When Tim first said Green, I thought he meant the color. I mean, Look at the backdrop!

I guess “Environmentally Responsible” is sort of cool too.

The second challenge this season started off with an “Oh Crap” from the contestants as they learned that their models would head off to Mood for some unsupervised materials shopping.

Keanu Reeves thinks that is “Totally Bogus dude”.

Cue a dozen models running around unfamiliar surroundings like a pack of Chihuahuas loose in PetSmart.

According to Tim’s Take, this craziness was made manageable by directing the owners of the shop to pre-mark everything that fit the “Green” rules of the challenge with little tags.

I was wondering how all the models knew which fabrics would be allowed in this challenge. Those dashing little arrows were drawn with a mouse, so take pity on me please.

A bunch of the models end up picking the same fabrics, except this one:

flaunts her insanity and unwitting ability to sabotage her designer by purchasing a handfull of peacock feathers:

I was so dissapointed we didn’t get to see one of these poor bastards having to choose between those feathers and an angry model!

Tim wrangles the models back to Parsons, where this guy prays for something other than “Remnants of Nonsense”:

Joe, Wesley and LeAnne all end up with the same ugly brown fabric, but some definitely soldier on better than others.

Leanne gets in a good dig about Suede talking about Suede in the 3rd person, and then loses her freaking mind and starts attaching random loops of brown gravy to her dress, which is quickly becoming a trainwreck.

The only redeeming feature of her dress is that it isn’t quite as hideous as Wesley’s. Even his model looks pissed! Props to Joe for doing a half-way decent job with the same deadly fabric.

It’s boring but at least I don’t want to club it to death before it attacks.

Stella will not shut up about wishing she were working with leather for every challenge and Blayne turns out to be kind of funny when he’s not desperately pretending to be Christian Siriano. Girlicious? I so want to hate you Blayne.

Bravo is trying to keep this under wraps, but later this season, Stella actually skins Blayne for his leathery orange hide.

Stella freaks out and nearly repeats last weeks performance, but she decides at the last minute to make something in her own style. The dress turned out pretty nice, although I swear it made her emaciated model look fat in the stomach area, which is a neat trick that would come in handy at bars.

The judges put her in the top 3, which I think is debatable, but they were probably giving her improvement points.

Although, this early in the competition, competent mediocrity is probably the safest bet. PS Go Joe!

We also got the best moment of the night, where Tim Gunn’s unflappable poise actually cracks for a second..

Sure you do Tim. You are so damn polite. I love you. I actually liked the finished look of the exposed seams a little bit, if she had managed to pull it all together:

..but speaking as a curvier girl, I don’t think butt fins are really the way to go. I bet she would be really aerodynamic if she could run sideways like a crab. Or she could be one of the flippers in a gigantic Voltron-style Scuba Superhero.

Natalie agrees:

On the flip side, (sorry), there were some great designs last night. I’m not sure how they’re going to mass-produce Suede’s amazingly complicated dress, but I sure liked it and I’m glad they didn’t punk out and choose something else because of the linked prize.

Suede thinks that Suede did a great job with the limited material that Suede had to work with. Suede.

I keep wanting to call this girl Bentley for some reason. I enjoy her designs though and I’m betting she’s going to be here at the end, showing her stuff in Bryant Park.

Kenley’s was a strong second, although I’m not sure how I feel about yet another poofy collar making the grade, and how the judges never seem to get tired of them.

The poofy collar is so inherently unwearable that it belongs in only 3 places - on a Paris runway, on 18th century Royalty, or helping to hide the adams apple of a FABULOUS drag queen.

Let this be the last time, please judges? Christian beat this one into the ground and then stomped on its corpse with his tiny little feet, and I’m sick of seeing it.

I thought these were nice jobs by Terri, Kelli & Emily (in that order):

Kelli couldn’t help the color of the fabric and Emily’s has some good ideas even though it’s WAY too short.

Blayne’s is a hot pink clubwear nightmare, but with great construction and a flattering fit. Daniel’s does a decent Gothic Lolita, and Jennifer makes the most of trying to turn T-shirt material into a cocktail dress. I thought it was the most unique of the night as well.

This one, however:

EGADS! How did this escape the judges derision? This thing is horrifying! The fit in the torso is atrocious too. I thought her allusion to boobs might be revealed at any moment. Plus, how much would that ITCH? Imagine wearing that all night, walking through New York City, and oh - imagine it’s 90 degrees out, and humid.

Exactly.