The Fashionista (Season 11)

## Contestants

The 16 fashion designers competing in the eleventh season were:

## Episodes

#### **Episode 1101: Welcome to Los Angeles!**

* **Challenge:** The designers were asked to create a dress made for a red carpet event, focusing on innovation on their creation and making a statement on who they are as a designer.
* **Winner:**Marilyn Collins
* **Eliminated:**Leonardo Burrow

#### **Episode 1102: We Expect Fashion**

* **Challenge:** Designers were to create a pregnancy look for supermodel Rebecca Romijn, who was carrying twins. She was looking for something that was fashionable and easy to move in, but also something appropriate for a pregnant woman to wear out in public.
* **Winner:**Will Simmons
* **Eliminated:**Adam Parsons

#### **Episode 1103: Rumble on the Runway**

* **Challenge:** The designers were taken to the beach, where they were told to create a fashionable, surfer-inspired outfit, and were placed in teams of two.
	+ **Will** and Kristy
	+ **Nicole** and Marilyn
	+ **Devon** and Dustin
	+ **Trenton** and Joy
	+ **Jonathan** and Jinny
	+ **Wilda** and Eustolia
	+ **Meridith** and Cyrus
* **Winner:**Wilda Winslow
* **Eliminated:**Trenton Seals

#### **Episode 1104: What a Woman Wants**

* **Challenge:** The designers were challenged to create an eye-catching outfit to please their surprise client: their models. This outfit is intended for model industry events.
* **Winner:**Marilyn Collins
* **Eliminated:**Jonathan Patterson

#### **Episode 1105: Fashion Headliners**

* **Challenge:** Designers were taken to the Los Angeles Times, and were challenged to create an outfit made out of newspaper. They had three minutes to grab the newspaper they desired to use for design and then completed the look in a day.
* **Winner:**Jinny Outlaw
* **Eliminated:**Nicole Scott

#### **Episode 1106: Lights, Camera, Sew!**

* **Challenge:** Designers were challenged to create a movie character and design a look inspired by different movie genres for this character. Due to Jinny's win in the last challenge (and the odd number of remaining contestants), Tim allowed her to choose whichever genre she desired.

The designers and their genres were as follows:

 Film Noir
 Period Piece
 Sci-Fi
 Western

* **Winner:**Cyrus Davila
* **Saved:**Will Simmons

#### **Episode 1107: A Fashionable New Beginning**

* **Challenge:** Designers were challenged to reconstruct a divorcée's wedding gown and turn it into a new dress. Each designer was allocated a divorcée, who fed their respective designers ideas on how to translate their gowns.
* **Winner:**Wilda Winslow
* **Eliminated:**Devon Batista

#### **Episode 1108: The Sky Is the Limit**

* **Challenge:** Designers were challenged to create two garments for Macy's; both had to be blue and fit in with Macy's exclusive I⋅N⋅C International Concepts line of clothing. Designers had to pitch ideas to Macy's executive Martine Reardon, who chose five designers' ideas for completion.
	+ **Joy** and Jinny
	+ **Cyrus** and Wilda
	+ **Eustolia** and Marilyn
	+ **Will** and Dustin
	+ **Meridith** and Kristy
* **Winner:**Cyrus Davila
* **Eliminated:**Joy Morrison and Meridith Wicker

#### **Episode 1109: Sequins, Feathers and Fur, Oh My!**

* **Challenge:** The designers were required to make a dazzling and show-stopping stage look for guest judge Christina Aguilera. This outfit was intended to catch the attention of the audience in the back of the theater, as well as appear chic on camera close-ups.
* **Winner:**Wilda Winslow
* **Eliminated:**Kristy Barton

#### **Episode 1110: A Tale of Seven Cities**

* **Challenge:** For this challenge, the designers embarked on a trip to the Michael Kors boutique, where Kors briefed them about drawing inspiration from seven select locales around the world. Designers chose in the following order, beginning with Wilda as a benefit from her previous win:

 Saint-Tropez
 Aspen, Colorado
 New York City
 Eustolia
 Palm Beach, Florida
 Santa Fe, New Mexico

* **Winner:**Jinny Outlaw
* **Eliminated:**Marilyn Collins

#### **Episode 1111: The Best of the Best**

* **Challenge:** Before being presented with their challenge, the designers were required to be facing away from the runway. When Heidi emerged, they were surprised to see looks of theirs from previous challenges. They were asked to create a companion piece from their winning look. The designers who hadn't won a challenge was given their top scoring look, and the designers with several wins, where given their most recent winning look.
* **Winner:**Wilda Winslow
* **Eliminated:**Dustin Drake

#### **Episode 1112: Major Model Madness**

* **Challenge:** The designers must create a red carpet look to be worn by Heidi Klum.
* **Winner:**Jinny Outlaw
* **Eliminated:**Cyrus Davila

#### **Episode 1113: The Art of Fashion**

* **Challenge:** For their final runway challenge before New York Fashion Week, the designers embarked to Los Angeles's famed Getty Center (a portion of the J. Paul Getty Museum), where they were greeted by Tim and the mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa. After the mayor greeted them, Tim explained that their challenge would be to draw inspiration from any location in and around the Getty Center.
* **Advanced:**Eustolia Fortune, Jinny Outlaw, Wilda Winslow and Will Simmons
* **Eliminated:**No one

#### **Episode 1115: Finale, Part 2**

* **Winner:**Wilda Winslow
* **Eliminated:** Eustolia Fortune (Runner-up), Will Simmons (2nd Runner-up) andJinny Outlaw (3rd Runner-up)