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Post by queenzod on Nov 17, 2017 17:49:49 GMT
Spoilers ahead!
Does anyone else here watch PR? I love it! I’m continually impressed by the creativity shown by these young designers, and their skill in creating.
This season, I was sooo glad to get rid of the twins (completely irritating!), but thrilled to bits that Kentaro won. I really thought Brandon would win. Shocked.
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Post by mllemass on Nov 17, 2017 19:45:53 GMT
That is a surprise! I only saw up to the fashion show last night, so I missed the judging. A lot of channels here make their shows available online the day after they're on tv, but that's not one of them. I was actually just about to look it up because it's been driving me crazy all day.
I agree about those annoying twins. I clapped with joy when they were finally off the show!
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Post by queenzod on Nov 17, 2017 23:35:22 GMT
I really liked this season. I like that they used some large size models and that they had on some designers with different viewpoints. The Muslim woman who did modest fashion was really talented, and even tho I wasn’t completely into her style (too many ruffles), she did make some great outfits.
The other thing I like about the show is that they generally steer clear of the Reality Show Drama. Contestants, for the most part, aren’t snarky and cutting. They seem to really root for each other and support each other. That’s nice. And then Tim Gunn is such an absolute doll. It’s good entertainment.
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Post by mllemass on Nov 18, 2017 0:45:01 GMT
I'm not a really a fan of reality shows or competition shows. At one time, I used to watch Survivor, American Idol and Dancing with the Stars, but I haven't seen any of them in years.
Besides Project Runway, the only other competition show I watch is the Great British Bake Off. The American (and now Canadian) versions are ok, too, but they're not as good as the original British. The contestants are just so nice to each other, and the baking looks so good!
Project Runway is so interesting to me because dressmaking is the profession that runs through my family. I have several aunts and uncles who trained professionally in Italy. My mother has always told us the story of how she had the opportunity to go to Rome with her sister for sewing training, but she hated school and refused to go. She later regretted that decision and became determined that we make home-made clothes just like my relatives were doing. But the results were pretty comical, and by the time I finished high school, she agreed to let us start buying our clothes!
We still know how to sew, though, but we lack the skills of a trained professional. I think my mother still has the pattern I bought for my home ec project in high school. It had an illustration of a smiling Farrah Fawcett modelling the top (yes, I'm ancient!).
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Post by queenzod on Nov 18, 2017 1:32:42 GMT
I’ve watched Survivor for years, but I quit this season. I’m not interested any more. O well. I can’t stand reality shows, either, in general.
Me mum used to sew all my clothes, and for my brothers, too. She made the cutest little suits for them and the best dresses for me. This was back in the day when you could actually make clothes for cheaper than buying them. I made my first top when I was 10. It had a zipper and everything! I was so proud of myself, but it really was a crap job, lol. I gave up sewing decades ago. My last project was a shirt where you put the yoke in, and lastly sew the long dolman sleeves together. I managed to put the yoke on inside out (twice) and sewed the right sleeve to the left one so it looked fine from the outside, but it was crossed on the inside and was impossible to put on. I got so angry because I just kept screwing it up and finally just wadded it all up and threw it away. 😂
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Post by mllemass on Nov 18, 2017 6:18:32 GMT
I remember begging my mother to let me buy clothes like everyone else was wearing, but she would insist that it was so much better to be different and wear the homemade clothes that no one else wore! And yes, my mother taught us to look at the clothes in stores and calculate how much they would cost to make. For some reason, I was allowed to buy my elementary school graduation dress (I loved it!), but I made my high school graduation dress all by myself. That was the last item of clothing I ever made. Since then, my sewing has really been reduced to just making repairs or alterations, and hemming pants.
A place I worked at years ago wanted us to dress up for Halloween, so I bought a pattern and made a cape. It's gorgeous - black satin on one side, and red on the other, so it's reversible. It's pretty versatile - I've worn it to be a vampire, a witch and, when I attach a hood, Little Red Riding Hood. I also made a Robin Hood hat from a pattern. And I can't forget the Fairy Princess dress I created myself! I used one of my own dresses as the pattern, and added big puffy sleeves. I made it out of silver lamé that I found on sale at the fabric store.
I'm so impressed when I watch people who really know how to sew, like on Project Runway - even if I don't don't always like the clothes. I'm glad that Margarita came last! The judges had warned her not to go too tropical with her designs, but she did it anyway. In all the weeks on the show, she never once created a design like that, and then suddenly in the finals she decided to express her culture. She would never have made it that far if she had been designing those beach clothes all along. She should have listened to the judges!
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Post by queenzod on Nov 18, 2017 9:37:43 GMT
I also made a cape years ago that has been a Halloween staple, only mine is black velvet with a pink satin lining. For a long time I wanted to be a milliner, but hats went out of fashion by the time I got to be 15 or so, which is too bad. Along with gloves. I miss stuff like that.
I didn’t care much for Margarita either. She was pretty whiny, and her clothes were waaaay too loud for my taste. But she had a passionate heart, so I give her props for that. It was an interesting season, all around.
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Post by igs on Nov 18, 2017 12:37:06 GMT
I love Project Runway too, although I haven't watched it in years. In the early-2010s there was a Finnish version and a young man who I used to work with before (after school/weekends in a supermarket) but had later lost touch with came in second. I was so happy cause I remember him always saying he wanted to go study fashion design so obviously he made it. I've noticed there are a couple of seasons of PR on Netflix so now I'm inspired to start watching it again. The only reality shows I watch these days are a couple of Finnish shows, Masterchef Australia and Rupaul's Drag Race. The latter I recommend for PR fans (and everyone), especially season 3 has soooo many design challenges and they are so fun! (In one they are just given a bunch of wigs and they have to make dresses out of them haha.) I love that show, it's like a combination of so many talent shows cause the queens need to design and sew, sing, act, dance, do comedy, be make-up artists, be big personalities, etc etc etc. One of the judges (from seasons 1-6, Santino) was a competitor on...season 2, I believe, of Project Runway.
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Post by roverpup on Nov 18, 2017 17:53:10 GMT
The only reality/competition show I ever liked was one we watched a while back (maybe 6-7 years ago) that was about a group of amateurs who wanted to sing opera and they went to a kind of opera boot camp and were taught the basics by trained opera professionals. Then finalists were chosen out of the initial group. Those people then auditioned and were scored and the winner got a chance to sing in an actual opera (somewhere in Vancouver I think).
I can’t remember what it was called but it was fascinating (and the group came from all across Canada). The participants were actually very friendly and supportive of each other even though they were competing against each other.
I don’t think there were any more seasons of it - just one, unfortunately. But I think it was kind of based on a British TV show (which I couldn’t find either).
As for any other TV reality/competition shows... not my cup of tea.
:-))
PS: as far as making clothing - I can barely so butttons on and do hems, but one of my sister’s children is hugely talented in fashion design (she’s now combined that talent with her degree in social work and is a project co-ordinator for a Vancouver charity that teaches life skills to abused and low income women so that they can gain independence). As well her son’s wife is also a talented designer and runs her own online clothing line and makes custom clothing for clients (she also is partnered in an actual store that is part of a co-operative of entrepreneurs who sell handmade clothing/objects).
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Post by mllemass on Nov 18, 2017 19:19:14 GMT
I remember that show! Wasn't it called Bathroom Diva? I remember watching it, but I don't think I saw it all the way to the finale.
There was another singing show I remember watching, but it wasn't really a competition. It was called It Takes a Choir, and it had British guy who travelled to different US cities putting together choirs. Each episode had him in a different city, and I think he had one week to audition people from the community, put together the choir, learn a song, and perform it for the community. It was so interesting to see people who nobody even knew could sing, suddenly come out of their shell!
And I do remember a reality show that I loved and watched every episode of: The 1900 House. It was about a family who agreed to live one year (I think) as though it was 1900. It was so good! I remember that The Simpsons even did a spoof of it in one episode.
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