Showing posts with label fashion shows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fashion shows. Show all posts

Friday, 17 July 2009

Roving Reporter . . . The Fashion Show 11

OMG this is too exciting!

Finally after 11 weeks the finale is here! The final fab four have had 10 weeks to create a collection of 10 pieces with the winner getting $125,000 and a selection of the collection sold on Bravotv.com.
Weirdly one contestant will be eliminated after the fashion show and wont face the public vote, which seams totally cruel! But that is what I have come to expect from Issac Mizrahi and Kelly Rowland's show!

The first part was drama, drama, drama! With Reco's dresses being too tight and as usual his collection was OTT and costume like where as Daniella Kallmeyer and Anna did beautiful, luxury, wearable pieces. JP in my mind is in a world of his own. I don't see the creativity, I think he is just so up himself! All this 'I'm a designer, no one gets me' (boo hoo hoo!)

Anna's was the most commercial of the four, but I felt it was all a bit dowdy and frumpy and it all just felt like she re-made everything from the show in a new set of fabrics. Though there were some stand out pieces towards the end of it.

Daniella's rocked, as she made her accessories and her runway music! Im still humming it to myself! And as a frequent runway watcher, music can be a huge decider on the mood.




Well now the judges offer their two cents . . .

Poor Anna was slated for having a disjointed collection, while . . .

Daniella was praised for her sexy, androgynous collection but then again called a size-ist as she had the skinniest girls and even her leather pants were baggy!

Reco was told off by Fern for not giving the detail he had shown in earlier shows but congratulated on finally doing research! In fact it was Reco who got the judges arguing! Editor of Harpers told him his wedding dress was not good and way too theatrical, poor bloke got a rinsing!

JP was knocked for his last jacket and for his complicated looks, 'you need an instruction card to wear it!' But praised for being a consistency arty designer.

I love, love, love listening to them argue! Daniella is so London in her style and Issac praised her for having newness in her collection. Reco, JP and Anna all caused such hot debate, who doesn't like hearing people disagree!

Reco did not make the final 3, I'm pretty shocked, but actually his collection was to dramatic and wedding dressy for the runway!

It is now up to the American Public to choose the winner of THE FASHION SHOW!

Who will win?!!! I CAN'T WAIT!

Sunday, 22 February 2009

Seen and Overheard: They Like Me, They Really Like Me

Betty Jackson has plenty of adoring fans, judging by the presence of Jefferson Hack, Erin O'Connor, Leah Wood and Lorraine Kelly in her front row and the hefty pack of well-wishers who mobbed her backstage after her show. Colin McDowell suggested singing a song, and Hilary Alexander couldn't gush enough.

"The whole show - fabulous," she told me. "It redefines feminism. It's what women want to wear right now."


Well said, Hil. Full review of the print- and floral-heavy show (with more pictures and inside details from Betty herself) to come later. We need time to pick the best shots of Jourdan Dunn, Liu Wen and Tanya D.