Heidi: On the most recent episode of Lifetime’s Project Runway, the designers were asked to create a high fashion look and a ready-to-wear companion to appear in a L’Oréal Paris ad.
Barbie: The designers could make choices from themes based on L’Oréal’s new eyeshadow palettes: bright, matte, metallic, crystal, and velvet.
Summer: After Tim Gunn warned the designers that velvet would be the most challenging, of course I picked it for Becks.
Barbie: And I picked Noelle to wear velvet, because she’s definitely a high-fashion model. Then I chose Cari to model Becks’ daytime look.
Heidi: Speaking of looks, earlier in the week, I ordered more glam looks for Barbie, Summer, and me from Becks. This is what she delivered.
Barbie: I’m happy!
Summer: Me, too.
Heidi: It could have been shorter. Now let’s see if Becks can make L’Oréal happy.
She wore blue velvet.
A close-up shows the beading Becks used on the shoulder straps and earrings.
Remember these little flowers shaped from sequins on the velvet.
A great silhouette from all sides.
For a daytime look, Becks held onto the dark blue, with ivory flowers splashed across the dress.
She then used a belt that would imitate the beading details of her runway look.
And she styled Cari a little more playfully.
See you next time—
…in a L’Oréal Paris ad!
Happy birthday to Y&R writer and PR viewer Tom Casiello!
The doll Cari is a gift from (and named for) Cari.
Barbie’s and Cari’s belts are from High Fashion trims.
Summer’s necklace and Noelle’s earrings were designed by me.
Previous designs from this season:
PR 8:8–A Rough Day on the Runway
PR 8:7–What’s Mine is Yours
PR 8:6–You Can Totally Wear That Again
PR 8:5–There is an “I” in Team
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
Gorgeous!
Thank you! Your user pic reminds me that I just watched The Devil Wears Prada again. Meryl Streep is so great.
Gorgoeus … better then most of the gross that was on the runway this week – and especially better then this weeks velvet. Although, I would have loved for you to make red velvet cake. MMM … I like both looks …I thought the 2nd look is very fun and retro … and the styling perfect! I love Summer’s dress… she looks great in purple sequins!
Thank you. I didn’t like Gretchen’s dress, either, and I usually kind of dig velvety-granola clothes. I REALLY didn’t like her ready-to-wear. I’m entrenched in Mondo’s court right now.
It’s too bad you couldn’t have costumed The Poptarts!
Of course, we were a little bigger than Barbie and
her cohorts, but the clothes would have been perfect!
Thanks! How great would it be to shop vintage to style a 1960s retro group? (With someone else’s money!)
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to sew real-scale; 1:6 seems to be my limit.
Love them both. The second look is especially fun!! And I’m with Marika on the purple sequins!!
Thanks so much, Gary!
I am so totally in love with that fabric for the day look.
Oh, and both designs look great! I like how you mixed up your high fashion look.
Thank you very much. Were you surprised to see a completely new fabric and design for my high-fashion look?
Thanks! I’ve waited so long to use that fabric, and finally I couldn’t stand it anymore.
Absolutely Beautiful !!!!!
Thank you, Anonymous, whoever you are. =)
did you bead that fabric yourself????
If you’re talking about Cari’s belt, heck no! It’s a trim from High Fashion. I wish I could do such a thing. It’s gorgeous.
And if you’re talking about the sequins on the velvet, I didn’t do that, either. Also, my sewing machine will NOT sew velvet. I begged, but it was adamant.
L’Oreal
And the graffiti is Beck’s signature 🙂 (sort of)
Re: L’Oreal
Now that you mention it, it does kind of look like “Becks.” Do you ever use photofunia? It really is fun to play with.
You are fantastically talented.
Both designs are terrific.
I do, especially, love the daytime design.
Cari looks marvelous.
You take excellent care of her and spoil her, so much.
I so enjoy seeing your photographs.
🙂
Aw, thank you. I always want to make Cari look great in honor of the wonderful gift she was to me.
Just got done watching this episode. Loved how when they had Ivy, Valerie & Michael C up there, they said Michael’s dresses were the only well-constructed & sewn pieces out of the 3 of them (since Ivy’s such a bitch to him).
I love both of your looks. I really think they are well-executed & would work in the same collection. I like the way you used the beaded belt on the ready-to-wear look to tie it to the Couture look.
Magnifique!
Thank you very much! I don’t even know if I like Michael C and his designs or not, because I get so annoyed with the way Ivy, Valerie, and Gretchen pick him apart and belittle him that I automatically want him to do well.
I’ve got all this season’s models in their designs lined up on a desk in another room, and every time I go in there, it’s the velvet gown that catches my eye and makes me the happiest. It’s so simple, but I love the lines of it.