RIK
A hop, skip and jump from Laurence’s work space and Tim is at Rik’s—well, at a neighborhood bowling alley with Rik, his mother Delia, and his cousin Mayra.
Bowling? Tim Gunn bowling? It looked a little like Fred Flintstone tip-toe bowling but Tim was surprisingly good and thrilled that he was, ahem, “becoming a jock.”
But then Tim and Rik head over to Rik’s massive workspace—it’s lofty and cabin-y and warehouse-y and I want to move in—to see what Rik has been working on and Tim is less than impressed.
It’s not cohesive at all; with inspirations from “Sgt. Pepper”, from paisley, and from punk. Rik also included some optical illusion prints that, well, I do so like Rik, but these pieces were a bit of a cheese platter. And do not get me started on the glasses he made; why do designers try and make wacky accessories when they must know that’s all Nina will focus on? Why?? Tim says he sees “at least three collections here” and begs Rik to mix it up a bit and cut some stuff out.
WHAT HE SAID
I’m extremely happy!
WHAT THE JUDGES SAID
Bob loves Rik, he thinks he’s so sweet; he wants to be Rik one day, but ... the First look reminds him of what the murderer might wear in a slasher film, while the Second Look seems like it was stolen from Lucy van Pelt‘s closet in a Charlie Brown comic; as for the Third Look, he liked the fabric, but it was just so much; high up on the neck, saggy at the bottom, er, on the bottom, and just kinda sad all around.
Zac Posen thinks Rik needs to raise the octane; he thought the collection was fun and eclectic but needed more; he also thought the Third Look needed to be opened up to show some skin.
Heidi said it all lacked cohesion, and her favorite was the simplicity of the Second Look; as with Bob, she was frightened by the First look.
Michael Kors said Rik had a good hand with leather—the Second Look was great----and he thought the glasses were freaky, though they worked; he also agreed about the cohesion, feeling the collection was all over the place and needed focus.
Nina Garcia hated the glasses and the childish little purse; she felt there were ‘too many messages” and it all needed a good edit. She thought the simplest piece—The Lucy van Pelt number—was the best, and she agreed that the Third Look needed less. In fact, she and Kors and Posen then directed Rik to roll up the sleeves, open the collar and raise the length and suddenly the Third Look appeared better.
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I agree...All were a hot MESS...The judges nailed it....COHESION ...Either a thread of the same going through each....Or an IMPACT that relates to one another...I did not see any standouts and am wondering what the end will be...My favorite designer of all time is Seth Aron Henderson...Season 9...He was strong all through the competition and his runway was breathtaking...I loved it when he had Tim on a trampoline...Funny as hell...
ReplyDeleteWell, Bob, right now I couldn't care less who will win. Uuugly is uuugly (pronounced yoogly). It seems like the more time these guys have the more slap dash the looks are. That middle thing of Erin's looks like it belongs in a collection with that kitchen curtain, tablecloth jumpsuit of an earlier episode. I think Heidi would try to sex up a diaper!
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Tim home visits makes for more Tim which is good. And usually Tim doing something fun...
ReplyDeleteAgree - not seeing 'collection' with these looks.
Good recap, as always. xoxoxo
New rule: No more bowling!
ReplyDeleteI am really rooting for Laurence or Roberi, though I have like some of Rik's designs. I think Erin needs to go back to the mother ship and do a couple more orbits of the sun.
I absolutely don't know why Erin is in the finale and not Mah-Jing. Mah-Jing could have strayed a little from the denim but please, his stuff didn't make the models looks like handcrafted totes with legs.
It seems like everyone agrees: these "collections" were just an assembly of individual pieces that didn't relate to one another, and there was no 'Wow!', no drama, no surprise, and to be honest, no real 'design'. This is going to be one of the least exciting finales in PR history I'm afraid. They should have Googled "Christian Siriano" before they cut their 1st textile.
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