Just as Merlin predicted, he was going to be on the bottom. It was a very intimidating point he expressed because he was very confident with what he had said. Although I had a different prediction in which I have not spoken, I did say something different to make the situation, where people are placed in order of which they were going to be in the bottom. Of course it was all in the insinuation of Merlin. I was in the bottom today. I did expect it because I felt it for awhile. I am very proud of my dress and to answer Isaac Mizrahi’s question as to where the dress was going to be worn, it would be everywhere. The woman who would wear that dress is a woman who wants to look different, who is ahead of her time, and someone who wants to look special. I design clothes for an individual; she does not follow the herd. I would have wanted to make it more difficult. I should not apologize for the education I have received, nor should I feel guilty for my intelligence. I will not make myself think to a level that degrades who I am as a person. An ethnic minority like me should never do such a thing. And speaking of passion, my work is about a movement that went against the social norms of their time and is still beyond what everyone does to this day, and I represent such ideology from the 1920s. I believe I have achieved plenty, in regards to coming from a third world nation who was born, under martial law, and I am indeed passionate about being an independent thinker. I achieved my purpose for my dress. I made the judges react to something that was different to what they are accustomed to.
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My family are itching for another James-paul collection. My niece bought your winning look, I love the way she look, she is like very tall and thin and she was hot and fierce, I wish I could post it here, Please James-Paul where is the second collection, or at least your contacts so I could order from you, I have a buyer friend and was interested
I would like to see you on TV again.......have your own show where you get to show everybody how you develop your ideas.......... I just saw Marc Jacob's documentary, he reminds me of you, the way you dress, you speak etc........I'd donate 100 dollars to Bravo for a second season of you and only you
James-Paul, you did not need to have any instructions. It was the job of the show to show how it was worn together. It was so obvious they edited what you were saying cause you sounded you were breaking off like in a cell phone.........when can we see you again
Wow, I am very speechless on how wonderful your work is. It is just brilliance, I jsut finished watching Avatar, and my gosh it really put your work into place, when do I see you on TV again????? p.s. You look so different from the beginning episodes to the reunion...... You kinda look like Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp.....
James-Paul, you are such an innovator, so you know someone has commented on your work and the film Avatar? They are comparing your message to the film's message. It is so powerful, you should make a film or a tv show about it.
Hi James-Paul! I never comment on these things but that's just how wonderful and creative a designer I think you are! I have really grown to love fashion over the years and how it can be so expressive and impactful, but what I really loved about your final collection is how you used art to make such a powerful statement. Your theme was "Indigenous People Wearing Western Clothing," not "Tribal" like Issac said. Indigenous people is not necessarily synonymous with clusters of "exotic" people living out in the jungle somewhere. Indigenous people live in and continue to change and evolve with the modern world today, in their own ways. I loved that about your collection, and while I also liked Daniella's and Anna's collections, I truly thought yours was the most original, inspired, and artistic. Everyone's said it already, you are a true designer. Keep doing what you do and not compromising who you are. Best of luck to you!
I am a slim 45-year-old woman, and I thought YOUR collection was actually the most wearable of the final three, as well as by far the most fascinating, stunning, and desirable. I want your pieces! PLEASE PLEASE find a way to make them available. I would buy them. What a SUPERB collection. You are a true genius. How can anyone think your final collection unwearable? Notice that it was you whose winning piece earlier in the season was the one that viewers bought the most from bravo. So why in heaven's name do they say your stuff is not sellable? It so clearly is!
Daniella's collection was far too close to the bebe.com fall 2009 collection. Anna's was nice but to me, nothing special. YOURS was special.
James, I remember when you brought your work at the company. You being able to get in Vivienne Westwood Studios is your authentic measure of talent. You were accepted because you are the best and a great hard worker out of thousands of Americans who asked for work. Nobody else knows this than the Haute Couture industry as well as the RTW, you don't need to change anything, we know you grow everytime and create a loving environment with people you work with. What people saw on television and this show about your character is false. We are proud of you.......
I was so surprised that the judges chose Daniela and not you. Your collection was beyond amazing - unique and artsy and architectural and unusual and, in my opinion, totally wearable. It was so well thought out and wonderfully inspired. Are any of your designs available to purchase? Even though I really liked Anna's collection and understood why she won, I would purchase your pieces in a heartbeat over anything in her collection. Any chance of making your pieces available? I'm one of your biggest fans!
Your collection was simply the best! It hints of the impression I remember from Comme des Garçons in the earlier days.
I have not seen anything that even comes close on this show! Come to think of it, i have not seen anything that can rival yours even on 'the other' fashion designer show!!! Truly original.
James - your collection was the most creative of the group and showed a lot of vision. Though Anna's was somewhat more "marektable", I think yours was more artistic, worthy of being called haute couture. Best wishes for your future.
Your collection was THE BEST by far! It was innovative. I am so glad that a designer showed respect for the intelligence and creativity of indigenous cultures! I can easily wear each garment! Which stores will carry your collection?
My favorite! Hands Down. The others were just past decades revisited.
James-Paul,
I've never felt the way I felt seeing your clothes on the runway and throughtout the season. I was so emotional because I truly feel your a genius and love your zen-like personality. I can't wait to buy your clothes. This is the first time in my life that I feel inspired to wear something that has meaning instead of just being able to afford it or following trends. I wish you all the best and can't wait until you become a world wide icon everyone knows and which you already are!
I think that your vision and ideas came to life in your last collection, it was one of the most beautiful images I kept in my mind. I love all the designs,I would wear all of them, I think you have a lot to work and learn, keep going, I am sure you are in the right path and have amazing designs to show us.
anyone who does not appreciate your clothes don't understand art. Americans obviously don't have taste so it was a compliment when you did not win. you will do great things and I believe you will be picked up by some famous designer in Europe where they do appreciate ingenuity. More importantly haha where can I buy your clothes I love the jacket with the huge hood I want all of your pieces.
i think your cloths are very wierd. i personally didnt like them but its your taste and creation. i think you really risked it by making that collection as the final piece. i expected much better.
I think your designs are very well executed, the judges, in my opinion are a small bit looped for givong Daniella as the judges choice. I likes some of the stuff she had before, but this collection was eugh... Leathery... I thought yours was very nice, not commerical, but very nice... Project runway would be a better place for you... I think your works would be better appreshated (I can't spell!) there. I thought Anna, and Daniella went to 'cool' looks, and I think your was the most cohesive collection of them all!
I think your designs are very well executed, the judges, in my opinion are a small bit looped for givong Daniella as the judges choice. I likes some of the stuff she had before, but this collection was eugh... Leathery... I thought yours was very nice, not commerical, but very nice... Project runway would be a better place for you... I think your works would be better appreshated (I can't spell!) there. I thought Anna, and Daniella went to 'cool' looks, and I think your was the most cohesive collection of them all!
i agree with DesignerPilot. Don't let the judges of that show get you down. your designs are bigger than the US and would be appretiated in real haute couture cities, such as Milan and Paris. America is a country with outdated tastes, which are actually copied trends from haute couture cities.
Your Fashion is World Wide!
Congratulations.. You did not win the first place prize, but, you stole the hearts of the judges, colleagues, and the fashion industry with your intelligent visions and creativity and made a name for yourself with the exposure you got on this show. That was probably better for a designer like you. You created an avenue to success.. you made people look, learn, and listen to your view and your creativity and futuristic thoughts and designs.. which is what you are all about.. This show was more about what, we, the consumers, average American people want to be able to wear..but, you, Danielle, Merlin, Reco, etc. still had a chance to get your word out there and will be very successful for it.
I absolutely LOVE your collection line. I was so moved and in awe when I saw your designs down the runway. Your talents, innovations and creativity know no boundaries. You are going to go so far in the fashion industry. I would love to buy and wear your designs one these days.
James-Paul, You made me get up and take notice and wish that I could afford your clothes. I am so easily bored with fashion. I buy something and rip and sew and mix and match, but your clothes, I couldn't believe it, I get them, I feel them, I want to be in them and have all eyes on me asking where did she find such beautiful clothes and who and what does she know that we do not? Because the people who are lucky enough to wear and understand your clothes are a step ahead. Bravo to you James-Paul, I kneel at your feet. Now for the part that will make you cringe, I'm a 51 year old, blue eyed, bleached blonde, middle class woman, and I know women will love the hang and look of your clothes. I'll be seeing your stuff on the runway and I hope it's a long time until I see pretty from you. Thank you.
It is rare that I see anything that isn't a repeat, a knock off, or a suddle change from on the runway or in stores the year or years before. I felt when I looked at your collection that I was looking at something new, something truly orginial. I enjoyed that a great deal. It is nice to see and know that orginial thought has not died. Watching your fashion show made me happy because I realized there is more to come from this world. I hope there is more to come from you.
I wish that you won! Best wishes for selling you line in UK! You are an talented and unique designer.
James Paul I think your collection was true fashion. It was cohesive, original,powerful, and beautiful. It was true art and I got it. However, I think Project Runway would have been a better vehicle for you because I think the judges would have appreciated your talent more and America would not have the final decision on the winner. Anyway, much luck to you.
James-Paul, I absolutely LOVED your collection. I think it speaks to an extremely fashion forward audience, whether that includes a youthful or older one. Nonetheless, everyone in that audience can agree that your collection is exactly how they would like to dress. It is very now, yet extremely fashion forward. James-Paul I even think your collection could have drawn inspiration from everyone from Balmain, to Alexander Wang, to Rick Owens, to Ann Demeulemeester--they are all constantly changing the way people look at fashion and I think you're collection is doing that as well. It not only was beautiful and edgy alike, it also sparked an emotional connection from the collection to the audience, that, like Angel said, really did make you want to cry a little bit! A wonderful mood was set throughout the whole show that was able to translate to everyday life. James-Paul, your collection was truly unique and chic in every single way. This is exactly how I would like to dress and how I envision everyone should like to dress as well.
HEY Jane Paul!!!
I am 14years old and from chicago and i just want to say i love your work! i love how daring you are! I LOVE how it falls! i just wanted to let you know. thank you for sharing your work and having the courage to come on the show!
HEY Jane Paul!!!
I am 14years old and from chicago and i just want to say i love your work! i love how daring you are! I LOVE how it falls! i just wanted to let you know. thank you for sharing your work and having the courage to come on the show!
Hey James-Paul! You are so much better than the other people! I wish you could have won something at the very least! :( I really wanted you to win all of my friends wanted you to win too! I am so sad you were so awesome and cool on this show! I really hope you get to make more clothes you were awesome on the show (to be honest you was the only reason I watched the show!) and then yyou didn't even win! You are the most awesome person I have ever seen! I so hope you go on to bigger and better things! You didn't diserve to come in third ( in my opinion) I think you should have won! Don't let this get you down, I promise there are some people who love you clothes(including me:-)) you are so cool! Everyone I know loves you! I hope I see you in fashion again you are so cool and awesome and the people that didn't vote for you don't have a sence of fashion but clearly you do! So get your self out there! We love you!
Yay James-Paul! :-)
I wish that you have won!!! You will be a successful fashion design in the UK. Hope to see your designs sold there!
You are absolutely correct. Your designs have such complicated societal and emotional connotations and references it would be impossible for the insipid world you've stepped into on "The Fashion Show" to appreciate them.
Your clothes go beyond the fickle, consumerist perspective of the majority of the fashion market. But, sadly, this means that a position in that sphere would be terribly difficult for you to reach.
It's a complicated catch - you have such a matured, strong artistic vision that most designers only reach after years of working under others and promoting low-end lines, but you cannot really enter the industry with that.
I would wear so many of your pieces and will keep a look-out for them in stores world-wide. Go to Antwerp or Reykjavik or Helsinki. You'd be appreciated there.
James Paul!!!
You are amazing, and unfortunately America doesn't have the best taste in fashion.
You are the winner in my book and I hope to see you in real fashion magazines like PARIS vogue, not old lady BAZAAR
I cannot believe you did not win! I was so thrilled when I saw your collection--I knew you had to win.
Your theme and and your production were phenomenal! I loved it! I think the fact that your dress outsold all the others on BravoTV, says it all.
Keep up the amazing work! You are the winner from my perspective!
James-Paul, I have been a fan from the beginning. I admire you're individuality, and non-conformist ideologies. You are a true designer in every sense of the word. Your final collection left me emotional, teary-eyed, and in awe. I wish you all the best of luck in your career -- I know success is just a step away for you.
I really think you should win if you dont you will go SOOOOO far and if you dont win the only realson will be the you wanted to stay true to yourself and people may not've liked that ( which i dont get) you are so cool and fabu and my favorite thing you did was the preppy clique one i absolutly love it to death i REALLy hope you win best of luck <3 Kayklie you BIGGEST fan
Good luck; you are the 2nd best designer on the show behind Reco.
The ladies both need a lot of work/schooling/design school; too bad the Judges were too bias to see that.
OH!!!
I really want you to win! for me you are in the avantguard fashion lead, like so many artists, this vision can be misunderstood.
I see your pieces as art objects they don't have to be functional they just have to be art, with this I don't mean that your work is not wearable, just the opposite, but for a special elite.
I have seen some fashion shows where the designers make pieces that one will think crazy NO!!!! but hey! why not! I visualize your designs in a fashion forward show like in Japan or Europe here USA... MH ......Uh., ... will some pieces work for the cookie cutter mentality? uhggg You are here to shine kid just be confident, be the Star!!.
Your the best designer on the show! You go beyond aesthetics, You had the most elegant, clean, and focused collection. You have an amazing personality and seem to be humbled by the journey. Reco could learn a thing about that. Make something for men and I would buy it! Good luck you got my vote!!!
Hey! James-Paul you are a short guy but you are sexy i think u should win. i was so excited that the fashion show was on, and i thought i heard ure beautiful voice, so i ran to my room following the sound of your voice and ran into the door. i opened the door and realized it wasn't you. i was sad. :( but it was worth the hurt to see you and ure awesomeness! you are an ultra-fabulous guy!
Hi James-Paul!
I am so proud of you and the work that you put into your clothes! You are so awesome and I am so going to vote for you!
our magazine is trying to do an interview with you. anyway to get a hold of you. please contact me ceazkat@gmail.com
Hi Jean-Paul,
A couple days ago I mentioned the color of the farmers' working clothes. I just remembered that when I was young, I was also taught that people who live-of the land has a special appreciation for their land. Therefore, the brown and black (particularly brown) of their clothes also signify the color of their land, the soil that their families lived on. Furthermore, when people throw what is clean or unclean on the earth (urine, saliva, feces etc...,the earth is not horrified, humiliated, disgusted by it for have the feelings of conceit. One need to develop loving kindness, compassion and appreciation toward others as deep and wide as the earth so that we can accept anyone, anything . Because just like the earth we can transform agreeable and disagreeable feelings or sensations.
Well, this has nothing to do with fashion. But it has a special connection to the indigenous people's choice of color for their clothing.
I just want to share with you the lessons I learned when I was young.
I love your clothes and truly believe in your talent!
I must say I am shocked at the controversy about your designs. I have been watching fashion shows since the late 70's when my older sister started modeling. I have seen so many things in Fashion come and go and comeback again. How many versions of a fitted evening gown or the short skirt dress or the bubble or tube dress can be redone.
I think you have to take risks. I don't recall seeing anything like what you created for the finale. It was refreshing and dark. It made me think about non specific concepts and shapes and the relativity to fashion. I don't know if it's art but it is ingenious conceptually done. The garments fit properly. I see fall colors with the pieces you designed and I think Fifth Avenue Fashion of tomorrow.
You are a another Vivian Westwood genius giving back to the world what it just can't comprehend. I hope you win and show them that you can do other things. But I applaud you for taking the risk and showing what you wanted us to see. Bravo 4 Bravo!
You blew me away with your final collection. I doubt that it will be commercial enough to win, but only your collection combined such a consistency of vision with innovative structuring and use of materials. Congratulations.
You don't belong on the Fashion Show where people like Anna and Daniella design "trendy" "desirable" clothes.
Your clothing is like ART, that people still have not learned to appreciate.
If given the chance, I would wear ALL your clothes, in a sec.
But even more than your talent, I appreciate your "sticktoit" attitude-
That despite what everyone else was doing, you DID YOUR OWN THING, and in the end, I think you won, as the best designer.
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