I've got no idea why Kim lost it like that, earlier.
Go back there! Yeah, whatever happened must have been pretty bad! Get out there!
Anyway, I'm gonna talk to her, later. How are you doing?
You mean because of the dress for the finale? It's okay. I'm really glad we took it out.
Why can nobody put on their headphones...?
= Sorry, but it's time for the finale! Where's the model with the dress? - What dress?!
= The final dress! - Jessica, didn't you listen to me? The procedure has changed! The final dress is going to be one of Juri's!
You must have misunderstood something, as Juri doesn't know about a change of procedure and Tristan is ready to walk as male counterpart!
= What?! - YES!
Damn, Tanja said she'd take care of it!
= Please, tell me I'm hallucinating! - I'm afraid you're not.
= Tanja, what's the meaning of this?! - Smile, my dear, smile! This is your applause.
= They all love the dress. - We had an agreement!
We don't have Kate's permission to use this dress!
And I'm not gonna stop her if she wants to tell everyone you stole her design!
Then, this scandal will be your fault.
MY fault? I don't think so.
Unfortunately, in that case, Rebecca would have to explain the confusion.
I envision a press conference with a lot of tears...
Oh, come on, guys, maybe everything will vanish into thin air!
And now start smiling, already!
Or are you not even professional enough to do that?
Thank you, thanks a lot!
Now, let's all give a warm welcome to our congenial designer duo: Juri Adam and Rebecca von Lahnstein!
You can do this, just stay calm and don't do anything rash.
I can't let them celebrate me for that dress, though!
If you admit now the design isn't yours, Tanja is going to act as though she had no idea! Come on, we'll find an explanation, later!
Rebecca!
Rebecca sure is a great designer, isn't she?
Yeah, as long as I don't have to wear this...
= My dear, this dress is world ahead of their competitors. - Oh?!
Pull yourself together, okay?
Ladies and Gentlemen...
Very convincing design!
In the name of the entire family and LCL, I would like to envite you all to the after-show party.
The limousines are waiting for you outside, to drive you to a very unusual location. I'm hopeful you're going to like the little surpise there almost as much as you liked the designs of are two designers!
I've got to talk to you.
My dear countess, I've fallen in love... with your wedding dress.
It is by far the most beautiful I've seen in the last few years!
= Thank you, thanks. Thank you so much, but, please excuse me- - Why so modest? Well then, I will stop with the compliments and let the facts speak for themselves:
Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm doubling my order, which also applies for Juri Adam!
I've looked into the future, and, once more, I had the right instinct! Thank you!
= I can't bear your sight anymore, Rebecca. - Damn it, Tanja! We agreed we wouldn't show the design!
Mosch loves this dress! How should I have explained it to our most important client if we had shown one of Juri's punk outfits for the finale?!
- What kind of message would that have been? = Tanja, are you aware of what you're risking?
Honey...whoever thinks it's too hot in the kitchen, shouldn't be a chef.
Rebecca, come on. Hey, you should be grateful!
As of tomorrow, you'll be the star! Ansgar is going to convince Kate to shut her mouth, after he's offered her money for it.
I don't want to go through with this deceit!
So I've spoken to the great artist. There's nothing that can be done. This student won't be bribed. I don't get what's wrong with the youth...
Did you explain to her, that she can forget about gaining a foothold in this line of business once she's messed with me?
Of course I did, Tanja. She's more of the idealistic type. Not afraid of anything and all that.
Can't you just change some of the frills of that stupid rag?! So that the resemblance will seem more like a coincidence?
No! You can't just change a few frills on that design! You would always recognise Kate's signature, otherwise it's a different dress!
Kate's signature...
Allright, Rebecca...
If you're unable to do this...
I'm afraid you will have to admit you slipped us this dress without us knowing!
Just because your life is completely getting out of hand, right now, you want to destroy Rebecca's?! I won't let that happen!
We have made a huge fuss about this show! I specially moved up the date and had the entire fasion industry fly in! I couldn't have changed anything!
Apart from that, this is not just about LCL.
The entire future of Lahnstein Enterprises depends on that stupid dress.
You are the manager! You made this decision, so you have to stand by it, too!
I'm not the one who stole the design and then shut my mouth about it until it was too late.
I can testify that Rebecca told you the truth before the show.
Right, and, of course, nobody's is going to think you only want to protect your girlfriend...
Well, in that case, it's your word against mine. And you gonna have a lot of ugly press that's not good for LCL at all!
Are you threatening me?!
Allright, that's it, stop it! No normal person can bear this... What we need is a constructive solution!
Oh, now, all of a sudden...?
Fine. Look, this Kate is your friend. Talk to her. Do something. Play on her heartstrings, if you have to..
Maybe I can actually convince Kate to sell you the rights for the dress. Yet, NO pressure and NO moral blackmail!
You do that. Otherwise, the career of your girlfriend will come to a sudden end.
No. I'm going to draw up a press statement, admitting the design isn't mine.
Do you really want to be the scapegoat for these two?! Is this because of the company? Or the family? Rebecca, these are no reasons for doing this!
It's not about that. I just want to be able to look in the mirror, again.
Hereby, I deeply regret, that the design found its way into my collection without the consent of the designer.
Believe me, I can imagine vividly how Ansgar has tried to manipulate you. Yet, Rebecca had nothing to do with that, at least.
And she hasn't stolen your design, either.
No. The manager discovered the design, by chance, and thought it was Rebecca's. Yet, before Rebecca got to know this, her assistant had already made a pattern and handed it over to the sewing room.
I know, but...to have rectified this afterwards would have been pretty embarrassing. Do you think that, under these circumstances, you could talk to LCL about the copyright?
You know what? I'll just let you speak to Rebecca yourself!
Hello, Kate?
First of all, I'd really like to apologize to you.
It's true, in the beginning it was all a big misunderstanding, but I could have prevented it.
Because I was a coward. My design for the final dress wasn't good enough, I was confused and full of self-doubt.
Yet, you, you're really good! You deserve for the fashion industry to notice your talent. I've already drawn up a press statement that clarifies all this.
Yes, yes, I do want that!
Oh, and Kate? Maybe what I'm about to say won't make sense at the time, however, I'd like to give you a pieve of advice:
Please, never stop believing in yourself and always stay true to yourself. No matter what anyone says or thinks.
Yeah, you too! Bye!
I believe I could have changed her mind.
You know what this means for you, right?
Yes. But it's allright. Kate deserves me being honest to her.
I'll send the press statement now.
Hold on a minute! You should read this, first.
What's that?
A text message from Kate.
Before you start any rumours at the party about the centerpiece of the collection not being mine ...there's something you should know.
Kate leaves us the rights of the dress and we don't have to publish her name.
She won't take any money for it, yet I will find a way to let her have an adequate amount.
= I presume Marlene has talked her into it, in order to save your cute little ass. - No!
Kate left the dress to me, because she felt sorry for me.
= I can understand her... - Tanja, I may not be perfect, yet at least I'm not as coldhearted as you are.
Feelings are overrated. Any kind of sentimental fuss is not going to help anyone be successful in this line of business.
Maybe being successful is not the most important thing in life.
Stop pretending...I know you! I know how ambitious you are.
Yet, your industrial eagerness did not help you this time, apparently. You failed!
Here's some advice for you: get a hold of yourself! If you want to continue your career at LCL, honey, then prove to me there's still a spark of talent somewhere inside of you.
Here you are! I've been looking all over the castle for you!
You wanna go to that party? I'm afraid I don't. But you can go, if you want to!
Sure! I can't imagine anything nicer than going to Tanja's and Ansgar's phony-feast and having to conjure up a thousand excuses as to why the star designer is not present!
You could say I had a creative boost...
Why are you being so hard on yourself? The audience was impressed by your entire collection and not only that one dress!
They weren't impressed. They accepted it.
My collection would have been a flop without Kate's dress.
This...this is inspired. Tanja is right: it would have been my job to produce something like this.
Maybe I should really let go of the idea of becoming a great designer.
The only thing you urgently need to let go of, is the pressure you constantly put on yourself!
But that's exactly the point! You have to stand the pressure, yet still produce
Earlier, when you were on the phone with Kate, did you even listen to yourself?
You explained to her why you had this stupid mental block: because all you focused on was Tanja's vicious criticism and you kept comparing yourself to Juri!
Even though, there is one pattern of behaviour you could actually copy from Juri...
Yeah, well, I'm good at copying, aren't I?
You have to work more with neoprene.
Or teflon...
Let things drip!
Juri doesn't give a damn if Angar or Tanja nag at him. He does his own thing!
You have to find out for yourself in which way you want to keep going.
But I'm absolutely convinced:
You have to keep going!
>english transcript by Miral - timings Novemberstern<