Whole lotta ugly.
Model: AmareWe can't do a "Bottom two" post this week because 2 of the bottom 3 were eliminated. We don't know how A.J fared score-wise, but we would have put this one pretty close to the bottom ourselves.
He had a good starting point, with the yellow and black. That would make an eye-catching look for a billboard.Good God, what the hell is going on with the makeup there? She looks like she used a Sharpie for lipstick.
That huge corset-like belt was such a major mistake and so obviously destroys the lines of the dress that we're left questioning A.J.'s instincts for leaving it in.
Look at what it does to the fabric just above and just below it.
From the back it doesn't look that bad, though. But the hem is fucked up.
And to be perfectly blunt, these are catalog photos.Tim Gunn's Workroom:
Oh, Peach. What are we gonna do with you? You love our blog, you're entertaining and self-aware, and you can sew like a motherfucker. All of this makes it very difficult for us to criticize you.But we will.
Model: Iffy"Barbie clothes" was tossed around more than once in reference to this outfit. We'll go one further: home made Barbie clothes. The kind where the proportions are totally off and the entire thing looks stiff and unwieldy.
What the HELL is going on with that neckline? First, why is it so damn high? Second, why is it so crooked?
We could quibble about all the technical details but we'll give her a bit of a pass because this was the third outfit she made and she was pressed for time. Although all of that was her own fault. She needs to stop second-guessing herself.
Yes, she has a very "ladies who lunch" aesthetic and that's going to be a very tough sell for the judges, but one thing we know: designers who stick to their guns and produce impeccable work get more respect than designers who try to be something they're not. Look at Laura Bennett. It's fair to say that neither Heidi nor Nina were big fans of her Manhattan rich bitch aesthetic (although Michael LOVED it), but she stuck to it, did good work, and found her way into the finals because they couldn't deny that what she did, she did very well.
Peach realized too late that even her 3rd attempt was a bit shallow from a design perspective...
... so she added a totally incongruous detail in an attempt to make it look edgier. Result? A right mess of a dress. Plain and barely designed with an ugly flourish that didn't belong at all.
And again, total catalog poses.
She's damn lucky the judging went the way it did, because from where we're sitting, this was much worse than Nicholas' over-designed ensemble. We realize this annoys some of our readers but it has to be said: we think the producers ultimately made the decision here. Nicholas was one of several young gay designers but Peach is the only older woman in the competition. It has nothing to do with Lifetime. The show has always cast one older woman in the competition (just like they've always cast several cute younger women and a veritable army of gays). She impressed them enough to get on the show, so we're not taking away from her skills, but this was an auf'able dress by any standard, and noticably worse than Nicholas'. Kittens, you might not want to hear it, but she was kept in because she's a "character." It's nothing new for the show, they've done it countless times before. We just hope she learned her lesson and sticks to her design guns going forward rather than trying to be something she's not.Tim Gunn's Workroom:
Extended Judging:
[Screencaps: projectrungay.blogspot.com - Video Credit: myLifetime.com - Photo Credit: Barbara Nitke/myLifetime.com]
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