Sometimes in my head there's some back and forth, some debate about whether the right person stayed and went. This is not such a case. This 100% earned him his ticket home. Melissa's was BAD, and Jeffrey's had some pretty big problems, but this was the worst piece on that runway by a fair way, especially when combined with his output in week 1, which I thought was very uninspired, an embellished version of the look that won him challenge 1 in his season. There are two things here which somehow evoke his inspiration, the Vinegaroon. One is the colour and fabric choice, the other is the neckpiece. And they are both awful. OK the colour is OK, and well matched through the three fabrics, but the main fabric is heavy, ugly and upholstery-like. The sheer fabric looks cheap, and the shiny back fabric looks even cheaper. And the neckpiece, if it was gonna be uncomfortable it should've..... I dunno.....gone there, pushed it somewhere. It kinda looks like a surgical neckbrace. So that's very much a no on the ways he drew his inspiration to a design. As for the rest of it, I don't get it. This dress has no less than three definable hemlines with the mullet hem and the large sheer section. Is that meant to represent the sections of the vinegaroon's body? Because that's kinda cool but it would have to go further with the idea to ever be considered avant-garde. I just don't....it's awful. It's not a dress you'd ever see in a store or a ready-to-wear collection, but not in a good way. The bustline was weird without the toggles, with them it's baffling. I really do like the braided, twisted thing round her back, but I think it could have been harder, more whip-like, put in something harder, as it's a whip scorpion he's meant to be inspired by. Other than that, it's awful, and badly constructed, which is weird because he's usually pretty meticulous. Goodbye and good moustache to you, Daniel.
No comments:
Post a Comment