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Project Runway…down to three
Good! For once, they got rid of someone who really wasn’t in the same tier. Of course, that means we still have Santino, but they did have a point….he has a “voice”…a distinctive style, and vision inside his head wanting to come out, even if it is accompanied by a 747-sized ego.
This past week or so I came across the Blogging Project Runway blog (duh)…. from there, you can see the collections for Olympus Fashion Week, including Kara’s, which she had to do as the “ringer” so that no one would know who were the final three. I was fascinated….I thought Kara’s collection was derivative—very “Jay” in the headgear, but on the plus side she had the best use of color. It was interesting, then, to hear her talk about being a surface design type and a colorist, something which didn’t come out in the garments she made for Project Runway.
I was really surprised with Santino’s work: his dresses weren’t over-glopped with stuff, and he handles multiple layers of sheers and chiffons beautifully. The gowns just FLOAT, in a really good way. But, I wasn’t wild about the “nearly nude” color schemes…very muted, and not colors that can be worn successfully by most women.
Chloe’s pieces were disappointing to me…I’ve liked much of the clean lines of her work on PR, but her collection left me underwhelmed. There were a few nice pieces…the two dark blue dresses (short and long) were gorgeous, but didn’t like the print fabric pieces at all. However, the collection was cohesive, with a set color pallette and repeating motifs like the pleats, shoulder shrugs/bolero sleeves, it worked, just not as well as I would have liked.
Daniel’s collection was classic, and monochromatic (black, cream, dark chocolate, taupe). What’s odd is that I liked the styling on the cream pieces best of all…the collar on the cream coat is fantabulous, and I loved the wrap top with satin edgingm and the cream pleated skirt. I’m wondering if perhaps there are construction details in the dark pieces that don’t show up well on screen? I would have liked the collection even better if there had been some COLOR, though; I’m SO sick of the revenge of the drab people: enough with the black, taupe, brown, dingy yukky no-color yuk! Not to put too fine a point on it LOL!
And now, ta da, I can go read other people’s blogs now that I’ve watched the taped show and blogged it!