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| Geoffrey Mac worked with metallized and metal mesh fabrics, oversized down-stuffed coats, and some intense colors. Here's his three outfits for his mini-collection. |
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| I rather liked the reverse bra on this metallized dress, but the judges panned the fit of the dress, calling it "shapeless". It is, but the attention is totally on the upper body. |
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| I actually liked the coat in his menswear look, but thought the top and the multi-layered pants left a bit to be desired. The top, especially, just sucked. |
Karlie's last words for the designers is that they will be competing in a final Runway. My feeling is that there will be one final Runway and one more elimination before Fashion Week.
Christian is making house calls. First he drops by Philadelphia, PA to visit with Nancy, who has more than half her collection already finished. Her vision is zero waste inclusive fashion that can suit women from all walks of life. After viewing the collection and giving her some advice, Christian moves onward to New York and Sergio's place. Sergio is pushing for a statement on Arctic melting, water and glacial ice. His look is rather Western-styled mixed with Victorian influences. I'm not sure it's a good meld. It seems to feature a lot of fringe and fitted bodices. I'm failing to see groundbreaking styles here.
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| Nancy Volpe-Beringer started her show out with her wheelchair outfit. In this, the skirt transforms into a cape. |
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| So much of what we had seen from Nancy through the season had been shapeless or draped. It was a treat to see a truly tailored and well fitted pant suit. I have to agree with the judges, the bag can go. |
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| I absolutely loved DD in this sleek and shiny gown. The judges asked for the neckpiece to be pulled off, which left a lovely, almost Grecian gown, very simple and wonderful. Their advice to Nancy was "Edit, Edit and Edit", and in fact, they recommended that to every one of the four finalists. |
After New York, Christian goes to Los Angeles to visit Victoria. I really liked the styles of clothes she's been making, she's using a variety of fabric and techniques. She's working hard on her identity with her brand logo, Kheops (often spelled as Cheops) - based on the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh. Before leaving, Christian gets the opportunity to meet Victoria's husband and young son, who happens to also be named Christian. (Don't fall too in love with her outfits, she's changed almost everything by the time she's back in New York.)
Then Christian returns to Brooklyn to visit Geoffrey who managed to tear his miniscus, design the clothing for a high-profile stage show, and break up with his partner. Absolutely nothing is actually made for his Runway show, and his workshop is just sketches and swatches of fabrics. Ooof! Of all the things Geoffrey mentioned that delayed his work for his collection, I celebrated the fashion job for the show, and was very sad to hear that he broke up with his partner. The support of a willing partner can be so important when attempting to immerse yourself in a total artistic experience.
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| Sergio Guadarrama can't make a collection (or an outfit, for that matter) without wanting to make some sort of political statement. His heavily embellished and beaded looks were focused on Arctic warming this time, and had a bit of a dated look. |
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| In his Arctic Warming run, this was the middle, where the ice was already starting to melt and the waters were beginning to flood the lands. |
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| Sergio's final piece was the watery depths of the meltdown. I actually liked this dress, but as usual, it was totally over-the-top and needs serious editing. |
The four designers arrive in New York and get to view Christian Seriano's Fashion Week runway show from the walkway above the show. They are all amazed at what Christian has walking down the Runway. The designers then meet with Karlie who tells them that the number of designers passing along to Fashion Week hasn't been determined. It could be four, or three,. or even two. Each designer must choose three outfits for a mini-collection. They argue and negotiate and choose their models. We'll get the mini show today and the final show next week and that'll be a wrap. I can hardly wait - there's some intense fashion waiting to walk the Runway and to be shown at New York Fashion Week.
The models come in and are dressed in the three garments of the designer's choice. Some outfits are glorious, others are just not quite working. Christian is flitting around from one designer to the other, critiquing outfits and choices. Is it ready for the Runway? Not even close, but because it's not quite there yet, the designers are having melt-downs. At least Geoffrey has a collection to show, even if mot of the outfits feature large, overstuffed down coats that would look at home on the slopes of Aspen, but not necessarily on the streets of New York City. Everything is getting pinned, tweaked, and approved or tossed.
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| Finally, the designer that everyone loves to hate, Victoria Cocieru. Her pallete was a lot of basic beige, accented with colorful embroidery and topped off by hand-crocheted caps that her mother had crocheted for her. The hats were awesome, the collection, was bland. |
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| She couldn't pull away from her offset pieces completely, but in this suit jacket, it was actually rather cute. I'm truly NOT a fan of the beige, though. I hope there's more color in the full collection. |
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| I actually really liked this slinky and shiny number, but the judges panned it for fitting the model poorly and having a dated look (a similar critique as made to other designers in the show). |
So ... time for the Runway. Who will move on to Fashion Week? Will only two, only three or all four be chosen to show their complete collections? No spoilers this week, because the episode ended on a "To Be Continued" splash screen. Next week is the final decision and New York Fashion Week, so only one week to go in Season 18 of Project Runway. What do you think of these mini-collections? Is there any single designer whose work seems to be floating to the top of the pile?
I'm off to the pool. Have a great Friday and I'll be back tomorrow.
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