Anyway. Don't read the following if you wanna contain the excitement. But here are my little tidbits on the first challenge, which goes back full circle and brings you to the grocery store.
I have to say that when they were introducing the contestants as the get into the apartment, I was a little lost. The group of contestants are highly diverse in artistic taste and flair, which is directed into they're garment output. I somehow gathered that they had a feel of independent designers which are flocking the internet with their individualism and sense of, "Look at me! I'm rocking my threads here!". Somewhat full of confidence and pride.
Nothing bad about it, but sometimes I just get worm-ed away by all these "competition". Cos I didn't slog through years of fashion school to be beaten out my people in their garage. Of cos I do give props that some of such designers really have the touch and that, of cos, fashion is for anyone to enjoy. But still.
In the first challenge, I just want to complain about how much fabric-like materials were used! It was rather disappointing cos there was so much buzz from the initial run of the grocery store challenge. Yet it was table cloth, shower curtain, table cloth...
Fine, some of them did make the table cloth transform into very interesting forms or impeccable pieces. But some of them, I just felt that it was so flat and mundane.
First one to catch my eye was of cos someone who picked wayward materials. So here's Daniel with his electro blue, superhero, sculpture piece. For a moment, I was reminded of Hussein Chalayan and his iconic sculpture dress! Nice one.
Then there was Jerry, whom I don't feel should've been booted. I can't say that it was a brilliant job. But it really caught my fancy while he was still in production stage. But somehow maybe it was camera angles or what, it didn't look that awesome on the runway. I like the white dreaminess from the shower curtain and it hit me cos I've been feeling for a light raincoat for layering in this sweltering heat. I just felt that the outfit had a chance of giving the dreamy, floaty feel, but with a slicker hair and maybe rolled up sleeves or something. I can't find the garment's detailed image so, maybe I was just mis-interpreting?
I felt that there was a little fight for the top spot. But Kelli kicked butt with her experimental process of her materials. She dyed and bleached vaccuum bags and burned coffee filters. Admist the table cloths, of cos she stood out. I don't really fancy her silhouette but that's just a personal preference thing. Props for the experimentation which goes to show the expansion of thoughts. But I don't get where she got those rivets from, they're rivets/studs right?
One thing though, since it was a re-challenge, then why were the judges also looking towards the same ol' non-fabric-like materials direction and why weren't the contestants who took fabric-like materials pushing things harder with volume?
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This has been a pretty good group of designers but my favorite to win it all is Keith. I have him in my last 2. Anyone playing this season? I think the deadline is this week.
http://www.last2left.com/whatsinplay/project-runway-5
Actually, I think it's an interesting mixture of designers. But I'd probably need to watch a few more episodes to figure!
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