You are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

0
7

[–] MrSaxoBeetus 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

Project Runway is not a clothing design competition. The competitors are not provided with proper materials, conditions, time, and resources to sew the outfits they're trying to convey. This kind of environment punishes real designs in favor of outfits, since it's quicker to hot glue accessories instead of sewing them together. Also, for some strange reason, designers are supposed to handle model makeup designs, model training, and undisclosed model sizes.

I find it particularly weird that PR actually provides less time and resources than RuPaul's Drag Race sewing competitions, since drag queens are supposed to wear outfits (that won't be used again, so it's okay to hot glue them together) AND makeup, choreography, performance, and humour.

0
2

[–] mmmmdonuts 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I've actually been watching older seasons on PR lately (just finished the fourth, yay, for Siriano!), and while I agree with you, I think that if you really are a top designer you should be able to create fabulous things regardless of pressure, materials, and time. They are given several months and total creative freedom when they make it to Bryant Park so that's their time to shine. If you can't meet the challenges than you shouldn't deserve to be on stage. I think it's fair.

I can't help but wonder since season 4 came out (I think in 2007) that there still isn't a lot of fatlogic in the show. Siriano actually said to his models, "Stay skinny, don't eat!" and everyone laughed, including myself. And they all bitched when they had to design for family members cuz most of them were fat. I'm waiting for the show to take a slightly different direction when tumblerinas start appearing.

0
1

[–] MrSaxoBeetus 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I think that if you really are a top designer you should be able to create fabulous things regardless of pressure, materials, and time. If you can't meet the challenges than you shouldn't deserve to be on stage.

Really? I agree that there must be constraints for the sake of entertainment, it is a TV show, after all. I also agree that resourcefulness is an interesting trait for a designer. But I can't see how a top designer should be able to handle materials such as paper and plastic, when fabrics are just plain superior in almost every scenario. I feel like there should be some kind of punishment for clothes that resort to gimmicky techniques (such as hot gluing), with the obvious exception for costumes.

I can't help but wonder since season 4 came out (I think in 2007) that there still isn't a lot of fatlogic in the show. Siriano actually said to his models, "Stay skinny, don't eat!" and everyone laughed, including myself. And they all bitched when they had to design for family members cuz most of them were fat. I'm waiting for the show to take a slightly different direction when tumblerinas start appearing.

I'm pretty sure the fashion world is full of shitlords. There are way too many media pieces about it already, The Devil Wears Prada comes to mind. But, then, it's still a TV show, and it's undeniable that couch potatoes are a big part of the public for reality TV. When the show started pandering to fats, it had to choose between staying true to fashion, or staying true to reality TV, unfortunately. It'll be completely lost when they decide to make a plus-size spin-off.