Project Runway 19 - EPISODE 9: "The Last Straw"

 Date for Entry: (Tuesday 21st December 2021)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Tuesday 1st March 2022)

*Madam Barista*

Dear Diary,

    The unconventional materials challenge was tonight and the collection to make the garment came from a bar. However, I am not sure if it really WAS a bar or just some empty building space created to look like a bar. My reason for this is because everyone was so secretive about the place, some of the designers said that they did not know and some said they cannot tell me it because of the ‘contract’ that puts life in a little hell sometimes. I actually had a nice chat with some of the designers through their personal Instagram accounts in an attempt to find out the name.

    The materials in mind for this sketch were black garbage bags, metal cork caps, tablecloth coverings, plastic spoons, plastic forks, and net wire. The black garbage bag was used as a cover and attached with red straws stitched together around the shoulders, and more were used as a waistband separating the top and the bottom. The blue straws worked as the straps around the arms for the actual top.

    The top and bottom of the design used single-colored tablecloth coverings. The top carried a particular style but I did not know its name. A light layering of net wire was used around the skirt to avoid having the pink look too plain. I just wish it was a bit longer to meet the red straws at the waist height. In terms of accessories, I used green and blue metal cork caps as a necklace. I’m not sure if you can hand sew these but would a glue gun work? I thought that the model would look fine with some bracelets and took the same net wire to hold them together.

    I will cherish the look on Brandon’s and Elaine’s faces for some of the designs tonight coming down the runway. A lot of speechless looks tonight by judges. A very special moment to see and hear Nina speaking Spanish. Bones and Ana took on a lot of singing in the workroom. It reminded me of Chelsey and Marquise during season eighteen. In terms of music, I really loved the music with the singing lady at the start of the runway presentations. That was amazing and really colourful. 

    Next week we will see what’s next for the top seven designers. As Bones said, “It looked like we got our own tables.” It is “amazing” as Chasity, but I hope that it will be enough space for each person to work with. The intensity somehow is not building for me as yet but I know the ‘game’ is getting tighter. I saw where Ana was sad to see Octavio go from the last challenge when she shared her background story about families in China. Congratulations again to Shantall on the win. She has proven that the ‘Siriano Save’ was really worth it.

SELECTIONS.

    This week there were no designers being given dislikes. Five designers were awarded hearts (Shantall, Bones, Coral, Aaron & Kristina) and three designers were awarded ticks (Ana, Chasity & Prajje).

    The High scoring designs came from Shantall, Aaron & Kristina. Out of the three designs, Aaron’s piece was one of my personal selections. Even though Shantall was the winner of the night, which was well deserved, I really could not pick between her design and Kristina’s. So, I had a tie for the challenge selection.

    The Saved scoring designs came from only Bones & Coral. Reviewing their work for the selections, since they are the only two, I chose both of their pieces for personal selection. I had to keep back from bias again. I ended up picking Bones’ look for the challenge selection. If it was going to be a tie then his look would have been the same.

    The Lower scoring designs came from Ana, Chasity & Prajje. In the process of elimination to find a personal selection, Prajje’s design was scraped from the list first. It was only Ana against Chasity and I chose to pick Ana as the winning designer in the low-scoring category for both selections. My biggest fear was for Chasity this week.

 

Link(s):

1. Fashion Magazine & Journal.
2. Private Recording of Episode 9 - “The Last Straw”.**

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali