The Fashionista (Season 13)

## Contestants

The 16 fashion designers competing in the thirteenth season were:

## Teams

The designers worked in teams throughout the season. The teams were as follows:

## Designers Progress

* In Episode 4, D.C. was told he had the hands down highest score, and would his team have been the winning team, he would have won the challenge.
* In Episode 6, Jesse and Murray were told their designs were the worst of the bunch.
* In Episode 7, Amy was told se would have placed in the top if it wasn't for her team.

## Episodes

#### **Episode 1301: Come As You Are**

* **Challenge:**  The 16 remaining designers are awoken by Tim in the early morning hours and given their first challenge: transform the pajamas they are wearing and one bed sheet into an outfit of their choice.
* **Winner:**Adrian Wise
* **Eliminated:**Blanche Dean

#### **Episode 1302: My Pet Project**

* **Challenge:**  The designers must create an outfit using only materials found in a pet supply store.
* **Winner:**Jesse Boyd
* **Eliminated:**Christopher Long

#### **Episode 1303: Go Big or Go Home**

* **Challenge:**  The designers work on a challenge revolving around a theme called "Larger than Life". In teams of two with a budget of $500 and one day to work, they create outfits for professional stilt walkers.
* **Winner:**Amy Campbell
* **Eliminated:**Kathleen Cook

#### **Episode 1304: All About Nina**

* **Challenge:**  The designers create a look for judge Nina Garcia that should be wearable by Garcia during work and for an industry event at night. The winning design will be featured in a Marie Claire editorial and on a billboard atop a New York City taxicab.
* **Winner:**Gina Ferguson
* **Eliminated:**Tisha Sikes

#### **Episode 1305: Off the Track**

* **Challenge:**  The designers meet at the New Balance Track and Field Center in New York City and are challenged to create apparel to wear with a new Heidi Klum for New Balance lifestyle sneaker from Klum's collection. The designers work in teams of three, with team leaders chosen by holding a foot race at the Track and Field Center.
* **Winner:**Jesse Boyd
* **Eliminated:**Eva de Silva

#### **Episode 1306: The Art of the Matter**

* **Challenge:**  The designers each work together with an art student to create a painting, and then must design an avant-garde look that reflects their art work.
* **Winner:**Isaac Swanson-Hines
* **Eliminated:**Benjamin Wood

#### **Episode 1307: Can't We Just All Get Along?**

* **Challenge:**  The designers plug into computer technology to help create signature fabric designs in a challenge that forces them into venture out into the city to capture the stories behind their inspirations.
* **Winner:**Beverly Alexander
* **Eliminated:**Junior O'Brian

#### **Episode 1308: What Women Want**

* **Challenge:**  The contestants are introduced to nine men on the runway and, in a seamless twist, discover they must design for the men's significant others.
* **Winner:**Beverly Alexander
* **Eliminated:**Alethia Oden

#### **Episode 1309: Image is Everything**

* **Challenge:**  The outfitters are treated to a special performance from their new client, the up-and-coming band The Sheepdogs.
* **Winner:**Murray Chau
* **Eliminated:**Amy Campbell (Saved by the Tim-Gunn Save)

#### **Episode 1310: Sew 70s**

* **Challenge:**  The remaining designers do the time warp when fashions from the 1970s inspire their creations.
* **Winner:**Murray Chau
* **Eliminated:**Amy Campbell & Gina Ferguson

#### **Episode 1311: This is for the Birds**

* **Challenge:**  Birds serve as the inspiration for the looks in this challenge. Designers are paired up, with each pair assigned a bird. They then learn that they are not competing together, but rather head-to-head.
* **Winner:**Murray Chau
* **Eliminated:**Beverly Alexander

#### **Episode 1312: The Finale Challenge**

* **Challenge:**  The designers no longer had to design in groups. The remaining designers had to create 3 looks from inspirations on Governor's Island.
* **Winner:**Adrian Wise
* **Eliminated:**D.C. Max

#### **Episode 1313: The Finale, Part 1**

* **Advanced:**Isaac Swanson-Hines, Jessie Boyd and Murray Chau
* **Eliminated:**Adrian Wise

#### **Episode 1314: The Finale, Part 2**

* **Winner:**Isaac Swanson-Hines
* **Eliminated:**Murray Chau (Runner-up) and Jessie Boyd (2nd Runner-Up)