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After a break last week (presumably to avoid competition with the Olympic ice skating finals), we were down to 10 designers.

Designer/judge Michael Kors delivered the challenge in his posh SoHo store.  Anytime you hear “push the envelope” you know something weird is coming at you. In this case, the designers had to create a look as well as a complementary accessory out of hardware store material.

Everything from sheets of metal and copper to buckets of bolts and sand paper were thrown in the mix. Not surprisingly, several futuristic-looking fembots stormed the runway with designer Isabel Toledo (who created Michelle Obama’s inauguration look) and jewelry designer Stephen Webster as guest judges.

On the flipside, Anthony seemed like his mouth was bolted shut because he was surprisingly quiet.

THE BEST

Photos courtesy of Lifetime Network

Winner: Jay’s leather-looking pants (left) made of garbage bags were amazing. Punctuated by the belt and blue masking tape, it was a total look of luxury – and his second win.

Maya delivered a head-to-toe look, so say the judges. While they loved her individual pieces, including the creative key necklace, I think the jacket looked like a “Hellraiser” movie costume.

Frankly, Mila is overly predictable. While she did transform the paint tray liners into ablack-and-white dress with movement, I can not imagine a complete line of designs all with graphic color blocks.

THE WORST

Auf’d: Jesse’s painted copper dress made the judges think of the Tin Man from “Wizard of Oz,” a Hershey’s kiss and a dirty vacuum bag. They gave him points for the asymmetry and stitching of the back. While I didn’t like the powder puff skirt, I don’t think he should have gone home…

Emilio, in my opinion, had the absolute worst design with his “Malibu Hooker” (right). And why is it that all of sudden the judges don’t know what really happened in the workroom? He flat out lied and completely ignored the fact that he ran out of material. The bathing suit didn’t occur to him until Tim Gunn suggested it – in concerned jest.

Atlanta’s Anthony landed in the bottom three because his dress was too pretty. I didn’t agree on this one either. But the judges grilled him for not being innovative enough. “Boring. Conservative. Uptight.” This is probably the first (and hopefully the last) time we’ve ever heard those words used to describe the fiery personality. LOL