The Fashionista (Season 4)

## Contestants

The 12 fashion designers competing in the fourth season were:

* Megan Oliver previously competed on Season 3 where she placed in 10th place.

## Episodes

#### **Episode 401:** Sew Us What You Got

* **Challenge:** The designers arrive in New York and are asked to create a garment that best reflects who they are as a designer. They are given 10 minutes to grab from $50,000 worth of fabric in three tents set up in Bryant Park.
* **Winner:**Frank Reed
* **Eliminated:**Jacqueline Ray

#### **Episode 402:** Fashion Giant

* **Challenge:** The remaining designers are asked to create a three piece menswear outfit for guest judge Tiki Barber to wear on The Today Show.
* **Winner:**Tristan Starr
* **Eliminated:**Wesley Borrero

#### **Episode 403:** Trendsetter

* **Challenge:** Each designer picks one of 10 outdated fashion trends. Then working in five teams of two, each team must incorporate both styles into a cohesive collection of two outfits. They have $225 and two days for the project.

 Frank
 Tristan
 Alissa
 Bonnie

* **Winner:**Alissa Marguez & Kirk Diggs
* **Eliminated:**Linda Hall

#### **Episode 404:** What's The Skinny?

* **Challenge:** Each designer has to create an outfit for a woman who has recently lost weight, using one of the woman's outfits from before her weight loss as raw material for the new design.
* **Winner:**Frank Reed
* **Eliminated:**Tristan Starr

#### **Episode 405:** Eye Candy

* **Challenge:** Designers are to create a garment using any materials that were available at the Hershey's store in Times Square, New York City.
* **Withdrew:**Bonnie McNeill
* **Comeback:**Tristan Starr
* **Winner:** Chester Valazquez
* **Eliminated:** Daniel Smith

#### **Episode 406:** What a Girl Wants

* **Challenge:** Designers are challenged to design a prom dress for a group of 16- and 17-year-old girls from St. John Vianney High School in New Jersey.
* **Winner:**Megan Oliver
* **Eliminated:**Angel Wilson

#### **Episode 407:** En Garde!

* **Challenge:** Each designer is asked to create an avant-garde outfit based on inspiration from their models' hair styles. The following day, each team is asked to create another, simpler, ready-to-wear outfit which embodies the "essence" of the avant-garde look they have been working on.
* **Winner:**Kirk Diggs
* **Eliminated:**Alissa Marguez

#### **Episode 408:** Even Designers Get the Blues

* **Challenge:** The designers are tasked with creating an iconic look using deconstructed denim fabric and white cotton while also showing off the Levi's 501 legacy.
* **Winner:**Megan Oliver
* **Eliminated:**Tristan Starr

#### **Episode 409:** The Art of Fashion

* **Challenge:** The designers are given 45 minutes in three galleries (the Greek and Roman Sculpture courtyard, the European Painting wing, and the Temple of Dendur) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to select a piece of art to use as inspiration for a dress, using provided cameras to capture the artwork.
* **Winner:**Chester Valazquez
* **Eliminated:**Frank Reed

#### **Episode 412:** Finale, Part 2

* **Winner:**Kirk Diggs
* **Eliminated:**Megan Oliver (Runner-Up) & Chester Valazquez (2nd Runner-Up)