Did you ever watch a fish flapping around out of water or a turtle on its back trying to right itself? That was Austin this week.
What Austin does very well is make beautiful clothing for real-world women. You hand him a challenge that's purely conceptual and he flounders.
We're assuming the multiple rough hems were his attempt at deconstruction but putting them on such a tailored piece just makes it look unfinished.
Naah. That's not entirely fair. The fact of the matter is, he was responsible for his own design and on almost every level the design failed. We've seen too much of Austin's work to claim he's a bad designer. He's an excellent designer. It's just that this is something he never would have attempted in the real word because it's so not him.
[Screencaps: projectrungay.blogspot.com]
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I agree satin wasn't a wise fabric choice - it's really more a winter outfit considering how much of the body it covers. But the design itself wasn't bad, at least not unflattering to the figure.
i can just see sweet little austin in the workroom: "brocade!! yippee!! but . . . oh yeah, de.con.struc.tion. sigh."
poor little pumpkin. his clothes are lovely and i totally get his aesthetic. but this horror . . . darling, no, no, no.
I didn't like this outfit at all, and her hair looked horrible. Was that supposed to
look "deconstructed" too?
This was only slightly better than his wedding dress. But he did deserve to stay because it was still better than Robert's and it fit into the collection better than Kevin's. Boy, was it ugly, though!
OMG I have the best idea if you guys watch season 2. I dare, double dare, INFINITY DARE you to have a hemerroid-fest. What I mean is sitting down, with pizza and soda and watch the entire season straight through, NO STOPS!! Are you gals up to that? Or do you not have the GRAPES!!
Love your take on things boys but I do have one question that's just been killing me. What exactly is "deconstruction"?
I know what the word means but what does it mean specifically to fashion?
Are there hard and fast rules for what qualifies as something "deconstructed"?
I've looked around on the web but I couldn't find anything that gave me a good idea of what it means in the fashion world.
It looked unfinished to me. I also agree with anon 10:24, satin wasn't a good fabric choice.
Austin can either be really amazing or really disappointing, but he always manages to come up with something that stands apart.
barbana, I, too, have trouble when the fashionistas pull out words like "deconstruction." They each seem to mean something different, but all act like they're speaking the same language. Please, T&L, enlighten us.
This whole challenge just seemed like a lot of bs, from the idea of making clothes for the future, to using thrift store clothes, to giving Kevin shit because his looked less "deconstructed." He was making a UNIFORM, doesn't that mean it should be clean?
Whatever, it's all so arbitrary. I like the drama, tho.
He managed to turn a beautiful, shapely young girl into an upholstery project. Now that takes talent.
WHile I can't say that I love this look, I think this might be an instance of the limited budget combined with having to shop at a really expensive vintage store resulting in a poor end product.
I'm not loving the fabric, but I can't see him having a huge amount of "evening" choices for their paltry $50.
I wish the;d let these poor designers shop at Salvation Army or Goodwill instead.
Y'all know there is a marathon of S1 on today? I'm off work. They are on the wedding challenge right now on the west coast. Go Morganza!
This challenge was not only not up his alley, it's pretty much antithetical to his entire aesthetic. Austin doesn't "do" deconstruction. Austin doesn't "do" bizarre costume challenges.
I gotta disagree on the costume part (sorry, guys, can I still be part of the Pink Mafia?). As someone astutely mentioned of Austin, he is almost the perfect example of a cosplayer living his life in a play of his own choosing. I think most of his design aesthetic revolves around what sort of "costume" is required for the situation and tailoring a look to that costume. He's a lot like John Galliano (his own line, not Dior although Dior tips that way often).
I do agree that it was different, but he also tried very hard to follow the points of his challenge (even the judges acknowledged that he attempted deconstruction to the best that he is able to). I just think that Austin is as able to embrace deconstruction about as well as he would be able to embrace chapstick over lip gloss. Not well.
Slightly off topic, watching Rudolf the red nosed reindeer on TV recently and some PR fans and I were calling the lisping gay dentist elf "Austin".
There's nothing wrong with not being able to wrap one's design mind around the concept of deconstruction.
For the most part as designers we are taught that finishing is everything and fabric that is frayed with hanging strings means we've done a crappy, hurried job that isn't quite done.
Bless Austin's perfectionistic little heart for simply not allowing himself to go there.
I hated this outfit, and I do like Austin's designs in general.
Color me crazy but I really liked this outfit. I like the "unfinished" look.
I don't like his model at all. She always look angry or unhappy on the runway.
It looks like something my grandmother would wear at a family celebration...in 1055. I'm not kidding.
I find his outfits a bit unnatural and costume-y.
I think Austin could be a great red-carpet designer and beauty adviser to the stars.
This is the ugliest of them all, I think. Not aufworthy, but certainly the ugliest.
Austin makes pretty things, and sometimes they are way too pretty.
Austin is adorable and very funny, but I'm afraid that his designs are over the top and not very wearable.
Heh, I must be the only crazy person who dug this outfit. The design, mostly. The fabric is ehh, but then I'm used to having to deal with crap like that from the local stores. Poor thing.
Yeah, I was not impressed with Gay Hermey this week. He's done better.
Yanno, I kinda liked this thing. I thought it was well thought out and on-point for the assignment. It looks perfectly constructed through the waste, and I actually like the combo of colors and patterns.
Darling Austin can do no wrong in my book.
Oh brother, I meant "waist". Sheesh.
It looked like a Baroque table cloth that needed a hem.
I liked this dress of Austin's. It didn't get the credit it deserved.
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