The only reason Angela won was because Laura and Michael reigned her in.
No, the reason Angela won tonight is because she showed good judgment in selecting her team--two individuals who had worked well together in the past, had the maturity to work well with a somewhat flaky individual, and had the elegance to offset her tendencies--and then showed the further and rarer good judgment to listen to that team. The halls of fashion are littered with the bodies of those who ignored the advice of the people they were working with because the design was their vision and they knew best. Angela was smarter than that, and managed to put everyone's talents to good use, so that what they sent down the runway was miles better than anyone else's design--and no, it wasn't exclusively because of Michael and Laura, because the final touch that made it the clear winner was the lining inside the jacket, and that was a pure Angela moment all the way.
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No, the reason Angela won tonight is because she showed good judgment in selecting her team--two individuals who had worked well together in the past, had the maturity to work well with a somewhat flaky individual, and had the elegance to offset her tendencies--and then showed the further and rarer good judgment to listen to that team. The halls of fashion are littered with the bodies of those who ignored the advice of the people they were working with because the design was their vision and they knew best. Angela was smarter than that, and managed to put everyone's talents to good use, so that what they sent down the runway was miles better than anyone else's design--and no, it wasn't exclusively because of Michael and Laura, because the final touch that made it the clear winner was the lining inside the jacket, and that was a pure Angela moment all the way.
She deserved that win.