Challenge 1 Runway

So here's the part where we will go through each outfit on the runway each week, and let it all out.

Challenge 1:


Designer: Kenley
Medium: Dodgeball and lawnchair

Kayleigh: To me, I thought this dress was as classy as it could have been without using fabric, or in many cases, tablecloth. I think the dodgeball was used really well too.

Casey: i really like the dodgeball top. this fits her really well and is simplistic but fun and interesting to look at at the same time. cute shoes!














Designer: Terri
Medium: Mopheads and Tablecoth

Kayleigh: I thought the top was really interesting and innovative, but the bottom looked pretty bad to me. Also, I thought the top DEFINITELY needed more work to be considered done, but with the materials I think she pulled it off decently.

Casey: this had great potential to go some where, but wasn't taken nearly as far as it could have. but hey one day what are you gonna do? the top has a crocheted kinda feel which i think would have been prettier if the braids weren't so bulky . some more delicate braids on top and a skirt made out of the bulkier braids would have been awesome.














Designer: Daniel
Medium: Plastic Cups

Kayleigh: I really liked this one. As far as originality is concerned, I thought it was one of the best. Did you guys see how he put it on the model though? It was a plastic cocoon he opened up and made her run into. So funny, but well done.

Casey:this is what the challenge was about. plastic cups way to be. its minimalistic and it works. classy and innovative.















Designer: Blayne
Medium: ?? mops and things...

Kayleigh: There were comments made by Michael Kors that she looked like she was wearing a diaper, and Heidi Klum that she looked like a trashy playboy bunny. I personally think she looks like a college girl who wanted to make a slutty skunk costume for haloween, and only had big-lots to make it happen. This was bad.

Casey:the character flower from Bambi...if she fell onto hard times in the forest and grew up into a misguided slightly cracked out hussy.










Designer: Emily
Materials: Tablecloth, baloons, rubber balls, ...

Kayleigh: This design didn't really stand out for me, though I thought it was on the better side of the lot. I liked the usage of the baloons and balls and such, but the bottom line is is that 3/4 of the dress is made out of fabric. Eh.

Casey:the white part bores me. nice color contrast. i couldn't put it in better a better word than, eh.












Designer: Jennifer
Materials: Paper Towels

Kayleigh: A fellow Syracusian! I'm not sure if I'm rooting for her yet, though I think if I could push her along so that Tim Gunn comes to Syracuse I certainly would. This was a pretty impressive dress considering it was made out of paper towels. The lipstick kisses didn't really fly too well with me, but from what we've seen of her portfolio she seems to have a consistent girly-ness to her so I guess it was a good application of her personal style.

Casey: the white still does nothing for me. but at least the shape and details of the skirts are fun. and solid fit for paper towels. it looks well made and more stable than i would think the paper would allow.









Designer: Jerell
Medium: Tablecloth, lawnchair, cocktail umbrellas

Kayleigh: I didn't mind this one, though I thought it was still kind of cheating with using all of the fabric. But the umbrella are a nice touch. I think maybe he should have made the top out of those alone, but it worked.


Casey: i think he could have lost the circle things at the neckline. the pattern with the lawn chair is awesome on its own. i don't think the top and bottom look like they belong together. they look like they are from two completely diff outfits and were quickly cut and pasted together. the style, textures, and colors don't go well together. the bottom takes away from the style of the top and does not create a nice contrast, if contrast was what he was going for.









Designer: Jerry
Materials: Tablecloths.

Kayleigh: ...Do we really need to say anything about this one? Even the model doesn't look slightly happy to be in it. Not only did he wimp out by simply using fabric-like materials, but he did a very poor job using them. Between the incredibly unflattering coat, the nowhere-near-finished dress underneath, and the fugly yellow dishwashing gloves.... she looks straight out of a horror film. Needless to say, I think the judges truly eliminated the worst design in this first run.

Casey: worst.









Designer: Joe
Materials: Pasta and oven mits

Kayleigh: Okay, so this one was creative... but seriously, I think the choice of oven mit was a bit tacky. Not sure if you can tell, but all those little designs on the top are tomatoes. Yep. And the skirt... pasta. This design may have brought out the lil Italian in Jerry, but to me it was more reminiscent of a kindergarten project. At least he pulled it off to get by though. Definitely better than some.

Casey: another example of a good try but no follow through. i like this one bc it has pattern which creates more interest than white table clothes. the colors might not be the prettiest. and i don't necessarily like the patterns together.but, i agree with kayleigh better than some.









Designer: Keith
Medium: Tablecloth

Kayleigh: "Hi! I'm a tablecloth!!"

...but seriously, I'd wear it. Maybe not the best in terms of creativity or innovation, but pretty darn cute dress.

Casey- classy picnic. the cute easy way out.















Designer: Kelli
Medium: Vacuum-cleaner bags, coffee filters

Kayleigh: As soon as I saw Kelli dying and bleaching those vacuum-cleaner bags, she was my girl. I thought it looked beautiful, and I figured she'd probably win simply because she applied a second layer of grocery-store creativity and used actual products on the garment. My only criticism of the entire thing is that I'm not sold on the coffee-filter coconut-bra top thing she's got going on. The bags looked so beautiful, I would have continued them up to the neckline and used the coffee-filters as a sort of lace to embellish it. But yeah, love this one.

Casey: I really like this designer. i love any designer that rocks the dying process especially tie-dye esque stuff like this. i really like the muted earthy colors with the light blue. i love this dress from the waist down. but the coffee filters kill the happy on the dress. and the eyelet-ish details don't help they only negate the pretty more.











Designer: Korto
Medium: Tablecloth and fresh veggies

Kayleigh: ...personally, I hated this one. I thought it was cheap because of how much the design relied on tablecloth, I thought it was a pretty unflattering kimono-like dress, and I thought the fresh produce, though definitely innovative, was a horribleeee idea. There's a reason why no one else used fresh vegetables, Korto.

Casey: i don't like the shape of this at all. stiff , unflattering fullness and awkward on the body. the collar looks like a plant died around her neck, not pretty.











Designer: Leanne
Medium: Tablecloth, coffee filters, candy

Kayleigh: I thought this one was mediocre. And I think she looks like a giant meringue candy. It was very easy to read into this one "oh my gosh I didn't realize Tim Gunn would be upset at me using tablecloth... let me think of what I can add to this really quickly."

Casey- the candy gives a weird weight to the dress. im not impressed. if you are just gonna hot glue something on to tableclothes at least make it work with the composition of the dress, and at least make it an interesting pattern the white part looks like wolverine cut up a teddy bear.












Designer: Stella
Medium: Trash Bags

Kayleigh: "Hi, I'm wearing a roll of trash bags!"

This looks like Stella put absolutely no effort into her design. And frankly, she didn't, because she put too much energy complaining to everyone that she purchased a bad kind of trash bag. The only saving grace that she had was that the design was very similar to the outfit she was wearing herself at the runway show, and that it coincides with her personal designs. But yeah, this one was rightfully on the chopping block. I'm looking forward to seeing if she is capable of thinking outside of her 'leather and denim' for this season.

Casey- you spent 4 dollars on 50 feet of garbage bags and were shocked when it was flimsy? come on. she gave up and put forth no effort and it shows. the most positive thing i have about this is it didn't fall off the model and she wasn't naked. this is project runway bring your A game people!





Designer: Suede
Medium: Tablecloth and doggie bags

Kayleigh: hmmm. Another "oh crap I cant just use tablecloths?! Let's just attach all these dog-poop bags so it's a cross between a picnic table and a hula skirt" dress.

Casey- easy shape. easy fabric. quick glue job. "it was not broughten."
















Designer: Wesley
Medium: Tablecloth, flyswatter, and... some other plastic thingys.

Kayleigh: Again, a mediocre tablecloth dress. But I did think the interesting use of the plastic as embellishments worked very well and gave it a bit more of an edge than some of the more plain tablecloth dresses. And maybe Jerry can learn from Wesley what kind of yellow gloves can work with an outfit (Though please note that I am not saying anyone should ever wear yellow gloves. Ever. For any reason.)

Casey: this dress makes me think of mr. clean. the texture adds some interest. not enough. yawn.