On the most recent episode of Lifetime’s Project Runway, the designers were taken to Manhattan’s Lord & Taylor flagship store and shown the Project Runway Capsule Collection of cocktail dresses to be sold by Lord & Taylor online and in their stores. The existing nine dresses were created by previous contestants from Project Runway, and the winning design from this challenge would become the tenth look in the collection, as well as being featured in the window of the Fifth Avenue store. The creation had to fit in with the other designs; the designers had to use fabric provided by JS Collections, the manufacturer of the dresses; and the looks should fall within a retail price point of two to three hundred dollars.
You can see all ten designs from the collection at this page of Lord & Taylor’s website and judge whether my design would fit with the others. Needless to say, nobody from PR sent me any fabric, so I used a piece of vintage moire silk.
Laurel walks onto the runway in her dusky blue cocktail dress.
The draped collar is gathered at the center and enhanced with beading of clear and silver crystals.
Mattel’s shoes repeat the shiny crystal and silver feature on the straps.
The drape continues around the shoulders and leaves a tasteful cutout effect at the lower back.
Laurel is a shimmering vision from head to toe.
See you next time on the runway!
Blue moire silk from Aunt Gwen.
Clear crystal beads from Mary.
To see previous challenges from this season:
Episode 6: Fix My Friend (PR 10:6)
Episode 5: It’s My Way On the Runway (PR 10:5)
Episode 4: Women On the Go (PR 10:4)
Episode 3: Welcome Back (or not) to the Runway (PR 10:3)
Episode 2: Candy Couture
Episode 1: A Times Square Anniversary Party
Pretty dress! Portrait collars like this are flattering on most body types. If this came in my size, I’d be tempted…
Thanks!
“Portrait collar!” Where were you in the middle of the night when I was desperately looking for the name for this? Your comment led me to a site with a whole list of fashion terms that should save me time in the future, so thank you for that, too!
I was sleeping. And you’re most welcome. 🙂
Sleeping sounds so sensible. I need to do more of that.
Simply totally chic!
Merci beaucoup!
Vintage silk! I like the color too!
Thank you so very much! =)
This totally doesn’t even look like the same fabric… in a good way. I would SO wear this dress.
And I love that you used Aunt Gwen’s fabric for the Lord & Taylor challenge. Didn’t some of the “whatnots” in the sewing box come from L&T?
Thank you. I loved being able to use it. It’s SO fragile, though, that I had some sewing missteps, but they don’t show. =)
The whatnots came from Marshall Fields. But I remember when MF was an upscale store in the Galleria–I have a happy Steve R memory from there. Lord & Taylor I’ve just admired from a distance.