The Fashion Show: Episode 6
June 13, 2009 by Rachel Segal
Filed under The Fashion Show
Episode 6 of The Fashion Show took the designers back to high school. Those annoying cliques and lunch table territories? Yeah…being sixteen and annoyed with life is all coming back to you, isn’t it.
The Harper’s Bazaar Mini Challenge is about designing t-shirts for student body presidential candidate, Julianna inspired by one of the following high school cliques.
- Drama Club (Reco)
- Skater (Haven)
- Jocks (Johnny)
- Tree-Hugger (Daniella)
- Mean Girls (Merlin)
- Preppy Crew (James-Paul)
- Goths (Anna)
- Nerds (Lidia)
- B-Girls (Angel)
Complicated? Well, they are t-shirts – so it shouldn’t be that hard to do…but then again, they only had an hour to do it and the final designs weren’t all that spectacular. Daniella wins the mini challenge…again.
Next, the designers must create an outfit for the girl who was part of their clique from the mini challenge…who is now in her mid 20s. Time is running thin too – designs must be ready for the runway the next day!
The designers are stressed, tension is high, and Merlin almost has a complete meltdown when Kelly and Issac stop by and start second guessing his work. How can Merlin be so confused about the definition of “mean”?? Better yet is when they stop by Johnny’s station to snark for a few questions about the Fred Flintstone look he’s wearing – now that was hilarious!
I think Anna’s Goth look actually had a lot of potential, even though it didn’t really fit with the stereotype. Merlin and Haven’s designs are named the best and in the end, Merlin wins.
Then there was poor Angel…oh, she tried. She gave it her best shot, having no clue what “B-girls” meant at all – but ultimately, you could see how that sad little puffy vest wasn’t going to make a good impression in front of the judges. None of the designs this week were particularly fantastic, but hers was just lost from the start. Johnny’s Jock look is also pretty laughable, but I really felt bad for the way Angel was raked over the coals for not knowing the term. Kelly Rowland looked visibly offended. Geez, guys…just send her home and put her out of her misery…
Which they do – but not before Issac Mizrahi goes on a tirad about what fashion is all about while the designers stand there and nervously take it. Pressure’s on guys…it’s down to eight designers for next week!
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I thought they were WAY too harsh on Angel. Not everyone is aware or know that much about hip hop culture etc. Also you really can’t pin down a hip hop or b-girl look since it’s a blend of lot of things. But I guess if she wanted to be a fashion designer she SHOULD know and read up on that stuff. Her look was hideous though, I have to admit haha.
It was pretty awful, wasn’t it? But I completely agree – it’s too bad, because I was really starting to like her work…but she was totally lost on this challenge (how unrealistic that there would be nothing for them to get inspired by other than their own preconceived ideas about a stereotype!!).