It's the Final 6, and somehow Christopher and Logan were STILL HERE. How did that HAPPEN? Have we had two poorer designers ever get this far in the competition? Maybe one chucker per season, but we have TWO in this bunch. The general consensus of all the designers left was that it's time for them to really step up their games. Um, yeah. You're like three challenges away from the end. Get moving.

The designers got to the set, and were seated with their backs to the runway. When they turned around, they found Heidi standing there with all of their winning looks. The challenge was to create a companion piece to their winning garment. The only one who didn't have a winning look was Logan - he has never been in the Top 3 AT ALL -- and so he was given his totally forgettable dress from the first challenge, the red carpet look.

As for the other designers, Althea got the baggy business suit she made for model-client challenge. Irina got her Aspen look, and she correctly pointed out that building one look off of another is how you build a collection, so this challenge excited her. Gordana had to partner something to her gray edgy dress from the divorcee challenge. Carol Hannah's win was for the black, textured dress she made for the Christina Aguilera challenge. Christopher's piece was his dress from the first challenge, which was very short and festooned with black petals, and he planned on transforming it into a full gown also covered in petals. BORING.

Back at the workroom, Irina worked with this really gorgeous patterned fabric to create a much more polished, professional companion to her Aspen duds. Althea fretted over the pants she was making, since that would be what tied her new look to the shorts in her previous look. Carol Hannah took her time to make sure she knew exactly what she was doing. I respect that; sometimes your first impulse isn't always your best, especially when the stakes are this high. Tim ended up giving her a fabric pairing that really worked, and off she went.

Tim said that Irina's new look was totally unexpected, but in a good way. He questioned her desire to put a cardigan over the beautiful pattern on the dress, and Irina said she did since it gives the outfit a youthful edge. Tim told Christopher that his dull new garment looked like his original garment's mother, and doubted his placement of appliqués. He said that Althea's pants at that stage looked like they were awaiting diapers. Logan explained that he was taking the color palette and the zipper element from his first look and pumping up the volume in his new garment. However, Althea noted that he seemed to have ripped off the collar she created for the Xtina challenge. Hmmm. She and Irina had a nice little bitch session about it in the lounge - these two are friends now? Althea's tirade continued to when the models came in. She was really pissed. I don't know. I can see the similarities, but the idea that she created the idea for that collar...that's a bit much.

Meanwhile, Irina chimed in, saying that most of the designers should be worried, because their stuff looked like shit. Thanks for the drive-by bitchfest, Irina. At least you're consistent. After she launched into an honest-to-god "I didn't come here to make friends" speech, Logan revealed that the designers call her "Mean-a Irina." That's the best you can come up with? Amateur.

On the Shit Talking Express, Althea interviewed that while Carol Hannah's dress is cute, and she's talented, she's done nothing but dresses, and wondered why the judges haven't called her out for being a one-trick pony. It's not like any of her stuff necessarily looks the same. And then Irina accused Althea of stealing beats from her Aspen look for her new outfit. Of course, none of these people actually addressed these issues directly with the other designers. Because that would take stones.

The runway: Heidi looked a mess, with crazy shiny silver shorts, an unflattering blouse, and a cropped blazer. It takes a lot to make a woman that gorgeous look sloppy, but they have succeeded. Uncle Nick (Nick Verreos) from Season 2 was filling in for Michael Kors; I missed Michael, but it was fun to see him. Nina was there, as was actress Kerry Washington as the guest.

Carol Hannah's dress was indeed cute, all black and flowy, a looser, shorter version of her winning dress, although it looked a bit like a glorified nightie. Althea's look had a very clear relation to her previous gown, with the paper bag-waist shorts transformed into interesting fitted pants, topped with a strappy top underneath a gigantic baggy sweater. Logan's look didn't resemble his first one at all; it looked like a music video costume from the 80's, with a ruffled tulle skirt, and a black vest-looking thing. Irina's number was once again very cool, very sexy, and I loved the cardigan. Gordana's look - a long gray jacket with a closure at the bust, and a sad-looking skirt -- didn't look fashionable or elegant. Christopher's dress was a costume. Simple as that. It was a simple black halter top that went down to the pelvic line, where it erupted in a band of silver petals, and that was then followed by a layer of messy-looking petticoat material.

Heidi said the bottom of Christopher's dress looked like the bedskirt got caught in the design. Exactly right. The judges loved Irina's get-up; Kerry called it "elegant but cozy." Nina called it "lux." But Nina did not like the brocade dress, which she thought looked cheap (she was the only one). Heidi didn't think Gordana's work looked "fun, fashionable, or beautiful at all." It did indeed look drab. Kerry thought it was passive, and as though it didn't want to be noticed. Yikes. Nick said, "It looked like an office worker in Warsaw, Poland." At least Gordana stood up for her look. But wrong outfit to stand behind, sweetie. The judges liked the lightness of Carol Hannah's dress, and Kerry appreciated the pockets. (It's nothing we haven't seen on this show before, I would note.) Nina thought Logan's dress looked like a fashion project from a student. Nick said it looked "Judy Jetson." Heidi gushed over Althea's new pants, and the judges also liked her huge sweater. However, Heidi stirred up shit between Althea and Irina by asking who came up with the huge sweater idea first. Irina took the bait and made a half-assed allegation, and Althea said that it was in her original sketch, before she saw anything Irina was working on. And the rivalry is reignited!

The judges comments made it clear that Irina, Althea, and Carol Hannah were the top three, while Logan, Christopher, and Gordana were in the doghouse. Heidi said it was one of their toughest decisions, which gave me hope that they would knife both Christopher AND Logan. But I knew it wouldn't happen. Gotta stretch this sucker out as long as possible.

Carol Hannah was in, and Althea won the challenge, to a massive eyeroll from Irina. BITCH! Love it. Althea told the camera that she questioned Irina's character after that sheisty runway move. You're only questioning her character now? Where have you been the past six episodes? Christopher was somehow in AGAIN. Oh my god, I will never be rid of him.

That left Logan and Gordana in the Bottom 2. Heidi told Gordana that the suit had nothing to do with he previous look, and it was sad, drab, and dated. Meanwhile Logan turned up the volume too loud, and it looked like zippers exploded all over his dress. Thankfully, Logan was eliminated. Has any designer ever made it this far on so little? I mean, I can't stand Christopher, but at least he's had a win. This guy was middle-of-the-pack all the way, which is why it's hilarious that he thinks of himself as some kind of avant-garde genius. Just because you do things that people think look ridiculous doesn't mean you're edgy. It means you have bad taste.

Next week: roadkill, stalactites, mess fest. HEE!