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Before we dig in to this past weeks project runway. (which was thankfully not a bore) You may have noticed that Friday came and went and a garment friday didn’t happen. Friday snuck up on me, so up went 5 lessons this past week instead of 4 opps. I do have a dress made including […]
Sweet...or Not So Sweet, Fashion: Cotton Candy Delicious: Guess What the Project Runway designers are working with this week? Project Runway is BACK and we are now onto Season 10. It premiered two weeks ago and last week was "Episode 2", it was the iconic UNCONVENTIONAL CHALLENGE that all the fans LOVE. I, often wonder if these are the types of challenges that help discover "Next Great American Fashion Designer". But as we all know...it's all about what makes for fun and great TV. Tim Gunn and Dylan Lauren, Project Runway Season 10 The contestants/designers meet Tim Gunn and Dylan Lauren (yes, Ralph's lovely daughter), CEO and owner of Dylan's Candy Bar. Soon, it is revealed they must create a look out of candy. Project Runway has done this before in Season 4, where it was held at the Times Square Hershey's Store and Rami Kashou won , in case you're keeping tabs (Photo of Kashou's winning look above). After some krazeee candy shopping at Dylan's Candy Bar NYC, some candy Parsons workroom draping, molding and more importantly, GLUEING...it was time for the Runway Show with Judges: (Right to left) Heidi Klum (in a off-the-shoulder snakeskin printed ensemble), Michael Kors (in his black "uniform"), Nina Garcia (in a FAB black and gold jacket and skinny pants and FIERCE heels!), and Dylan Lauren in purple. Now, the whole point of this challenge was to somehow make a garment from candy BUT...make it look as if it wasn't made out of CANDY. Some succeed beautifully and well, some not so mucheey... Le Good: Beaded Candy Ball Superb: LOVED Belarus-born fashion wunderkid Dmitry Sholokhov's twisted halter dress with fitted midriff. He used black, red, and yellow candy balls and WOW!!! This should have been in the Top Three FOR SURE, some would even argue that it should have won. The candy looked like oversized beads. One could NEVER EVER tell that it was candy. Simply Superb. With all that, he just "made it through" to the next round--and somehow only landed "in the middle". Mini Mermaid Cocktail: The first of the Top Two positions was Sonjia Williams (who is quickly looking like a contender to be in the Finals, if only from these two first challenges). She created a peplum-shaped mini dress using ivory and aqua candy balls, white chocolate covered almonds and shark gummies. I LOVED how she created the princess seams with the candy, injected the color-blocking trend seamlessly and then finished it off with a "neck-piece" of shark gummies. She was part Sexy Mermaid, part cocktail dress, part "Mini Shark". The hat was a miss, as some of the judges said, but other than that, it was an excellent and very creative creation. The Winner, however, was Ven Budhu. Just from the "hints" shown by the cameras in the Parsons workroom, I could just see that his design was going to be a STUNNER. And it was. The way he created this vision of serious Haute Couture using crushed colored candy, it was magical. The perfectly geometric inlaid pieces, the stained glass effect he created with candy--it all added to a beautiful strapless cocktail dress that was reminiscent of something from an Atelier Versace Collection: Atelier Versace Spring/Summer 2012 Now, Le Bad: Oh Buffi Jashanmal: Her Project Runway fifteen minutes are a ticking. This is so tasteless that Miss Nina is looking as if she's going to get ILL every time one of Buffi's designs come down the runway. She looks like Paris Hilton's REALLY REALLY tacky--and that's a feat!--daughter (OUCH!). I know it's only the second challenge but I am beginning to wonder how the heck she even made it onto the show. Noodle Twizzler Dress: Also in the bottom was Elena Slivnyak's "Warrior Princess" structured dress made from a muslin base with piña colada twizzlers. The twizzlers began falling off the dress the minute the model came sauntering down the runway. And then from not-so-far, the twizzlers began looking like a pasta noodle arts and crafts project from a 12 year old. I totally get what Irena was going for and it could have been great but...alas, it just didn't work. Poor thang. But the Worst Was: Oh Huney You Didn't Even Try: Just take a look at the model. She was like "Oh Dear! First, I cannot believe I have to wear this tacky creation and, second of all, I just KNOW my designer is going home". Fashion designer Lantie Foster's design was a MESS. She really did not even try. Umbrella fabric and little candy. And she tried to use the excuses of a first year fashion school student. Hashtag FAIL. Wanna know what I really thought of this past week's Episode 2? Then read on kids.... "Sweet Tooth Couture" Last week, Season 10 of "Project Runway" premiered with the "Biggest Fashion Show" in "Runway" history. This week, our little ol’ show loses not an ounce of couture steam and keeps the strong momentum going with one of the most iconic — and beloved by fans — "Project Runway" challenges, the "Make a dress out of crap you would NEVER use to make a garment challenge" … in other words, yes kids, it’s the Unconventional Challenge. I’ve always said that this is a fun challenge to watch by the fans and TV viewers alike, but in terms of it being a guide rule in finding the "Next Best American Fashion Designer"… not so much. Candy Re-Run As "Plaid Heidi" saunters onto the runway congratulating last week’s winner — cutie Christopher — she tells the designers that this is "no time for child’s play." Instantly I think, "Oh Dear, they’re making clothes for bratty Upper East Side kids!" But oh no, I was wrong. Soon, the designers meet with Monsieur Gunn in front of Dylan’s Candy Store where he is flanked by it’s owner and CEO, Dylan Lauren (Yes, of Ralph Lauren fashion blue blood), announcing that their second challenge will be to create a look out of candy using materials bought from Dylan’s Candy Store naturally. Now, I remember back in Season 4, the challenge was done at the Hershey’s Times Square store (Rami won it), so it seemed like a slight re-run challenge idea to me, but one figures that it’s difficult to come up with new "Unconventional Challenges" year after year. Gunnar and Christopher: Please Get a Room After a mad "Candy Dash," the designers get their sugar tooth couture fix, buy out half the store and then head to Parsons to #makeitwork! The workroom quickly begins to resemble a 5-year-old’s birthday party after a piñata has exploded. Several designers are spending their early hours doing muslin dresses to build the foundation for their candy creations. Others are crushing candy, gluing candy … or just eating it! And then there’s Gunnar Siriano 2.0 and cutie Christopher who spend a lot of their time being Bitchy Queens (more so Gunnar than Christopher) talking smack and "throwing shade." It’s only the second week (In real time, it’s only been like TWO DAYS since they’ve met each other!), but there’s already this weird tension between them. I have a feeling that either A) Gunnar feels threatened because he thought he was going to be the only "twinky gay" or B) They just need to GET A ROOM! But I digress, let’s move on… Click HERE to read the rest of my Recap...
Team Twist: Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn--Season 11 Project Runway Lifetime Last night was the Premiere of Season 11 Project Runway on Lifetime. The big news: The Season was going to be about TEAMS. Yes, Project Runway Teams. Each of the 16 new designers were put into two different teams--here they are: Team "Keeping It Real" consisting of designers (top row) Amanda Valentine, Richard Hallmarq, Joseph Aaron Segal, Kate Pankoke and (bottom row) Daniel Esquivel, Layana Aquilar, Patricia Michaels and Stanley Hudson And..."Dream Team" (top row) James Martinez, Benjamin Mach, Michelle Lesniak Franklin, Samantha Black and (bottom row) Matthew Arthur, Emily Pollard, Tu Suthiwat Nakchat, and Cindy Marlatt The Challenge: Their challenge was to design and create a look that best exemplified who each designer was--even though they were working in a "Team" setting--and getting critiques form the rest of their team to make better each design (one assumes). Their inspiration was New York City--with each team getting a "different" perspective of the City. One team went on a boat ride while the other went to the rooftop of The Atlas Apartments (their home away from home) to view the skyline--and things/people below. The Runway/Judging: Judges Sit Up: (left to right) Season 4 Winner Christian Siriano, Nina Garcia, Zac Posen (replacing Michael Kors for this season) and Heidi Klum Designers Benjamin Mach and and Tu Suthiwat Nakchat--The Losing Team was "Dream Team" but I did LOVE these two designer's creations... Benjamin Mach (Left) and Tu Suthiwat Nakchat (right) The Best Of The Night Were: There were three top designs--all from the competing "Keeping It Real" Team--which had the highest votes from the judges. These two above were among those top three: Patricia Michaels' hand-painted tunic (left) and Richard Hallmarq's gray and black jersey asymmetrical dress (right) The Winner: was Daniel Esquivel's black exaggerated peplum jacket and skinny cropped pant look--all in black crepe fabric. The entire ensemble was made impeccably and fit perfectly. The look also evoked directional and very "High Fashion" emotions. Zac Posen hinted at the similarity of Esquivel's design to recent Paris Haute Couture looks. I venture to guess that Posen was talking about Belgian designer Raf Simons' Christian Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012 Collection: Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012--black peplum strapless bustier top and cropped skinny trousers LOVED his Givenchy Spring/Summer 2012 Men's "Bird of Paradise" printed gabardine jacket. The jacket retailed at $4,350. So, needless to say, inquiring minds (me!) want to know if he payed full price (and if so, why is he on the show if he can afford such an expensive jacket), and if he got a discount, I need to know from WHERE!!!! The Bad: Dream Team... Cindy Marlatt--from the "Dream Team" created a printed maxi dress that was more "Carnival Cruise in Aruba" than NYC. The dress' print was interesting but the style was not innovative and the geometric waistband...questionable. Poor thang, is all I kept thinking. James Martinez--was also on the "bottom three" of the "Dream Team" and his outfit was also not very creative, and looked pedestrian, according to judge Zac Posen. I agree. It was so...(you can read my MyLifetime.com Recap to see what I really thought about this!)... But the Worst was: This mess above from designer Emily Pollard--Emily was sooo HBO's 'Girls' character in her demeanor, look...everything. And she was very "I'm gonna win!" which you knew right away meant "She Gone!". Between her half-glue gun-ed awful top and the fact that she needed one of her teams designer's (Cindy) make her skirt all culminated to a big #fail. I just feel bad for whatever designer did not make it on the show...because she was chosen instead. And now, here's my Lifetime.com Recap---Let me know what YOU thought of the episode and as always, please leave me your comments after my recap--I ALWAYS read 'em!! Collaborate, Communicate, Eliminate It’s a new year, a new "Project Runway" season—and a new judge to boot! We’re onto Season 11 if you can believe it, and immediately, the familiar faces of Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn pop up on the screen to announce that this is going to be a "different" type of season, one with a "little twist": TEAMS! Every challenge for this new season is a Team Challenge, they declare. Klum and Gunn say that this will be a chance for the designers to work together, collaborate and communicate (yeah right!). Oh, and they forget to say CAUSE FABULOUS REALITY TV DRAMA. I have two words for it all: Oh Dear! Also, Thank GOODNESS I didn’t wait until Season 11 to be on the show. Amen. Casting Gold The new batch of designers has no idea of this "little twist" as they make their way to Manhattan and Parsons. We are introduced to our Season 11 cast of characters, which includes everything from a cute Latina (Layana Aguilar), African-Americans, Whites, a Native American (Patricia Michaels), a funeral home director (Cindy Marlatt), the gays (naturally), straight boys (?), foreigners (Australian Benjamin Mach), a mustachioed guy who can somehow afford a $4,350 "Bird of Paradise"-printed Givenchy Men’s Spring/Summer 2012 jacket (Daniel Esquivel), a girl who looks like everyone’s fun hairstylist (Michelle Lesniak Franklin), a guy whose last name is Hallmarq-yes, like the Birthday Card—but with a Q!—and a cute girl straight out of the HBO series "Girls" (Emily Pollard). This last girl instantly declares that she’s going to win it all and all the other designers should begin packing and go home. My sixth sense tells me she'll be regretting every word she said. I Remember… I had the pleasure of being one of the casting judges last year for Season 10, but little did I know that we were also choosing the designers who might also make it to Season 11 (slaying two birds with one casting stone, as it were). I remember seeing Benjamin (Australian), Cindy (funeral director), as well as several of the others and saying "yes or maybe" to them all. I was happy to see that they actually made it on the show, even if it was a season later. Oh HAILLLL No! After all 16 designers are assembled, Heidi and Tim enter the room to much hootin', hollerin' and OMG's; it was very "America’s Next Top Model" when the models meet Tyra. Their faces quickly turned from... Click HERE to read the rest of my RECAP for this Premiere Episode of Season 11
EVERYONE Gets To Go To NY Fashion Week!!!! (Warning: Spoiler Alert!) Guess Who The Final Guest Judge Is: Nina Garcia, Jessica Simpson (in Michael Kors), Michael Kors and Heidi Klum TEN designers from this current season of Project Runway showed last Thursday morning at the new site of Spring 2011 NY Fashion Week--Lincoln Center. Because Project Runway ended last weeks episode with ten contestants, ALL the remaining designers got to show in order not to spoil the "TV Finale Episode"--I was lucky enough to have been invited (I guess procuring tickets could be "a little crazy"!) BUT...alas I was unable to fly to NYC and attend because, as always: Duty Calls! I was flying to Miami to host the Macy's Fashion's Night Out Event and Fashion Show at the fabulous Aventura Mall. Fashion's Night Out Macy's Miami/Aventura Mall Sneak Peak: Nick Verreos with Papi Underwear Spokesmodel Leonardo Corredor Now back to the I-gotta-sit-through-TEN-Collections: Really there were only the Top Three left (or four sometimes) but because of the fact that ten were still "on TV", this is why this happened. Same thing as last season. I think it's NOT COOL. Sixteen Designers actually get to make it onto Project Runway, and now it seems that more than half of them (approx. 63 %, yes, I did the math kiddies!), make it to New York Fashion Week! Not only is that crazy, unfair but then it's almost like a surefire thing you'll make it to Fashion Week if you're still among the ten left! Isn't showing at NY Fashion Week one of the "Prizes"? It seems that Project Runway has fallen into current society's unfortunate pattern of giving out "trophies" even to the losers. But I digress. From the Photos of the Collections, Here is my Fave (just one) and Oh-What-Were-You-Thinking? Here are two looks from Mondo Guerra's Collection, my favorite. It was VERY "Jay McCarroll" (Winner of Season 1) don't you think? Fun, quirky, SALEABLE, maybe not so Bergdorf's but more Barney's Co-Op...still love it. Who would have thunk it? Go Latin Urkel! General Patton Gretchen showed lots of coochie-cuting shorts sportswear. Again, from the photos, I was a little bit bored. I'm sure the fabrics were luxe but nothing to be like "Ooooh Girl, I'm forwarding those photos to my fashionista friends"! Oh Michael C.! I am so routing for you baby. He did gowns and evening wear but something was amiss. Here's one of my favorite Muses (and besties!), model Lisa Blades, wearing one of his Final Collection gowns and yes, the top IS see-through! I wonder what those little kids in the front row (there are ALWAYS some little kids--children of the sponsors, TV big-wigs, producers, family etc.) were thinking? I know that Jason Wu just showed A LOT of see-through tops but... And then he also showed this diaphanous pleated chiffon gown...and...are those her panties??? It's called A LINING Michael C.! Well, we will have to wait a few more weeks to see who the actual Top Three are and who really "made it" to Fashion Week. Wait, they ALL did!!! Click Below to see my good friend, MISS Chloe Dao, Winner of Season 2, commentating after seeing the Finale Fashion Show (I LOVE what she says!!!!):
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Ready to Bid: Tim Gunn and Season 13 designers--Episode 11 "Project Runway" This past week's episode of Lifetime's Season 13 "Project Runway" had the designers creating looks from items found--and bid on--from storage units. They had to work in teams of two and each make three eventual looks. It was a Style version of "Storage Wars". The designers were told where to go via... Heidi Klum on a Samsung Tablet that was at their Gotham West Apartments Now, speaking of their accommodations while being on the show... Are they really sleeping next to the kitchen???? Even back in Season 2, we had seperate bedroom and kitchen/living quarters in our apartments #JustSaying For the Challenge, they met up with Tim at the Brooklyn Navy Yard: Tim Gunn--Brooklyn Navy Yard--Episode 11 "Project Runway" The Bidding Begins: The six remaining designers had to bid on what was in those storage units--Episode 11 "Project Runway" There were couches, textiles, kid's toys and even a Stephen Sprouse-like Yeti painting--Episode 11 "Project Runway" Back in the Workroom, there was... Team Char and Sean: Sean spent a lot of his time helping Char out with construction help Team Emily and Korina: They were creating a very "Winter Heavy" mini collection--with one look (middle one) reminding Tim of Spongebob Squarepants Team Amanda and Kini: After receiving a not-so-nice critique re: their looks from Tim Gunn, they changed a few things--including Kini making this FABULOUS gathered ballgown skirt--out of a plastic tablecloth The Runway: American Pop-star in Tokyo: Amanda and Kini's mini group were the best! With standouts being Kini's "Soccer Ball" dress and the Amanda/Kini collaboration of the cropped top (out of the "Yeti" painting) and plastic tablecloth ballgown skirt. Kini Zamora's "Soccer Ball" dress was the Winner--Soooo good!!! GOOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLL Kini!--Episode 11 "Project Runway" Team Char and Sean: the restrictive can't-walk-on-the-runway dresses (center and far right) were not well-received by the judges; Sean's lampshade dress was very "Fashion School" student design. Char's look here was judged as one of the two worst and called "Hoochie"... it was. Peruvian Fashion Photographer on a Shoot in Helsinki: Yes, that was the "vision" Emily and Korina had for these three looks. I DID NOT like these AT ALL. They looked like things a koo-koo "bag lady"/Tarot Card Reader would wear after having one too many prescription pills. No... No... And DEFINITELY No. Last Chance Sew-Off: Char and Korina --who were in the Bottom, were given a one-hour Sew-Off, to make a new garment. Char won and therefore was Safe. Korina "Meany McMeany" was OUT... Adios! Nasty Korina: But she didn't leave with Rainbows and Unicorns...instead she left looking tacky, mean and self-centered--and cemented herself as one of Top "Project Runway" Villains in the history of the show--joining the likes of Wendy Pepper, Gretchen, Sandro, etc. I had lots to say about all that plus, of course, my entire recap of the episode... Here's my RECAP of Episode 11--Enjoy and of course, let me know YOUR thoughts!! Unmannerly Auf As we head to the (almost) home stretch of this season of "Project Runway" we are down to only six designers. The quick intro recap of this week's episode reminds us that hipster boy Alexander was out on his hideous Part 2 look, there was also Char's ZipperGate, plus, Korina won. Something tells me this episode will deal with the latter two designers. Just a "Nick Intuition." The designers wake up at their Gotham West apartments (do they really sleep NEXT to the kitchens!?) to find a Samsung Tablet with Heidi telling them that they are to meet Tim Gunn at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She adds that "You will need to UNLOCK your creativity" and "Open the door to your imagination...which is the KEY to your success in your next challenge." An hour or so later, they meet up with Tim where he is waiting with five storage units behind him. Tim tells the designers that these units contain the materials for their next challenge and they will be working in teams of two (uh oh, another Team Challenge!). Tim gets that button bag and randomly (NOT!) selects the teams. Amanda and Kini are Team Blue, Emily and Korina are Team Purple, and Sean and Char are Team Green. And in typical "Project Runway" Challenge fashion, there's more... CLICK HERE to read the rest of my RECAP on MyLifetime.com
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