Party rockers in the house tonight! Okay, um. Why did this week’s “Fashion Star” open with LMFAO and the Quest Crew performing the “Party Rock Anthem?” It’s a fun song, and it makes us happy to think about dancing gerbils, but for a fashion competition? It made no sense, even though the performance was a blast. Whatever it takes to lure viewers, right?
Now to the actual point of the show. Orly Shani’s sheath dress was simple and well-designed, and the sherbet tones and pops of bright colors were on trend, but it didn’t excite much. Macy’s and Saks had a different opinion, with the latter scooping it up for $120,000. Her family was in the audience and it must have been a proud moment. Poor Ronnie Escalante. He has an eye. He has talent. But for some reason, he just hasn’t been able to come up with something that excites the buyers. His asymmetrical draped dress had a trapeze silhouette, and not in a good way. The models were drowning in the fabric.
The next group pulled buys all around, but the fashion show itself was too difficult to focus on – the woman on the trapeze ring distracted from the actual clothes. Jumpsuits aren’t the most flattering and it was surprising that Macy’s ordered Nikki Poulos’s poorly executed version. Sarah Parrott must be frustrated that every week she’s only gotten buys from H&M – which purchased her maxi wrap dresses this time around – but hey, it’s better than getting no offers at all. Just like Jessica Simpson, we love Nzmiro Oputa and he definitely has a lot of potential. His men’s color block shorts, which Simpson referred to as a “Hamptons party in the pants,” went to H&M for $50,000.
Ross Bennett and Kara Laricks were the final two designers who sold their creations, Bennett making a splash with his trouser shorts. The floral print on those shorts was our favorite part of the show and it launched Macy’s and H&M into a bidding war, with the former getting the order for $100,000. Bennett’s tuxedo pants were bland, and not really summery. The light fabric and ivory color were suitable for warmer weather, but the choice to create a tuxedo pant was off. Nonetheless, Saks put in an order.
One funny thing we noticed — Saks used the same plaid fabric from the dress Laricks sold them last week for the pants she sold them this week! Is it really that much more expensive to use another one?
And finally, who got spared and who didn’t make the cut? The mentors saved Edmond Newton, and the buyers cut Lizzie Parker. The whole tattooed-suburban-mom-who-likes-heavy-metal aesthetic she went for with her last dress isn’t on trend, nor is it a selling point. It’s admirable that she’s trying to inject her own personality into her clothes, but she needs to think about the consumers and what sells.
As for the items that went on sale following last night’s episode, only the two purchased by H&M are sold out so far. Is the show losing momentum? Until next week.