Top Design Episode 3: The Best of Cabana-Rama

February 14, 2007

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“It takes a village of gay designers to build a cabana.”

So says young Michael halfway through episode 3 of “Top Design.” With last week’s eliminate-ee John out of the picture, Michael’s brought it down a few notches and is actually fun to watch, especially when he snaps back at the judges with a “Gilligan’s Island” reference, which we’ll get to later on.

In the meantime, I think I’ve cracked the mystery of Goil’s stylish spectacles. Last week, I wasn’t sure if he had one cool pair of glasses or several because they seem to change color but now I think I’ve figured it out; it’s one pair but they’re ‘mood glasses’ and the frames change color based on Goil’s mood.

Goil goes through a veritable rainbow of moods/colors in this episode, which starts with host Todd Oldham laying out this week’s challenge and demonstrating that while not everyone can rock an argyle sweater, he sure can. Todd, who’s gotten remarkably better at delivering his lines since last week, explains to the designers that they’ll be divided into groups of three to create cabanas for three different exotic destinations: Tahiti, Miami and St. Tropez.

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