What's going on here? HP [1] invited me to play along with the current season of Project Runway [2] and sent me a TouchSmart [3] computer to create my own designs. Along with creating designs I decided to write myself into the show. I am not doing well.
And now on to something that is rather late, my design for Project Runway episode 3! This episode's challenge was to design an outfit for Nina Garcia that could transition from a working day into attending events in the evening. The operative words there were for Nina Garcia. You could almost smell the fear through the television screen.
Here is my design:
Here is how I think this would have gone down:
I stared blankly at the wall during the sketching period, completely without ideas. At the last moment I made a dress and jacket combo, which seems so very obvious, and took it in to talk with Nina. She was bored. (Does anybody else have Tim's advice from so long ago echoing through your head? "Don't bore Nina!") At Mood I couldn't find the fabric in the colors I wanted, a dark rich eggplant, and instead had to settle on three shades of purple. They color was even worse when I got back to the work room. When Tim and Nina came around I was frantic, I spent so long fretting I barely had any time to get anything together to show. "I don't," Nina said, "like it." I spend my interview to the camera only staring straight ahead and whispering "oh no, oh no, oh no." I didn't have enough fabric or time to start over, so I went ahead with what I had. I simplified my jacket in order to get it done, and traded detail for good construction. I grabbed these accessories from the Piper-Lime Accessories wall and sort of threw them at my model as she was headed off to the runway:
Here is Scott's design:
Scott [4] chose a looser silhouette, which intrigued Nina. He chose a lovely plum silk for the pants, a similarly nice one for the top, and a heavier silk for the jacket. On the walk through the workroom Nina liked the muted colors and loved the way the silks felt, but was a bit afraid the combinations could become a bit pajama-like. Scott worked calmly, gave a balanced interview, and chose accessories well.
After the runway show Scott was in the top three and I was in the bottom three. Again. Scott was praised for the way his fabrics moved, and when came down the runway Nina gave that interested little look over the score cards. Heidi didn't like my look at all saying "I mean, she sent a purple suit down the runway, who does that?". Nina was bored again and while Michaels Kors decided the look wasn't what it could have been he came to my defense to point out that it was well made and well fitted and that the skirt length was decent. (Thanks Michael Kors!) Back on the runway for judging I was told my design looked dated, but it was well made. When I tried to explain I couldn't find the color fabrics I'd hoped to I was told I could have dyed my fabrics. (But come on, we all know that would have ended horribly! Right?)
Scott was voted the winner! And I was second to last. When the loser came into the waiting room I hugged them in that way that indicates I'm sad to see them go but I'm so, so happy it isn't me. Yikes people! I need to get back into this game!
Ok, fantasy over. I'm seriously frightened over what the challenge for episode 5, which I'll post tomorrow later this week in my futile attempt to catch up.
Previously: we took on episode one [5], the one with the bed sheets, episode two [6], the one with the dog toys and episode three [7], the one with stilts.
Just so you know: HP didn't pay me cash money for this post or for my opinions.
[1] http://www.hp.com/
[2] http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway
[3] http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/series_can.do;HHOJSID=LqJvTdGZsVn948NxhqsDD2fngLTCcQnKkyWlXGjDS2F02Q4MGQyQ!532057686?storeName=computer_store&landing=desktops&a1=Category&v1=TouchSmart+PCs&jumpid=in_R329_prodexp/hhoslp/psg/desktops/TouchSmart_PCs
[4] http://www.scottandrew.com
[5] http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2011/08/03/project-runway-hp-computers-and-me-and-scott/
[6] http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2011/08/08/hp-project-runway-challenge-episode-2-the-one-with-unconventional-materials/
[7] http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2011/08/18/hp-project-runway-challenge-episode-3-the-one-with-stilts/
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