The 7 designers remaining on the show take a seat next to the stage as Heidi gracefully walks out to inform the exhausted designers of their next challenge. As she states, "Look to the past for inspiration", no one was quite sure what to expect. She then sent the designers to the work room where Tim was eagerly awaiting their arrival with guest Heather Archibald, buyer for Piperlime.com.
Heather goes on to say she and the Piperlime.com customers love trends and one trend that is coming back in a huge way this fall season is that of the 1970's look. With that said, this weeks challenge was for the designers to create separates that are in sync with the sophisticated look of that era. Think iconic super wide leg trousers and silk blouses and fun patterns in earthy tones. Anyway, the winner of this challenge will have their look sold on piperlime.com. Not to shabby I must say! Back the workroom where the designers start sketching out their concepts, the only one who seems to get this challenge is Bert. Perhaps because he was the only designer around during the Studio 54 era? The designers then head out to Mood Fabrics with $100 each in their hands. Or so we thought. Turns out Anya had seemed to misplace her money while frantically running around. Luckily she was able to borrow any left over money from the other designers. But with such a tight budget, the only money she managed to get was a measly $11 from Anthony Ryan. Talk about a challenge! She was able to purchase a small bit of fabric along with a zipper, but the rest of the garment was left in the hands of that terrible fabric we all would never dare design with, muslin. Make it work, Anya! Everything seems to be going okay in the workroom during this 2 day challenge. That is, until Tim comes in with a "fun" twist.  Tim told the designers that they now needed to create a second look, made entirely out of one piece (as in no separates) This time they were given $50 and a 15 minutes shopping spree at Mood. Anya jokes she is going to pin her money envelope to herself. If I were in her situation, I probably would! When it comes down to the last few hours before the runway show, pretty much all of the designers are having a bit of time management issues...but then again, when does this NOT happen?  The show went on and sitting alongside Nina, Tim and Michael was guest judge Olivia Palermo, editor of Piperlime.com. I had mentioned a few episodes back that I would love to see a fashion editor be a guest judge and sure enough, here we are! I really thought she brought great insight into deciding what looks were winning and which ones were..well...not. ***Spoiler Alert*** Kimberlys' look was declared safe and she left the runway. The other six designers remained on the stage with the highest and lowest scores.  Anyas winning look to be featured on Piperlime.com The top three looks came from Bert, Viktor and Anya who was chosen as the winner for this weeks challenge. Yep, you heard me right! Anya with her $11 outfit, although actually it is her 2nd look that is going to be available to purchase on Piperlime.com Joshs' mismatching losing look. Yikes! The bottom three designers were from designers Laura, Anthony Ryan and Josh C. with Anthony Ryan being eliminated due to what Heidi calls "the worst outfit on Project Runway in a long time!" Ouch.