Comments on the Final 5's collections.

[mrv3000]

I decided to look at the final collections of the top 5 of Project Runway, and not wait to see the top 3 next week.

Here, if you want to look too.



Sweet P (not in the running): Wow. Those ranged from just okay to downright fugly. Sweet P? You do know that women generally don't like to emphasize their hips? Also, a zippered sweater tube? And that one with the plaid pants? How does that even match the top? I'd almost say she didn't put a whole lot of effort in this since she knew she wasn't in the running, but people are still seeing your work, right? They do it with the audience there, yes? So even if you aren't in the running, you still could impress someone in the fashion world.


Chris (not in the running): I'm glad I got to see it all now. With all that hair. :D His collection ranged from pretty to "...interesting." Now that I look at it all, a few of the pieces really did seem a bit dated style-wise. I know the judges complained about this with him during the competition, and doesn't look like he really ever broke away from that.


Jillian: Wow! I was pretty impressed by her collection! It was all interesting to me. All except the pointy shoulders on that one outfit. You could put someone's eye out with that.


Rami: Man, his pieces were all over the place to me. Some were interesting, some were boring, some were okay, and some were downright unflattering. (Like the one with the magenta pants and the black vest thing over the stripy shirt thing. It makes the model look twice as wide as I'm sure she is.)


Christian: I was surprised by him - he had about 5 or 7 outfits that really looked pretty much identical. Basically a variation on a theme - a belted/fitted long-sleeved top over black pants. I liked each one of those, but it seemed like a whole lot of repetition. Also, his big feather piece kinda looked like a rug. I did, however, like the floofy half-and-half dress. Floof!


Who I'd pick to win: Surprisingly enough, Jillian. Before looking at the outfits, I just assumed Christian would walk away with it.

HOWEVER, outfits in real life (or even on camera) never look quite the same in a still photo. There could be unflattering shots here and there, and you can't really see the details too well from these pictures. Also, I really know nothing about fashion or sewing, and so I'm just going on what appeals to me and nothing more.

Comments

[beck-liz.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I like Jillian's best, too. Christian's did look rather all the same. I mean, I know they're supposed to have a theme or whatever, but are they really supposed to look essentially alike? Also, that one with the ruffly beige thing around the model's neck scares me; it looks like it ate her. :-)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

It seems like he didn't quite get the whole "collection" thing. At least the way I understand what a collection is supposed to be. The way they've described it is that a collection is something that looks like it'd all come from one person's closet. Everything fits together in that way. And I just can't imagine that one person would have basically the same 7 outfits.

And the ruffly beige thing did probably consume the model. :D

[ivydoor.livejournal.com]

I actually haven't been following this show closely lately. I sorta kinda forget.

But dude. Sweet P was a fashion train wreck. I have never seen anything I like out of her. I couldn't even make it past the plaid pants. Heh.

I'm with you about Jillian's collection. I don't like the style personally, but it was the one with the best variations and seemed the most viable. I actually liked Chris's for the most part, I don't feel his were as dated as some of the sheer poofy shoulders others seemed to favor. (Seriously, I felt like Christian's collection was a time warp to the 80's. Heh.) The only complaint I could see coming out of Chris's is that it's very goth. Not sure how well that would go down with the judges.

Also, I really know nothing about fashion or sewing, and so I'm just going on what appeals to me and nothing more.

Heh. The extent of my fashion experience is as an assistant manager in a women's outlet, which is to say none at all. Seriously. I dealt with drag queens and little old blue haired ladies fighting over the last velour tracksuit on the clearance rack. So yeah, my judgment is purely based on personal preference.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

But dude. Sweet P was a fashion train wreck. I have never seen anything I like out of her. I couldn't even make it past the plaid pants. Heh.

I was never all that impressed with anything she did, really.

I'm with you about Jillian's collection. I don't like the style personally, but it was the one with the best variations and seemed the most viable.

I'm not sure I'd wear any of it either, but yeah. Nice variation but seemed like it all worked together.

I actually liked Chris's for the most part, I don't feel his were as dated as some of the sheer poofy shoulders others seemed to favor. (Seriously, I felt like Christian's collection was a time warp to the 80's. Heh.) The only complaint I could see coming out of Chris's is that it's very goth. Not sure how well that would go down with the judges.

The judges did comment on that in this last episode when he showed three of the pieces. I mean, that was his intent and he said that, but they didn't really care for the darkness of it too much.

I dealt with drag queens and little old blue haired ladies fighting over the last velour tracksuit on the clearance rack.

BWAH!!!

So yeah, my judgment is purely based on personal preference.

This is why I always love reading wiliqueen's reviews (on my flist). She knows a thing or two about design.

[fauxkaren.livejournal.com]

Jillian's was by far my favorite collection. Several of her coats and a couple of her dresses were just stunning. I LOVED IT.

I liked some of Christian's as well. I really liked the foofy two colored dress and the feathered dress at the end.

Chris... eh. I thought it all looked very heavy. Too much velvet and too "goth" circa 1996. And there was one dress that looked like something that Cher from Clueless would wear or that I could buy from JC Penny in 1999 (I'm thinking of that shorter red one). In the whole competition, while I thought he had a great personality the only dresses (that he created on his own) that I like were his Hershey's dress and his prom dress.

Rami... I LOVED some of his pieced and really disliked others. I loved the two things he created in the olive green color. His last two dresses were stunners. And I really liked the buisness type jacket and skirt that he created. So I wouldn't give him the win, but I do think that he deserved to be there over Chris. Sure, he drapes a lot, but why is that so bad. It's not like all of his dresses look the same. Draping is just a technique and it can be used in many different ways, and Rami does so.

As for Sweet P... oh golly. I loved a lot of what she did in the mauve color story, but GAH. The tartan. NOT OKAY. Again, I love her personality, but her fashion wasn't... great.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Jillian's was by far my favorite collection. Several of her coats and a couple of her dresses were just stunning. I LOVED IT.

*nods* It really surprised me, I think because most the time on the show I barely paid attention to Jillian.

Too much velvet

Yes. Very much so.

I loved the two things he created in the olive green color.

I liked the first green one because the top was really interesting. Very different and cool-looking. The second one I wasn't wild about the top part, but really like the bottom half.

Again, I love her personality, but her fashion wasn't... great.

Yeah, she was sweet, but her clothes...

[goodtoast.livejournal.com]

Gah. The more I see these pictures, the more I ADORE Jillians stuff. I was never exceptionally pleased with her work in the show, but this final work is fantastic. I would totally shell out money for that coat with the red trim (even if it does have those slightly odd holes in the sleeves).

Christians was more of the same blah blah to me. I always really liked what he made but I don't think I would wear any of this. Too much of it was the "man trying to make feminine clothes, that were still manly." And just...girls do that much better. They just came off as too harsh. If I wore any of that I'd have a huuuuugeeeeee bitch label, lol.

The only thing of Rami and Chris's that I liked was the red folded shirt (Rami) and the flapper-esque tan and black hair dress of Chris.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Gah. The more I see these pictures, the more I ADORE Jillians stuff. I was never exceptionally pleased with her work in the show, but this final work is fantastic. I would totally shell out money for that coat with the red trim (even if it does have those slightly odd holes in the sleeves).

That coat is pretty cool, isn't it? My favorite was the fact that it had that red lining.

Christians was more of the same blah blah to me. I always really liked what he made but I don't think I would wear any of this.

I can't remember a single thing of Christian's that I'd actually wear. But I did tend to like his stuff.

The only thing of Rami and Chris's that I liked was the red folded shirt (Rami)

Is that the one with the high collar? That was a bit too 70s/Dynasty for me. Hmm. Maybe that's why I'm not too wild about Rami's stuff - a lot reminds me of stuff my mom wore in the 70s when I was wee.

and the flapper-esque tan and black hair dress of Chris.

I did rather like that one, especially seeing it on last night's episode.

[goodtoast.livejournal.com]

Is that the one with the high collar?

Ha ha ha. Yes. I think I liked it because of the 70's ness of it. That and it was such a pretty red color. For lord knows why, I am completely smitten with red silk.