The media plays
an important role to why the fashion industry is so popular and why everyone wants
to be the next big thing in fashion. There are many new shows developed to find
the next famous and creative designers. I love competition shows that showcases the
talent of everyday people who have hopes and dreams like me to one day make it
big as a designer or to just be apart of the fashion industry.
There are shows
like America's Next Top Model, although they are models, but models also play a
big role in fashion. There is Project Runway and the new show called Fashion
Star. These reality shows really inspire me to become more creative and gives me an
idea of what the fashion industry looks for and what it may take to make it. It motivates me to see
so many people who have completely different visions and who can design makes
me want to work even harder.
The concept of three of these shows are very similar, a group of people are put through different challenges to test their abilities as a designer and a model. They have to prove how versatile they are, how unique, how well they can perform, how they can handle pressure and criticism and their overall personality as a role model. With the fashion industry being so cut throat, they have to be prepared for rejections and tough criticisms. Each week one person will be eliminated based on their performances. Because fashion is such a huge part of our lives there are so many other fashion reality shows, but I chose America's Next Top Model, Project Runway, and Fashion Stars because these shows are by far my favorites and I saw many talents on these shows.
America's Next Top Model
-America's Next Top Model is hosted and created by well known Victoria Secrets Model and Angels, Tyra Banks. She created the show in search of Americas next top model. The winning contestant will be prized with a management contract with Ford Models, a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl, and a chance to appear in a top magazine. The show first aired in 2003, going on to completing 16 cycles. When the show first aired, I really liked it because they showed the realness and process of becoming a model and it is not as easy as what people may assume. Although I never aspire to become a model, I still felt inspired by their ambitions and it was awesome to see how they were styled each week. I thought to myself " I would love to style models for editorial shoots" it seemed so cool to be behind the scenes and being able to pick out clothes that will be on display on models for the world to see. It was quite intimidating to see how tough the model industry can be, it really is a competitive industry.
One of my favorite model form America's Next Top Model was Sheena Sakai from season 11. Although she did not win, she was one of my favorites because I do not see a lot of Asian models on the show. Also because she was really unique in her size and features. It inspired me to one day become a big name in fashion as a Cambodian woman.
Project Runway
-Project Runway was originally created by model and also a member of Victoria's Secret Heidi Klum. Project Runway was created to find the next up and coming designer and to give designers a chance to display their talents on television. each week contestants have a fashion design challenge where they will design an outfit in matter of hours. In some contest they are challenged to construct an outfit made from recyclable materials, edible food, apartment furnishings, plants and flowers, materials from a party store and the actual clothes off their backs. Each week their garment will be seen on the runway by a panel of judges: Heidi Klum herself, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors and occasionally a guest judge will evaluate their design and decide who will be the winner of the challenge and who will go home. The winner of the challenge will get immunity and will be safe from elimination from the next challenge. When there are three finalist left, they have the opportunity to design a whole collection that will be viewed during fashion week! I know right? how awesome is that. Win or lose, not a lot of designers can actually say that they had their collection debut at fashion week in New York City. The winner of the Project Runway receives an editorial feature in an issue of Marie Claire magazine, a cash prize of $100,000 to start his or her own line, an opportunity to sell the line on Bluefly.com, and a $50,000 technology suite from Hewlett-Packard to create, design, and run his or her business.
Watching the show I was so inspired by the designers creativity. They created outfits from things we do not see everyday and ideas that we would never even think of. Their garments were so beautiful, so unique and so them. From watching the show I learned that the fashion industry is really competitive and you will have to learn how to face rejection. It was very uplifting to see how you can take fashion in so many different directions because with every designer comes a new and different vision and that is the beauty of it because each designer has the ability to create one of a kind garments. My favorite winner from Project Runway was Anya Ayoung-Chee from season 9.
Fashion Star
- Fashion Star is a new reality show on NBC created to find the next up and coming fashion designer. The show is hosted by Elle Macpherson, Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie, and John Varvatos are mentors to the contestants. Contestants are to compete with each other to create the best clothes in a limited amount of time and each week one or more contestant is eliminated. What makes the show unique and fun and cool is that each week a buyer from Neiman Marcus, H&M, and Macys bid on the winning design and customers can actually buy the garment the next day.
The concept of three of these shows are very similar, a group of people are put through different challenges to test their abilities as a designer and a model. They have to prove how versatile they are, how unique, how well they can perform, how they can handle pressure and criticism and their overall personality as a role model. With the fashion industry being so cut throat, they have to be prepared for rejections and tough criticisms. Each week one person will be eliminated based on their performances. Because fashion is such a huge part of our lives there are so many other fashion reality shows, but I chose America's Next Top Model, Project Runway, and Fashion Stars because these shows are by far my favorites and I saw many talents on these shows.
America's Next Top Model
-America's Next Top Model is hosted and created by well known Victoria Secrets Model and Angels, Tyra Banks. She created the show in search of Americas next top model. The winning contestant will be prized with a management contract with Ford Models, a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl, and a chance to appear in a top magazine. The show first aired in 2003, going on to completing 16 cycles. When the show first aired, I really liked it because they showed the realness and process of becoming a model and it is not as easy as what people may assume. Although I never aspire to become a model, I still felt inspired by their ambitions and it was awesome to see how they were styled each week. I thought to myself " I would love to style models for editorial shoots" it seemed so cool to be behind the scenes and being able to pick out clothes that will be on display on models for the world to see. It was quite intimidating to see how tough the model industry can be, it really is a competitive industry.
Project Runway
-Project Runway was originally created by model and also a member of Victoria's Secret Heidi Klum. Project Runway was created to find the next up and coming designer and to give designers a chance to display their talents on television. each week contestants have a fashion design challenge where they will design an outfit in matter of hours. In some contest they are challenged to construct an outfit made from recyclable materials, edible food, apartment furnishings, plants and flowers, materials from a party store and the actual clothes off their backs. Each week their garment will be seen on the runway by a panel of judges: Heidi Klum herself, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors and occasionally a guest judge will evaluate their design and decide who will be the winner of the challenge and who will go home. The winner of the challenge will get immunity and will be safe from elimination from the next challenge. When there are three finalist left, they have the opportunity to design a whole collection that will be viewed during fashion week! I know right? how awesome is that. Win or lose, not a lot of designers can actually say that they had their collection debut at fashion week in New York City. The winner of the Project Runway receives an editorial feature in an issue of Marie Claire magazine, a cash prize of $100,000 to start his or her own line, an opportunity to sell the line on Bluefly.com, and a $50,000 technology suite from Hewlett-Packard to create, design, and run his or her business.
Watching the show I was so inspired by the designers creativity. They created outfits from things we do not see everyday and ideas that we would never even think of. Their garments were so beautiful, so unique and so them. From watching the show I learned that the fashion industry is really competitive and you will have to learn how to face rejection. It was very uplifting to see how you can take fashion in so many different directions because with every designer comes a new and different vision and that is the beauty of it because each designer has the ability to create one of a kind garments. My favorite winner from Project Runway was Anya Ayoung-Chee from season 9.
Fashion Star
- Fashion Star is a new reality show on NBC created to find the next up and coming fashion designer. The show is hosted by Elle Macpherson, Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie, and John Varvatos are mentors to the contestants. Contestants are to compete with each other to create the best clothes in a limited amount of time and each week one or more contestant is eliminated. What makes the show unique and fun and cool is that each week a buyer from Neiman Marcus, H&M, and Macys bid on the winning design and customers can actually buy the garment the next day.
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