Monday, June 22, 2009

Challenge 6 Entries

Tripmywire


1. Something my mother would have worn. My mom liked tassels. Still does. Hippie. Hence the tasseled handbag.

2. Item from my first set. The vest.

3. Shoes you wouldn't wear. I think they're beautiful. Until I think about wearing them. Then, not so much. Not wearable in the least.

4. Top from favorite brand. La Garconne. The tank.

5. Something I can't live without. Glasses. I'm damn near blind without them.

6. Song from friend's favorite band. Most of my friends are pretty obsessed with Lady Gaga.

7. Something stolen from the duckie. The bracelet.

8. Gossip Girl headband. Since a bow wouldn't fit into the style of this outfit, I grabbed a wide feather headband. So, it's like my own twist on Gossip Girl attire.

9. A jacket fit for a rockstar. Pretty self-explanatory.

10. Movie jewelry. The feather ring. Totally makes me think of Pocahontas.

11. Favorite quote. A portion of it. Since it is so damn long.

12. Purple. The second ring.

13. Bottom from least favorite brand. American Eagle...Who actually likes American Eagle?

14. Foto Decadent picture.

15. Food I've never tried. Sushi. I'm actually vegetarian, so most sushi is off-limits. But I've never tried the vegetarian stuff either.

16. Something that inspires you. Milk for Harvey Milk. Courageous people inspire me. BTW, have you seen the movie? If you haven't, you should.



Sarah


1. Something your mother would have worn when she was your age:
My mother is a survivor of the Killing Fields in Cambodia, and they were forced to wear all black, so that shirt/blouse you see that the girl-model-person wearing is what my mother would have worn.
2. An item from your first set (the first that is still published so we can check):
http://www.polyvore.com/sunny_spring_clothes/set?id=313573
I used both the headband and the pearls.
3. A pair of shoes you normally wouldn't wear:
The D&G shoes...
4. A top from your favorite store or brand:
I like Forever 21 for their awesome prices. (:
5. Something you can't truly live without:
Undies. I'd really rather not go commando, thank you very much.
6. A song by your friend's favorite band:
Rooney?
7. Something from Ducktape's poly-closet:
The necklace with the 3 crosses.
8. A gossip-girl-esque headband:
The satin one you see there. It's also from my first set.
9. A jacket fit for a rock star:
The leather moto one by A.P.C.
10. A piece of jewelry that reminds you of a movie or tv show:
The two rings remind me of Slytherin, which reminds me of Harry Potter.
11. Your favorite quote:
"A rose that blooms before its time falls to the February frost." I have no idea where its from, but I remember it from several years ago. Nothing comes up on Google, either.
12. Something purple:
The Color Purple by Alice Walker. (;
It's on my list of books to read.
13. A bottom from your least favorite brand or store:
The shorts from Wet Seal.
14. A picture from foto_decadent:
The man between the biggest picture of the girl-model-person w/ the black blouse and the leather jacket.
15. A food or food type you have never tried:
Wine. I've had other alcoholic beverages, but I can't remember if I've had wine or not.
16. Something that inspires you:
That red Stanford logo. My brother inspires me because he got into Stanford w/ a full ride.


The Bradlo


1. The skirt is super 80's
2. The sunglasses
3.The shoes are a little much for me to wear everyday
4. i love lagarconne
5. i can't live without my ipod
6. My friend is OBSESSED with the beatles
7. the ring
8. the little bow on the headband is very blair waldorf
9. the jacket :P
10. on America's Next Top Model there was a dress that had things that looked just like that necklace hanging all over it
11. My life has no title, just a bunch of headlines
12. The eyeshadow
13. i don't like charlotte russe
14. the photo
15. im not old enough for alcohol soo...
16. i am inspired by life


Lola


1. The Kate Spade Hula bag- My mom went to Hawaii for the first time when she was my age. She fell in love with the islands and actually refused to come back for a while. When she was forced to return, she loved everything that reminded her of Hawaii. Thus, a "hula bag" would have been right up her alley.
2. The bangles were in my first set. Yuck: http://www.polyvore.com/treasure_hunt/set?id=1345926
3. I normally don't foray into heels, and when I do they aren't cream colored. I'm not a fan of the color at all!
4. Favorite store: Delia's!
5. Those are actually my CK glasses. I have them on my face as we speak.. or type. Whatev. I would find it very hard to live without them.
6. My friend unfortunately loves Gwen Stefani.. eww.
7. I took the Rubix cube necklace.
8. Floral headband on the right hand side.
9. Red biker jacket.. duh.
10. The monkey ring reminds of both "The Jungle Book," and "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective."
11. And at that moment, I swear we were infinite.- Perks of Being a Wallflower
12. Purple brooch
13. I'm not a fan of abercrombie
14. Zee ugly photo from foto_decadent
15. I've never had one of those huge fuck off lollipops
16. I'm tres inspired by Fafi and all of her amazing drawings.


Incubeautee


1. something your mother would have worn when she was your age - my mom was in her 20s in the 1970s. she dressed almost exactly like the girl in the top photo...hot pants and neck ties hahaha.
2. an item from your first set (the first that is still published so we can check) - well my first set is not visible because of the copyright..so the set that shows as my first has the "luck" heart ring that i adore.
3. a pair of shoes you normally wouldn't wear - never been into the whole victorian look
4. a top from your favorite store or brand - forever21 chiffon top
5. something you can't truly live without - black eyeliner! it's an everyday staple.
6. A song by your friend's favorite band - praise chorus by jimmy eat world. this particular song really resonates with me especially since im 25 now. it relates to the quote i chose too. listen to it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCOO5ZlUfvU
7. something from my ducktape's poly-closet - that sweeet cross necklace
8. a gossip-girl-esque headband - satin bow headband
9. A jacket fit for a rock star - nothin says rock star like Balmain. Sleek, black, shine, and bling!
10. a piece of jewelry that reminds you of a movie or tv show - the black pearl ring reminds me of pirates of the carribbean curse of the black pearl of course!
11. your favorite quote - "it's never too late to be who you might have been." -george eliot
12. Something purple - sequin wallet
13. a bottom from your least favorite brand or store - cropped boyfriend jeans from aeropostale.
14. A picture from foto_decadent. [ http://community.livejournal.com/foto_decadent/ ] - the calvin klein picture which i think is super sexy.
15. a food or food type you have never tried - im a food connoisseur, so there isnt much i havent tried. but caviar is one of those few things that i havent gotten interested in enough to ever try.
16. something that inspires you - luella's runway designs inspired me to be a fashion designer.


BBGal


1. something your mother would have worn when she was your age. [The necklace. My mom loves unusual jewelry.]
2. an item from your first set (the first that is still published so we can check). [The silver belt. It's pretty cool actually. First set in all its awfulness: http://www.polyvore.com/pretty_blue/set?id=2308805]
3. a pair of shoes you normally wouldn't wear. [The boots. I'd much rather wear some sandals or something.]
4. a top from your favorite store or brand. [I love love love Palmercash.com's tees!]
5. something you can't truly live without. [The earphones... which stand for, music. :)]
6. A song by your friend's favorite band. [Cadillac Sky.]
7. something from my own poly-closet [The eyeliner.]
8. a gossip-girl-esque headband. [The headband with the big ol' bow.]
9. A jacket fit for a rock star [Leather jacket. Looked pretty rock star-ish to me.]
10. a piece of jewelry that reminds you of a movie or tv show. [There was this girl in the Clique movie who had a bag that looked like a boombox and played music. The ring reminded me of that. Random, right?]
11. your favorite quote. [On the bottom part. The full quote is 'How in the world did we get this far, holding on to the tail of a shooting star?' It's Sam Bush. :]
12. Something purple [The nail polish.
13. a bottom from your least favorite brand or store [The topshop skirt. Topshop stuff is used all the time and I don't like to use what everyone else is using.
14. A picture from foto_decadent. [ http://community.livejournal.com/foto_decadent/ ] [The photo ;)]
15. a food or food type you have never tried. [I've never drank starbucks o.o]
16. something that inspires you. [My mandolin. That's what that headstock is over on the left side of the set. ;)]



Ellie



1. something your mother would have worn when she was your age..........belt

2. an item from your first set..........chanel nail polish

3. a pair of shoes you normally wouldn't wear..........YSL cage sandals

4. a top from your favorite store or brand..........topshop-Kurt Tribute Vest

5. something you can't truly live without.........my sunglasses

6. A song by your friend's favorite band..........aerosmith-crazy

7. something from my own poly-closet..........http://www.polyvore.com/obashop.com_camisetas_babylooks_bottons_t%C3%AAnis/thing?id=6096533

8. a gossip-girl-esque headband..........aerie bow headband

9. A jacket fit for a rock star..........white leather jacket

10. a piece of jewelry that reminds you of a movie or tv show..........skull ring-pirates of the caribbean(jack sparrow)

11. your favorite quote.........."hold your head high gorgeous they will kill to see you fall"

12. Something purple..........Delfina Delettrez ring

13. a bottom from your least favorite brand or store..........Abercrombie & Fitch shorts

14. A picture from foto_decadent..........http://www.polyvore.com/foto_decadent_denise_gr%C3%BCnstein_annika_aschberg/thing?id=5590355

15. a food or food type you have never tried..........sushi

16. something that inspires you..........family.friends.music.



Manda


1. something your mother would have worn when she was your age.
the tunic.
This item was the hardest to find probably since my mother was in a very poor country when she was my age and didn't care about clothes. :x
2. an item from your first set (the first that is still published so we can check).
the perfume.
3. a pair of shoes you normally wouldn't wear.
the Alexander Wang ones. They look cool, but I would never wear them.
4. a top from your favorite store or brand.
Forever 21 plaid shirt
5. something you can't truly live without.
music notes.
6. A song by your friend's favorite band.
Relient K
7. something from my own poly-closet
the octopus ring
8. a gossip-girl-esque headband.
the headband
9. A jacket fit for a rock star
the leather jacket
10. a piece of jewelry that reminds you of a movie or tv show.
the purple and pink ring. It reminds me of Aladdin.
11. your favorite quote.
the top quote. "Love is the Answer"
12. Something purple
the bag
13. a bottom from your least favorite brand or store
hollister skinny jeans. bleh.
14. A picture from foto_decadent. [ http://community.livejournal.com/foto_decadent/ ]
the gun picture haha
15. a food or food type you have never tried.
pinkberry. I have never tried it yet. I'm anticipating it though. haha
16. something that inspires you
love.



Mandy


1. something your mother would have worn when she was your age.
- those YSL sunglasses. Back in the eighties she was my age. She has a couple still.

2. an item from your first set (the first that is still published so we can check).
- it's the ring on the mannequin, it was in my (horrible) first set.

3. a pair of shoes you normally wouldn't wear.
- I don't wear nike's. Or any sneakers for that matter. But those are so unique and the print is really cool. Unexpected.

4. a top from your favorite store or brand.
- forever 21.... (:

5. something you can't truly live without.
- Contacts! I'm like honestly blind without them. I have the worse vision.... bleh.

6. A song by your friend's favorite band.
- I'm not sure it's her favorite band, but she always listens to it.

7. something from my own poly-closet
- that elephant! (: it's so cute.

8. a gossip-girl-esque headband.
- the green one. Self-explanatory.

9. A jacket fit for a rock star
- Leather jacket.

10. a piece of jewelry that reminds you of a movie or tv show.
- the necklace . . .

11. your favorite quote.
- Dr. Suess one.

12. Something purple
- that bag behind the leather jacket is purple.

13. a bottom from your least favorite brand or store
- Hollister shorts. ew.

14. A picture from foto_decadent. [ http://community.livejournal.com/foto_decadent/ ]
- the photo.

15. a food or food type you have never tried.
- I've never had raspberries. No surprise. I don't like any berries. So I never really bothered trying them.

16. something that inspires you.
- fifi. and fashion basically. (:
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is that bag purple, or am i colorblind?
just wondering.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Challenge 5 Results

Good afternoony, dears. Sorry I didn't get to this sooner, by blame Blogger! It was acting tempermental this past week, only loading occasionally.Hopefully it's done now and you all can read this.

Fashionistax has dropped out of the compition, leaving us with only 10 contestants.

Challenge 5-It's seems that in the last 10 years or so, sterotypes have...gone through rapid mitosis. That is, there's lots of little subgroups, lot's of little mutations and breeds of what was only once described as 'alternative'.
But, I'm 16, so then again, what do I know.
Anyway, crappy attempt at a lead in aside, I want you to click this link:
http://www.yourscenesucks.com/
At this website you will find 20 different profiles of various kinds of 'Scenesters'.
[If you have trouble locating all these profiles, please let me know.]
What I want you to do is pick one, guy or girl. Read what it has to say about each one.
And then I want you to loosely draw inspiration from which ever scene kid you chose and create an avant garde sort of WOMAN'S look around them.
THIS IS NOT STREET WEAR. Nothing they can wear to school, or a concert, or any of that. To the best of your resources, I want this almost runway worthy. Take something that is trendy and cliche, and turn it into something absolutely fabulous.

Well...unfortunately for you guys, we were disappointed this week, at least for the most part-many of you struggled to make something that could be taken off the streets and into high fashion, and we grew increasily fusrated.

But some of you...some of you did alright.

Manda
Sarah
Lola
and Ellie

You four represent the middle scores. Let's get to the critique...


Critique

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Sarah- In a sea of un-inspiration, the judges to pleased to see yours, at least one judge said “
Compared to others this one has used the right amount of inspiration to not make it into an ugly outfit, it’s still easy on the eye, the shoes are hot”. While it's not terribly avant garde [but not street wear either...] I do applaud your use of a skirt as a top, which is EXACTLY what I was hoping more people would get creative with. One critique though, we all are so crazy about this sparse squished layout-too much white space, they say.



Ellie-Definitely a runway worthy concept, you drew from your inspiration, the Black Metal Knight, very nicely-just great choices on items all around, and those pictures are also a cool representation. Your layout isn't bad, but just be careful about layout with so many small items on one side the larger pictures taking up the whole of the other side. BALANCE IS THE KEY, and that goes to everyone.

Lola- You have immunity, so when one judge says “Way too much stuff for me to handle” it's probably a good thing you won last week. I don't know if it's quite a 'popcore dork', what ever that really is [as you said yourself.] but the inspiration was going in the white direction with all the bright colors and pop icons. Really hate the outfit personally, or as I would've said 2 years ago, it looks like “circus vomit” [AWESOME shoes though.]. But that's, like, whatever, because it got the point across.

Manda- We don't think you extracted much new creativity from the inspiration, but it's not really an /exact/ copy, so that's working for you. You had a hard time with it, but you tried and it really isn't terrible. Our problem is that it's too street wear...All the bat accessories get a little matchy-matchy and a couple of us aren't sure how that fits into Fall Out Boys Number One Fangirl, but, as street wear, it's a pretty cool outfit.

There's a lot less of you in this category...the numbers really are dwindling...


For the rest of you...well, obviously you represent the highest and the lowest scores..


Bradlo
Incubeautee
Mandy




You thee came out on top.


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The Bradlo-If DEFINITELY gets the point of Myspace Whore across, and the sequins and hoe shoes, in any other situation incredibly tacky, really work here. In terms of the direction you took with, it could've been a little more creative-i.e, an outfit rather than just lingerie...the items in the middle section, while I think they made sense, could've been rearranged to draw more attention to the initial outfit.

Incubeautee-You KNOW your inspiration, and I think that's what gave you an advantage, because this high fashion rudegirl totally rocks, or so I think. While it's not avant garde except in some places, it's would totally kick butt on the runway and is super cool. All the details-from the tie necklace, to the floral jacket replacing the Hawaiian shirt, are spot on. One judge, though, felt that it wasn't apparent until reading your description, and another's not so crazy about the squashed up item layout.

Mandy-Great outfit! Is it avant garde, no, but it's ready for some runways, and definitely the skirt and top and belt combo is. I would wear it though, and I generally try to stay away from anything that might be mistaken for 'emo'. Great use of the inspiration, though maybe something more interesting could be done with the flannel shirt...it felt kinda obvious. The layout's nice, as always, though I would've switched up a few items to anchor it more, like the glasses with the bag [one judge thought they look like they might be crushed!]

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You have not won either.
But good job, top 3 again!
And of course, this means...
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CONGRADULATIONS INCUBEAUTEE!
You are the winner of challenge 5 and have recieved immunity to matter what you turn in next week. Good show, darling!



Right. Now on to the hard stuff.
I apologise in advance for any harsh critique-please do not take it personally. As I always say, the judges opinions are only of a small group, and what you think about your set is more important...

With that being said..

Tripmywire
Heyheyy
and BBGal

you three have recieved the lowest scores for challenge 5.


Bottom

Heyheyy-The major problem we have with yours is that it's a VERY close copy of what the original wore, just better suited to a female, and what it lacks is real innovation. You missed the mark for it to be avant garde, AND it doesn't even reach high-fashion runway worthy like was asked. And I look at it and think, challenge aside, it's not a terrible outfit, and I acutally kinda like it, but I /can/ just reach into my closet and pull out something very similar.

Tripmywire-The thing about you is that you consistently do so well, we tend to expect more. Much more. The scene queen could've been so awesome, but I feel you just played it safe...well, not sage, I mean all the colors and sequin and paint splatter is CRAZY and it does fit your theme, but it all comes together somewhat tack-ily, nothing really goes, and TOO MUCH. Yes, we get the inspiration, but we also wanted something a little beyond that. Also, not your best layout.

BBGaL- Like Heyhey, yours was far too close to the original. It's way to casual to be runway, let alone avant garde-as Tyra Banks likes to point out to all the wanna-be models, looks like it came straight from the mall. The set alone really isn't bad at all, and I like some of the items a lot [like the headband!], but we were just anticipating something more surprising...also, your items are still getting just a tad lost.
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We know you have much more in you, and we hope to it comes back in time for challenge 6.
You are still in the running.
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Heyhey.
You have been eliminated from Project Polyvore.
I hope you had fun and aren't too discouraged, and if you'd like, I'd love to have you as a judge.

BBGal, we'll see you next week and hope to be wowed this time. ;)

Thank you everyone! And have a great week!
[Or two..]
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