Real Women Have Curves on "The Fashion Show"

So, since we last visited The Fashion Show, Andrew/The Panty Christ said bye-bye for creating a look that was too boring (I think Lidia should have gone for whatever this was) and the designers had to create looks for the booking agents of New York Model Management, which James Paul described as “Jesus having to work with Satan.” Because nothing is more demonic than a woman who is not a size 0. Before we go into that, let’s discuss the mini-challenge! I did like the twist of showing the designers Isaac’s dress and then going SIKE and having them have to sketch Kelly’s dress from memory.

Daniella won, but instead of getting immunity, she got the odious task of having to pick one of her team mates to go on the bottom three. So, if they don’t get eliminated that other person knows Daniella wants them to go home. Nice job, producers.

Now, on to the task. Here is the group of trolls the designers had to make dresses for:

Ugh HOW HORRIBLE. Rico and Keith both handled the challenges the best: although both had some of the easier assignments. I did like how Rico said he really designed clothes for his size 16 and 12 female relatives instead of only designing clothes for “clothes hangers”, as Angel said. Daniella was the whiniest, crying in the work room because she wasn’t “inspired” and because the woman assigned to her just didn’t seem to be that into fashion; saying she liked to be comfortable.

Of course, Daniella made the most boring black dress for her client and won because that’s what average sized women should wear: all black, all the time. I was very disappointed in the decision of the judges here:

She did go through a complete transformation, though including changing her hair. She no doubt looks good but it certainly isn’t all that fashion forward. A black dress with an A-line on a curvy girl is a trick we all know. I thought Lidia did a complete turn around and gave us one of the best dresses of the show:

As for who got sent home, I’m in complete agreement with the judges on this one. Keith, who’s model complained of having no boobs or hips, just ended up making his model look more flat chested and plain with this strapless red dress.

None of the other dresses were particularly great, Angel’s was also pretty bad (even though her girl looked gorgeous; I loved her short curly hair and will be replicating on that myself very soon thanks to TRESemme’s site) it was pretty clear that the designers were just not used to working with women who were not models and if they’re going to be Real Designers who you know, make money, they are going to have to become acquainted with what an actual client looks like and the varying range of sizes their clothes will have to come in.

Even if they don’t do plus-sizes (and most high end designers don’t), even very pricey brands go up to a size 10 or 12. And there’s also petite women and women such as Keith’s model who may be thin but who may want to look a little more vuloptous. Get with it, kids.

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