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 …read more

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. …read more

As I mentioned yesterday, The Fashion Show is going back to high school this week, which challenges that will further test their ability to make beautiful – but totally wearable – clothes. From the look of things, the designers don’t seem to be thriving in this week’s challenge any more than they did last week where they were pouting about designing for curves.
Student Body President

High School Again

Backstage Mayhem

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 …read more

This week on The Fashion Show, the designers are heading back to school for both the Harper’s Bazaar mini challenge and elimination challenge. Their designs must be inspired by those awkward teenage years where different high school cliques are well defined by what people wear. Their work will be graded on wearability – a big focus for The Fashion Show – as well as general aesthetic appeal.

Do you remember high school? Where some folks (erm, not me) appeared to be cool without even trying, while the rest of us struggled to keep up with changing trends and new styles…on an …read more