Project Catwalk UK

[Tinuviel]

I liked Gemma's dress too... was rather sad she left cos she has such potential. well Shakeel's finally out, that bit with the curtain was hilarious but bless him he was so earnest about it. Loved Kirsty's & Christopher's dresses.

[maraschin0]

^ I loved Kirsty's and Christopher's dresses too! Though I don't know why they said Kirsty's photo wasn't very impressive, I liked it much better than Renato's photo!

[susie_bubble]

Here are the pics from episode 6. This challenge is my favourite so far! Guided by Robert Cary Williams (eeek...I love him!), the designers were taken to the Traid warehouse (a more fashion-focused charity/thrift store) to pick out 10 items of clothing to remake into a fashion/visual piece for a photoshoot. Then Robert asked them to switch baskets so that everyone ended up with someone else's basket (much to Kirsty's dismay....). Once finished, they then had to style/direct the photoshoot for their outfits. This time, Renato won his first challenge - I didn't really dislike anybody's outfits because they were all innovative in their own ways. Though I thought some outfits were better than Renato's, his photo came out looking the best.

Christopher (Ana) - I LOVED this outfit






Debi (Gemma) - Gosh...I have to agree with Julien this time...very very dull indeed.

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Kirsty (Sherene) - Everyone loved the dress but couldn't understand the green right boob bit. Given that she had the worse choices courtesy of Shakeel, she did a fine job.






Marianne (Jessica) - This is cool yet ugly at the same time - very VERY Swarowski encrusted so there was a bit too much going on. Cool skirt though.






Matthew (Kate) - I LOVED the pleated top - the bottom drapey material bit is slightly dodgy but overall, I think this was a step-up from last week!

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Renato (Lynsey) - The kinda-deserved winner. There are elements of the outfit that I love, the interesting hook at the back, the skirt and the red braces. But something doesn't quite gel - maybe there's too many contrasts going on.






Shakeel (Erica) - Someone had to leave and it was Shakeel. It was such a strong week that I think Shakeel's dress was only weakest by elimination. The photo wasn't great, and he did bulls*** a bit about wanting to preserve the past essence of the curtains he used for the skirt...






All pics screencapped by myself.

[titito_008]

In the picture with the designers of "Project Catwalk" the lady in the 2nd row looks like wendy pepper, and the guy with the glasses in the back row, looks like McCarrol... Sorry for wasting your time!

[cygnenoir]

I loved this challenge as well. I thought it was far more interesting than anything on Project Runway. And how brilliant was it to have them trade fabric?

Just curious, for those of you in the UK, has there been any buzz about who actually showed at London Fashion Week? I would imagine that if the show is a success, people would be talking about it!

[VampireCa]

I just finish watching project runway season 1 last night, I have to say the Project catwalk did a much better job than the American one, the designers are much more talented. A shame that I dont have Sky at home, cant wait to see more pics from you susie! Thank you so much!

[fashionistamaybe]

Originally Posted by susie_bubble

Lesley's design - I thought this sounded v. ambitious on paper and v. interesting and like Kelly, I was most intrigued at how this would turn out. Lesley - maybe you can clarify this for me. You know you said you would use bleach to do a trompe d'oeil design on the dress - how comes I can't see it? TBH, I think you should have been there to guide Renato and Matthew (bless the poor boy but he just did NOT know what he was doing!!) coz I think they might have screwed up your design...
I was v. sorry to see you go especially when I loved all your designs in the weeks previously. But I admire you for taking the flack and not blaming your team.




All pics screencapped by myself.

Well Susie, on that plain black velvet, can you see the image of a woman's body? The image is then picked out in the natural contours with crystals and beading which took absolute hours. It looks better in the flesh so to speak, where you can appreciate the work that's gone into it. It also has a little pair of knickers and suspenders to the front, whilst there is a corset painted on the back... and the infamous spotty bum that Matthew gave it.

It was actually a very good dress. The fact that they didn't get the 'humour' of the dress was a pity - because it was made for a youngster,whose attitude is supposed to be legendary.

You can't please all of the people all of the time, although I've had very positive reactions from people on the street, and a lot of people that work in the fashion industry at a high level.... so there you go - there's no accounting for taste - and I still maintain that I 'LIKE' the dress. I would wear it out!

[flauxhemian]

argh so peeved marianne went, i felt she showed real promise on some of the outfits she did, and it was just her bad mistake of effing up the measurements that got her out, if the dress had actually ended up with the original design rather than the little bib she had to slip in, it would of been much better...her model was seriously peeved though huh, so would i though

i didnt like how they breeezed over how impractical christophers was, it was all white and they were supposed to be worn cleaning, the colours would run too..

me, i liked renato's the most if he made it thinner and all into one outfit i think it would of been better.......

p.s if you didnt know the brief was to design a dress for the cleaners at the savoy, they went behind the scenes and did some research through cleaning themselves, they only had a bufget of £30 and had set material and colours. the winning dress went into production.. they found it hard as they couldnt be so exspressive with their designs...

[5AvenueMarceau]

cheers flauxhemian, i missed it this week so its good to hear what happened!

[travis_nw8]

did anyone else hear that the ratings were so bad and the advertising budget for the programme was so high, it would of been cheaper for sky tv to pay £12 to each viewer....

[susie_bubble]

^I have heard something bad things about the ratings. But I hear Liz Hurley is planning on another series despite this....ah well, perhaps Arun is funding it....

[BossKitty]

The Independent made the ratings sound a fair bit worse than they are. I'm pretty sure the £12 thing is rubbish.

[cygnenoir]

I'm surprised by that. I prefer Project Catwalk to Project Runway. I think the designers and the designs are far more interesting. I do wish that both programmes would focus more on design and contruction than personality conflict (real or imagined) but I guess that's what makes reality TV.

I noticed that Project Runway will be holding auditions in London, so I do wonder what that means, if anything for Project Catwalk.

Oh and if Ben DeLisi was replaced by the adorable Tim Gunn, I wouldn't bother watching Runway at all.