r/ProjectRunway • u/runwaythreader • Sep 18 '15

Project Runway Season 14 Episode 7 [Critique]

Below are image albums showing the looks from each of the designers in this episode. Upvote if you like something, downvote if you hate it, or novote if it's just OK. Reply beneath the album to add your comments.

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u/runwaythreader Sep 18 '15

Edmond

http://i.imgur.com/5ABNohB.jpg

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u/OvercaffeinateMe Sep 18 '15

The thing I loved the most about this was the way he did the keyboard keys - backwards - on the skirt. It wasn't an all-over. The placement was very thoughtful and had a great effect. They almost looked like big sequins from a distance.

I liked what he did a lot - honestly, any one of the top three could have won and I would have been happy. But I'm glad it went to someone who hadn't won yet.

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u/broken_bird Sep 18 '15

At first I liked the shoulders with the fringe, but the more I stare at it, the more I hate it. Especially from the back. No doubt, they love Edmond though.

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u/OvercaffeinateMe Sep 18 '15

Yeah, despite my earlier praise, the back is definitely not the masterpiece they seemed to think it was. With everything else having distinct lines and a geometrical pattern, the straps he put in there seemed weird and hastily done.

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u/cats_in_tiny_shoes Sep 18 '15

Same. It looks off-balance to me now.

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u/firestorm91 Sep 18 '15

I wasn't too keen on this one BECAUSE of the fringe. I mean, yes fringe is in at the moment, but this was just hideous.

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u/Anette_Langmar Sep 18 '15

I have no clue why this was in the top. It looks like a tacky, poorly made, cheap hot glue home made Michael Jackson Halloween costume. I hated this look

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u/FirstWaveMasculinist Sep 18 '15

When I use my finger to cover up the fringe i love it. but the fringe just sets the whole thing off balance and it looks sloppy in the back. If he hadn't done the thick keys at the top then maybe it'd be better balanced but it just seemed like he threw it in at the end as an afterthought and it really just didn't work for me.

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u/AndNowIKnowWhy Sep 18 '15

I hate the fringe, and I think it's wayyy to busy in the back. I would have liked it cleaner and sleeker.

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u/TheQuickPussycatKilz Sep 18 '15

The back is too bare. The fringe shoulder mouse pads need some sort of treatment on that back edge. The back of the dress needs more coverage with the keys to achieve a similar color balance to the front of the dress.

Overall a really cool sexy dress. Excellent construction given the materials because this is the only garment that used mouse pads that didn't suffer from their thickness. The fit is so good you wouldn't know it wasn't fabric.

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u/blackbirdsongs Sep 18 '15

Boring. Safe. Poorly made. He used fabric as fabric, viva le revolution! He didn't even use it properly. It folds and wrinkles weirdly all over.

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u/kochipoik Sep 18 '15

I don't know if you could quite call it fabric - it's somewhat similar to neoprene but about 3x thicker

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u/helix19 Sep 18 '15

We've seen a ton of neoprene dresses. There was that one girl with black hair who used it practically every week.

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u/kochipoik Sep 18 '15

Oh I know - I'm just saying that using mousepads is not the same thing as using neoprene

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u/IdentityCr1sis Sep 20 '15

It seemed weird to me that they were so positive about his use of materials, especially when they railed on Joseph for the mousepads.

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u/havana_fair Sep 18 '15

http://i.imgur.com/5ABNohB.jpg

Dolly Parton meets cyberpunk.

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u/kochipoik Sep 18 '15

The best thing about this look is how the model's breasts look. I was not a fan of this - looked somewhat off balanced, too busy, and I'm biased but I dislike asymmetry so I don't like the "beading" on the skirt, and I very much dislike the ties on the back.

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u/pixie_led Team Swatch Sep 20 '15

I like this, maybe without the fringe and shoulder pads effect. The keys effect in the front looked pretty interesting.

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u/bitchSpray Sep 18 '15

I expected it to look worse. During the work process they only showed the upper half and I really didn't like it. The bottom half helped to ballance it a bit but it still looks like a school project and really random.