so project runway is dunzo. and instead of writing more post witht he main descriptives being ok and eh. i move onward and forward. I am gonna post some nifty little site that i stumble upon and who knows there else this will go. annny who . my most recent find is Meat Market Vintage.
intrigued? so was i. the link i put down is the myspace page. which has the links to the ebday store as well as a link to their blog. they have quite the collection of sweet vintage finds on the site, since its ebay it ships whereever you need it to. the prices are solid. and its updated really often, which was what i was most impressed with. they have a wide range of decades available. annnd a solid dress selection. it's primarily chick clothes. boys, i will keep an eye open for you as well. check it out.
night!
casey leigh
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
initial reactions
initial thoughts on the final ep. Korto made two new designs before the show!! ballsy ambitious crazy and a first. and they looked great and fit in soo well. way to take the info and constructive ideas. i really wanted her to win her line was my favorite the colors were great, interesting shapes and well fitted, there was variety but it was cohesive. the only dud i saw was that white garment. not big with ruffles. but over all the best i think. she did get fan favorite and 10 000 dollars and lets face it some good publicity so i am not too bummed. Leanne won she had new and interesting construction the use of green fabrics was a big influence but the line was a little too monotone for me. But Kenley did not win. her face when tim gunn turned out to bethe guest judge was priceless, at least she took soem advice in the end even though she was still suuuuper snooty. haha the judges were not sad to see her go. she was pissed understandably, she had a couple of winners the black tight fitting dress was a fav of mine, but she still had the same bubble silhouette things going on that she did like 5 times in the show with diff fabric, and the attitude totally sunk her. and her sister looks just like her dark curtain of bangs right down to the same scowl. ha.
on the guest judge situation, j lo couldnt show c she hurt her foot?! mmmmk. i think if she were the judge korto would have had it. im thinking she would go toward the multi shape flattering, sexy loud hip colors and dresses korto made over the monotone subdued architecture of leannes design aesthetic, one of the big reasons christian won last year was posh spice beign a guest judge, the second episode i said that he would be a perfect designer for mrs beckham and low and behold she was guest judge and loved him. i think things would have been different yes. but I LOVE LOVE LOVED the fact tim had the chance to be a judge he knows whats up and as he said he was going to be impartial to the back stories of the designers i felt better knowing he was a judge and knew the personalities and where they come from as designers. he knows the craft and the looks. i wonder how last min the decision to throw him in was did j lo stubher toe that morning and called in sick or maybe a few days earlier. either way you could tell that the finale was not as big to anyone so much this yr, viewers and judges, tim did get choked up but that is just tim's teddy bear way., even though it was even to a lesser degree than normal. they got a quick congrats wheres a car where's the fam, much less intense or elating as previous episodes. more to come later on the other top 6 and maybe some pics.
on the guest judge situation, j lo couldnt show c she hurt her foot?! mmmmk. i think if she were the judge korto would have had it. im thinking she would go toward the multi shape flattering, sexy loud hip colors and dresses korto made over the monotone subdued architecture of leannes design aesthetic, one of the big reasons christian won last year was posh spice beign a guest judge, the second episode i said that he would be a perfect designer for mrs beckham and low and behold she was guest judge and loved him. i think things would have been different yes. but I LOVE LOVE LOVED the fact tim had the chance to be a judge he knows whats up and as he said he was going to be impartial to the back stories of the designers i felt better knowing he was a judge and knew the personalities and where they come from as designers. he knows the craft and the looks. i wonder how last min the decision to throw him in was did j lo stubher toe that morning and called in sick or maybe a few days earlier. either way you could tell that the finale was not as big to anyone so much this yr, viewers and judges, tim did get choked up but that is just tim's teddy bear way., even though it was even to a lesser degree than normal. they got a quick congrats wheres a car where's the fam, much less intense or elating as previous episodes. more to come later on the other top 6 and maybe some pics.
finals
so we are down to the final 3. we have kenley. Leanne. aaaannnd Korto. Tim did his field trips to each of the final contestants houses to critique what they had done so far and spend some bonding time with the winners. honestly a day to play with tim would be as big to me as the fashion week show. he listened to African drums with korto, went on a bikeride with leanne. worried over jerell's fishnet met his fam. and when he went to kenley's he like what he saw, and left, there were no friends to visit with no day date. needless to say, im thinking tim does not like her either. understandably i suppose. korto leanne and jerell shared laughs hugs and tearful good lucks and goodbyes....kenley well she just left pissed and nose up in the air. Only to return, with a "sorry im a bitch" huh.
now one of the things for the line this year was a required wedding dress and in true proj fashion they threw out another challenge shortly before the next elimination, how they didnt see this coming once again proves they need to watch the show and do some more reasearch. they had to make a bridesmaid dress as well. and they would be judged on the two on the runway. mind you the top 6 are showing not matter what to keep the winner a secret as fashion week has come and gone.
jerell went home - his dresses has a good idea behind them but in the end it didnt look right on the model the top was wayyy to low, and the jewel encrusted layered intricacies of the dress looked more slapped on and muddled than ornate . the crumbley fabrics look wrinkly and sloppy more than fun and texturied.. and the wedding dress boob wings bugged the heck out of me. the flower head piece thing was cartoony. but the colors were pretty and in theory i liked the idea of the jewels and jewel tone colors. ugh. maybe i am just really biased by kenleys sour attitude. i dunno.
kenley did a feathery 50s style dress. bbbbbbig surprise. i thought it was funny when she got mad at people for shortening hems of bridesmaid dresses stating that they were copying her or stealing her ideas or something....right kenley really calling dibs on short bridesmaid dress hems, open a brides magazine, not that original worry. and hey look the bridesmaid dress was a blue 50s style just bubbled and a short hem. it tied in and wasn't crazy and didn't have any details to mess up and bog her down. it was a pretty color, it fit in and was clean in lines. but just like everything and anything else she does. and shes still snooty and was mean to tim, so i am steadfast in my anti kenley mentality. im stubborn i know. whatev.
Korto worried me. she is the one i want to win ( sorry i jinxed you now) her line is pretty, great colors and fun. but these dresses did not fit in the line. she has two polar end here the wedding dress. people ragged on the color but i wasnt against it. what i was against was trying to hard to prove you can do details and completely bogging down the dress with a ruffled mess. on the other hand you had the too simple bridesmaid dress. i think the skirt needed to be more fitted to sophisticate it a bit maybe it just seemed more like a simple summer dress in a fancy color. i dunno it was missing something to make it a brides maid dress, and it was too simple for the judges maybe it need more shine the khaki was kinda drab it need a little something something.
Leanne- her dresses fit in well with the rest of the line, they were interesting and were deff her without being too repetitive. the detail in construction a draping were soft and romantic but still intricately structured, with out being stiff or overworked. the mix of structure and flowy fabrics created an interesting dynamic, shes got the technical skills for sure. of all of them her dresses looked like they belonged in a wedding, and they worked well together.
now one of the things for the line this year was a required wedding dress and in true proj fashion they threw out another challenge shortly before the next elimination, how they didnt see this coming once again proves they need to watch the show and do some more reasearch. they had to make a bridesmaid dress as well. and they would be judged on the two on the runway. mind you the top 6 are showing not matter what to keep the winner a secret as fashion week has come and gone.
jerell went home - his dresses has a good idea behind them but in the end it didnt look right on the model the top was wayyy to low, and the jewel encrusted layered intricacies of the dress looked more slapped on and muddled than ornate . the crumbley fabrics look wrinkly and sloppy more than fun and texturied.. and the wedding dress boob wings bugged the heck out of me. the flower head piece thing was cartoony. but the colors were pretty and in theory i liked the idea of the jewels and jewel tone colors. ugh. maybe i am just really biased by kenleys sour attitude. i dunno.
kenley did a feathery 50s style dress. bbbbbbig surprise. i thought it was funny when she got mad at people for shortening hems of bridesmaid dresses stating that they were copying her or stealing her ideas or something....right kenley really calling dibs on short bridesmaid dress hems, open a brides magazine, not that original worry. and hey look the bridesmaid dress was a blue 50s style just bubbled and a short hem. it tied in and wasn't crazy and didn't have any details to mess up and bog her down. it was a pretty color, it fit in and was clean in lines. but just like everything and anything else she does. and shes still snooty and was mean to tim, so i am steadfast in my anti kenley mentality. im stubborn i know. whatev.
Korto worried me. she is the one i want to win ( sorry i jinxed you now) her line is pretty, great colors and fun. but these dresses did not fit in the line. she has two polar end here the wedding dress. people ragged on the color but i wasnt against it. what i was against was trying to hard to prove you can do details and completely bogging down the dress with a ruffled mess. on the other hand you had the too simple bridesmaid dress. i think the skirt needed to be more fitted to sophisticate it a bit maybe it just seemed more like a simple summer dress in a fancy color. i dunno it was missing something to make it a brides maid dress, and it was too simple for the judges maybe it need more shine the khaki was kinda drab it need a little something something.
Leanne- her dresses fit in well with the rest of the line, they were interesting and were deff her without being too repetitive. the detail in construction a draping were soft and romantic but still intricately structured, with out being stiff or overworked. the mix of structure and flowy fabrics created an interesting dynamic, shes got the technical skills for sure. of all of them her dresses looked like they belonged in a wedding, and they worked well together.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
So hey, long time, no talk...
I feel awful not having been on this blog for a bit, but I do whole-heartedly trust Casey to deliver only the best recap of every project runway episode. And I must add, although I haven't had a whole lot of time to reminisce on the episodes, I have watched, and been nearly bored to tears watching them all. I think finally, FINALLY, some of the designers are stepping up to the plate, and I think I am not alone singling out Jerell, Leanne, and Korto as the front-runners, and dismissing everyone else, including Kenley, right out of the picture.
Every one of the preceeding episodes seems to have just weeded out those designers who you knew weren't really going to last, but I must say it was sad to say farewell to the designers who you looked forward to hearing talk. Like Stella and her 'leatha', Blayne and his 'licious'ness, and Suede and his obsession with the third person. It has also been delightful watching Kenley embarass herself more and more, and continue to play the 'rude' card. To everyone. To TIM GUNN, for crying out loud. Don't tell the camera you won't listen to him, Kenley. Just don't, it makes us all mad at you.
Soooo the episode before Bryant Park. Thanks, judges, for giving that quirky little rude designer another chance at showing off loud patterns that complement her loud- and abrasive- personality.
We shall seeeeeeeeee.
-Kayleigh
Every one of the preceeding episodes seems to have just weeded out those designers who you knew weren't really going to last, but I must say it was sad to say farewell to the designers who you looked forward to hearing talk. Like Stella and her 'leatha', Blayne and his 'licious'ness, and Suede and his obsession with the third person. It has also been delightful watching Kenley embarass herself more and more, and continue to play the 'rude' card. To everyone. To TIM GUNN, for crying out loud. Don't tell the camera you won't listen to him, Kenley. Just don't, it makes us all mad at you.
Soooo the episode before Bryant Park. Thanks, judges, for giving that quirky little rude designer another chance at showing off loud patterns that complement her loud- and abrasive- personality.
We shall seeeeeeeeee.
-Kayleigh
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
pretty much
so kenley. she got called out on her attitude by the other designers AND the judges. she got defensive, she was snotty, she didn't get help from the other designers when she left her stuff at mood fabrics, because she was rude. I'm glad she got the fabric she paid for though. i would like to think that i would have refused to give her my own tulle as well but then know i would have caved and given her some if it came down to it. But any who she rolled her eyes was snotty and stand off ish, she was straight out rude to tim gunn and even refused the group hug. all in all in my eyes when she snapped and was rude to tim gunn she pretty much blacklisted her self in soooo so many ways. in a nutshell this is pretty much what I'm thinking of the situations she has created for herself....
music and clothing its about time they had a project that involves both
they design an outfit for each other and the twist is they each are given a music genre on top of that. lets rolll....
suede designs a rock and roll outfit for jerrel. its acceptable but not over the top. it needed to be ..more something. more aerosmithed accessorized maybe. more slutted up leather i have a shag carpet and remote controled leapord print bed in my sketchy stinky tour bus maybe, a bad bandanna (maybe keith left one) a little more rock of lovey maybe. he could have done something, he could have gone anywhere even in the sweaty hair metal, completely tacky route and still would have been able to explain it, and he did basic, ok, meh. i was hoping for more of a "but they go to eleven", tinfoil cucumber in the pants kind of look. but no. and so suede got the boot. but i do love the tie dyed shirt....
Jerell made Kenley into a brunette brittany spears, who LL Cool J was totally into , and when i say into her i mean into the skin. jerell did awesome! you got the glitz he got the sex with out being all bare flesh. the netting and lines of the dress covered her but were trampy in just the right kinda of poppy way. solid show.
Leanne made korto a country outfit. which looks too dolly parton for me but not. dolly would have glitzed it up. this looks like a base of an outfit that needed more detail to be added on. but its no easy job to get a curvy lady with kortos attitude into cowboy boots and neckties. but korto got into it by the end. and the shape works with her body. but it was too basic.
Kenley tried to make mousy leanne into a hiphop artist. and crashed hard. the outfit did not fit the crotch on those pants are so bad, puckered riding up, done and done, she had attitude and totally disrespected tim gunn and he called her out on it which only made her become more bratty and defensive, she does not take criticism. you don't snap roll you eyes at him come on hes there to help you jerk. ugh. in a nutshell bad attitude, rude, poorly made clothes stale ass design , and to top it off the guest judge was LL cool J GOld.
Korto made suede into a punk rocker, it was her first attempt at menswear and she won! the clothes fit so well the style and shapes worked, but she added some twist with the bleached and tearing things apart, the chains worked into the shirts design and not just slapped on around the waist, great distressing to make it look worn rough not shiny and new was what sealed the deal.
suede designs a rock and roll outfit for jerrel. its acceptable but not over the top. it needed to be ..more something. more aerosmithed accessorized maybe. more slutted up leather i have a shag carpet and remote controled leapord print bed in my sketchy stinky tour bus maybe, a bad bandanna (maybe keith left one) a little more rock of lovey maybe. he could have done something, he could have gone anywhere even in the sweaty hair metal, completely tacky route and still would have been able to explain it, and he did basic, ok, meh. i was hoping for more of a "but they go to eleven", tinfoil cucumber in the pants kind of look. but no. and so suede got the boot. but i do love the tie dyed shirt....
Jerell made Kenley into a brunette brittany spears, who LL Cool J was totally into , and when i say into her i mean into the skin. jerell did awesome! you got the glitz he got the sex with out being all bare flesh. the netting and lines of the dress covered her but were trampy in just the right kinda of poppy way. solid show.
Leanne made korto a country outfit. which looks too dolly parton for me but not. dolly would have glitzed it up. this looks like a base of an outfit that needed more detail to be added on. but its no easy job to get a curvy lady with kortos attitude into cowboy boots and neckties. but korto got into it by the end. and the shape works with her body. but it was too basic.
Kenley tried to make mousy leanne into a hiphop artist. and crashed hard. the outfit did not fit the crotch on those pants are so bad, puckered riding up, done and done, she had attitude and totally disrespected tim gunn and he called her out on it which only made her become more bratty and defensive, she does not take criticism. you don't snap roll you eyes at him come on hes there to help you jerk. ugh. in a nutshell bad attitude, rude, poorly made clothes stale ass design , and to top it off the guest judge was LL cool J GOld.
Korto made suede into a punk rocker, it was her first attempt at menswear and she won! the clothes fit so well the style and shapes worked, but she added some twist with the bleached and tearing things apart, the chains worked into the shirts design and not just slapped on around the waist, great distressing to make it look worn rough not shiny and new was what sealed the deal.
I thesaurus.com-ed mediocre in preperation for this post
soooo there is a lot i have not posted about in the last few weeks.... i dont really want to go through each design but lets wait and see where this rant takes me, besides successfully procrastinating studying. OK Ok so everyone keeps saying i want to show at bryant park i need to be top three to get my designs shown. DUDES the top 6 always show at the park to keep the top 3 a secret, either way your stuff will be on the runway, also im pretty positive that you are getting more people seeing your work on the show than at the actual park, i know i know its not the same but chill a little ok, I am going to start a few weeks back and work my way up to tonight's episode, which has got me all hot and bothered and not in the good way.
episode 10 they take a group of girls right out of college to help give them a hip but professional makeover for the interviews and life after college while their moms were there to create tension if not with desgners than with their own daughters just in case there was not enough eye rolling from kenley. (HA) ok
jerell won this one with a cute little ensemble that was fresh, without being stuffy. and i am big fan of brown and love the brown and earthtoney palette, he worked with he girls shape and it was cute.
kenley found a mini me and designed something that the client liked, nothing new same old kenley the belt was a good idea but i wish it was more of a belt than a sash of fabric thrown on. ps she listened to tim and got rid of the a lot of the tulle peeking out at the hem and upped the professional and kicked out the holly hobby look, see kenley he IS helpful. respect the man.
average joe tried to make an average cliche working woman skirt suit thing. to easy it was cookie cutter interview outfit mind you good maybe if she wanted to be a bank teller but she was a graphic designer....ooops. but that's not even what put him in the ground. ti was how poorly it was made and how terribly it fit her. it went in every wrong direction possible.....
korto had a nice dress and jacket combo... the dress skirt shaped didn't do anything to flatter the client. the jacket was tailored wonderfully and was really well made. the color was to light for me. and im not blown away by how the pieces worked together. i think its the dress that throws things off. i dunno. solid jacket though.
leanne. yikes i know you like structure and i think you tried but it was flat looking and once again like korto you tried the jacket dress thing but they didn't look good. they looked thrown together and flat design wise, no details that you usually rock. the boxy jacket does not do good things for her shape either.
Suede. eeeeeww this is so early 90's it hurts it needs a vinyl iron on peace sign or smiley face maybe some banana snap clips and the sides of her fair a center part with handle bar whispies of hair to awkwardly frame her face . it looks like a cheap and badly made throw back to a dowdy clueless outfit....eeep. the jacket no shape thrown together so so so cheap looking the ruffle sleeves worst idea. the dresses that people came up up with the shape is dead its cheap its unflattering.. they are all ugly dresses. you guys are killing me here. come on tailor them heck lets simply go for fitting in general.
UGH UGH UGH.
episode 10 they take a group of girls right out of college to help give them a hip but professional makeover for the interviews and life after college while their moms were there to create tension if not with desgners than with their own daughters just in case there was not enough eye rolling from kenley. (HA) ok
jerell won this one with a cute little ensemble that was fresh, without being stuffy. and i am big fan of brown and love the brown and earthtoney palette, he worked with he girls shape and it was cute.
kenley found a mini me and designed something that the client liked, nothing new same old kenley the belt was a good idea but i wish it was more of a belt than a sash of fabric thrown on. ps she listened to tim and got rid of the a lot of the tulle peeking out at the hem and upped the professional and kicked out the holly hobby look, see kenley he IS helpful. respect the man.
average joe tried to make an average cliche working woman skirt suit thing. to easy it was cookie cutter interview outfit mind you good maybe if she wanted to be a bank teller but she was a graphic designer....ooops. but that's not even what put him in the ground. ti was how poorly it was made and how terribly it fit her. it went in every wrong direction possible.....
korto had a nice dress and jacket combo... the dress skirt shaped didn't do anything to flatter the client. the jacket was tailored wonderfully and was really well made. the color was to light for me. and im not blown away by how the pieces worked together. i think its the dress that throws things off. i dunno. solid jacket though.
leanne. yikes i know you like structure and i think you tried but it was flat looking and once again like korto you tried the jacket dress thing but they didn't look good. they looked thrown together and flat design wise, no details that you usually rock. the boxy jacket does not do good things for her shape either.
Suede. eeeeeww this is so early 90's it hurts it needs a vinyl iron on peace sign or smiley face maybe some banana snap clips and the sides of her fair a center part with handle bar whispies of hair to awkwardly frame her face . it looks like a cheap and badly made throw back to a dowdy clueless outfit....eeep. the jacket no shape thrown together so so so cheap looking the ruffle sleeves worst idea. the dresses that people came up up with the shape is dead its cheap its unflattering.. they are all ugly dresses. you guys are killing me here. come on tailor them heck lets simply go for fitting in general.
UGH UGH UGH.
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