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Project Runway Season Six: Episode Eight

"Divorcee Wedding Challenge"

Our fashion heroes's challenge is to redesign a young woman's former wedding gown and create a hip, new, and sexy outfit incorporating their wedding dress into the design. The remaining 9 fashion designers randomly selected the 9 divorces whose range of wedding gowns ranged from a lot of material.

What was exciting to see was nine beautiful and gorgeous former wedding brides and their wedding gowns. Some of these beautiful designs ranged from full figured, strapless, large trains with covered the entire room, some had appliques, lace and some just tight with not a lot of material to work with. The best comment I head from one of the female designers was Irina who said that, "transforming a wedding gown into another design by moving forward  felt very empowering!"

So after meeting with the divorcees, our designers set out to design something they would like to wear, some even brought sketches of what their dress should look like. Then off to "Mood's" with a budget of $25 and limit of 2 yards of fabric because the essence of the challenge was to use the wedding gown/dress as the core of their new transformation design.

Most of the designer's dyed their torn apart wedding material. Some even used the lining and appliques. What I didn't care for was the designers attitudes  lying on air to the clients. Telling them you will look beautiful and gorgeous yet knowing that their designs were just to get them past this challenge onto the next one. Was that part of the show, making fun of the divorcees' lack of fashion sense?

Sherin created a new design of the wedding material by stitching a Cris cross swirled pattern in blue lace, very short sleeveless dress that drew your attention to the blue ribbon tied up front and around the back of Robin's back and their ribbon tails hanging long. Accessories included blue and white bangles. Matching blue high heels and a small colorful feather in her coiffed black hair.




Althea made this care free blue and white dress, it had that care free look." that Marlyn was all smiles about. The blue colored neckline was very flattering that showed off her full figure, short sleeves were in white, vertical lines drew your attention to her "V" shaped chest area. I even loved her handbag  and her tan colored heels. Plus her hair was styled so carefree and natural full body Black trim along the dress's hemline. I love this dress and how Marlyn came down the runway, amazing gorgeous. I wonder how a woman this beautiful is divorced, as do the others?


 


Gordana made this sensational "winning" elegant, very flattering, edgy silver dress. It was sleeveless, halter style the herringbone lined design was made from the wedding dress's lining. It started from the back and the lines went all around to the front then made a star burst pattern all in different directions onto the bottom hem of the dress. Beautifully tailored for Annie to wear right off the show. Annie's hair was styled full bodied and care free, black hip boots added to the effect along with black bangles. She owned that piece on the runway as Michael Korr's mentioned.

 

Irina made this gorgeous copper dye colored dress, which the judges loved. Some of the comments were, "very impressive," loved how you shed the wedding dress skin," "the color of the dress made it look very expensive to make, "" she owned it!" Heidi Klum, who always looks gorgeous but this week especially with her outfit and beaded jeweled necklace, "unbelievable; fantastic job!" So why didn't Irina win again this week? Was it they didn't want her to have three wins and give some one else a chance?




This week the men failed to even pass the test of creating something like a wedding dress into another piece of clothing, is it taboo when men think of weddings that they fall apart? Epperson missed the concept and was sent home. Logan decided to make what the client wanted and failed miserably at it. Christopher made the "worst dress list" as Michael Korr's commented, "space metallic bubble dress." So my question is what do the ladies who watching themselves on TV see this and think, "what do I do with this cut up wedding dress and the designers assigned to it, destroyed it! Who will be the final four or three designers for fashion week? Who is your favorite designer. I am routing for Irina, she seems to know what she's doing more so than the others, but Gordana is clever too.

The remaining designs from this episode of Project Runway can be found on their official web site

Project Runway: Season Six: Episode Seven

"The Sky is the Limit"

After six episodes we have come down to the first team challenge. Here's were the fashion designers become, "resentful or friendly" towards one another. Their complicated personalities come into play and towards one another besides it past the halfway point. The show started with 16 fashion designers now we down to 10.

In this challenge the designers must sketch and pitch two ideas, both in blue, to an Executive from Macy's Inc. The winning designer will receive "immunity" and their dress design placed in all Macy's stores. Finally a challenge worth recognition where their own fashion design would be seen by thousands of people who will visit Macy's stores.

However, they must pitch a favorable design to be chosen and selected as team leader. Two designs are needed from each team so the other person helps the team leader win and stay alive in the selection process.

Irina wowed the Macy's Inc. Executive with her vision for two looks, the first look was a two-tone blue and white print dress, sleeveless dark blue v-shaped top, which looked sensational on Katie. Katie's hair was pulled back into a ponytail, she carried a small matching clutch and open toed heels.





However, Gordano complained throughout this challenge that she did not have any input into her design. Irina complained that she would rather do the entire design herself and hates telling people what to do.




Gordano which was Irina's team mate designed a light blue with puffed short sleeved v-shaped blouse, solid blue skirt, waist was cinched tight. Accessories included bangles and a larger clutch purse and black heels. Matar looked stunning all-around and her hair was pulled back in a long beautiful ponytail.

Team mates Carol and Althea designed two different outfits. Carol designed this gorgeous off setting, light blue and dark blue dress with a very short and very sheik matching blue scarf which looked awesome on model Ebony. With bright red sexy heels added to the overall effect.

Althea designed this very beautiful blue long sleeve suit and matching skirt. The jacket was short and flared out to the sides giving it a very feminine look. The chest line came to a "V" exposing the grayish camersole underneath. Model Tara looked sensational as her was pulled back and parted to the side leaving the back of her hair full and lots of body. For accessories she carried a small matching blue colored clutch and open toed "x" shaped high heeled sandals completed her look.

One other look I liked was Sherin whose blue and black colored tunic blouse with black leggings was beautiful and look spectacular on model Vanessa. A beautiful neckline with oddies of creative stitching that allowed the blouse to "flow" over Vanessa's shoulders, her hair was pulled back in to a cute bun. I loved the tunic belt shape that came down and the leggings looked awesome and matched her open topped heels.

The winner was designer Irina with her design that Matar had on. Out of the four teams Louise had to leave because Nicholas won the previous week and won immunity, otherwise he might have been sent home also. Or maybe they just wanted to put a scare into him for more greatness.

We also heard from Epperson and Christopher, whose emotions got the best of him and I believe saved himself from being eliminated while emotionless Louise was removed from the fashion line-up and the competition. The judges comments about their designs can be ruthless and they don't hold back anything, especially Michael Korr's, LOL.

All the remaining designs can be found on Project Runway's offical web site including web blog, Tim's Take, and more fashion news. Whose your favorite designer so far? My guess it could be Irina or even Gordano...Christopher is very emotional and puts a lot of heart and soul, into his work. Maybe it's just too early to tell at this point...What about Logan, Heather and Carol, (she looked so cute in her hair curlers, LOL).

What great challenge does the Project Runway Team have for us next time?