this women's jacket,
and we can put the paint on it
and look bad and there is nothing
that we can do.
- Yeah, that's it then.
- But at this stage,
we think it's worth the risk because
this is a print and pattern challenge,
and this will add another element
of print and pattern to our pieces.
Oh.
- This is really
- I can't look.
[Daniel] Oh, God. All right.
- I can't do it.
- [laughs] Go from the top. Go from here.
Oh [bleeps]
[gasps] hell!
Don't move it when I'm drawing.
Oh, it's fine. Don't rub it.
I think we'll just carry on.
Stitch that up, please.
Angelo doesn't sew,
so I have to take the brunt of the work.
That's basically all the pressure
is weighing on me,
and I'm very stressed about it.
But you know, he's doing his best.
Angelo, what are you doing right now?
[Angelo] Just a moment.
I'm trying real hard not to lose
my here.
- Hayley, how's it going?
- Fine.
My model has got "BK" written
on the back of his head.
[Claire] What does that mean?
[Hayley] Brooklyn, obviously,
'cause Julian's from Brooklyn.
Yeah, it's like none of it's me.
- [Claire groans]
- [Hayley] So annoying.
- [Claire] Why does this keep happening?
- 'Cause he doesn't let me do anything.
I'm just getting pissed off.
I just really need to try
and hold it together for this.
- You can.
- It's like-- Yeah, it's hard.
I'm really not happy.
And we are gonna be in the
bottom two because of this.
I'm not being horrible.
I'm just being honest.
- You gonna have a chat about it later?
- Yeah.
[man]
Forty minutes to the the runway show.
Forty minutes, please. Thank you.
- [Angel] What?
- But now we're finished.
[Narresh] We're finally done with our hair
and makeup, our models are ready,
and we have 40 minutes till the show.
I don't know if it's a good thing
or a bad thing.
[laughs]
All right, hang on.
Carli, just have a look
- at them together.
- Hold on.
Where is she? Where's my female model?
Where's Yulia?
- [Ashton] Wait, Marco. That's not hers.
- [laughs] I know. I wasn't thinking.
I'm literally like,
"Get over here. What are you doing?"
[Marco] Get those nubs on.
Well, maybe if they was marked,
I would've done it already.
[man] Ten minutes to the runway.
- [Ashton] Ten minutes! Ten minutes!
- Yes! Give me that steam.
[Marco] The pants. In, in, in.
[Angel] Fighting, Minju.
Rad. Perfect. The attitude's great.
[grunts]
[Narresh] Lorena and me are done.
Everybody's still running around
like a headless chicken.
[Angel] Oh, my God.
[Narresh] Adding last minute things.
No, Angelo. Stop dropping things
around her thighs.
[Narresh] Making their outfits
more and more louder and crazier.
- What do you think of the hat or not?
- No, it's Take it off.
[Lorena] We're a little bit different
from everybody else's.
- We're minimal.
- Very minimal, very sophisticated.
I love it.
[man] Two-minute warning, everyone.
Two-minute warning. Thank you.
[cheering]
Hello, everybody,
and welcome to Next in Fashion.
The theme for tonight
is prints and patterns.
I need Yulia. I need her now.
Yes. And as always,
Tan and I won't be judging alone
because that would be ridiculous.
[laughing]
Please welcome back
stylist extraordinaire,
the amazing Elizabeth Stewart.
[cheering]
I was hoping you'd get up and bow.
- Should I?
- Go on. Yeah, go on.
Give 'em a bow! Yeah!
[man] Sixty seconds. Sixty seconds.
- I placed it from the back.
- Yes!
And joining the three of us
is a very special guest judge.
This artist is no stranger
to prints and patterns.
His designs have been worn
and celebrated by the likes
of Priyanka Chopra,
Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway
- and Tan France. Tan France.
- There you go.
He is at the very top of his craft.
It is an honor to welcome to the stage,
Prabal Gurung.
[cheering]
[man] Thirty seconds, please.
Thirty seconds to runway.
- [Prabal] Hi.
- [Alexa] Welcome, Prabal!
- [Tan] How are you?
- I'm good. I'm excited to be here.
Now, you specialize in print and pattern,
you use it a lot.
What are you hoping to see
on the runway tonight?
For me, I think anything courageous, bold.
Is there a print you've met
you haven't liked?
- Maybe tonight.
- Oh!
- I'm just kidding.
- [man] Ten seconds, everyone.
Here we go. Ten seconds, everyone.
And I am so pleased to tell you
that it is now time to start
the print and pattern show.
- [man] Two and stand by.
- High-five. Whoo!
Here we go.
- Should we hit our seats?
- [Prabal] Yes.
- Whoo!
- [laughing]
[woman] I'd like you guys
to get into a single file.
Can you guys get into single file?
[man] We are rolling. Please stand by.
Here we go.
[cheering and applauding]
Three
two
one. Go!
[techno music playing]
- Yay!
- Yay.
They wanted to make a print
that spoke to their heritage.
- [Prabal] Oh, wow.
- Farai grew up in Zimbabwe.
Oh, wow. I mean, I love it.
It's very emotional.
- [Elizabeth] I love his pants.
- [Tan] Yep, however,
could you put somebody in the female look?
- Um
- [Tan laughs]
- Sorry to put you on the spot.
- Not for an event.
- Nice! Awesome.
- [shouting]
Doesn't it look good?
When they first got the print,
I was really worried about it.
But I actually love the woman's look.
I can see a girl in this.
- That's cool.
- In a magazine.
[Alexa] They made their own print.
I really like this. I think it's cool.
- They wanted something '70s.
- [Prabal] Mm-hmm.
- Not feeling it? Really?
- Not my favorite at all.
- Whoa!
- Nice!
[Lorena] Yes!
- I love the back of that dress.
- Yeah, me too.
[Elizabeth] I don't love the jacket.
Her dress is solid.
- It's all a little quiet.
- Yeah, it's not very busy.
Oh, look at the walk. Yay!
[Prabal] This to me is--
What I was thinking to myself
was "cow-mouflage."
- [Tan] The print, I don't--
- [laughs] Cow-mouflage.
I don't hate it as much I did initially.
[Prabal]
To me, the construction is amazing.
You also have to think about the world
we live in, it's Instagram.
- You know, it's gonna look phenomenal.
- [Tan] Yeah.
two, one. Go!
- Hey!
- Groove, bitch. Groove!
[Tan]
They were inspired by Gwen Stefani,
but does it look just like Gwen Stefani?
[Elizabeth]
That's a sort of LA fashion look.
[Prabal]
Yeah. To me, I look at it and I say,
"Okay, construction's great.
Ideas are great."
Could you see one of your starlets
in that leotard?
- Yeah.
- [Tan] The crotch area?
Have you not seen
what these girls wear on the red carpet?
- Oh, wow!
- Yes, honey.
The jacket that guy's wearing,
the shape of it is very couture-like.
- How it dips and everything is good.
- The shape is great.
- But I like it. I like it.
- [Alexa] Yeah.
Three, two, one. Go!
- Wow!
- Yeah!
[Elizabeth] That looks great.
I think it's great.
[Tan] Yeah, I'm obsessed.
I love that they've been daring enough
to use tulle on the man's jacket.
[Prabal] I'm not sure if I love it.
You don't love it? [gasps]
It's joyful, it's fun and everything,
but that's pretty much it.
[Tan] Okay.
- I don't love the execution.
- Yeah.
[Tan] It's Calvin Klein right now.
I've literally seen those pants.
I think I own those pants.
[cheering]
- Let's celebrate, guys!
- Yes!
- [laughing]
- [chattering]
- Cheers!
- [laughing]
- Okay, guys. Should we go and have a chat?
- Yes, let's go feel the clothes.
- [Alexa] All right.
- [Tan] After you, my love.
[chattering]
- [Daniel] Eagle eyes there.
- [laughing]
That I can do because I want to.
[Ashton]
I think we may be a little bit nervous,
because we stood out the most,
and that could be the best or the worst.
Yeah, like, ours was different
from everyone,
- but ours was different from everyone.
- [laughs]
- [Tan] Ashton. Marco.
- Hi.
Hi, boys. How are you?
Ashton and Marco are our LA boys.
Tell us about your pieces.
Ashton's really comfortable with plaid
when it comes to prints and--
It is the one that I do.
[Marco] It's the one that he does
really respond to.
Okay.
First thing we thought was--
We were thinking about
- like a '90s punk girl like Gwen Stefani.
- [Ashton] Tank Girl.
[Tan] I love the harness. I love that
you use it in a way you can take off.
My biggest concern is
it does look too Gwen Stefani.
I love this part.
Did you put that together yourself or--
[Ashton] Yes. In addition to having
the plaid, we wanted to create a plaid.
[Elizabeth] Love that. I love the design,
but I think it'd be great to take
your design sensibility
a little bit away from LA.
Step out of your comfort zone
a little bit.
- Okay.
- And think couture.
- Great.
- [Tan] Good luck.
- Thank you, guys. Appreciate it.
- Thanks.
I keep, like, questioning myself,
"Is it good enough?
Is it okay? Is it better than last time?"
So, it makes me really heart beat.
[laughs]
- Minju.
- Yes.
- Angel.
- Angel.
- Nice to meet you.
- Cool.
- [both] We are Dragon Princess.
- [laughing]
I love that! I love that.
Explain to Prabal your vision for this,
these two patterned looks.
In China, there's a town called Chaozhou.
That's my hometown.
When men and women,
when they marry together,
they would put their home country
or their hometown's print
and embroidery on their garments.
This challenge, we designed our own print,
and it's kind of like a marriage
of our friendship as well.
Oh, my God. That's so sweet.
Here's the thing.
First when it came out,
I didn't know the context of it,
I wasn't sure about it,
but now hearing the story,
it completely makes sense.
I really love it.
I would say it's a happy couture.
It's very joyful.
[Alexa] I absolutely love your print.
They both kind of echo one another
and work really well together.
[both] Thank you.
They were the only team
who chose to use fabrics
from our own collection
- as opposed to your own.
- Correct.
I think it's beautiful,
and it's quite stunning.
The colors are amazing.
The tailoring is impeccable,
but I wish you guys had pushed it
a little bit further with patterns.
I would've loved to have seen
what you would've come up with.
I think you're wearing
an interesting print,
and this is a traditional print,
but I think that the whole thing
is so subtle.
[Tan] Yes, it is quite commercial.
We both run our own businesses.
We always think commerce when we design.
I think the styling is restrained.
I would've loved to have seen you
push it a little bit further.
- [Hayley] We did not play it safe at all.
- [Julian laughs]
Like, it's either they're gonna love it
or hate it.
I think we nailed it. She's walking
like Naomi on that runway. [laughs]
- [Alexa] Tell us about your look today.
- [Julian] I'm from Brooklyn.
In Brooklyn, things are loud,
and things are very exciting.
And, Hayley, how does that relate to you?
- I'm quite the opposite.
- Okay.
Yeah, I'm just more, like, subdued.
Did you decide between you
who was going to lead this one?
I had an idea,
but then you kind of went with yours.
No, this is more Julian's thing,
so I just let him take the lead on this.
Yeah, because I mean,
when I get an idea, like,
my creative just, like, explodes,
and I get super excited
and passionate about it.
And I have a habit of overpowering
her creative process.
Yeah, got it, got it.
So I will say, for me
this dress is phenomenal.
Good job.
[Prabal] What I really liked
about this was,
A, the construction
is absolutely brilliant.
You know, the construction is,
like, all these details.
This, it's like a street meets punk,
meets, you know, East Village, Brooklyn.
It is so, so street. It is for the bold.
It's definitely not for the weak person.
- But this is culture at your face.
- [Hayley] Mm-hmm.
- That's what it is.
- Yeah.
One thing is for sure,
we'll not forget this collection.
[Alexa] Yeah, exactly.
It's incredibly bold.
I think it's very strong and graphic.
And I think you guys have great execution,
which is amazing.
I'm, like, a huge perfectionist
in my seam lines.
I like to control everything down
to the very length.
And I can see, Charles,
how well-constructed this is--
Sorry, I'm gonna ask you
to turn around.
Yeah, I can see
how well-constructed it is.
Again, with the time constraints,
it's impressively done.
Well done. Well done. Good luck.
- Thank you so much.
- Thanks, guys.
[Charles] Bye.
What I really love--
This almost has a couture approach to it
with the prints and everything.
It works, and I love that.
Also, I would probably say,
it's not sitting on the right waistline.
Something is off for me.
[Alexa] I really love the hand feel
of the print and that it was kind of,
you know, free and expressive.
And I think it turned out really well.
I would say the pattern is solid,
but it's just like the finishing
is kind of like, you know,
it's jarring to me.
The idea, it's almost there.
- Will you stand with her?
- [Elizabeth] Okay.
See, when you break them up,
it's a lot less jarring.
- When they're together, it is a lot.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. It is.
There is a story that I don't know
if I'm willing to read.
There's so much going on.
- Go on. I want my Elizabeth back.
- [laughing]
I think a lot of ladies would like to wear
this suit. I think it's really flattering.
- I think the shape is great.
- Me too.
The highlighted waist,
everybody loves that.
- It's very sort of '70s, '90s now.
- Yeah.
I don't want to speak
for any of my clients, but--
- Well, we do have a mutual friend.
- Can I?
- Zoey Deutch could wear it.
- Zoey Deutch would absolutely wear this.
[Elizabeth] She absolutely would.
Okay, you grab your new best friend.
I'm gonna grab him.
- We're going. Thanks, you guys.
- [Elizabeth] Let's go.
- [Claire] Bye!
- Thank you.
- [Prabal] Hello, hello.
- [Alexa] Kiki and Farai.
This is Prabal, who you were so excited
- to hear was judging.
- Me!
- Farai and Kiki. Kiki.
- Nice to meet you.
When we announced you were gonna be one
of our guest judges,
- Kiki was incredibly enthusiastic.
- Aw.
- Thank you very much. Thank you.
- I'm a fan.
Thank you and I am a fan.
Should we talk about this?
[Farai] I'm originally from Zimbabwe
and a lot of the men,
they'll wear a tunic shirt and pants
to, like, events, weddings or prayer.
So we wanted to incorporate that
into our silhouette,
but also modernize it
and have fun with the print.
It's incredible.
To me, like, when it came out,
it immediately told a story.
You know, as a minority
and I know this is
It is so difficult sometimes
to be your authentic self
and bring your culture and everything.
Fashion, at the end of the day,
is about being visible,
and I'm so proud of you two.
As an artist, as a designer,
you just hope people get it.
So, for him to get it to the level
of what he's getting it is just like
- Validation from someone you admire.
- Aw. Give me a hug.
- Girl, girl, please.
- [sniffles]
- [Prabal] Aw. Aw.
- Thank you so much.
To have someone that you look up to
and you're a fan of get your work,
- it's just
- Like that! In an instant, he got it.
- That's incredible.
- There's just no better feeling.
Yeah.
Okay, you guys,
we have to make a decision.
Let's start to tackle them individually.
- Elizabeth.
- Angel and Minju
had the best approach to a print.
[Prabal]
When I saw it first, I just didn't get it.
But however, when I met them
and heard their story,
I was like, "Oh, my God,
that's so emotional."
[Alexa] Okay, let's go for a little chat
about the cow-mouflage.
- Julian and Hayley.
- [Elizabeth] Points for strength.
[Prabal] When they walked out,
I was like, "Damn."
Like, it was so good.
It was so powerful and so strong.
[Alexa] I felt like with Farai and Kiki,
they did really well
because they were able to tell a story.
- [Tan] They were one of my favorites.
- [Prabal] For me, Farai and Kiki
and Julian and Hayley,
along with Angel and Minju, was the three
that really stood out to me.
It was full-on culture.
- [Alexa] Yeah.
- [Tan] Who should be our bottom two?
I know mine. I'm gonna make it easy
for you, I'll go first.
- [Prabal] Yeah.
- [Tan] Narresh and Lorena.
[Elizabeth] They're so skilled.
I'm really surprised that they are going
so commercial.
A disappointment for me
despite the beautiful clothes.
- Just way too subtle.
- Yeah.
For me, Carli and Daniel.
I was just a bit disappointed this week
with what they made.
- [Tan] Good word. Disappointed.
- [Alexa] I'm not angry.
- I'm disappointed.
- Yeah, which is actually way worse
'cause I know that they can do
so much more.
Ashton and Marco.
They are our LA designers.
[Elizabeth]
They are stuck on Melrose Avenue,
- which is emblematic of LA fashion.
- They are. Yes.
And I would love to see them
get out of that.
- So, we're all in agreeance?
- Yes.
- We are?
- Agreement.
Good. Agreeance.
- Agreement.
- Agreement.
- Okay. Great.
- Yeah.
Are we all in agreement?
- Yes.
- Great!
[Alexa] What you came up with
in just two days was pretty incredible.
However, there can only be
one winning team.
The winning team of the prints
and patterns challenge is
Angel and Minju.
[gasps] Whoa!
Congratulations! You just won!
Huh?
- You look genuinely shocked.
- [laughs] I know!
Not expecting it? No?
- It's really unexpected result, honestly.
- [Alexa] Really?
I think you guys hit the nail on the head.
Your print was playful. It was bold.
It had your spirit.
- You nailed it.
- Thank you so much.
What I really loved about your work
is your story.
Like, the inspiration behind it.
I thought you guys did an amazing job.
[Alexa] It looked like a runway collection
in the making.
- I'd like to borrow it if I can.
- Me too!
[laughing]
So congratulations,
it was just really proficient.
- Thank you so much.
- [cries]
[laughing]
Now, that was the good news.
Sadly, one team will leave tonight.
[Alexa] We're gonna have to ask two teams
to step forward,
and we will be saying goodbye
to one of those teams.
The first team that we would like
to step forward is
Narresh and Lorena.
The second and final team is
Ashton and Marco.
Narresh and Lorena.
Your garments were good
on a commercial level,
but your prints weren't bold enough.
You know,
I think you could've gone bolder.
Not necessarily in color,
but just like the scale of it.
You know, it wasn't offensive.
It wasn't anything garish
or anything like that,
but it was also forgettable.
For me, it was a very
complicated challenge
to mix patterns and prints together.
I'm a really contemporary, like,
one solid color woman,
and Narresh lives
in this amazing print world.
But it turned out
the way we wanted to, really.
Actually, I think even though the closet
had a few brighter prints,
I thought it would be nice
to pick up a muted print
because that's really part of her universe
and it makes her very comfortable.
And hopefully, if we stay,
you wouldn't see that again. [laughs]
[Tan] Ashton and Marco.
I think the leotard construction
was really interesting,
but then maybe that with the kilt,
it suddenly felt incredibly LA.
[Tan] But this is a global platform,
and we need to see global designs.
Maybe if we stay, shift,
because we don't want to be known
as the LA, Hollywood celebrity designers.
We want to be known as designers.
Thank you.
As much as we love all four of you,
the team going home tonight is
Narresh and Lorena.
Marco, Ashton, please step back in line
for us.
Prabal, could you tell Narresh and Lorena
why they find themselves
in this position tonight?
[Prabal] In fashion,
you have to create something that's
also inspirational and aspirational.
And it felt today maybe it didn't work
for you guys.
But listen, this is the beginning
of a big journey.
Wish you all the best.
Thank you.
Narresh and Lorena,
you are both highly respected designers.
We were honored to have you here
at Next in Fashion.
But unfortunately, we will have to say
goodbye and good night.
Thank you.
I tried to get crazy.
It's not in my aesthetic, and I think
it's a matter of taste and opinion.
I think we both do best
when we make fashion
that can actually be worn by people.
We've met a great group of designers.
I think that's the most hard part
to leave.
I wish them the best of luck.
To the remaining 14 designers
who stand before me tonight,
congratulations!
You have another runway show behind you.
And hopefully, many, many more to come.
- [laughing]
- Okay, let's go get a drink!
- Let's get out of here.
- [Tan] You deserve it!
- You having a drink with them?
- [Prabal] Yes, yes, yes!
- Flippin' heck! That was dramatic.
- Oh!
Dramarama! Are you in your bed
on your laptop?
Maybe watching this on TV?
Stay tuned 'cause there's another one
coming right up. Don't move anywhere.
- Press it now.
- You know you want to.
- Go on.
- Pressy. Pressy.
Now.
[theme music playing]
[woman vocalizing]