We are about to begin our new Mini Challenge. We have arrived to this spacious big studio, we are not sure what to expect as there are many computer stations and the space is really huge and wide open. Our Mini Challenge consists of dressing a client from a walk of shame to a next morning business outfit. This time we are picked by the teams randomly yet again by the spools of thread colors, and ironically James-Paul and I ended up on the same team again. I’m very excited and happy that I ended up with James-Paul because we’ve worked with each other previously in a very positive way. Our client’s outfit as our end product came out as a very trendy professional business appropriate Harper’s Bazaar fashion employee who is ready to begin her working day without a shame. Both of us, James-Paul and I, are very satisfied with the outcome and Becki Newton liked our outfit as well. However, we weren’t chosen as the winning team, and that’s OK because you don’t know what the special prize is to be on the top and as well know it could be a trick yet again.
Our next big challenge catches us by surprise as it turns out we are actually inside Isaac’s studio and now we are going to design for his next collection based on his mood board of inspirations. There are random pictures and photos of African Culture along with actual accessories and pieces that we now need to be inspired by. Well, it turns out that the special prize for the winning team is an advantage to consult with Isaac on what the team is going to design for his collection. I secretly wish now that we would have been the winning team. James-Paul and I started to discuss what elements we liked from the mood board and in which direction we are going to go with for the African theme. We didn’t necessarily want to do a literal translation of Africa and copy an exact pattern, prints or images from the mood board, but rather to have a conceptual idea and translation of Africa from our minds by taking the elements from Isaac’s inspiration. James-Paul responded to metallic fish skeleton earrings and I thought of a photo background which resembled African desert dunes and the rusted colors of sand, and how it moves and creates waves from the desert wind. Also, both of us were drawn into the metallic textures of fabrics from the mood board.
To blend together as one complete look for our model, we’ve decided to combine different textures and fabrics and blend within our concept by keeping shades of earth tones with metallic gold accents. Since the initial idea for our concept was proposed by James-Paul, for the “fish skeleton,” I found a way to translate that concept into my outfit by keeping the colors of the desert and combining textured fabrication like this beautiful sequined fabric with metallic touches and a neon finish. James-Paul and I were consulting with each other on the shapes for our outfit that we both independently came up with for the silhouette of our look. Both of us had no problem working together as a team as we both have a mutual understanding and support of our ideas. James-Paul was making a coat based on the shape of the fish and I was making a dress to go along with the fish scales translated to a sandy dune of an African desert. Both of us were finished on time and we were satisfied with our look.
It’s time for the Fashion Show, and everyone’s outfits look very interesting and different and yet they do translate the African theme very well. It looks like the judges are going to have a really hard time choosing the elimination. Our model walks down the runway and I see that the dress pulled up on the side, and I think to myself that I wish somebody backstage would have just pulled the dress down so it wouldn’t look like she was sitting down before coming out to a runway. Surprisingly enough our team turned out to be on the bottom two; James-Paul and I didn’t expect that at all. The judges' comments were that the pieces weren’t cohesive as one complete outfit and that the pieces look just fine individually, but not together. James-Paul’s coat was critiqued on a choice of color and lack of definition of a shape. My dress looked to them as sloppy which I didn’t really agree with as it could have easily been confused with the fact that the dress just simply needed to be pulled down. The choice of having sequined fabric was just too much for the judges to handle which I personally think is a matter of personal style and taste. One the other hand our fellows from the second losing team, Reco and Daniella’s outfit was chosen as 90% of the audience wouldn’t buy it. Their pants style looked very dated, old and not flattering by the opinion of judges and audience as well. So on that note in comparison of our two teams, at least our design is not voted by 90% as the one that they wouldn’t buy as well as I think that our outfit doesn’t bring something redundant or lacking originality. In fact our outfit definitely has great potential in style invention and conceptual ideas behind it and most importantly originality. In the real world designers have much more time to develop strong silhouettes by doing research, getting inspired, working on a draping, and going back to it to see it under a different light and redefine it. Therefore I actually have no regrets that I’m not continuing in this madness of competition as I wouldn’t be proud of myself as a designer to be associated in this Fashion Show as someone who keeps doing something that was done before a million times and copied from other designer’s, as my politic was to show proof that the real talent is about in this industry.
Lidia,
Your attention to detail and the meticulous way you go about creating your designs should have better appreciated.Originality should always be rewarded because it takes bold vision to attempt it.I have missed you being on the show.Your work was classic and beautiful.
your work is beautiful, flowing, organic, post modern and feminine. you're journey has just begun!
My dear fans!
Thank you very much for your great support, admiring the work I do and appreciating for what I stand as a designer! It's been an incredible journey and great experience in my life which only helped me to get closer in achieving my dreams. Please visit my website www.lidiaamirova.com to see more beautiful creations by me :) Thank you all! Love, Lidia
p.s. Dear Hester Young, feel free to contact with me via my website, I'll see what I can do for you in regards to the vest knit sweater that you liked.
Lidia I'm really disappointed to see you go, I wish you would be staying in this competition and bringing more beautiful garments to highlight this show till the very end... Oh well, don't get discouraged because you do have an original talent that shines for real!!!! I'm wishing you good luck in your up rising career, and I'm sure you will be successful, you have achieved already a great amount of success by being out there on the national TV and showing your great potential!!! Remember that and probably there are much greater things awaiting for you in your real life! All the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!
To Fan Fare and Susan: Don't be a hater, appreciate!!! Try to bring yourself on a national level and then talk!!! Lidia is the most intelligent and talented designer, she is a young beautiful lady with a class and great taste!!!
Lidia, I'm pretty sure we will hear you name again with the most successful line in the industry!!! Good luck with everything! Your fan form NY.
Lidia, I really hated to see you go, I wish you would be staying in this competition and bringing more beautiful garments to highlight this show... Oh well, don't get discouraged because you do have an original talent that shines for real!!!! I'm wishing you good luck in your up rising career, and I'm sure you will be successful, you have achieved already a great amount of success by being out there on the national TV and showing your great potential!!! Remember that and probably there are much greater things awaiting for you in your real life! All the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!
To Susan and Fan Fare: Don't be a hater, appreciate!!!! And try to bring yourself on a national level and show your talent!!!! Lidia is the most intelligent and talented designer on this competition, a young beautiful lady with a class and great taste!!! Lidia, I wish you all the best and I'm pretty sure we will hear your name again uprising with the most successful line in the industry!!! Good luck with everything! Your fan form NY.
Lidia, I saw the garments on your personal website…This art is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my entire life! You are a top fashion designer and … I do not really think you belonged to this low-end show. These people are fighting like for the last breath, talking about the other cast members behind their back… etc..etc.. I mean this is very nasty and looks like they are just no more than poorly paid thespians. Well… it probably will be amusing for others to see how they fight with each other closer to the end of the show and create a huge drama. I am very glad you are over this and can dedicate your time to create more of these beautiful garments! I wish you the best!
Dear FanFare,
Your nastiness is sign of your weakness. Only the very low and miserable people can talk bad about others! I am sorry you feel that way about Lidia, who is a young and talented individual, but in your case you are a lost individual. If your mother never taught you this,well I don't think your mother would be bright judging by the way you talk, anyways, hypothetically speaking if she were, she would teach you that "If you have nothing good to say it's always best to keep your mouth shut"! Try to keep this in mind, maybe one day God will have mercy for you too!
Lidia, good luck in all your endeavors!!! Without failure there's no learning from mistakes, and knowing your mistakes is a crucial tool to a successful business. It was a breath of fresh air to see the real talent and originality on the show!
The dress you made was not ill fitting or hideous. It was not unflatering to a womans body either. I found it ridiculous that the judges even asked what body type it was made for. Obviously, by the looks of it on the mannequin in the picture and the way it looked on the model, the dress was made for a thin, tall, or even petite girl. How can that dress be found worse than the pants that daniella made, I don't even understand (if anything, THOSE pants could not fit any body type).
But your previous work was incredible and you deserve more credit than the show gave you. Most of your work seems to be highly skiller and creative.
I thought your knitwear was incredible! Your skill is shown without any needs of a "challenge." Great job and best of luck in the future!
Lidia,
You were lucky to make this far. I thought you deserved to be eliminated a few challenges ago when you made that white dress. It was a great concept in theory, but morphed into just ugly with a capital U! Poorly made, period.
Although you may have promise, you obviously didn't consider who this latest train wreck of a dress would fit. In your head, the idea was probably wonderful. However, once again, it was poorly made and truly awful.
Hopefully, you'll learn from this experience to think ahead. Who would be your target audience? What do you want to accomplish? Maybe you need more time in design school, or an apprenticeship with a top designer...
Lidia,
I'm sorry but, your dress was horrible. It did look sloppy and the excuse of just "pulling it down" doesn't cut it. The drape of scales across the butt is NOT flattering to any body shape.
Lidia, Please help. How can I get the sweater vest that you wore on your last appearance on The Fashion Show? It was beautiful!! If you made it, can I hire you to make one for me?
Au revoir Lidia,
I liked the way your dress showed on tv. The color did not look too much like Isaac's colors, though. Your dress could have been tweaked but Daniella's pants could not. There was no remedy for those pants, straight into the garbage can. Ugh! Same with the jacket.
I think you will continue to do good, you designed some beautiful dresses, you have a very unique style, avant garde and at the same time it looks expensive. I also love the way you accessorize. Good luck.
Lidia, the fabulous sweater dress you wore in this episode is one of the COOLEST things I've seen in years. It was like a marvelous fantasy paisley, interpreted for the wearer's whole body. Loved it! Hope to see many more originals from you. Best wishes for a long, rewarding career. As far as fit or the appropriate thing for a certain figure, that original was perfect for your petite, delicate-yet-curvy figure. Only someone with your tiny frame could carry such a bold yarn that way. Again, fabulous work that I will be trying to puzzle out in my knitting for years to come.
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