Merlin started out his stint on The Fashion Show with a bang, instantly getting in a fight with Daniella and trying to position himself as top dog. To be fair, Merlin was supposed to be head designer that first week and Daniella wasn't trying very hard to work with him. This last week, Merlin was on his own and finally came up short. Although Merlin and Johnny R. had the same inspiration card, but Merlin's bright yellow mess of sweat pants fell flat. I had the opportunity to speak with him today about his time on The Fashion Show, the other contestants and his sense of style.

Overall, Merlin seems happy with his experience but was careful to point out that all of the other contestants hated him. Maybe because he's different or maybe because he's too confident. Either way, it's clear they didn't want him there.

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If there's one thing I liked most about Merlin, it was his general good attitude. I know there were certain points where Merlin lost his cool but he's just so cheery about everything. The other designers' opinions didn't affect him. The other designers' ideas didn't affect him. Getting eliminated from the competition didn't affect him. He does what he wants and when he wants to do it.

Merlin was, not surprisingly, most vocal about Daniella. He made no marks about her fashion sense specifically (he did, however, say, "she doesn't know what she's doing.") and instead focused on her inability to work with others. In the fashion industry you have to be able to collaborate in order to function. In any industry, really. It's very obvious that Daniella needs to put herself aside in order to get the job done.

That's one thing Merlin and Reco, he says, have no trouble doing. Both of them have "worked for their [sic] money" all their lives. In fact, Merlin says that Reco was the only other designer he go along with while on The Fashion Show. Both of them have a very loud confidence about them, so it makes sense.

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- Kim Wetter, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
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