Chloé had drawn the Rafflesia arnoldii —the corpse flower. It was enormous, parasitic, and reeked of decaying meat. While the other designers romanticized the delicate Lady’s Slipper or the ghostly Franklinia, Chloé was stuck with a botanical nightmare.
Elaine Welteroth gasped.
And for the first time that season, the monster in the workroom—the ticking clock—didn’t sound like a predator. To Chloé, it sounded like a heartbeat. Project Runway - Season 19
“Oh, honey,” whispered Meg, the season’s queen bee, peeking at Chloé’s mood board. “That’s… brave. Very goth funeral chic.” Her own design, a gossamer dream inspired by the Middlemist Red camellia, was already taking shape in expensive, pre-dyed silks. Chloé had drawn the Rafflesia arnoldii —the corpse flower