@Costumers said:

Interesting Part 1 of the finale.

We liked what we saw of Nancy's overall. We agree with Jonnieblack that the halter/sheath dress looked more interesting with the neck shawl. It added some nice movement. Without it the dress, while lovely and made of great looking fabric, was just a standard sheath dress. We really liked the print pant suit; so different from Nancy has shown us before. The differently-abled look was nice, but did seem to be only a small departure from the one in the challenge. Still, nice that she is still thinking of it.

Sergio just can't help himself. He always has to have some story for his looks. I can see his progression from what we saw, but it was weak.

We have never been fans of the puffy jacket look so we weren't overly pleased with his looks. Why didn't he do some more latex work after that fantastic piece from the semifinals?

Victoria was, we agree, rather pedestrian. Why she thinks brand names will help we cannot imagine. We did like that she was trying to incorporate some of her Moldavian heritage in the looks, though.

We'll be late commenting on the finale. We are leaving for Costume-Con 38 tomorrow in Montreal and won't be back in town where we can easily watch until the 20th. We'll have to pick it up on-demand.

I am going to Montreal the week of the 16th through 22nd for the World Figure Skating Championships!

Final collections:

It must have been difficult to choose a winner. Not because they were so good or so bad, but each such a mixed bag. They all had stunners and throw aways.

Shockingly, I would have gone with Victoria. Yes you read that right. She did several versions of her signature look but they looked great as part of a collection. Her new dress was to die for.

I have very mixed feelings about Geoffrey's win. It was dark, which they called Nancy out for. He did dial back the styling, which helped him. I got a vague feeling of messiness about it, not in a good way.

Nancy had some beautiful pieces but I agree with the judges that there wasn't enough tailoring. Her consult really showed her weakness. She hasn't identified her target market and customer yet. I wish the best though.

I wasn't feeling Sergio's at all. His were the best made for sure, but from his overall inspiration to eack individual look it fell flat for me.

Yazz to Victoria's new dress. I did like the pink dress Asia was wearing, the second outfit, and the hoodie jumpsuit. With that said, the pieces didn't seem to be in the upper echelon of high end.

Loved Geoffrey’s silver-blue brocade. The black trench coat-dress was rich. Those were all that I liked.

Nancy's collection had the fabric doing the work, cool fabrics, but the actual design themselves are nothing that special. I agree about what was pointed out that she had many redundant pieces.

Sergio's collection was well crafted but odd. I can't see anyone wanting to wear those garments, not even older women.

@jonnieblack said:

Final collections:

It must have been difficult to choose a winner. Not because they were so good or so bad, but each such a mixed bag. They all had stunners and throw aways.

I so agree!

Shockingly, I would have gone with Victoria. Yes you read that right. She did several versions of her signature look but they looked great as part of a collection. Her new dress was to die for.

Honestly, it seems as if I've seen that "new dress" before, but it is still nice to look at.

I have very mixed feelings about Geoffrey's win. It was dark, which they called Nancy out for. He did dial back the styling, which helped him. I got a vague feeling of messiness about it, not in a good way.

To me, I surprised he didn't get called out for copying Jamall's look.

Jamall's look

Nancy had some beautiful pieces but I agree with the judges that there wasn't enough tailoring. Her consult really showed her weakness. She hasn't identified her target market and customer yet. I wish the best though.

Yes, she seems to jump to inclusivity out of just one episode. Personally, I think she should have focussed on one challenge, her designs. I noticed with the girl with the artificial leg that the back of her dress was higher in the back. There was no reason for that, because the dress was really beautiful.

I wasn't feeling Sergio's at all. His were the best made for sure, but from his overall inspiration to eack individual look it fell flat for me.

His craftsmanship showed in his old western designs, but he only had one good look, and that was the A-line off the shoulder dress.

@Poetist said:

Yazz to Victoria's new dress. I did like the pink dress Asia was wearing, the second outfit, and the hoodie jumpsuit. With that said, the pieces didn't seem to be in the upper echelon of high end.

Loved Geoffrey’s silver-blue brocade. The black trench coat-dress was rich. Those were all that I liked.

Nancy's collection had the fabric doing the work, cool fabrics, but the actual design themselves are nothing that special. I agree about what was pointed out that she had many redundant pieces.

Sergio's collection was well crafted but odd. I can't see anyone wanting to wear those garments, not even older women.

I feel the same about Sergio's. Who would wear those?

@jonnieblack said:

I feel the same about Sergio's. Who would wear those?

Maybe in some type of weird stage play? A loony costume ball? I am just glad the prick didn't win.

Geoffrey's huge fat black puffy coat reminded me of the trash bag Missy Elliott wore in her 'I Can't Stand The Rain' video.

I was not impressed by anyone, nothing was memorable or wowed me the whole season.

Well, we are back early. We got all the way to Montreal and Costume-Con was canceled, so we spent three days driving back. A lot of other folks were in the air when the decision (required by the Canadian PM) and they were stuck there for several days while flights were re-booked. Jonnieblack, we're sorry the Ice Skating was canceled as well. If we had had more time and budget we really would have liked to see it as well.

So, just saw the finale tonight. We actually thought all four collections were good. I preferred Nancy's and my wife liked Geoffrey's, so she is definitely happy. I am okay since I thought both of them were strong.

Victoria's surprised us. Even her signature looks seemed fresher. The new dress really wowed us. Poetist, you may be correct that it has been seen before; however Nina was often stretching to find references that some of the looks have been modeled on so I think she would have pointed it out if it was referential.

We're glad Sergio did not win. His looks were technically perfectly made, but they still largely seemed nineteenth century. And while we will agree that the color palette was lovely we did not get his story and, as we have said before, we are really tired that Sergio has to have a political story for everything.

All the collections had stories, but it would have been nice if Sergio had given us a personal story for his collection.

@Costumers said:

Well, we are back early. We got all the way to Montreal and Costume-Con was canceled, so we spent three days driving back. A lot of other folks were in the air when the decision (required by the Canadian PM) and they were stuck there for several days while flights were re-booked. Jonnieblack, we're sorry the Ice Skating was canceled as well. If we had had more time and budget we really would have liked to see it as well.

So, just saw the finale tonight. We actually thought all four collections were good. I preferred Nancy's and my wife liked Geoffrey's, so she is definitely happy. I am okay since I thought both of them were strong.

Victoria's surprised us. Even her signature looks seemed fresher. The new dress really wowed us. Poetist, you may be correct that it has been seen before; however Nina was often stretching to find references that some of the looks have been modeled on so I think she would have pointed it out if it was referential.

We're glad Sergio did not win. His looks were technically perfectly made, but they still largely seemed nineteenth century. And while we will agree that the color palette was lovely we did not get his story and, as we have said before, we are really tired that Sergio has to have a political story for everything.

All the collections had stories, but it would have been nice if Sergio had given us a personal story for his collection.

Worlds cancelation was crushing for me. Not unexpected and obviously the right decision but I was just walking around numb all day. It's my super bowl!

Good news is that everything except perhaps one flight has been refunded.

Thanks for thinking of me.😊

@jonnieblack said:

@Costumers said:

Worlds cancelation was crushing for me. Not unexpected and obviously the right decision but I was just walking around numb all day. It's my super bowl!

Project Runway and the NBA are my Superbowl, so I know how you feel. Dangit! The NBA started all of this closed for the season mess.

@Poetist said:

@jonnieblack said:

@Costumers said:

Worlds cancelation was crushing for me. Not unexpected and obviously the right decision but I was just walking around numb all day. It's my super bowl!

Project Runway and the NBA are my Superbowl, so I know how you feel. Dangit! The NBA started all of this closed for the season mess.

Blame it on the NBA!

@jonnieblack said:

@Poetist said:

Project Runway and the NBA are my Superbowl, so I know how you feel. Dangit! The NBA started all of this closed for the season mess.

Blame it on the NBA!

Well, I don't want to start nothing with the Corona (sic).

Anyone watching Netflix's The Next Fashion Star?

No, I don't have streaming. Maybe switching this summer. Keep us posted.

@jonnieblack said:

No, I don't have streaming. Maybe switching this summer. Keep us posted.

Here's a sneak peek at it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohgkYc6-6vc&list=PLgqE7rCe__xyKhF6IbK7QU5rq3EQ11-Q4&index=1

If you want, you can watch for free on Netflix for 30 days by entering an email address. I have a lot of free time on my hand due to the Coronavirus.

https://www.netflix.com/title/81026300

We watched the first episode of both Next Fashion Star and Tim and Heidi's new show Making the Cut.

We think the budget on Next Fashion Star must be low compared to Project Runway or Making the Cut. Having to move the workroom into the green room area so they could build the stage in the original work area was a poor choice. We can't disagree with the eliminated design.

Making the Cut obviously has a much higher budget. We strongly disagreed with the winning design though we didn't with the eliminated designer.

Do we want to move conversations on those shows to their own boards?