The final episode of Season 8 of Lifetime’s Project Runway aired last week, with three designers showing at Fashion Week and the winner announced. Five of five people at The Compound disagreed with the outcome.
Hopefully those of you who’ve stuck with my dolls throughout this season won’t be as disappointed by my results. I was a little miffed during Episode 10, the “make your own fabric” challenge, because that had been my plan all along for my final collection.
First, I painted sixteen 9×18 pieces of unbleached muslin:
I further challenged myself by deciding that I couldn’t cut the fabric. I could sew it, but after showing the collection, I wanted to be able to remove the designs from my models, take out all the stitching, and once again have intact paintings. I’m putting my twelve (plus one–the Heidi challenge) looks behind a cut because there are a lot of photos.
Rita
Kikki
Tanya
Tamala
Susannah
Maggie
Heidi
Barbie
Faizah
Lacy
Jessica
Abby
Summer
See you next year on the runway!
Thanks to Mark G. Harris for Tamala’s shoes.
Thanks to Timothy J. Lambert for the painting behind the models in the group shot.
ETA 2022: There had been a video with all these looks, but the hosting site removed it. Sorry!
Previous designs from this season:
PR 8:13–Finale, Part 1
PR 8:12–We’re in a New York State of Mind
PR 8:11–A Look in the Line
PR 8:10–There’s A Pattern Here
PR 8:9–Race To The Finish
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
WOW! That’s all I can say. That was amazing. I even went through and watched the video as well.
You would have kicked all of their butts for Fashion Week. I can’t wait for next season already!!!!!
Thank you so much, Kramer! You do my heart good. =)
Well I’m just being honest. I sent the video over to my friend Anna as well who loved it. I had been sending over pictures of your collections all season. Keep up the great work.
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Becks! I love the vivid colors – your imagination and creativity shows through in each and everyone of these designs. You are innovative and offer a brand new perspective in fashion.
Therefore I must declare Tim this year’s winner of LJ Runway.
Tim said it was because of the one hat he made.
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Call me Mondo.
it was quite the hat!
Also, I read that aloud to everyone here (including The Brides), and you got a HUGE laugh.
THANK YOU … THANK YOU …
I’ll be appearing nightly at The Sands – don’t forget to tip your waitresses!
Marika funny!
I’m going to be honest, I’ve been holding that one in my pocket since I saw the episode. I have been waiting for LJ Runway…
Hat’s off to you, Becky, this is wonderful… it all comes to this, it’s like the collection you were made for. It’s really something else, something apart, so amazing. Thank you for making my morning brighter!
Maggie and Abby are a red carpet battle. I can’t decide which is the more stunning. Seriously, WHOA!
Thank you very much, Mark. And thank you for the shoes! You don’t really get to see them in these photos, but they get their own shot in the slide show.
What was most fun was coming up with thirteen different looks without cutting the fabric. On the plus side: no pants!
Still trying to decide if I’m retired now.
WOW, Becky!!! All of them are amazing. I started out picking my favorites, but quickly stopped when I realized that was impossible!!! because of scheduling witht he new job, I didn’t see many of this season’s episodes, but I can’t imagine any of the designers being as creative as you have been.
Thank you very much, Gary!
Because of the timing of the show, ten of the designers had to show at Fashion Week so no one would know who the top three would be. TEN. I looked at all their collections, and frankly, I believe several of them were better than the season’s winner. It was such a good season, I thought, and the ending was a letdown.
Wow wow wow.
Thank you! I think I should put you in my will. =)
P.S. Do you WANT to inherit a bunch of old dolls?
All very striking Becky! I’m like Gary in that I gave up deciding which one I like best.
Thank you so much, Lisa. =)
wrapped then unwrapped
If they can be made back into the paintings as you say, would it be possible to take all your photos, make the background transparent and superimpose them on images of the paintings to make the fabric as the backdrop? I’m just curious.
Anyway, I like a lot of these 🙂
Re: wrapped then unwrapped
I’m keeping them dressed for a while But I can shoot each in front of a full-screen photo of her canvas.
Re: wrapped then unwrapped
Thanks–I’m glad you found some to like!
SENSORY OVERLOAD!!!
OMG, you’re not an artist, Becky. You are an ARTEEST!
I need time to savor these — so many favorites!!!
Would you like me to keep them intact for a while so you can worship them in person?
THANK YOU! =)
YES! As you can ou tell from my user pic, my head is bursting with excitement!
Yes!