The Fashion Show on Satellite TV
Flick through the channels of your satellite TV and in five seconds or less you are bound to happen upon a reality TV show, displaying the drama of living in front of the cameras in full HD detail. Reality TV shows are a dime a dozen these days and the reasons why aren't surprising. They are cheap to make and produce and they are absolutely engaging. The petty cat fights, the emotional hissy fits, the tears, the odd sports competitions, the challenges, the high drama-it all comes together to make compelling must see TV. Satellite TV channel Bravo is known for making a whole slough of high brow reality TV shows, like Queer Eye for The Straight Guy, Top Chef, and Project Runway. Now that the latter has moved to another network, Bravo needed a new fashion based show to dish out to loyal viewers. That show is aptly called the Fashion Show.
This new fashion show is basically Project Runway redux. It pits fifteen designers against each other in a ruthless design-off. The prize is $125,ooo, and a contract to have their designs sold in the retail market. While it may not seem like a whole lot, especially for such a high priced business, the promised press and publicity clinch the deal. The show's Heidi Klum is famed designer Isaac Mizrahi. Sharing the hosting duties is Grammy Award winning performer Kelly Rowland (of Destiny's Child fame). There is no Tim Gunn to encourage the contestants or give them advice about how to spruce up their designs. Instead Mizrahi and Rowland tour the room rolling their eyes and saying little more then 'keep pluggin.'
The contestants are given two challenges per week; while this is no NFL Sunday Ticket, the contestants do tend to get into some acerbic scuffles. The first challenge titled the Harper's Bazaar Mini Challenge, is the lead up to the second, elimination challenge. The challenges require the designers to cut and sew against the clocks, trying to create a winning look. In the first, for instance, contestants have to make a little black dress out of a simple T-shirt. Later during the week, they have to create a must have piece that will work in five different ensembles.
The hosts don't offer much encouragement. Mizrahi is flamboyant, at times funny, but he's not very generous and neither is Rowland. Although the show is basically a replica of Project Runway and the contestants are the same, catty, vindictive and frequently engaging in diva like behavior, the tone of the show is different. It's more critical of the designers. Also, the entire studio audience is composed of fashion industry insiders or cognoscenti as Mizrahi calls them. They help judge the designer's creations alongside the official judges.
What's perhaps most notable about the show is that it's not really notable at all. It's a copy. There's plenty of drama and the designs are certainly interesting as are the designers themselves, but still Fashion Show doesn't live up to its predecessor Project Runway.
Check your satellite TV guide for show times.
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This new fashion show is basically Project Runway redux. It pits fifteen designers against each other in a ruthless design-off. The prize is $125,ooo, and a contract to have their designs sold in the retail market. While it may not seem like a whole lot, especially for such a high priced business, the promised press and publicity clinch the deal. The show's Heidi Klum is famed designer Isaac Mizrahi. Sharing the hosting duties is Grammy Award winning performer Kelly Rowland (of Destiny's Child fame). There is no Tim Gunn to encourage the contestants or give them advice about how to spruce up their designs. Instead Mizrahi and Rowland tour the room rolling their eyes and saying little more then 'keep pluggin.'
The contestants are given two challenges per week; while this is no NFL Sunday Ticket, the contestants do tend to get into some acerbic scuffles. The first challenge titled the Harper's Bazaar Mini Challenge, is the lead up to the second, elimination challenge. The challenges require the designers to cut and sew against the clocks, trying to create a winning look. In the first, for instance, contestants have to make a little black dress out of a simple T-shirt. Later during the week, they have to create a must have piece that will work in five different ensembles.
The hosts don't offer much encouragement. Mizrahi is flamboyant, at times funny, but he's not very generous and neither is Rowland. Although the show is basically a replica of Project Runway and the contestants are the same, catty, vindictive and frequently engaging in diva like behavior, the tone of the show is different. It's more critical of the designers. Also, the entire studio audience is composed of fashion industry insiders or cognoscenti as Mizrahi calls them. They help judge the designer's creations alongside the official judges.
What's perhaps most notable about the show is that it's not really notable at all. It's a copy. There's plenty of drama and the designs are certainly interesting as are the designers themselves, but still Fashion Show doesn't live up to its predecessor Project Runway.
Check your satellite TV guide for show times.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=John_R._Harrison
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