On the most recent episode of Lifetime’s Project Runway, the remaining designers were asked to create new looks for the Sheepdogs rock band. The winning look will be featured worn by the band member in Rolling Stone and Marie Claire magazines. Um… Since I can’t make clothes for the Sheepdogs (they had previous engagements), and won’t be making menswear, I’ll withhold my scathing comments about the PR designers–no, I won’t. HAVE THESE PEOPLE SEEN A ROCK BAND PERFORM IN CONCERT SINCE 1972? OR EVER? Moreover, do they listen to their clients?
Okay, now that I got that out of the way, I am willing to design for a band I’ve mentioned on here before: The Opposite of Math.
The founding members of this glam/punk/pop band which has been described as Dollyrots Meets Spice Girls are Rocky, Juliet, Grace, and Barcelona.
Rocky describes herself as the happy-go-lucky member of the band: The Fun Girl.
Rocky doesn’t dance as much as her band mates, but she does want clothes that give her movement and comfort. She’s wearing a metallic dragon-skin patterned T and the pants are a similar pattern in cotton. Her black leather belt, jewelry, and boots are from Mattel.
Juliet says meditation keeps her the most stable member of the band: The Earth Mother.
She takes the lead on a lot of the songs, and she loves to sparkle when she dances. I put her in comfortable velvet pants with a sleeveless metallic top and a jacket that picks up and reflects the stage lights. Her belt is my design; the boots are Mattel.
Barcelona admits that modeling gave her a passion for fashion: The Sophisticate.
Barcelona wanted something chic that she could move in. I designed her midriff-baring satin top and leather pants with a wide flare to mimic the free flow of a skirt. Her earrings and shoes are from Mattel.
Grace dubs herself the love child of Joan Jett and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry: The Rebel.
Grace loves to juxtapose shimmering effects with black. So I gave her a black coat, a metallic silver bandeau top, and skin-tight sequined pants. She never rocks without her Chuck Taylors. The shoes and jewelry are from Mattel.
A sizzling foursome.
Where will you see The Opposite of Math next? The cover of Rolling Stone, of course!
And we’ll see you next time on the runway!
Thanks to Timothy J. Lambert for the fabric for Barcelona’s top and Grace’s pants. Thanks to Lindsey for the painting backdrop for the first group shot of The Opposite of Math. Thanks to Tom for the fabric backdrop for the other group shots and the runway. (It’s his Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge tour T-shirt.) The name The Opposite of Math grew out of a Craft Night conversation long ago.
Previously this season:
9:8 What Women Want
9:7 Can’t We All Just Get Along?
9:6 The Art of the Matter
9:5 Off to the Track
9:4 All About Nina
9:3 Go Big Or Go Home
9:2 My Pet Project
9:1 Come As You Are
PR: biggest load of ass on the runway in years – Vicktor won because his was the least hideous! Although, I did like the pants that Bert made Ewan – everything was very Bugaloos meets the Banana Splits. And yeah, they’re individuals, but they are still a band! At the very least they should look like the type of dudes that might hang out together…
You have done exactly that – there is a different style to all the looks, but there is a shimmer and sparkle that puts them all together as a group. Also, an all guitar girl group – AWESOME. My personal thought would be TOOM ( I am picturing TOOM Raiders t-shirts selling like hotcakes! ) might sound like The Dollyrots mixed with Josie Cotton.
As for the cover
Netflix – don’t care, it’s cheaper than cable. I love them
REM – I feel perfectly fine. not a big fan
Sheepdog – They get a shot at the big time, but they have to wear shitty ass clothes
TOOM – because they are AWESOME!
Thanks–glad you like them. And it is hot to have four girl guitarists–including Juliet’s special edition Elvis Presley acoustic.
I can’t believe you’re arguing with a Rolling Stone cover. How do you manage with all those fence posts in NOLA?
(And R.E.M. is one of my favorite bands. Tread lightly.)
oh no, I’ve said too much … wait, I haven’t said enough …
Good save!
This is great, as usual. You confused me for a few minutes about the group until I searched your blog… http://beckycochrane.com/2010/07/21/eight-more-days/
I will totally have to introduce Caitlin to your blog! She will get such a kick out of your designs and stories for your dolls.
Thanks so much! I’ve wanted to do something with “the band” for ages, and this challenge finally gave me a reason.
As in “between you, me and the fence post”? Yeh, you may have said too much, Marika. 😉 I liked the cover, Becky. Nice touch.
Marika is losing her religion. She needs to go nightswimming with shiny happy people holding hands. While there, she can ask the man on the moon, “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” And drink an orange crush.
Do you know what I have to say about Shiney Happy People is ugh.
I do like Losing my religion … because my granny used to say that.
There is a song called “Leaving New York” that I must have listened to a zillion times as we were wrapping up work on Three Fortunes. It’ll be forever in my heart for that. And I think it’s “Nightswimming” that Phillip listens to on his flight at the end of that book.
Well I was almost done typing a long comment on my phone when it lost it’s place & I couldn’t get back to the end to post it, so once again I have to slap myself for not just getting on the laptop…
I actually only saw the last half hour of this episode because I saw it was on and they’d just started the runway part; after seeing your remarks I couldn’t wait to see the disaster designs. Ugh. I have to say I don’t know everyone’s names. Burt’s striped jeans I liked. The leather jacket with the fringe braided on the shoulders even Dale liked. Mostly, though, yeahwhatweretheythinking? Since I’m typing this after watching last night’s episode I have to say I don’t understand when Heidi, Nina, etc are talking about the designs they didn’t like, it seems sometimes like they’ll agree this one was bad for this reason, but this one we just completed hated everything about it, but then they don’t send home the one they completed hated.
All that said, I LOVELOVELOVE your designs. You can see the personality of each girl and the clothes are really flattering. You’ve given each of them a definite style, but the collection is still cohesive. Great work! YOU are the winner of this challenge 🙂
Why, thank you very much! I think the PR people should send ME some prizes. Not only because I do the designs and therefore promote their show, but because I’ve had to sit through this season. I can’t WAIT for All Stars, when some of the designers I loved to watch return to the show.