Heidi: On the most recent episode of Lifetime’s Project Runway, the designers were divided into teams, then asked to select from several styles and textiles to create a collection of six looks.
Summer: The styles were menswear for women, military, 1950s and ladylike shapes, and minimalism.
Barbie: The textile choices were camel, lace, leopard and cheetah prints, plaid, or gold and other metallics.
Heidi: The show’s two teams chose menswear for women in camel, and military in lace.
Barbie: We wanted Becks to do something different from any of the show’s designers.
Heidi: Since she already likes to create in 1950s and ladylike shapes, we chose something outside her comfort zone: minimalism.
Barbie: We also requested that she create her minimal looks using metallics. Those two might seem contradictory, but that’s what a challenge is all about.
Summer: Speaking of contradictory, we three thoroughly modern dolls decided to go back to Mattel’s closet for vintage tonight.
Heidi: Raspberries! I’m wearing Mattel’s “Concert in the Park” that was designed for Francie in 1966.
Summer: My look was also designed for Francie in 1966. It’s Mattel’s “Checkmates.”
Barbie: I’m not quite so retro. I’m wearing Mattel’s “Barbie Boutique Fashion Avenue Collection” from 1997.
Summer: By the way, Barbs, that outfit includes a pair of black pants. Your dress’s skirt is practically above the Mason Dixon line.
Heidi: I’d like to borrow that dress sometime. The fun of the episode was seeing if contrary personalities with different design aesthetics could put together a cohesive collection.
Summer: We figured Becks is contrary enough to create multiple looks without calling in other designers to help her.
Barbie: Plus I picked out six diverse models for her to dress.
Heidi: Let’s see what she came up with.
Laura Lee is wearing a pink lamé dress with a lightweight pink swing coat.
Rachel is wearing a gray dupioni silk blouse with a rolled collar and silver metallic pants.
Cassidy’s dress is gold and black metallic with gold and black braided straps.
Grace is wearing a silver lamé cocktail dress with silver mesh stockings.
Juliet’s green lamé jacket is worn over a shiny snakeskin halter top and pants.
Alexandria’s gold patterned gown has a classic one-shoulder design with slight ruching at the waist.
A collection of six looks based on simple silhouettes without embellishments other than the fabrics themselves.
See you next time on the runway!
Shoes are all by Mattel.
Fabric for Laura Lee’s coat gift of Rain Wolf.
Gold fabric for Alexandria’s dress gift of Lynne.
Previous designs from this season:
PR 8:4–Hats Off to You
PR 8:3–It’s a Party
PR 8:2–Larger Than Life
PR 8:1–And Sew It Begins
I like Laura Lee and Grace’s best!! Way to go!!
Thanks, Gary. =)
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I like!
If I had to choose, I think Cassidy’s and Alexandria’s are my favorites, but then I look at them all together and I’m not so sure I can pick a favorite after all.
I once made a halloween costume for Danielle out of fabric like Laura Lee’s dress looks to be. It was a bitch to sew. Hats off to you, Becky!
Thanks! Yeah, lamé’s a bitch to sew anyway, but especially on 1:6 scale.
I am disappointed that Tim Bobblehead did not come out and give someone a lecture … all red and stuff. I love Cassidy’s dress – did you embellish with some beading or did my computer add that special effect? Also loved Juliet’s green – it was disco ball in a vert good way – lots of fun in that design. My other favorite was Alexandria’s — as they say on PR very lux! I also think you pulled off the one shoulder thing without it looking like Wilma Flinstone … good job!
Thanks for all the compliments. There’s no beading on any of the dresses. No embellishments at all for the minimalist effect.
Fierce! I remember questioning a couple of the prints because they didn’t seem very minimalist. But I’m happy to be proven wrong.
Thank you!
Very nice designing … thankfully, you didn’t have Gretchen on your team or she would have thrown you under the bus like she did poor A.J.
Must go across the wide Missouri and comfort the poor boy.
Thank you!
I’d have rather seen Ivy leave than A.J. Oh, well…
They’re all so unique and bad-ass, but Grace is totally my favorite. Super size it for me! 🙂
Thank you! You’re so little, you could practically fit into it now. 😉
Nice! They photograph well, but I was happy to have seen these in person!
Thanks! I think they look better in person. Except for the flaws, which are easier to cover up in photos.
Not that there ARE any flaws, of course. But just in case there WERE…
Laura Lee and Alexandria — the perfect start and finish for this incredible show!
Thank you very much! It’s nice to see Miss Head’s face again. =)