Only seven months after the last season’s show, PR 5 this time had six designers show their collections at Bryant Park. Of course there are decoys among the six. Maybe because it’s the last season the show is on Bravo, they want to be generous? It’s nice but not very wise of Bravo to do this, because the talent pool of this season is just …. weak. Anyway, at least not all of them are that bad, ha. Leanne’s collection is my favorite. Although the pleating may be a little too much, it’s very her point of view. Korto’s is also nice. I’m sure the winner will be one the these two and I hope it’s Leanne. As for the other four, they have one or two OK pieces (except for Suede whose collection is totally sad…), but still, basically not up to par.
Last season’s winner Christian Siriano also showed his new spring collection. See the photos here. This young man is so talented.
Show day! This season Project Runway had all the top 5 designers show their collections at Bryant Park. Whether one or two of them are decoys is still yet to know. Among the five collections, I definitely like Christian’s the best (I think the second-to-the-last look is probably my favorite?). Yes, he is kind of arrogant and annoying, but you got to admit he’s got some real talent. Actually I like his character, he is fierce, haha! Here are the five collections. Which one do you like the most?
我热爱的 Project Runway 第四季开始播了一阵了，我在tumblelog上有提，但一直没像前几季一样在blog上提，原因之一是到目前为止我都没太被“wow”到，四个星期了我都没啥 early favorite，不知道是因为这季比较弱还是因为审美疲劳，就像之前主持人 Heidi Klum 被问到新一季如何时的回答，”same shit, different people”，hoho。第二集时请了 Sarah Jessica Parker 算是一大亮点，不过最后的作品多数也还是相对一般。第一集的无限制自由设计和第三集的无聊保守男装就更是一般的很了。但我还是每周三很认真的观看，所以还是写写吧。这星期的第四集，challenge是把已经过气的时尚重新再创造，每人分到一种时尚，然后三人一组，要求三个设计体现各自的升级后的时尚但同时互相呼应。其实这个挑战还算挺有意思的，虽然我对时尚历史完全没有了解，但其中有几个时髦过的东西连我都有印象，代表就是“垫肩”-_-。我还模糊记得小时候某段时间，不管女装男装还是童装，都会常常出现大小各式垫肩，到了现在显然就成了昨日黄花，很不常见了。所以说审美观这东西在很大程度上讲是一件很肤浅不定性的东西，而且无论你如何保持高尚独立，或多或少仍然会受所谓时尚的影响，不管是跟进或者逆行。时尚是门学问但不属于科学的范畴，衣服做工好坏也许有个绝对标准，但是否好看是否能流行就受很多东西的影响也具备很大的随机性，并没有一个准则，一个设计师是否成功是否有才华更取决于他的观点和视角是否稍稍超前但同时符合所谓的大环境，在一定角度上似乎和画家等很有类似性。说回PR的这一集，我觉得相对优秀的两组（右图的第一行和第二行，其中第一行胜出）其实还不错。个人喜欢第二行的多一点点，如果非要说一个 early favorite，恐怕会是这组的头儿，Christian，哈，烦人自负但是有趣有才有观点。只是遗憾的是评审直接让他们过关，居然都没叫回模特让观众们仔细看看。最后被淘汰的是第三行的右一，而他要改造的过气时尚就是垫肩@_@，这是说垫肩是无可救药了嘛。最后要说的就是，这一段话中的相当一部分，其实是为了凑字数使文字部分长过图片好排版，yoyo。
我最喜欢的reality tv show又回来了！前两季的巨大成功促使Project Runway从每年一季转成每年两季，昨晚就已经先放了一集第三季的Casting Special - Road to Runway，正式的比赛从今晚开始！今晚是15个设计师面临的第一个challenge，和前两季一样，第一个挑战的主题都是围绕innovation，一定是非常诡异的，第一季是从杂货食品店买材料做衣服，胜者是Austin拿玉米叶子做的衣服；第二季则是“Clothes Off Your Back”，设计师需要把自己身上的衣服改装成一件新的衣服，胜者是最后获得总冠军的Chloe；这次的第三季的挑战是给15分钟让他们从新搬进的公寓里争抢各种可能的材料做衣服，所以这些设计师彻底把公寓洗劫一空，床单被罩地毯各种布或者类似的材料就不用说了，椅子皮，床垫，灯，coffee filter，反正之后的公寓算是没法住了。然后给8小时去完成服装的制作，不过可怜的是他们晚上1点多回到公寓却发现一切还是他们洗劫后的样子-_-。其实虽然这个挑战仍然很有意思，但我觉得没有前两季的有难度，毕竟一个公寓里的东西还是很多的。
这一季的设计师仍然各式人都有，有刚毕业的，有在设计界事业小成的，还有养着5个孩子的中年妈妈，有取出401k退休保险金追求梦想的“老人”，共同点就是他们都热爱fashion热爱设计并且确实有才气。我个人现在的early favorite设计师是Keith Michael，我喜欢他身上的自信，他赢了第一个挑战，不过虽然我欣赏他，我并不觉得他的作品优秀到赢，他赢在execution和小细节，身后的红色小纽扣很不错，但是我觉得创新有限，毕竟他用的主材料也就只是床单。runner-up是Robert Best，照片上看不出来，那件衣服的亮点在背后，确实不错，但我总觉得后面的结可以再有意思一点。在材料上最有创意的Michael Knight，他用的是coffee filter，只可惜具体设计上不够出彩，这件衣服非常像上一季Chloe在on thin ice那集设计的滑冰服。嗯，每周三又有东西期待了，又可以听到sophisticated这样平常难听到的词了-_-。
Just as last season, though only three designers are supposed to show their collections at Olympus Fashion Week, all of the top 4 designers will be given this great chance. Of course, only top3 designers’ collections will be shown in the season finale. The main reason is that the TV show schedule is behind the event, so they have to keep the 4th designer. This is also part of the reason I felt so bad Nick was cut this week since I knew they would do the same thing this season:(. I thought at least he would be in top 4 and would have the chance to show his line which is more important for a designer.
Anyway, today is the day of the runway show. And here are their collections:
Personally, I like Kara’s and Chloe’s. It’s hard to tell who is the 4th one. But, it doesn’t really matter to me now who wins. My favorite has gone *_*.
Update on Mar02,2006: The links were updated. And, I love Kara’s collection even though she is the decoy:(
Shit happens。但如果倒霉事接连发生，实在很难不把它们联系在一起。电脑硬盘大罢工，妈妈给的小玉佛莫名从脖子上消失，被开超速大罚单，都发生在过去不到两星期（再加上刚才写这帖子准备publish时浏览器大崩溃全得重写）。然后到了今天，我喜欢的Project Runway又把我的early favorite Nick Verreos给淘汰了，没进前四。差一点就能出现在这周末纽约的fashion week上了。郁闷。虽然Nick越到后面创造力越有些缺乏，但怎么说也是我的early favorite，何况这一季的设计师基本都发挥不稳，常常某一集全都设计的特别烂，今天这集就是。其实淘汰就淘汰了，但似乎所有不爽事都小纠缠在一起，也难免小低落。中午吃饭时看报纸，说mental health disorders开始的平均年龄是18-25，我还得小心，要努力保持心平气和，我其实还是相当又mental disorder的潜力的@_@。今天和实验室师兄Andy还聊起，我才想起红色本来是用来避邪的，平安太久，都只觉得红色就是喜庆了。也许我是应该在身上长期保持点红色，买双红鞋穿穿？或者假装信Kabbalah买个红绳戴在手腕上？或者多学党纲，保持一颗红心？-_-
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