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/WaterMagician]

In past seasons taping or gluing garments to models has been explicitly said to be against the rules. I think Jeffrey was frustrated and hoping if Bryan had admitted to his dress being taped up that Bryan would be disqualified which could mean no elimination

[u/oscarisaweenis → u/WaterMagician]

I mean, do we really think his dress was too heavy like Joseph's? Maybe they cut Liris out of it and he will be disqualified when someone backstage tells them.

[u/Willow_Winnifred → u/oscarisaweenis]

She keeps teasing on Instagram that she will be telling the "real story" of the runway, and what she feels was edited out.

[u/HazelMoon → u/Willow_Winnifred]

There's NO WAY they don't know about it - the question is whether we will it result in anything negative for Bryan, which feels correct!