Do you have the urge to design?
Do you look at a pair of shoes and figure out how to make them better?
Do you despair at ever finding the “perfect” pair of shoes for you?
Why not design your own?

Fluevog shoes are already known for being some of the funkiest and most unique shoes available, and they want you to get in on the fun as well.
They’ve created an open-ended contest to create “Open Source Shoes” – kind of like open source software.  Once you’ve submitted your design, it becomes part of the public design.  Fluevog may choose to replicate your design …read more

Who did America vote for on The Fashion Show? Tonight, we’ll find out. All the designers from Season 1 of The Fashion Show return this evening to gossip and recount all the mishaps and scandals that happened throughout the show. Did Johnny really create a knock off? Who’s the biggest crybaby? What happened when the cameras stopped rolling?
There will surely be some funny stories and things we learn about the show tonight…but the most important thing we’ll find out…who wins!

That’s right, it’s all come down to this…Issac, Kelly and Fern will unveil the winner who will take home the grand …read more

We have already discussed Johnny’s bad design decisions in this week’s episode of The Fashion Show, which meant this week deciding who to send home was and not necessarily based which evening gown was truly heinous. I was surprised and delighted to see what Daniella created. The flow-y grey dress drapes so nicely…and the embellishment across the back is just interesting enough to stand out, without trying so hard that it rules the classic shape.

Then there was Reco’s candy colored dress. I honestly can’t stand this one bit – dropped waists are so unflattering if you are not shaped like …read more

I thought I’d switch it up this week in our recap of the best and worst to come out of The Fashion Show by starting with the disasters and working our way to the top.
Merlin didn’t make the grade with his strange sweatsuit and yellow coat. I have to admit, I actually really like the yellow coat a lot – but the rest of it is just too weird and unflattering for him to have stayed in the competition any longer.

How Johnny escaped being in the bottom two, I do not know. Even though the idea of sweats on the …read more

It’s not easy to style and care for extra curly hair. To play off Haven and Anna’s tribal inspired outfit for the elimination challenge on this week’s episode of The Fashion Show, Jeanie Syfu kept the model’s hair natural, but emphasized each curl using a curling iron and extra care. She ended up looking naturally chic, not too done up – just like a winner should.

You can recreate this look using a few simple steps from TRESemme.

A Few Tips…

Curls require extra maintenance – if you go too long without a trim, those ringlets will not cooperate.
Be mindful of the weather …read more

Sure, everyone seems to agree that Haven and Anna’s winning design from Thursday’s episode of The Fashion Show was the best…a conclusion that was predictable almost to a fault. But since there were only four designs this week between each team of two, let’s take a minute to talk about what went wrong – or right – with the other three designs.

Merlin and Johnny created quite a nice looking dress -but the coat didn’t do much for it. I like the shoes they paired with their design – and her hair is out of control messy chic! Even though I …read more

This week on The Fashion Show, the designers worked in pairs to complete each of the challenges. In the Harper’s Bazaar Mini Challenge, they paired up to answer every party girl’s favorite question…
“How am I going to turn this party dress into work attire? Because I don’t have time to go home and shower.”
You know you’ve been there…and if you say you haven’t, I know you’re fibbing!
Though working in pairs felt oddly reminiscent of the team challenges we all don’t miss, what made the difference in this case was who ended up working with who. The teams were:

Lidia and James-Paul
Merlin …read more

Tonight, Becki Newton and Veronica Webb join The Fashion Show as special guests! From the preview clips, it looks like Daniella and Reco are taking some cheap swipes at each other and the designers are a little bit nervous about what they’re sending down the runway! I can’t wait to see what the designers cook up for this very “real world” challenge of figuring out how to pull yourself together and look like you aren’t still wearing the same clothes you partied in last night when you head to work..!
The Walk of Shame

Their New Boss

Fighting From The Very Beginning

Last Minute …read more

Exciting news…! One of my favorite/most underrated actresses on the planet, Becki Newton (of “Ugly Betty” fame) will be joining The Fashion Show this week to present the Harper’s Bazaar mini challenge, where the designers must answer the age-old question of how to cope when you’re doing the “walk of shame” to work. Each designer must turn last night’s party ensemble into an office appropriate outfit using anything (and everything!) one might find in a typical office.
Don’t try to hide it…you know you’ve been there. Won’t it be nice to have a few crafty ideas for getting through the day …read more