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Apparently, in Scarlettland mail carriers look like blueberries. Or Paddington Bear. We suspect Scarlettland is a magical place with beautiful people.
Oh, honey no. This was another instance of Austin being handed a challenge that was completely outside his milieu. Just not his thang. That poncho looks awfully impractical. It would also look downright comical on anyone over a size 2, which is of course incredibly rare in the Scarlettland Postal Service where everyone is willowy.
It's cute...kinda. But it's not a mail carrier uniform. A Tastee-Freeze uniform maybe. In 1966. But USPS? We don't see it.
It is quite beautifully tailored and fits her well. The colors are pretty. This concludes the nice things we can say about it.
Seriously, it's a cute if uninspired little outfit. It's just totally wrong for this challenge.
They look like some uber-fabulous, multicultural version of Karen and Richard Carpenter, don't they? The Carpenthiers. Now that we think about it, if Martinique had broken out in an impromptu rendition of Close to You on the runway, it just might have sold it enough to the judges.
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LOL @ Scarlettland. That is about the only place this outfit could ever be conceived as a postal uniform. I think you guys are right. Austin didn't bomb, but this just WAS NOT his thing.
I'm pretty sure Austin was already shell-shocked from having to deconstruct in the last challenge, and on this one I felt he just went "dammit i'm just not taking anymore... I'm going to make something femininely beautiful and extraordinarily prissy and the USPS can all just line up and take turns kissing my ass!"
Throughout the critiques of this season, I've been quite confused why Austin's not so hot designs are rationaled away. I suspect all of the designers would have liked to make pretty clothes each challenge, not just Austin.
This is another example of how totally one note he is. I really don't think he would have lasted this long in either of the next two seasons.
I don't wish to sound too hard, but I guess his designs are simply not my taste.
Barnaby
I love Austin, but this outift was a joke. I agree with jinxy, there is no way this outfit could ever be conceived as a postal uniform. It's so Doris Day gone bad.
"Apparently, in Scarlettland mail carriers look like blueberries. Or Paddington Bear. We suspect Scarlettland is a magical place with beautiful people."
ROFL. Thanks for the laugh! That was totally wrong for the challenge. And Michael Kors was right when said it was very costume-y.
Talk about a one-note designer. One very loud, fabulous and Italian-opera-esque note. Not a problem in the real world (Hello Carolina Herrera, Calvin Klein and Donna Karan?)but it doesn't always work in a competition with so many different challenges.
"Apparently, in Scarlettland mail carriers look like blueberries. Or Paddington Bear."
In Scarlettland, that is a mandatory uniform. LOL.
"They look like some uber-fabulous, multicultural version of Karen and Richard Carpenter, don't they?"
Very funny.
On the day that Austin was born the angels got together...
Peopless, did anyone catch "How Do I Look?" last night? Andrea from season 2 was the guest designer. And he has black hair!
Ew yes totally '60s. She reminds me of Kim in "Bye Bye Birdie." Thank G-d Austin's doing wedding gowns now, I wouldn't want him designing MY work uniform...or would I?
...But when Matinique walks away from the camera, we can see that even a size 2 model would get a major wedgie from those pants.
I realize that that would really turn some guys on, but I'm picturing MY letter carrier with that wedgie and am now about to lose my lunch.
--Gotham Tomato
Not loving this at all. The look is too retro to my taste. I think Austin totally missed the mark on this one.
She reminded me of the little French girls in Madeline. Does that make Austin the nun?
Martinique has an incredible body, but even on her the oufit looked a bit slutty.
Mail carriers in Scarlettland don't actually have to deliver mail. They just have to look cute while waving off the pieces of mail, which proceed to flap their tiny wings and fly into our mailboxes.
Really boys, You can't just excuse Austin every time for being "out of his milieu". The challenge where he went furthest wrong was the one he should have won--the wedding dress.
I actually believe that if the poncho had been better sewn, and the shorts had been long pants instead, this outfit could have been quite stunning and reasonably practical.
---Vanessa
The outfit was fine. It's just that the judges do not believe in fairies.
Damn it, I want to live in Scarlettland!
Austin is like no other! When I think of Austin I think of high couture dresses and such, certainly not postal uniforms.
I think that Austin always have a hard time focusing on the practicality of his designs. He tried to turn the post office uniform into some sort of a dramatic costume-y dress like he does with everything.
It's a very pretty outfit, but I would hardly call it an uniform.
I thought Austin's outfit was really cute. I loved the poncho, and Martinique looked adorable in the poncho and shorts. Of course, adorable is not something most postal workers can pull off.
I liked Austin's idea on paper, but it didn't translate well to the fabric.
Austin's design was very stylish but not really practical. Again, the design didn't meet the client needs.
I LOVE what Tim said about his design:
AUSTIN
Austin's penchant for all things pretty (with the exception of his horrific wedding dress!) dominates his designs. That was my opening line last week and it still fits. Don't get me wrong. I loved Austin's design, but for reasons that had nothing to do with this challenge. It was a paean to another era: Marlo Thomas' wardrobe in That Girl. The poncho was charming and its silhouette and proportion quite dreamy. But it was altogether impractical. The look underneath was a little too Miss Sportive for the assignment. In fact, Martinique looked like a taller, slimmer Marlo, hair, headband and all! Austin, please lose the costumes.
Right on the money, as usual. I love Tim! Project Runway needs this man.
i love my boy, but this was a horror. i think my Barbie had an outfit like this back in '63.
Yes, I say How Do I Look and there was Andrea. It was so totally weird seeing him on TV. Yes, that counds strange, having known him only from PR. BUt it was like watching a member of your family on local news - it looks sort of like your relative, but just not quite right. Loved the way that he dived right in. Is he really a fashion stylist now for hire?
baaaaaad.
that's awful.
he didn't even care avout the project at hand.
instead he was thinking all about I-gon-show-what-I-am-I-AM-FABULOUS.
lame.
it's all about your customer! in this century, is he going to do that always? that's not going to work.
How can every challenge be completely outside his milieu? He is obviously so talented but he is just not able to "make it work."
"BigAssBelle said...
i love my boy, but this was a horror. i think my Barbie had an outfit like this back in '63. "
ROFL. That is SO funny, BAB!
"Scarlettland"
"Kaynebow"
I just cannot take it.....HOW do you you guys think this shit up???
One must admit that Martinique would look great in sack cloth and ashes. Girlfriend made this 1960's retro outfit rock! Hated the design, loved the model and designer.
Very, very, very funny. If she delivers mail using a bike with a wee basket on the front handlebars, then this outfit is PERFECT.
Scarlettland, where all the men are men, the women are tall, and the mail carriers, fey.
: )
Austin's postal uniform was cute, comfortable, chic, and Martinique looked gorgeous in it. I don't get why people are putting it down. Sure, not all postal wearers could wear it, but it is so beautiful. Bah on the critics.
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