Challenge Three Results

Good morning, this fine fine first day of summer! [Well, for some of us anyway...?]
I have some excieting round of results to kick of the summer '09, and we are going to get started right away.

Thanks to the 12 of you who turned an entry. The Fashion Freak withdrawed from the compition this week.

Challenge Three: After last week's fun and excietment, I thought we should go back to something you guys are more familiar with- creating a runway outfit for less. You will all be assigned a certain designer, BUT are allowed to choose any outfit from a runway show, either Spring or Fall 09 ready to wear. Take this look and to the best of what's available, create a replacement for those who can't indulge in such lavish spending. You do not have to know the price of the original, but your new outfit MUST be under $500, including all accesories [pictures and other background things do not count.]. The new creation must be reconizable as coming from the designer's orginal-it doesn't have to be exact by any means, but the idea should still be there [try not to do pants when there's a skirt, that sort of thing.]. And also include the picture in the final set.

So you all were under budget and you all seemed to do fine with this. All the scores were very close...however, all the scores were average, or just slightly above or below avarage.
BUT, we here on the judging pannel have some words for all of you.
TAKE RISKS! Go wild. We don't want to see sets that are so...safe. This doesn't mean the fashion itself must be eccentric and crazy, but experiment! See what sort of things you guys can push your self to acomplish! It may get you far in this compition. But at least remember this is for FUN, so have FUN while doing it. Right?
Right.
Well, now that I officially sound like Disney Channel, let's get on with it.

The Bradlo
Sarah
Mandy
Manda
and Lola

You 5 represent the in-betweenies this week.
Look how much the numbers have dwindled down...

Andway, critique

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Highest to lowest score.

The Brad- The pieces themselves match very well, you definately had some good finds. However, with the soft color choices and almost demure dress, the over set fell a little flat...The overall big concern was the addition of belt, which didn't seem necessary except to balance all the blank down in the corner. Another concern raised was, again, your black border. I know this is part of your layout style, but for softer looks, there must be other borders to choose from-maybe thinner, or even a different color?

Lola- Yours was cool because it translated, but not exactly, you got the essence of the original look, but in the end it came out as your own. And you were well under budgest. However, the layout looked messy, the way all the items are layered. Also, the extra pictures underneath on the left side don't really make sence to the theme, or even really flow with the already existing color palette.

Mandy- It's cute, kinda chic, sort of Chanel...pretty basic. I know you griped about their RTW being bleh, but Chanel isn't ...always black and white. I think you played it safe by taking this route, and we want to urge you to LET LOOSE and do something you haven't before. As an outfit alone, you had some nice choices [that skirt's 16 bucks?! How awesome!]. And you had my personal favorite layout this week, except for the small detail of blinding white gloves in the corner [it's all about balance.]

Manda- As one judge said "It’s cute, it’s safe, it’s okay". At first glance, I really liked it-the dress was an excellent find for your runway look. But I keep having to check to see who you got. And Vivienne Westwood? This is very very basic for a Westwood look. Lots of creative juices were lacking, and we wish, with so much budget left, that you had used other items to sort of help make it your own. And improvment from last week, but you GOT to start showing us more.

Sarah- On the plus side, your dress and scarf worked very very well. But, what one judge said was very straight forward, but pretty much echoed what the rest of us thought: "This girl went creative, but I don’t know if it qualifies for a good set. I don’t get the underwear? Which I also find quite ugly…This set really sort of throws me off, it’s a bit chaotic there’s not really one thing that stands out (besides the image in the left corner which I suppose has nothing to do with this week’s challenge). I really had high hopes for her after the first set, but this is bad…it doesn’t even look like her style. Where did Sarah go?"

Alright, thank you dears. Hope to see you next week.

So who do we have left....

Incubeautee
Tripmywire
Ellie
BBGal
Monkeyonice
Heyhey
and Fashionistax

There are 7 of you here because of some tieing. But I won't so who or how many, because that will ruin everything...

So,
Tripmywire
Ellie
BBGal
and Fashionista

You four represent the highest scores this week.

Top

Tripmywire- Well, you had immunity, so it didn't entirely matter what you did, yeah? Because you're a judges favorite [ehm, top 3 all three challenges.], I tend to give you a slightly harsher time-more to stand up to. Or however that expression goes. It's a really cute look, and it's you and it does translate from the picture, but you had Betsy Johnson! And immunity! You could've gone wild, used some bright fun colors! One judge felt it was similar to last week's. Also, not your best layout-things feel disjointed somehow. Scattered.

Ellie- You keep suprising me with your layout style! It's good you can change it up, show us what you can do. You had luella, and while it isn't an exact match, it has the right vibe and still maintains your stlye-which is what this challenge was all about. Extra pictures and words in the background may not have gone with the challenge theme, but they weren't desctracting, in fact, they enanched the overall set. The only thing we weren't crazy about were the gloves-something sorter, softer, more feminine would've tied it all together.

BBGal- It was a really cool look, overall, a risk for an outfit choice, and we really appriciate that. While the dress works, it's...bland when put up against McQueen's, probably because it's more charcoal grey than blank, and looks like flimsy material. Or course, it's not like there are many cheap leather dresses lying around, so it was a great try. The blue in the accesories, although creative on your part considering there were none in the orginal look, seem to blocky. What I mean is, try to mix up colors instead of giving us these bold two-toned looks.

Fashionistax- You also keep giving us different layout stlyes, and it's really payed off this week! For the first time this compition, your set was a stand out. The look isn't really exact, and we aren't entirely sure how fashionable it would be IRL, but the pieces you chose were so quirky cool-it suprised us, acutally. Though the items are sort of smushed, the layout is overall balanced. Keep it up.\

And so, as I'm sure you figured out, this is where the ties came in...but still, only one of you ladies rose above the others...
Who will it be?
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BBGal.
Cool set. You have not won, but keep this streak up.See you next round.
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Tripmywire...
You also have not won, but here's to another week in the top, yeah?
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Which leaves us with Ellie and Fashionistax....
One of you is the winner and will recieve immunity for next challenge.
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Congradulations.....
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ELLIE!
Such a beautiful set! You are the winner of Challenge 3 and cannot be eliminated next week.

And great improvment Fashionista. Can't wait to see more.

Now.
Incubeautee
Monkeyonice
and Heyhey.

you 3 represent the lowest scores.

BOTTOM

Incubeautee- You really tried and went creative with your set, but we think it's more going to see grandma, Easter Sunday than John Galliano. His looks are really out there to translate to a less expensive look, and for that I really give you props. The shoes are rad, and the hat is an interesting, cool translation of that thing on the model's head. As for layout, I'm glad you tried a different shape, but things are still getting lost in the clutter.

Monkeyonice- You also had a difficult time with this...here's what one judge said about yours "I love the choice of shoes, great find! But I think the outfit went from model wearing only a orange jacket, to a very orange looking outfit for less. I think she focused to much on the top and the skirt is really just too blah compared to the original style. Maybe a highwaisted nude colored skirt (which I have found on polyvore before) would have worked better, make the outfit more exciting." Another judge felt your jacket choice was the wrong style for the outfit-too bulky. In this case, with so much orange already going on, concentrating on finding the right style over color would've been a better idea.

Heyhey- It's a rather sage choice for Balmain, but the shoes you found were great, and the pants work well, especially with the creative addition of scissors to chop them up. Our biggest problem though was with the jacket: "I don't think the blazer she chose works at all. The designer jacket has wide shoulders and a long breast collar. She chose a button up coat! It just doesn't go." said a judge. And I'm pretty sure there are plenty of black blazers to choose from. Overall, not terrible, but it could've been much better.

Unfortunately, this is the part were one of you will be eliminated...
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You are safe for another round. Give us some amazing next time, alright-I know you have it in you.
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Monkeyonice...
Incubeautee...

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Incubeautee.

You are also safe...
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Which means...
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Monkey, you're in too.
No one is eliminated this week.
Due to all the cuts last challenge and one more this, I got sick of loosing contestants, especially those who get their entries in on time. So you all have another chance in the upcoming challenge to do some Aweinspiring, amazing, unexpected.
I hope to see all that and more then.

But until next time, thank you everyone, and have a great day.

=D