Prints from Head To Toe - Project Runway 17, Episode 3

Prints from head to toe was the fashion challenge last night for the 3rd episode of Season 17 Project Runway. I'm not much of a fan of prints, but sometimes it's nice to see something other than unrelieved color blocks walking down the runway. The designers had the assistance of celebrity stylist Marni Senofonte for this one-day challenge. It was needed. It was also nice that they took the "head to toe" very seriously, wanting headdresses/headpieces and shoes/footwear included in the challenge. Here are the winners and losers, and as always, if you want the fashion rundown check out this link, and if you want the blow-by-blow, here's another link for you. 

I'm starting with the fails. DH was watching along
with me and kept mumbling "It's not a print." He
was wrong, of course, stripes are a print, but
this outfit really sucked. The judges liked the
pants (even with the questionable crotch), but
didn't care for the jacket or the colors.
Designer: Garo Sparo

Here is an indisputable print, but not the greatest
design. Tight pants, messy top, and no celebration
of her model's curves at all. To me it looked like
a closet meltdown - the thing you take out of the
back corner and hope it will make it through the
day. Designer: Nadine Ralliford. 

The third designer in the bottom created this messy
folded thing with a very questionable print. The design
was so minimal that it barely qualified in the print
requirement. There were gathers and ruching all over,
and the best part of the piece, the back of the top,
can't be seen in this photo. But that one aspect
was nice. Designer: Rakan Shams Aldeen. 

In the top this week, were some rather odd designs and some rather good ones. Those darned patterns really are hard to work with, but there were successes. Here are the top three. 

This design was all over the place with this
picnic table print, but it was calculated and
actually brilliantly constructed. The judges fell
in love with the garter on her upper thigh, and
I liked the hat and the crop top, along with
those clunky/chunky matching shoes.
Designer: Hester Sunshine. 

Here, a bold plaid was manipulated into many
angles and joins, paired with a gas mask to
pull in the fashion of many places in Southeast
Asia and India (where gasmasks are often worn
on a daily basis). This designer, Kovid Kapoor,
redeemed himself this week. Last week he
almost went home, this week he was in the
top three. 

Our final top look of the week was our winner
last week. Sebastian Grey had immunity this
week, but still put out a stellar design. Upon
questioning by the judges, it came out that he
came to the US two years ago, and the only job
he could get (and still has) is housecleaning.
The judges were appalled that a designer of
his talent would be stuck cleaning houses to
purchase fabric. 

So there you go - the top and bottom three. Did you guess who won and who went home? The winner was between Sebastian Grey and Hester Sunshine, and the nod went to Hester for the win. I'm not that much of a fan, because her designs certainly AREN'T for everyone, but I think she was finally true to her own aesthetic. It will be interesting to see how far she can get. For the loser (any of the three could have gone as far as I was concerned), it basically came down to Rakan Shams Aldeen and his print-that-was-no-print and Nadine Ralliford, who actually dissed her model to the judges when they had their in-depth top and bottom interviews on the runway. Bad form! Then, she just walked out, without shaking hands or anything. Very poor form! 

Again, if you want the full details and to see all of the garments, click on the two links I provided in the top of the blog. I'm running a bit late (PR posts are labor intensive). Got to go! Happy Friday everyone, I'll be back tomorrow!