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Jeffrey Sebelia

  • Bigot vs. Bigot: Jeffrey and Angela had a large feud, specially when Jeffrey started to bicker with Angela's mom.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: Has struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol, and once attempted suicide.
  • Hidden Depths: Outside of his jerkass moments, he loves his son, so much that his neck tattoo is his son's name.
  • My Greatest Second Chance: Subverted double time. He won the original Season 3, but placed and was eliminated in the All-Stars Especial. In All-Stars Season 3 he landed in 7th place.
  • Jerkass: He holds the distinction of being the only contestant to make a fellow contestant's mother cry.
  • Porn Stache: He grew a moustache for All-Stars Special and All-Stars Season 3.
  • Power Tattoo: His neck tattoo is this for him, as it's his son's name.
  • Took a Level in Kindness: Or better applied "Tried to be less of a Jerkass this time" when he returned for both his All-Stars runs.
  • Zipperiffic: He seems fond of decorative zippers on his designs.

Uli Herzner

  • My Greatest Second Chance:
    • Subverted in All-Stars Special. She got eliminated with all the Bottom 4.
    • Also Subverted in All-Stars Season 2, where she placed as Second Runner Up, just like in Season 3.
  • Nice Girl: She was one of the contestants who almost never trash talked her competition.
  • Signature Style: Mainly designed Miami Beach style dresses in this competition.

Laura Bennett

  • Good Is Not Nice: She of course had her bickerings with Jeffrey and said things directly.
  • Fiery Redhead: She didn't hesitate to call out anyone, especially Jeffrey.
  • Heroic Fatigue: Laura Bennett was well into the big stages of her pregnancy towards the end of Season 3, so she was allowed to take breaks during work hours.
  • Pregnant Badass: Completed most of her challenges while she was heavily pregnant.
  • Rich Bitch: Her luggage alone was worth $100,000 (the equivalent of the prize money) and her apartment is huge.
    • For the Jetsetter challenge, she didn't Squee when the destination was revealed to be Paris, but she did when the tickets were revealed to be First Class seats.
  • Signature Style: Plunging neckline and empire waistline

Mychael Knightnote 

  • Color Motif: When designing their own jetsetter outfits, Mychael did for himself a full white Hip-Hop combo of pants, t-shirt and jacket.
  • Ensemble Dark Horse: Invoked. He was voted the "Fan Favorite" for the season.
  • Momma's Boy: Michael Knight of Season 3 made it a point to call his loving mother every day.
  • My Greatest Second Chance: Subverted.
    • Placed in the Bottom 4 in All-Stars Special.
    • Also competed in All-Stars Season 3 and placed 8th.
  • My Nayme Is: Mychael was Michael before his season finished airing.
  • Nice Guy: He didn't have any feuds with any of the designers.
  • Odd Friendship: With Kayne.

Kayne Gillaspie

Vincent Libretti

  • Berserk Button: Don't touch Vincent's (Season 3) laundry! The deadpan expression of the guy he was yelling at is a classic.
  • Cloudcuckoolander: From his crazy and tacky designs to his interactions with others.
  • Dirty Old Man: His constant assertion that his designs "turned him on."
  • Hot-Blooded: He exploded at the production staff because of his laundry, to the point Mychael and Kayne could hear him from the balcony.
  • Jerkass: Refused to listen to any feedback and was rude to producers. Even when the footage of how he mistreated a staff member over his laundry, he was laughing at it.

Angela Keslar

  • Country Mouse: She comes from an organic farm in Ohio.
  • Drama Queen: She and Jeffrey had a large feud, specially when Jeffrey started to bicker with Angela's mom.
  • Signature Style: Her rossettes and the "crotch-patch" in all her pants.

Robert Best

Alison Kelly

Bradley Baumkirchner

  • Genre Blindness: He didn't know who Cher is. Most of the input he got was from what his model told him about Cher, which translated into a very bland and generic design.

Bonnie Dominguez

  • Genki Girl: Her audition tape included her morning jog.

Keith Michael

  • The Ace: He almost became a Teacher's Pet when his pieces looked well made for a menswear designer, until...
  • Cheaters Never Prosper: Pattern books (which were against the rules) were found under his bed and it was reported he went out of the dorms to an unknown location.
  • Non-Gameplay Elimination: He was disqualified before the runway day, when the others found the book patterns and contact outside production without the staff's knowledge. Allison and Jeffrey had to complete the challenge without him.

Katherine Gerdes

Malan Breton

  • What the Hell Is That Accent?: He explains he was born in Taiwan, traveled around the world and adopted accents from everywhere.
    • So much that the other designers said he speaks "Malanese".

Stacey Estrella

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