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Interestingly, the first two shown were also the first two out... maybe they were actually shown in order of elimination? If so, that would mean Edmond is next out... before Ashley... which would be insanity. But who knows... 1) Swapnil 2) Merline 3) Edmond 4) Ashley 5) Kelly 6) Candice

I find this totally unfair so I'm going to take it bit by bit... I just don't know how you can look at her black dress with the white jacket (which should have beaten Blake's unfinished look) or the Neverland piece and think she has no taste. IMO those have been the best looks all season from any designer. It might not be your taste, but I know that I can at least appreciate Kelly's point of view even if I don't particularly care for it. You may not have liked the Venice look but I think most people disagree. If anything, the pants were the weakest link and they were Ashley's contribution. I fully acknowledge that this week was bad, but I don't think one bad look trumps all of her past work. I just looked back at all of her designs again and I see very little repetition. This past week was a bit like the unconventional computer challenge but that's about it. Yes, she used leather on a few pieces, but hardly all of them. Yes, she likes black, okay... but the designs, patterns and textures are always varied. What's "repetitive" is her general POV, but I think that's a strength, not a flaw. Not to mention that the collections she just showed at the London and Paris fashion weeks were incredibly different from anything she's done on the show. Her critiques and talking heads, IMO, have been fair and correct. I don't know how you can say she's acting more "insightful than she is" when she's being legitimately insightful. I haven't sensed any arrogance. Every designer is asked to critique the other looks... it falls on the editors if you think they're showing Candice's too much. At least she critiques the actual clothes and isn't just calling people "mediocre" like whatsherface. I just don't even know where this is coming from... She's talked about her kids maybe twice. I haven't noticed her mixing up words, but even if she does, who cares... it's not like she's running for Speaker of the House. She said she was on her own at 14... forgive her for not having perfect grammar. Honestly, I find your comment a lot more arrogant than anything she's ever said. I mean, I may be coming off as some sort of Candice groupie at this point, but I just found this ridiculously harsh. No one has to like everyone, but come on... there's no need to attack a human being.

I'm still firmly #TeamCandice. Her look this week wasn't good, and even she posted a tweet poking fun at her design, but I don't get people in this thread acting like she hasn't done any good work on the show. I think she's been the most consistently strong designer by a wide margin. Before this week even her misses were just overworked; at least she has new ideas and a clear point of view. I think maybe people are still holding the team challenge meltdown against her, but really, if we've come to learn anything about Ashley it's that the woman is a spigot. I wouldn't doubt if most of that was just her being overly sensitive, since lord knows the producers would have milked the footage if everyone had truly been ganging up against her. I've never seen Candice be anything but supportive in the workroom, including forgoing the opportunity to sabotage the other designers last week. Even her talking head critiques are always fair and on point. But to each their own I guess...

Came across this talk by Candice on Youtube and thought I'd post it here... she's my favorite contestant since Elena. I have a lot of respect for where she's come from and how she carries/presents herself. Plus her creations have pretty much all been outstanding.