runthemover
Thursday, August 20th, 2009, 10:19 PM
I'm not taking a big lead when I say that they sent home the wrong person. I quite liked the space outfit. Definitely better than many of the yawn fests that were put up and certainly better than the sheer night outfit. that outfit looked horrible even before he had to make drastic changes. disappointing start to the season but still entertaining.
next week clips spoiler talk I thought the above before seeing this where what's his face has the same trouble finishing (hehe) as he did this week
one thing that hurt the chick that went home was that her model's hair looked like quite a mess. big hair is nice but it has to be neat and uniform.
theresa113
Friday, August 21st, 2009, 4:03 AM
Sucks that this is now on Lifetime instead of Bravo.
I only saw the last 10 minutes so I have no clue who is who or what any of the other designers did. Space suit lady may of stayed if she could have articulated her idea a bit better.
I was not really impressed with the top three or the bottom three. Hopefully I can catch a re-run and see what the other designs were like.
runthemover
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009, 8:37 PM
I didn't re-watch episode one but I think your assessment was correct. Nothing that special. I did think that the winning design was clear right when it came out
I had the same feeling this week too. That jacket was very nice. It did a good job of making one able to say "who's that foxy lady" not "who's that foxy pregnant lady". from the front obviously.
I thought the lingerie dress was terrible. I didn't like the blue outfit as much as the judges. I just didn't see the big deal. this goes for Top Chef as well when Tom is gone, I just don't like an episode without the head judge. luckily it was early in the game. I don't think MK is really the head judge but I see him that way.
as far as the bottoms go, I think they made a mistake in week 1 and I think it was even more obvious from what happened this week. you might be talented and have good ideas but you have to perform in the time they've allotted. so far he hasn't been able to do that.
from a creative standpoint, team challenges are both awful and excellent. from a drama standpoint, they are almost always excellent so I look forward to it.
p.s. rebecca romijin was quite fat in the face
runthemover
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009, 10:05 PM
good:
1. "you made the hat?"
2. ra'mon
3. that I can't remember the other outfits
bad:
1. all the other outfits
not that they were "bad" but just umm yea. other seasons there wouldn't be clear cut winners.
LadyGrey
Saturday, September 5th, 2009, 3:29 PM
Still not blown away this season.
Ra'mon's dress that they were creaming over wasn't all that for me. The big grey blotch looked more like a stain than a "print" to me. The shape was fine and all.
Those lace leg things were so hookerish I just loved it. Most of the avant garde looks didn't seem to have anything to do with surfing to me. The theme was pretty weak really.
That Mitchell guy can't be for real. He doesn't seem to take it seriously at all. Definitely the right person to go home.
runthemover
Thursday, September 10th, 2009, 11:01 PM
these were probably the best everyone has done so far but still not much that was "really good".
really gay guy that constantly talks about how everyone else sucks sucks.
Irina. I think that's her name. anyway, I think she's looking more attractive every week.
I really REALLY want Nina Garcia and Michael Kors back next week. these fill in judges are just annoying. especially this week when it was just Heidi. it felt like a second rate reality show. like Top Cut or whatever it was called. or maybe the show is just second rate now.
Pot Odds RAC
Friday, September 11th, 2009, 4:46 AM
Haven't seen this week's show yet.
In the first few weeks they really have gotten rid of the right designers. Mitchell just had no clue. None. A little surprised it took as long as it did. The Team Challenge is always fun to watch. There is always someone who thinks they are such a great leader and then shows they have no ability to work with someone else.
I like that they have kept the show pretty much intact in terms of formula. However it just doesn't seem to have any real "spark". Perhaps it just isn't a strong enough concept to have real lasting power and stay compelling to me.
LadyGrey
Saturday, September 12th, 2009, 1:37 AM
I was surprised but happy about the elimination this week. I wanted the cute guy to stay. He looks just like Michael Pitt. His dress wasn't any good but at least it wasn't totally boring and plain.
I agree with the choice of winner too, definitely the most interesting outfit. I was disappointed that they all went for dresses, and no one really pushed the envelope.
I thought the dress by Efferon or whatever his name is... the brown dress with raggedy bits stuck on was hideous. I get that the construction was impressive but I still think it was ugly and dated.
Still waiting for some real frontrunners to emerge. Where's the next Santino or Jeffrey or Christian? I haven't noticed anyone to be consistently impressive so far, and I still don't know half the contestants names....
avsfan
Saturday, September 12th, 2009, 3:34 AM
yeah, boring and plain is soooo 2000.
runthemover
Thursday, September 24th, 2009, 11:03 PM
caught up and watched both episodes tonight. LG, Kris is the obvious leader. this was before seeing the following episodes.
episode 1:
despite the above statement, I wasn't big on his newspaper design. I have to say this was quite the good episode. finally it looks like people are getting into it.
the winning dress from Irina was quite meh to me. needed some colour or something
Ramon was strong in this challenge. the bottom of the red dress from one of the ladies was very good. the top not so much.
johnny and nicholas deserve each other. though, johhny's print was cool.
speaking of drug users, I thought Logan's dress was a top 3
episode 2:
nicholas' sketch looked quite nice. his dress I thought was terrible. man I want him to go home.
I laughed when I heard Logan say he wanted to put something dramatic on the runway when his dress was black leather. good luck with that.
Ra'mon out? Ra'mon OUT!?!? that sucks. he always went for it
Kris' model. she is hot. the other models. not so much. his dress was the winner to me.
LadyGrey
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009, 2:58 AM
Just got caught up on the last two eps. I liked what came out of the newspaper challenge. The right person went home, some of the others in the bottom I felt were better than some in the middle. The winning coat was cute but not very original, I wouldn't have picked it for the winner.
Film challenge: The vintage loving girl was a big disappointment in this round. I mean, this was the perfect challenge for her and she did terribly. She should have gone home I think. She hasn't wowed yet and if she couldn't blow this challenge out of the water then she definitely cannot win. Ra'mon made a heinous outfit, don't get me wrong, but he had way more potential based on the previous episodes. His was the worst garment in that challenge, so I can't be mad about him going home.
runthemover
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009, 7:32 AM
And she's gone. I somewhat hate it even more when the person you think should'f gone home the previous episode goes home the next episode. It just helps confirm how much of a bad decision the previous one was. Ra'mon had one bad outing whereas she never did squat. usually this show is good about that stuff. the whole "three strikes and your out" earlier this season. If Chris would'f went home that would've gone against that "what have you done as a whole mentality". I'm not sure that Ra'mon's outfit was so bad that he should'f gone home
anyway, none of these outfits wowed me. they were talking about that dress like it was gold and I was very meh about it. speaking of Irina, she has a Michael Jackson nose. it's become more noticeable each episode
I wonder if it was Irina being a poor leader in giving no direction or eastern european chick really just not speaking up.
I do have to say that the "dream team's" outfits looked better in the workroom. on stage they were pretty bad. nothing tied them together that's for sure. I've always liked those two so I wonder how they'll bounce back. Chris has definitely been one of the strongest competitors.
really gay guy is showing how much of a "bad" contestant (good for the show) he is. constantly talking trash but hardly doing anything himself. allowing someone else to do horribly instead of speaking up about it. him winning that challenge with a very meh outfit was the worst/best. now he's all puffed up. surprised that he won on a "costume like" challenge? I am not.
Pot Odds RAC
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009, 8:22 AM
QUOTE (runthemover @ Saturday, October 3rd, 2009, 11:32 AM)

really gay guy is showing how much of a "bad" contestant (good for the show) he is. constantly talking trash but hardly doing anything himself. allowing someone else to do horribly instead of speaking up about it. him winning that challenge with a very meh outfit was the worst/best. now he's all puffed up. surprised that he won on a "costume like" challenge? I am not.
He'll be all false arrogance and insulting up until the moment (soon) that he gets killed on stage and sent home. Then he'll be crying like a little insecure baby.
My wife made a comment about Irina's bad nose job while we watched this episode.
I don't get all of the love for Ra'mon (what's with the apostrophe?). He was constantly second guessing himself and changing at the last possible moment. I am certain we don't see the detail of all outfits, so I am sure that his earlier outfits suffered. They probably looked ok from a distance, but were a mess up close. The week he was sent home living on that edge caught up with him - that garment was a joke. Completely unacceptable.
The foreign lady was passive aggressive as a teammate. "I didn't get any direction of what she wanted." Total cop-out. Even the Judges saw thru that. "You're a designer too."
Speaking of judges - who was the cute blonde this week?
LadyGrey
Monday, October 5th, 2009, 8:16 AM
I actually quite liked the "dream team" outfits compared to the others. The bubble dress thing was pretty wearable even if I didn't love the lobster bib detail. The shirt dress was very cute, it didn't look super well made on the runway but I would wear an improved version.
Vintage girl had some pretty awful designs and I was surprised she got picked as a captain. The dresses came out even uglier than the sketches. The shades of blue she chose were terrible.
Irina's dress wasn't as special as they acted. It was good that she did a pattern since no one else did that and just used blank fabrics. The cut of the dress wouldn't be flattering on most women but it looked okay on the model. Still wasn't great, I wouldn't buy it. Worse though was that 'blouse' that was part of their 2nd outfit. That thing was hella ugly and the fabric was cheap looking and a vile shade of blue. I don't know why the judges praised it and said it was 'chic' or whetever. It was hideous.
Vintage girl had to go, anyway.
LadyGrey
Saturday, October 10th, 2009, 1:45 AM
Anyone else still watching this? Come on guys!
I was glad to see him go, I've never liked his style or personality. Also I wanted the cute one to stay in, and I think I've liked his work in previous challenges too.
The winner was deserving for sure. I'm glad Irina didn't win again, her dress was a bit too shiny for me.
runthemover
Saturday, October 10th, 2009, 7:46 AM
I think all women and gay men across the world were happy Irina didn't win.
Funny that two people who had done well early on suddenly have become crap. Let's talk about them.
Chris, aka Vincent D'onofrio from the Salton Sea (it's the nose) and Epperson came together for the "Dream Team" and have become crap. Chris definitely needed Tim to see the garbage bag and not just the lining. anyone would see that garbage bag and know it blows.
Epperson was interesting in this challenge in how he went from one extreme to another. he started out the "assignment" by using none of the dress. he finished the "assignment" by using all of the dress.
I want to see really gay guy go home. everything he makes is just horrid looking.
one person I know nothing about is the blonde. not carol hannah. I feel like we see her once or twice an episode and never anything she has to say. though this is almost 2 days after having watched the episode so maybe it's in my head.
one thing I didn't like about this past challenge was the disparity in available material. maybe I'm taking what Shirin said too much as truth but seemingly the degree of difficulty on her work was much higher than Irina who had the first pick. obviously that's what winning a challenge does for you but it seemed like there were 7 dresses that were the same. 1 really good one and 1 really bad one.
LadyGrey
Saturday, October 10th, 2009, 8:03 AM
Quite a few contestants are really drifting through the middle this round. The 2 blondes especially haven't really been in the bottom or top significantly. I think the blonde called Althea has won one challenge early on and that's it.
I agree that the playing field wasn't really level in this challenge, but I didn't think it was such a huge disadvantage for Shirin to have limitied fabric. I immediately thought she could applique ribbons or something onto it. When she finally accepted that she had to do a simple dress she came up with the contrast stitching which was a good idea, though for the client I would have maybe done something more abstract with different coloured threads to make it more funky.
I'm hoping for a more creative premise for the next challenge, something that will let them all be more distinctive and original. We need to seperate the wheat from the chaff. I still don't think there is a 'favourite' yet this season, and it's getting pretty late for there not to be a standout or two.
runthemover
Thursday, October 15th, 2009, 11:14 PM
I hated this whole challenge. there's always talk about getting away from the "costume" look and instead the challenge embraces it.
Chris should've gone home. he's just been terrible three challenges in a row. he's lost it. that's it. he's gonna be bad again next week and go home. Shirin would've at least had a chance next week. she's been good in the last couple challenges and in the last one made something out of nothing. if you look at who's been up, down and in (thanks to the Wik), Shirin has never been in the bottom before. though this week, hers was quite meh I have to say. it seems weird to me that they take in past performance quite often in this show yet something like that can happen. was hers SO bad that it meant she's going home? Chris obviously is doing something wrong if THREE challenges in a row is on the bottom. one was a team challenge, yes, but obviously poor performance is indicative of something.
Logan has never been in the top. I don't think he's necessarily "bad". he just doesn't have that next level apparently. his unique perspective definitely helps keep him around. it's like you're comparing food and you have three lamb dishes and one person makes a mac and cheese with beef. you've definitely got the vinegar to go with the honey. I spell trouble t-r-u-f-f-l-e
Nina was back and said interesting things. too bad there was no Kors. it helps the show having good judges. Nina, Michael, and Heidi work well together.
I thought it was funny that Heidi apparently didn't get the memo that Christina Aguilera being there wasn't a surprise. speaking of Heidi, before the season started she said "watch out for the women this season". so with that information, I'd guess now that we're going to see Carol Hannah, Irina and Althea in the final 3. thanks for spoiling this season, Heidi. bitch. actually it's not much of a stretch
LadyGrey
Friday, October 16th, 2009, 3:41 AM
Yeah this challenge was pretty boring. Most of them just seemed to make glitzy, slutty evening dresses which I found pretty boring. When I think of stage costumes I think of outlandish, conceptual outfits, not long sequinned dresses. The designers could have had a bit of fun with it and gone with a strong theme, but instead most of the outfits looked more like something a ballroom dancer would wear. Also, I don't get why none of them used any colour - it was all black, white and silver. They could have gone for really bright colours which would stand out on stage, but they didn't.
Logan really is cute, he looks just like the actor Michael Pitt. It's a shame that he doesn't really seem to have any passion or flair for design, his looks aren't memorable and he never seems to really be proud of his final works.
The girls are definitely stronger. Nicholas talks out of his butt, I thought his little feathery dress was really unoriginal and looked like something an ice dancer would wear.
runthemover
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009, 10:24 PM
I don't know how Chris is still around. he stayed because of a belt? he made a costume. a bad one. I do suppose that really gay guy didn't do anything 'greek' (at least not during his stay on the show (hiyo)) but still.
Irina's sketch was great. her outfit going down the runway was easily the best. everyone else was meh or slightly above meh at best. ok well I guess european chick and carol hannah's were better than meh. though neither was better than ok. nothing that interesting about them.
Althea got lucky that chris and really gay guy did so poorly but I think we all knew they were gonna be bad. hers was too over the top and shiny.
I'm not terribly excited to see what these people are gonna do in the finals
LadyGrey
Saturday, October 24th, 2009, 3:51 AM
Althea's outfit was gross. I hate sheer shirts in pretty much all situations, and hers was really horribly shaped too, like you had to wear it with a tight waist belt to get it to hang the way she had it, you couldn't button it up or anything. The shorts looked tacky, like bronze faux leather is classy? Also they were too short and not tight enough at the bottom, so I am sure her buttcheeks would be showing from the bottom if they'd let us see a good view from behind.
Nicholas was being totally boring so I don't care that he is gone, though Chris' outfit was equally bad. Logan's was boring too. Carol Hannah's was fine but nothing new. I didn't like Irina's really - who wants to wear beige on beige on beige like that? I also question the practicality of the cut out back, and the idea of cut outs in a jumper/sweater seems really tacky to me in general. I thought Gordana should win but it was really only on the strength of the gorgeous necklace she made, since her dress was boring and dated for me.
runthemover
Thursday, October 29th, 2009, 10:16 PM
I thought Althea's outfit was horrid again but it won. so funny how pissed she was and then got pissed at someone basically getting pissed at her for the same thing but it was dumb of any of them to get pissed in the first place. yea I feel drunk after typing that too. All I know is I would probably laugh/giggle at someone wearing those pants.
Irina's was the best...again
CH's was good. But, it looked a bit retro-waitress-y to me. it was "cute" though. She also looked quite good in those jeans. I'm pulling for her.
that had DOUBLE meaning. LG just scrunched her nose.
chris' was ok. definitely worse than his inspiration. like I said. he's lost 'it'
logan's was TOTALLY judy jetson. I laughed out loud when he said that. gordana's wasn't as bad they said. the long jacket idea was nice (nothing to do with her original look though). I don't think I'm a fan of her construction.
they love Althea so it's gonna be her, CH and Irina at the end. Interestingly enough none of those three have been in the bottom 3. first time that's ever happened at this juncture. In fact, only three people before this have come this far without being in the bottom 3 (according to wiki). Season 2 it was Daniel. Two people from Season 1.
vbnautilus
Friday, October 30th, 2009, 8:29 AM
I love how Heidi ragged on Logan for having an explosion of zippers. It really was a lame attempt to do something interesting.
I really liked Irina's outfit, and I thought it fit better with her original look than the others did.
frautotenkinder
Friday, October 30th, 2009, 3:18 PM
My favorite moment of the episode was watching Irina and Althea bitch about Logan, while stuffing their faces with In n Out. I don't know why, but it made me laugh! They looked like bitter high school queens.
LadyGrey
Saturday, October 31st, 2009, 1:35 AM
Carol Hannah: Very simple black dress. It was nice and all, but so ****in safe. And everyone puts pockets in dresses now so I don't get why that impressed the judges so much.
Gordana: I thought her outfit was ugly and unflattering. All it was is a long grey jacket with a messed up collar and lots of darts under the bust. If she wanted to be edgy she didn't go far enough, if she wanted to be pretty she shouldn't have messed up the collar and done the darts inside out.
Althea: I don't mind the 'paperbag' waist on the trousers but only models can pull off wearing trousers with such a lot of volume around the thighs like that. I liked the multiple straps on the tank top but otherwise it was just a plain white tank top with no bra underneath, no wow factor there. Big slouchy cardigan... bet that took about 5 minutes to whip up. I don't think she copied Irina necessarily, in that slouchy cardigans have been around since the 80s and have been making a comeback. Irina didn't invent them for the first time so she shouldn't have been such a bitch about it.
Irina: I like that she used a pattern, since hardly any of these contestants have enough creativity to use a pattern unless that's the only fabric they're using. It certainly makes things more interesting when there is an outfit that isn't black, white and/or grey. This week Irina was the only person who actually used colour, and I liked the red on beige. Shame she made the dress so simple, she could have done something to the hemline or given it interesting cap sleeves or straps to make it more than just a strapless dress. The cardigan looked cosy, I would wear it in a different colour.
Logan: This is a guy that clearly doesn't know what he is doing. His outfits never really had strong vision behind them, I think he just doesn't know his style yet. He tries to make his garments slightly edgy and urban I suppose, but only succeeds in making them look cheap and unfashionable. This dress definitely looked too 'Judy Jetson' with the high collar and the short bubble skirt. I don't think he copied the zipper thing though, I mean, did anyone even notice it on Althea's outfit before the show gave us the close up on it? Unless she spent time showing it to him before and that wasn't aired on the show, I think he just came up with the same idea. It's hardly earth-shattering to sew zips together and use it as a collar though.
Other guy: The dress said "monochrome flamenco" to me. I hated that he used ivory white with the black. In his previous outfit he used more of a cream coloured fabric which looked a lot less cheap against the black. The texture of the ruffles at the bottom were like soft serve ice cream, then the grey 'petals' added absolutely nothing as they were used. The black part of the dress was super simple which is why it really didn't match together. To me it was just a really uninspired outfit: he thought "my last dress was short so I'll make this long. My last dress had ruffles at the bottom, lots of petals, and was grayscale, so I'll use those in this dress to make it match". There was nothing new or innovative, and it was very forced because he just carried over all those concepts without adjusting them much to suit the new silhouette and context of the second dress.
runthemover
Friday, November 6th, 2009, 12:28 AM
well the result was not surprising. in these last challenges you have to really wow to alter the judge's prior opinions. And, seemingly, when it does happen where a "favourite" would get left behind, they decide to let an extra person go. it's a good and bad thing about the show.
Althea didn't surprise me with an ugly, shiny, poorly crafted pos. also, it appeared like she stalked off half-mad that they "threatened" to send her home. there's no way she's not an ex-cheerleader
the female designer judge had nice legs. I can't remember her name.
I'm not terribly excited to see what these three put together. I'm sure Irina will win. CH will give her a run for her money. it was a bit funny that both CH and I didn't include each other in who they would send to the final. everyone putting Chris in there was funny too. "Christopher should go because I'm better than him". I do suppose there is something to be said for the designers being able to do whatever they want instead of giving them direction. oreo.
LG, do you agree this season is probably the worst?
Southern Buddhist
Sunday, November 8th, 2009, 11:28 AM
Worst season ever. Nobody's really very talented, there has not been a single outfit from anyone that was really amazing (I mean, I STILL remember Jay's Chrysler Building dress from Season 1, and Christian's short sideways ombre dress from the finale), and it's somehow just all so glum this season. Very Lifetime, frankly.
I'm amazed Carol Hannah made it to the finals. As soon as I saw her I thought of Tara Reid, so I dubbed her Permadrunk. She looked for all the world like she landed on the wrong reality show and was aiming for "Rock of Love."
Althea -- who? what? did someone say something? [crickets chirping]
Chris -- a total sweetheart but just not good enough. However, he really should get a full scholarship to design school out of this season. He does deserve that.
Gordana -- a very good dressmaker but not very imaginative designer. Yeah, I get already that she's a poor Eastern European immigrant. I only heard it a billion times.
Irina -- ugh. Hate her more and more. I really hate the line, "I didn't come here to make friends." Hey, bitch, nobody did. They all came to win, too, but somehow they did manage to make friends, so what's wrong with you? And everything she designs looks like every wealthy white woman walking around Aspen or Palm Springs or some other affluent but not fashion-forward city. It's "luxe," as the judges love to say, but I could buy all of it at Macy's right now. Where are the new ideas? Where's the actual "fashion" and "design" part of fashion design?
Obviously Irina will win and the world will never hear from her again because she is a million miles from "the next great fashion designer" that the show claims to be looking for.
I thought Shirin was good and could have given Irina a run for her money. I think Irina was so hard on her because she was afraid of the competition.
LadyGrey
Monday, November 9th, 2009, 3:23 AM
Definitely not a good season. I can't believe I haven't been wowed this whole time.
Carol Hannah - took an gorgeous baby blue 4 poster bed with tons of adornments and turned out... a beige bedsheet or an evening gown? Super safe, super boring, she has really coasted through the competition by making a simple dress for just about every challenge.
Althea - the dress was horribly puckered, and it didn't speak of architecture to me, especially the colour - more beige, great.
Irina - I can't even remember her final look. I remember her inspiration painting but that's it.
Gordana - I didn't like her dress very much despite the praise it got from the judges. To me it certainly reflected the colours of her inspiration which was good, but it was the most simple silhouette imaginable and the colours were in a simple '^' shape down the front... too simple. I didn't like her previous looks either, just because you're Eastern European doesn't mean all your garments need to be shabby and bleak.
Chris - Far too emotional and highstrung. Not gifted. He was lucky to make it this far. When some of the girls named him as a person who should go to the final I thought it was totally strategic since they knew he was no competition to them.
I'm very disappointed with this season really. I don't think the challenges were the problem, they've had a lot of freedom to do their own style but also opportunities to take a risk and do something different. Yet, we ended up with lots of bland, monochrome looks, lots of safe, simple dresses, and no 'wow' moments. I wish Ramon hadn't been eliminated since he was the only contestant who used colour in his garments, he had real potential.
There isn't any obvious front runner to win, but Irina seems to be popular amongst the judges. Personally I find her clothes quite lifeless and sterile, and I am not looking forward to 12 looks in different shades of brown/beige but I'll put my money on it.
runthemover
Thursday, November 12th, 2009, 11:26 PM
you lost, LG. it's not all brown and beige. it's all black.
anyway it's always hard to tell from glimpses but it seems like CH's is my fav at this point. though I do have an unnatural like for her and an unnatural hate of Althea so yea. I do think so far it appears as if Irina has gone awry somehow. maybe she's great under pressure and not so good doing something where she can over think things. CH's apparent advantage is that because she didn't branch out much (in that she only did dresses which I suppose can be seen as limiting yourself), branching out now has a bigger impact
vbnautilus
Thursday, November 12th, 2009, 11:46 PM
I disagree... assuming Irina gets everything done, I think her stuff is much more interesting that what the others have made. I reeeeally don't like her though. Or her model.
Sucks for CH to be that sick, that would suck if her result suffered because of that.
LadyGrey
Sunday, November 15th, 2009, 6:56 AM
CH's line looks promising, it must be really tough for her to be ill and have all this work to do. I like her use of colour, the only thing is that I saw a lot of silky dresses and tops so I am concerned she might not be using a good variety of fabrics and textures. We'll see.
Althea's looks pretty awful to me. Very costumey, matronly, and not cohesive. We'll see.
I can't get excited about Irina's because it's all black... why does she think that's a good idea? From her sketches and what I've seen, it doesn't look like a very interesting collection. The one thing that stood out was a headpiece/hat she had her model try on, which looked good to me, but this isn't a millinery contest. We'll see.
Can you tell I'm not really mega-excited for the final? It just doesn't seem so heated this year because none of the designers have really thrilled this season.
Pot Odds RAC
Thursday, November 19th, 2009, 7:59 PM
CH got robbed.
runthemover
Thursday, November 19th, 2009, 11:24 PM
Althea
I liked a couple of her looks and although she held back on the shiny quite a bit there was still too much of that
she did do beter than I expected
CH
her second look with the red head was yuck. same with the other volume piece.
her colours were quite nice.
here pants and separates were nice but nothing special
umm. a cape and shorts?
the frilly night dress thing was nice (and naughty)
she certainly picked the right first piece and last piece
hers was ok. probably liked it more than althea's but nothing great. I expect Irina will win
Irina
Althea and Irina are quite the pair. long sleeves. oookay.
her signature piece wasn't that interesting
the hats are dumb but they do seem to help with the theme
obviously the black helps a lot with holding everything together but her's felt the most consistent
she was good but I thought she'd blow everyone out of the water. I think this is more due to how everyone else performed
I do agree with what these talking heads are saying. everyone was strong. I think any of them are "deserving" winners
I agree with Heidi about CH's green piece. quite nice. it seemed very Angelina Jolie as Alexander's Mother
I hated the two ones Heidi and MK talked about that Althea did. the shiny top and the mc hammer pants
oh my gosh the 4th judge's smile and nod at the "I think we've made our decision" was high lair e russ
LadyGrey
Friday, November 20th, 2009, 8:29 AM
I also hated Althea's silk harem pants, and silver shirt/black skirt outfit. Her collection in general was a bit bland for me, lots of simple pieces, good layering but not a lot of detail and no patterns or prints. There were some real 90s throwbacks for me as well, like an ankle length slip dress near the beginning, and lots of loose tanks which didn't have the length to be modern. Not a lot stood out to me. I didn't like the slouchy look she went for with a lot of her pieces, like the green dress the pointed out - nice colour, but the style of it seemed boring and unflattering to me.
CH had too many silky pieces, like the knotty purple top which I thought was ugly, and several dresses in the same fabric. They didn't show any innovation. The upside down tutu was interesting as a couture piece, I like it in that respect but clearly it isn't wearable. I agreed that her outfit wasn't very cohesive, I definitely didn't see her inspiration either, she could have been a lot more fun with the fairytale theme. I don't think being ill made a difference in the end, she couldn't have done more without starting from scratch, the fit and finish looked fine to me.
Irina produced a solid collection. I loved her 13th piece. The hats were cute and the styling was good. I like that she did a print in the form of the t-shirt, and the knits had patterns to them which I love. It was very much her style throughout and worked as a collection. I just wish there had been more colour, and I agree that her concept wasn't unique or statement-making, but it was well executed. She is a deserving winner.