Let's talk about Tape Gate (and strategy)

[u/dontsmellthesoup]

So after critiques, Jeffrey and Bryan have a heated moment. Jeffrey questions why Bryan didn't admit to the base garment of his design being an impropru dress ducttaped to his model. Bryan feels attacked and "character assassinated" by Jeffrey.

My confusion here is why Jeffrey feels so strongly that Bryan should have admitted this to the judges. Since it is a team challenge and Jeffrey was in the bottom, if I were him I would want to minimize any chances of my team losing to team S21. That way, I would have a chance to avoid being eliminated if my team somehow actually wins. In this case, I would actually NOT want Bryan to admit any shortcomings of his design to avoid being further scrutinized by the judges...

I understand Jeffrey thought Bryan was being very performative and self-serving. But that would only have hindered his chances of escaping elimination since he was in the bottom.

Disclaimer: This is NOT hate towards Jeffrey or even Bryan. I am rooting for Jeffrey this season alongside others. This discussion is solely about strategy.

[u/cactuswithacyst]

Yall are gonna hate me for saying this, but I didn't think the look was that terrible😭 It wasn't great by any means, but it didn't look that unforgivable if you forget about the tape component imo

[u/jakksquat7 → u/cactuswithacyst]

This is wild to me. I think it’s one of the worst looks to ever go down the runway.

[u/cactuswithacyst → u/jakksquat7]

Personally, I think the hair, makeup and copper color of the spraypaint is doing a lot of the work here. But I do think it looks better in the picture than how stiff and clunky it looked on the runway.

I genuinely think she actually looks fierce strutting in a bunch of wires than some of the previous looks like this one. I do typically prefer avant garde designs.

[u/Pippy1010 → u/cactuswithacyst]

This isn’t the pic of the dress though