Week 7 was all about using the color blue for Macy's INC line. It was a team challenge but I won't list all the teams. But I will have an honerable mention for Christopher and Epperson. They did a lovely pair of clothing. They worked well together. Their looks might have not worked well together. But I could easily see women wearing these looks. So why the heck did the judges totally trash their designs? I think Michael Kors called one look a 'disco pumpkin'. What? I just don't get the judges sometimes. If it wasn't for the bonus footage on lifetime.com, I would think they just pick on every little flaw to have something for TV.
But the winner of the challange was Irina (again!) assisted by Gordana.
Both looks are very lovely. I do love the striped dress. But the second look seems a bit predictable to me. Even if it is for retail. Suffice it to say, she won the challenge and the chance to design a holiday dress for Macy's.So here's my submissions for the blue challange.
I'm rather surprised the designers didn't work with denim. So for one of my looks I did with princess seaming. I based both designs on this concept of sewing squares together to make a complete garment. The look on the left would be silk. The right would be denim with a pleated long sleeve top. I may try to make the jacket.
So for week's 7 'Make it Work' Corner, I'm sad to report that Louise Black, another of my favorites, is out.
Looking at her designs, assisted by a very reluctant Nicholas, She definately OD'd on the ruffles. So here's what I did to fix the situation. I think Nicholas would even like it.
I think I made these looks really cute. I made the ruffles smaller, the stilloutte's slimmer and I added sleeves to the look on the left because I think it makes it more vintage, which is Louise's style.
Now for week 8, the model's got the day off (sort of) and the designers had to design for divorcee's wanting a new look made out of their wedding dresses. First of all, some of these fabulous ladies had been divorced for like a decade. So what the heck did their ex-husbands do that they should want to go on national TV and let their dress be destroyed in front of millions? If I had a wedding dress taking up space in my closet thanks to an ex-husband, I would just have a big ol' bon fire. But anyway, some of the models had problems. Including my man Christopher. (Really, I do love you Chris, but volume works better when it's balanced with a slim silouette, like you've done in the past.) But at the end of the day, there was a winner and a loser.
And the winner is...Gordana!
I love Gordana's look! It's edgy but elegant. It's wearable. But it steps out of the box. And it fits her like a glove! I just hope she got in touch with her kids so that they can congratulate her!
So when it came for my submission, first, I needed a bad dress. I have just watched 'My Life in Ruins' on DVD (Great flick BTW! Now I've added Greece to my list of places I want to visit while single, mostly for the men!) But that movie reminded me of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' which had a whopper of a big poofy bad wedding dress that had to be ripped up in the movie just so she could survive the reception.
So here's what I would turn all that tulle and lace into.
I wanted to do black and white, and take advantage of the lace and make it slimming with verticle stripes.
Unfortunately, Epperson had the same idea.
The client liked it, which was important. I liked it, but the judges hated it. It reminded Heidi of her German roots. (Okterber Fest anyone?) The problem was that Epperson didn't quite understand the challenge. It probalby looked too much like a wedding dress still. So for Make it Work Corner, here's what I would change.
The skirt I would dye black, and I would make the waist smaller and more flatteriling. But that's it. Personally I think Epperson should be brought back should something happen to anyone else. Here's hoping.
