Carol Hannah’s Runway Blog: It’s Almost Fashion Week!
Posted by Lucky on Feb 6, 2010
OhI just added Korto Momolu’s show to my fashion week schedule and it hit me that the Project Runway finale show is next week! It’s so strange to think about how season 7’s top three designers are feeling right now.
Quite frankly, I’m glad our season wasn’t airing while we were finishing up our Bryant Park collections. Too many feelings! Too much craziness! It’s hard enough to deal with the pressures and insanity that comes with either of those situations. The thought of dealing with both simultaneously? Well, let’s just say I can understand a little better why Kenley resorted to cat throwing (not that I’d recommend it).
I’m looking forward to attending the finale next week. As of right now, my guess for the top three (based on … well, probably not enough at this point) is Maya, Mila, and Amy. Good luck fellas! The boys have a lot to prove after two consecutive seasons of all women finales. Things aren’t looking hopeful for them this time around either, but we shall see!
All joking aside, my friendly advice to the lucky designers showing next week — Think about what YOU want to show … not the judges, not your competition. Don’t you dare compromise your vision!
Onto this week’s episode!
Heidi gives out the challenge. Then the Campbell’s soup lady adds to it. Then Tim adds to it. And then Tim adds to it some more. Yowza. SO! We have:
-Make a dress for a Fashion Week gala
-For the Go Red! Campaign
-With Campbell’s soup branding
-For a client impacted by heart disease
-To be sold on projectrunway.com for charity
These types of challenges are interesting because they depend a lot on whether a designer has much experience dressing real women or has worked mostly off of the mannequins. Grading (the process of growing a pattern to different sizes) is not something that everyone has done. You can get an entire degree in grading. There’s a big difference in knowing how to make a dress on a form and knowing how to make a dress for a person. Plus, trying to satisfy a client’s vision while maintaining your own can be quite a quandary.
I had mixed feelings about the judging on this episode. I really did not like Mila’s design, and I was sure Emilio was going to be in the bottom three. His was one of my least favorites by far. I did think that Amy did a really good job and deserved the win. Her dress was very well made, completely appropriate for her client, and met all of the many challenge requirements. Jesus was the right choice for the auf’. Not to beat a dead horse, but his aesthetic simply lacks taste in a lot of ways. Being able to make clothes and being able to make fashion are two very different things.
source: http://tvwatch.people.com/2010/02/05/carol-hannahs-runway-blog-its-almost-fashion-week/
