Project Runway is coming to an end on TV. However, the finale has already been taped.
In the end of its fourth season PR presented the finale in Bryant Park in New York to a packed audience on Friday, Feb. 8, the last day of New York fashion week. Guest judge Victoria Beckham joined host Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia and Michael Kors, in judging the collections of five finalists: Kathleen "Sweet P" Vaughn, Chris March, Jillian Lewis, Rami Kashou and Christian Siriano.
Kathleen "Sweet P" Vaughn showed the most restrained collection of the group, with ladylike pencil skirts, high-waisted plaid pants and a striped suit with a frilly blouse reminiscent of Nicholas Ghesquiere-designed Balenciaga collection a few seasons back.
Chris March alternated silk halter dresses with Photoshop screen prints with some particularly head-scratching skirt suits with jackets trimmed with human-hair like fringe. The hair fringe popped up in a couple of evening dresses as well, though we can't say who out there would want to be wearing a wig as a dress.
Jillian Lewis, who told the audience that it the first full collection she'd ever done, showed a mix of creative knit sweaters, a very futurist-looking knife pleated gold lame mini dress with bustier that looked like it could have come out of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis," and military-inspired outerwear.
Rami Kashou has received criticism on the show from the judges for being too repetitive - draping is his thing - and naturally showed a collection with all manners of draping, from tulip draped skirts to draped flutter sleeves. Unfortunately, his particular technique looked more like drapes made for a window, not a woman. And one unfortunate dress in raspberry pink looked like a graduation gown.
The final runway show of the finale was Christian Siriano, whose collection of mostly black and white looks with couture-like, labor intensive construction (millefeuille layers of chiffon, a gown composed almost entirely of bird feathers) certainly spoke volumes about his skills as a designer, but the overly dramatic proportions - too many puffy sleeves - didn't feel very modern. His ideas for dramatic scale were on the right track, but needed some distilling for wearability.
Post-show, in conversation with Tim Gunn guest judge Victoria Beckham said there was one person who stood out for her. Gunn remarked that as far as the winner goes, it was going to come down to taste, because he felt all the designers were very talented.
as reported to yahoo news
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