The Fashion Show: Episode 6 Best and Worst

In this week’s episode of The Fashion Show, Merlin surprised everyone by whipping out a chic design that made up for some of the disasters he’s been sending down the runway in recent weeks. The challenge was to design an outfit for a 20 something girl based on her high school clique. Merlin got the Mean Girl – a pretty easy one if you ask me, but he of course still complained about it (well, mostly about the movie “Mean Girls”).

It’s very cute, though I don’t think the little bit of bare midriff is really necessary..other than that, I agree this is a good design.

One of my other favorites was Anna’s Goth look – even though it’s not really very goth, and it was better looking without the jacket, I really enjoyed the neckline of the blouse and thought this was a punchier pink to have picked for the runway. I haven’t really paid much attention to Anna’s work before, but I think I will now…

Another one of the designs that stood out for me was Daniella’s Treehugger outfit. It was more of a risk and showed extra creativity compared to the other designs offered in this challenge. Instead of sticking to the stereotype, I feel like she injected a bit of that high fashion-ness that made it more than just clothes.

And now onto some of the least appealing designs this week…

Lidia’s Nerd was a disaster for me. This school girl uniform says nothing about the girl who escaped high school to evolve into something more during her 20s. It’s sad, droopy and totally unrealistic. I felt this was definitely the worst design of the bunch.

Of course, that would be followed up with Johnny’s Jock – which, sure it makes sense that this is a sporty look, but talk about phoning it in! There isn’t an ounce of creativity or personal flair going on here…I wonder if Johnny will go on to design anything more than basic t-shirts for a massive chain after this show. Booooring…

And finally, there is Angel. Poor Angel and her very uneducated attempt at a B-girl look. Most people I’ve asked and almost every single article I’ve read has suggested that 80% of the population never knew that word before this episode. But regardless of what inspired it, she didn’t attack the challenge with any gusto – so it just looks unpolished and unfortunate. Probably doesn’t help that her model isn’t even trying to carry it off with confidence.

The Fashion Show airs at 10pm ET/PT on Bravo and don’t forget – after each episode, check out Tresemme’s Style Seeker for hair style tips and don’t forget that the winning design is available for purchase on BravoTV.com!

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