January 26, 2008
A secret x-ray of Ricky Lizalde reveals the real reason why he cries a lot. Also why he wears hats.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
This Just In!
NEW YORK
January 26, 2008
A secret x-ray of Ricky Lizalde reveals the real reason why he cries a lot. Also why he wears hats.
January 26, 2008
A secret x-ray of Ricky Lizalde reveals the real reason why he cries a lot. Also why he wears hats.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Christian Lacroix Spring 2008 Couture
"Opulent" is probably the best adjective to describe this season's couture collection from Christian Lacroix. I am reminded both of the court of Marie Antoinette and the paintings of Velazquez. Everything is so sumptuous and rich-looking, very much works of art. I would have loved to have seen this collection in person! Every aspect of every design that came down the runway, from the hair ornaments to the ombré effect of the stockings, is perfection. Except perhaps for one. Can you spot it?
The combination of patterns is just perfection.
This is my favorite piece of the whole collection.
This pile of froth makes me think of marshmallow-filled donuts.
Who let Boy George in?
Yeah, this one I don't like so much. It doesn't share the luxuriousness of the other pieces. Looks like she just wrapped herself in a giant scarf and headed out the door.
The combination of patterns is just perfection.
This is my favorite piece of the whole collection.
This pile of froth makes me think of marshmallow-filled donuts.
Who let Boy George in?
Yeah, this one I don't like so much. It doesn't share the luxuriousness of the other pieces. Looks like she just wrapped herself in a giant scarf and headed out the door.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Project Runway - Nein!
At the start of this episode, the remaining seven contestants are transported across the East River to a filthy Port Authority warehouse containing several hundred pairs of Levi's 501 jeans in various washes, hung like so much dirty laundry.
This week's challenge was issued by guest judge, Levi's creative director Caroline Calvin: "Create an iconic denim look of your choice that captures the originality and creativity embodied by the Levi's spirit" (or some ridiculous PR hooey like that).
It's Ready! Set! Go! as the designers race around madly, collecting garments with which to construct their newest project.
Back at Parsons, the designer set to squabbling. Christian, in his infinite wisdom and maturity, decides to harp about the challenge.
"Deconstruction. I did that in design school."
"Blah"
"I feel so manly working in denim."
Despite working well together last week (at least according to the editing), Chris had enough of Christian's whining:
"Someone give him a bottle and send him to bed."
"Christian is like a cartoon character," opined Rami. "If I had hair, I'd want to tear it out of my head."
Why not just grab a handful of Christian's instead? Bet it feels crusty.
As we look around the room at the designers' creations, we see that Victorya and Jillian are both making trench-coat-like garments. Jillian is a bit ticked because she thinks Victorya is stealing her idea from last week. But Jilly, baby, just because you got praised for it once doesn't mean you should do it again. It didn't work for Rami, and it won't work for you.
Tim Gunn then comes in to make disparaging comments about the works in progress.
Sweet P's denim wedding dress (!) makes Tim think of "happy hands at home granny circles" despite there being no grannies or circles in the vicinity. She gets extremely dismayed at his comment and immediately starts to change her design. Remember, the last time this happened, she ended up with a skirt resembling the sta-dri lining of a maxi pad.
So what did all this denim become in the end? The judges seemed really enthusiastic this week, giving far more praise to the designs they liked than usual.
Rami: No draping! Nearly-innovative use of zippers as ornament (see Sebelia, Jeffrey)! The judges were quite relieved to see something that they didn't have to pick apart. And the rest of the world was relieved that he wasn't such a royal ass this week.
Christian used pant legs as sleeves and sleeves as pant legs. The judges were too busy fawning over and petting the Shih Tzu that they didn't seem to notice that Christian made yet another jacket, and one that was patched together with different shades of denim creating a sort of fabric Frankenstein. In fact, it looked like he took this outfit and added extensions. And what's with the bulgy shoulders? Why is it that other designers get slammed for creating similar looks, but Christian hears nothing but praise?
Jillian's coat seemed like it could be a good idea at first (ignoring that we already saw it last week) but it ended up a hot mess in the end, with rough seams, too many fussy details, and mismatched denim. It was too complicated and ambitious for the amount of time allotted, particularly for one with time management issues. She's lucky that Victorya's coat was even uglier.
Chris disappointed the judges this week. After his dramatic creation last week, he delivers a boring version of a little black dress. It looked rough around the edges, and Heidi complained that it looked "home-sewn." MK thought it was "very Joan Cusack in 'Working Girl.'" Oh, were she that classy, Mike!
Sweet P, whose doom seemed all but spelled out in the workroom under Tim's baleful gaze, managed to create a nice strapless dress out of her potential nightmare wedding dress. Michael Kors thought it was "super-chic" and said it had some "slimming Voodoo." No, Michael, that model is a stick insect. She's so scrawny, she disappears when she turns sideways. It's not the dress.
Ricky: The judges are happy to see that Ricky finally put his lingerie experience to work. They wet their respective panties and proclaim the dress a miracle. Michael Kors foams at the mouth over Ricky's styling choices, exclaiming, "I love Amy Winehouse!" (Were I the model, I'd be insulted. I love Ms Winehouse too, but have you seen what that crackhead looks like these days? Truly sad.) And the biggest miracle of all - Ricky pulls off a win. To celebrate, he cries (natch).
Victorya turned out a "reconnoitered jacket with a party skirt glued on." Can't agree with you more, MK. It was sloppy, amateurish, and as noted by Nina, uninspired. Not to mention too similar to Jillian's coat. While this fembot has occasionally looked good for the final four, she got the boot this week.
Can't say I'll miss her.
This week's challenge was issued by guest judge, Levi's creative director Caroline Calvin: "Create an iconic denim look of your choice that captures the originality and creativity embodied by the Levi's spirit" (or some ridiculous PR hooey like that).
It's Ready! Set! Go! as the designers race around madly, collecting garments with which to construct their newest project.
Back at Parsons, the designer set to squabbling. Christian, in his infinite wisdom and maturity, decides to harp about the challenge.
"Deconstruction. I did that in design school."
"Blah"
"I feel so manly working in denim."
Despite working well together last week (at least according to the editing), Chris had enough of Christian's whining:
"Someone give him a bottle and send him to bed."
"Christian is like a cartoon character," opined Rami. "If I had hair, I'd want to tear it out of my head."
Why not just grab a handful of Christian's instead? Bet it feels crusty.
As we look around the room at the designers' creations, we see that Victorya and Jillian are both making trench-coat-like garments. Jillian is a bit ticked because she thinks Victorya is stealing her idea from last week. But Jilly, baby, just because you got praised for it once doesn't mean you should do it again. It didn't work for Rami, and it won't work for you.
Tim Gunn then comes in to make disparaging comments about the works in progress.
Sweet P's denim wedding dress (!) makes Tim think of "happy hands at home granny circles" despite there being no grannies or circles in the vicinity. She gets extremely dismayed at his comment and immediately starts to change her design. Remember, the last time this happened, she ended up with a skirt resembling the sta-dri lining of a maxi pad.
So what did all this denim become in the end? The judges seemed really enthusiastic this week, giving far more praise to the designs they liked than usual.
Rami: No draping! Nearly-innovative use of zippers as ornament (see Sebelia, Jeffrey)! The judges were quite relieved to see something that they didn't have to pick apart. And the rest of the world was relieved that he wasn't such a royal ass this week.
Christian used pant legs as sleeves and sleeves as pant legs. The judges were too busy fawning over and petting the Shih Tzu that they didn't seem to notice that Christian made yet another jacket, and one that was patched together with different shades of denim creating a sort of fabric Frankenstein. In fact, it looked like he took this outfit and added extensions. And what's with the bulgy shoulders? Why is it that other designers get slammed for creating similar looks, but Christian hears nothing but praise?
Jillian's coat seemed like it could be a good idea at first (ignoring that we already saw it last week) but it ended up a hot mess in the end, with rough seams, too many fussy details, and mismatched denim. It was too complicated and ambitious for the amount of time allotted, particularly for one with time management issues. She's lucky that Victorya's coat was even uglier.
Chris disappointed the judges this week. After his dramatic creation last week, he delivers a boring version of a little black dress. It looked rough around the edges, and Heidi complained that it looked "home-sewn." MK thought it was "very Joan Cusack in 'Working Girl.'" Oh, were she that classy, Mike!
Sweet P, whose doom seemed all but spelled out in the workroom under Tim's baleful gaze, managed to create a nice strapless dress out of her potential nightmare wedding dress. Michael Kors thought it was "super-chic" and said it had some "slimming Voodoo." No, Michael, that model is a stick insect. She's so scrawny, she disappears when she turns sideways. It's not the dress.
Ricky: The judges are happy to see that Ricky finally put his lingerie experience to work. They wet their respective panties and proclaim the dress a miracle. Michael Kors foams at the mouth over Ricky's styling choices, exclaiming, "I love Amy Winehouse!" (Were I the model, I'd be insulted. I love Ms Winehouse too, but have you seen what that crackhead looks like these days? Truly sad.) And the biggest miracle of all - Ricky pulls off a win. To celebrate, he cries (natch).
Victorya turned out a "reconnoitered jacket with a party skirt glued on." Can't agree with you more, MK. It was sloppy, amateurish, and as noted by Nina, uninspired. Not to mention too similar to Jillian's coat. While this fembot has occasionally looked good for the final four, she got the boot this week.
Can't say I'll miss her.
Christian Dior Spring 2008 Couture
Ready-to-wear shows are lots of fun and boast the occasional completely wacky design, but nothing beats the couture shows for over-the-top creativity. While there's nothing truly avant-garde or groundbreaking in John Galliano's Spring 2008 Couture collection for venerable design house Christian Dior, there are some fabulous looks. His use of color was particularly exuberant and his matching platform shoes are out of this world.
The color is fabulous, but maybe a bit much for an entire coat and definitely not with matchy-matchy shoes. (Why is it that stylists and fashion editors hate that so much, but designers send color-coordinated shoes out on the runway all the time?)
Is 80s oversized making a comeback? The earrings are huge, the flowers are excessive, but the color is dynamite.
This is a punched-up version of very classic forms. Jackie Kennedy on steroids.
Jackie as Wilma Flintstone...
...but I can't even criticize this one. (Ok, I'm not crazy about the bubble effect of the hem.) I even like this particular lampshade hat (they remind me of the hats Japanese dancers wear).
Who's my favorite artist? That's right, Gustav Klimt! So I am particularly excited about the next several pieces as they don't just borrow heavily but pretty much steal many of the artist's favorite decorative motifs. These are from the painting
Expectation.
The hair is also very Klimtian in shape. I'll bet all of that backcombing and teasing is a bitch to unsnarl.
More Klimt.
This one makes me think of
Klimt's painting of Hygeia - all she needs is the snake.
The color is fabulous, but maybe a bit much for an entire coat and definitely not with matchy-matchy shoes. (Why is it that stylists and fashion editors hate that so much, but designers send color-coordinated shoes out on the runway all the time?)
Is 80s oversized making a comeback? The earrings are huge, the flowers are excessive, but the color is dynamite.
This is a punched-up version of very classic forms. Jackie Kennedy on steroids.
Jackie as Wilma Flintstone...
...but I can't even criticize this one. (Ok, I'm not crazy about the bubble effect of the hem.) I even like this particular lampshade hat (they remind me of the hats Japanese dancers wear).
Who's my favorite artist? That's right, Gustav Klimt! So I am particularly excited about the next several pieces as they don't just borrow heavily but pretty much steal many of the artist's favorite decorative motifs. These are from the painting
Expectation.
The hair is also very Klimtian in shape. I'll bet all of that backcombing and teasing is a bitch to unsnarl.
More Klimt.
This one makes me think of
Klimt's painting of Hygeia - all she needs is the snake.
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