Season 7 is a go
Project Runway Season 7 is off to a good start.
The challenge wasn't brilliant, but it was clearly about fashion, and about giving the designers enough rope to hang themselves with. I also appreciated that the 'twist', where they grabbed all of the fabric they wanted in a mad orgy, and then had to get it down to five fabrics, was also fashion related, and a real limit, and required them to think quickly. It's not up to the heights of, say, the grocery store challenge, but it's world's better than "make a blue dress."
The thing they did that was the most satisfying change was that the prep footage focused in on the process of making clothes: what kind of outfit am I making, can I do this technique in the time allotted, will these fabrics look good in the shape, how does this drape, will the judges get my personal style? Those are exactly the questions I want editing to focus on in the workroom.
As far as the contestants are concerned, I don't have any real favorites yet, although Ping is hitting my quirky button in a good. Janeane has to go; I can't stand criers, and this chick was crying before anything happened. That's just not going to work. I'm also feeling apprehensive about Anthony; he talks too much for sure, and I don't think he's quite as fabulous as he thinks he is.
As far as the dresses are concerned, the right dress won. I'm not 100% convinced Christiane had the worst dress, but she clearly had the worst constructed dress, and I think it's a good idea to get rid of the bad sewers ASAP. There's just no benefit to keeping the people who can't construct a garment around; their genius doesn't shine through, and it just makes everyone cranky.
I thought Jesus' brown snakeskin dress was sexy except for the unfortunate knee join. The dress was definitely made better by being longer, although it was hard to tell that from just seeing the longer dress. I guess that Michael Kors would condemn to Vegas in '72, as well.
All in all, I'm quite pleased, and will be tuning in next week with much less apprehension. (Although the show is still on probation. Seriously, they blew all of their built up goodwill with me in the last season.)
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The challenge wasn't brilliant, but it was clearly about fashion, and about giving the designers enough rope to hang themselves with. I also appreciated that the 'twist', where they grabbed all of the fabric they wanted in a mad orgy, and then had to get it down to five fabrics, was also fashion related, and a real limit, and required them to think quickly. It's not up to the heights of, say, the grocery store challenge, but it's world's better than "make a blue dress."
The thing they did that was the most satisfying change was that the prep footage focused in on the process of making clothes: what kind of outfit am I making, can I do this technique in the time allotted, will these fabrics look good in the shape, how does this drape, will the judges get my personal style? Those are exactly the questions I want editing to focus on in the workroom.
As far as the contestants are concerned, I don't have any real favorites yet, although Ping is hitting my quirky button in a good. Janeane has to go; I can't stand criers, and this chick was crying before anything happened. That's just not going to work. I'm also feeling apprehensive about Anthony; he talks too much for sure, and I don't think he's quite as fabulous as he thinks he is.
As far as the dresses are concerned, the right dress won. I'm not 100% convinced Christiane had the worst dress, but she clearly had the worst constructed dress, and I think it's a good idea to get rid of the bad sewers ASAP. There's just no benefit to keeping the people who can't construct a garment around; their genius doesn't shine through, and it just makes everyone cranky.
I thought Jesus' brown snakeskin dress was sexy except for the unfortunate knee join. The dress was definitely made better by being longer, although it was hard to tell that from just seeing the longer dress. I guess that Michael Kors would condemn to Vegas in '72, as well.
All in all, I'm quite pleased, and will be tuning in next week with much less apprehension. (Although the show is still on probation. Seriously, they blew all of their built up goodwill with me in the last season.)
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