October is here! The air is crisp, the leaves are crunchy, the pumpkin is spiced, and Halloween is just around the corner. Whether it's typical or unusual, positive or negative, personal or broad, make a design representing what October means to you.

Restrictions: Just to make things interesting, you are NOT allowed to use any items that include any of the following words in their names, even if only partially:

Halloween Morostide Witch Costume Pumpkin Orange Skull/Skeleton Spooky Mask Fall Autumn Harvest Black Ghost

Due date: October 8 (midnight of that day)

I like this. I like the way they're different but still have a vein in common, and I like the way you capture not only the colours of each dog, but also their vibe: the more modern, spunky look of the telenine; the dreamy, classic look of the kumos. But I... don't really know what's going on with Del's outfit. I don't know what I'm looking at. It takes a bit of study to figure out what exactly is happening there. Once I figure it out, I actually like it quite a bit, though.

Magnus says: 8/10

Overall, I like your designs very much. The telenine outfit is pretty much perfect. It's stylish, it's fresh, it's well coordinated. The kumos outfit is beautiful, and I realise what you were going for with the red heart clip is to mimic the kumos's collar, which I think is very clever. However: the heart on the kumos's collar is too small to make the connection immediately obvious - it took me the 3rd or 4th time looking at it - and it draws the attention in a way that makes it hard to appreciate the rest of the outfit. As for the ruffie outfit: I like the outfit itself, and it goes well enough with the other two, but I'm not really reminded of a ruffie from it, even with the wig. It gives a very elegant saheric vibe, which is not what I think when I think ruffie. The green collar doesn't really mesh with it either, unlike the telenine's red bow, which feels like a very natural part of the outfit.

Lotus says: 8/10

Great choice! I didn't even notice all the dogs are blue around here until you pointed it out. You got a whole three different directions with a common thread thing going on, which I am always a sucker for. And with the telenine and kumos you matched the style to the dog extremely well. You got their vibes down. The ruffie is a little weirder. I still think you did a good job though.

Total: 24/30 Your total score is now 51. You are in 2nd place.

Now this is what I'm into. Cute!! Fluffy!! Elegant!! Pastel!! Lack of eyebrows!! My one complaint is the bunny at Clara's feet doesn't match the rest of the whites, but I'm not about to take a point off for it. The theme is that the animals are all cute? Damn skippy it is. Furthermore, the fact that you managed to match all your whites save that one bunny is really impressive.

Magnus says: 10/10

These all go together really well. They're simple, but you pull it off well. The similar skirt shapes, the curly hairstyles, the minimal accessories -- all of these lead to a cohesive design. You could've had more variance, but you don't need to. It's beautiful already.

Lotus says: 8/10

It's a real simple concept, but I feel like a good choice-- lots of things are white and fluffy! However all three of your designs are practically the same. They're pretty, yeah, and highly cohesive, and honestly, a pretty nice solid concept that highlights similarities while having minor differences. It's just a little plain!

Total: 28/30 Your total score is now 47. You are tied for 4th place.

This just doesn't seem to mesh to me. At first glance it's a cool effect, but when I look closer the hair and the makeup go with each other, the dress and tights and shoes go with each other, but each set doesn't quite go with the other, and the cape and jewellery go with nothing. I see what you were going for, but I feel like you didn't manage to tie it up nicely.

Magnus says: 7/10

I agree with Fizbee that this doesn't hang together as well as it could have, but moreover, I like it. I just like it. It shouldn't work, and in some ways it doesn't, but in a lot of ways it does. Even though the colours don't really match, they play together well, and create an interesting look. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see someone wearing this in a club, catching everyone's attention with that glowing dress.

Lotus says: 10/10

Hell, I like this. The glowing? The little glasses? The whole rock star look? I'm into it! The necklaces break up the outfit visually, but not in a bad way. And I love your choice in animals-- I hadn't even heard of that particular species before, and those colours are such a rich vein for a design. I love all the little notes you nailed them in.

Total: 20/30 Your total score is now 50. You are in 3rd place.

(As a side note, I, blue, love the details & personality you put in your descriptions of the designs & runway scenes. They're a joy to read.)

This is so pretty! It's elegant, it's cute, it's coordinated! I can't stop looking at it. All the ruffles at the bottoms of the skirts give it a very adorable unity, and I like that you have a balanced amount of black and white overall. It's so tasty!

Magnus says: 10/10

I was going to say something about the one look having a long skirt and the others having short skirts, but you know what? It works. This looks like a mother and daughters, especially with how similar all your models look. It's a very well coordinated design due to the colour palette, as well as the femininity of all the outfits. And yet they're all very distinct, each with a style that feels appropriate for each animal. Well done.

Lotus says: 10/10

This is a pretty simple concept, but I feel like you did something masterful with it: not only did you match each animal with a style that suits them (pandas & cute street punk, huskies & wintry boho, kitties & cuteness fluff n bows, and unicorns & classical elegance), but you also managed to recreate each animal's markings more or less at the same time. It's brilliant.

Total: 30/30 Your total score is now 47. You are tied for 4th place.

Oh. My. Gosh! I was thrilled when I saw you picked the thylacine, it was such an interesting choice. And you pulled it off so beautifully! I love the colour scheme: it's not the same one as the thylacine itself, but still lends itself in reference well. Plus, it's just pretty. I also like all the places you've subtly put stripes -- KIRIN's skirt folds, Callista's dreads. And the way all the designs have a draped aspect in common is a very good tie-in, and a subtle one! You make the pieces look like they're all from the same design without making it obvious how, which I love.

Magnus says: 10/10

Oh, this is beautiful. The colours are rich, consistent, and very well coordinated. The eye flows across each one perfectly, and they each represent their era well: the pet thylacine is more froofy and done up, the wild one far less so, and the modern one covered in metal as is our age. I also like how each models' hair/hair accessories seems to match their companion animal. It draws the top and bottom of each design together visually.

Lotus says: 10/10

I would give this 11/10 if I could. It's so clever what you did with representing the thylacine in three time periods, and really unique from where most people took this, and from where I expected it to go. Not to mention the thylacine is just a great choice to begin with! The other animal choices were great, too: you kept it thylacine themed while still fitting the restriction. I like what you did with the outfits, too: they all have a steampunk air to them, which I think fits the thylacine well: half past, half a future that never was.

Total: 30/30 Your total score is now 59. You are in 1st place.