The Fashion Show Recap

If you follow fashion savvy people on Twitter like we do, then most likely your screens yesterday were buzzing with “are you watching The Fashion Show Tonight?” Last night Bravo premiered their latest fashion hit, which actually turned out to be more of a miss.

For starters, the people looked just plain weird! “Merlin the Magician” was by far the kookiest of the um, eclectic bunch with his cape and ridiculous ensembles. Then there’s James, whose look is reminiscent of Christian Siriano and bases his designs on “post colonialist theories”. Huh? Semi normal looking contestant Kristen even said, “I'm in the weirdest summer camp ever”.

Sure, the “crazies” of the world often prove to be creative geniuses. But that doesn’t seem to be the case with this group. After their mediocre runway shows, hosts Isaac Mizrahi, Kelly Roland and judge Fern Mallis were, thankfully, brutally honest. Everyone’s garments looked like Sewing 101 projects. We did like contestants Johnny and Merlin’s little black dresses they had to create during a mini challenge. We also liked the brief glimpse that we saw of Daniella’s menswear inspired portfolio.

The show itself looked low budget, but hey - it is the first season. We didn’t entirely hate it by any means. We did love the triangle shaped runway and the fact that their fashion shows are filled with people and not just a panel of judges. We also loved Isaac, who just might be the only reason to continue tuning in. It was obvious that Kelly was saying rehearsed lines, but she’s just so adorable that you have to love her.

Bottom line: this was no Project Runway. While Project Runway has introduced the world to so much talent, The Fashion Show felt like they gathered all of the C students and put them to work.

Will you continue to tune in?

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