Sunday, October 30, 2011

Let's play "Is it a MuuMuu, or are you an ASS?"

DR 18 hours ago

I won't be watching PR anymore not after seeing Josh get robbed of the win by someone with no sewing ability and that was allowed to create essentially the same look over and over again all season...I have yet to see Heidi wear one of these??? modernized muumuu’s?

The_Liann 40 minutes ago in reply to DR

Let's play "Is it a MuuMuu, or are you an *** (three letter word for a mule)."

Look #1 Evening gown backless deep v-front, not a MuuMuu, you are an ***.

Look #2 sleeveless earthtones striped print dress, not a MuuMuu, you are an ***.

Look #3 Beachwear suit & flowy coverup, not a MuuMuu, you are an ***.

Look #4 Deep V-neck, Floorlength Flowy Silk Print jumper with pantslegs, not a MuuMuu, you are an ***.

Look #5 Little gold dress, sleeveless, thigh-high hem, v-neck, not a MuuMuu, you are an ***.

Look #6 V-Neck, Floorlength, High-Slit Leg, Sheer Fluttery Print gown, not a MuuMuu, You are an ***.

Look #7 Gold/Sand-colored outfit with deep V-neck, lots of legs showing, wide light belt. Are those crystal shorts on Anya's? not a MuuMuu, You are an ***.

Look #8 Shorts with Sleeveless Top. not a MuuMuu, you are an ***.

Look #9: Again the 2nd use of the earthtone striped prints short dress. not a MuuMuu, you are an ***.

Look #10: Choaker collar sleeveless backless print dress. not a MuuMuu, you are an ***.

Now are we all in agreement that you are an ***?

There were no MuuMuus on that runway, unless you want to count what ANYA was herself wearing, which was the spirit of a Missoni zigzag print that was on that day being sought by frenzied mobs crashing the Target Store runway. ANYA was 100% in tune with the moment in fashion. She deserved to win.

Anya Winning Project Runway Finale Photos Fronts & Back Views

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Anya WON the SEASON, not just the FINALE

The Project Runway SCORECARD is not the judges handheld scores, but the OFFICIAL placement of each designer in the pack each week of each season. Wikipedia has the same thing but calls it "Designer Elimination Table".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Runway_%28season_9%29

As an impartial historical record, we notice that Viktor was in the bottom three early on, by week 3, and he was in the bottom two of the bottom three, a whisker away from elimination. Joshua was in the bottom three with him, but Fallene was the one who went home. Lucky for Viktor that Fallene was slightly worse than him that week. Fallene had her second bottom two position in a row, which saved Victor to continue.

Of the finale designers, the least WINs was Kimberly with 1, followed by third place Viktor with 2. Victor had 2 wins, 4 top-3, 2 bottom-3, and came in 2nd place twice, 3rd place twice. One of his wins was shared by Joshua, as both got garment selected to be produced for Heidi's Amazon.com sportswear collection.

Second place finisher, Joshua McKinley, had two weekly wins, same as Viktor, including sharing one win with Viktor.

Joshua had three bottom three weeks, including two bottom twos, and would be behind Viktor except the scorecard does not remember the ranking of designers in episode 13, where the order was Joshua, Viktor, Kimberly, and Anya.

Joshua also had the same number of top three weekly rankings as Viktor, except Joshua was in the top 2 three times and Victor in the top 2 only twice, so the edge goes to Joshua.

Anya right out the gate got the top 2 position in week 1. Overall she had three wins during the season, three top-3, and only one bottom 3. If you halt the competition at week twelve, Anya has already won by significant margin by these scores.

At the end of week 13 the rankings had not changed a lot. The "WIN" would be Joshua's. The Top Three would include Viktor and Kimberly, but the bottom three also included those same two plus Anya.

Going into episode 14 Anya and Joshua were tied, but Viktor was still in third place and Kimberly still in 4th place.

In the end, the season averages held up, with the final ranking of episode 14 reflection the same order as the main season.

People can complain about the fan favorite with national pride motivating fans to click for Anya. Somehow Anthony Ryan also mustered the same kind of fans. Viktor, Joshua and Kimberly left most people cold and they never got loyalists to bother voting for them.

Anya WON the SEASON, not just the FINALE
http://anya-fan.blogspot.com/2011/10/anya-won-season-not-just-finale.html

Friday, October 28, 2011

Direct Comparisons Anya vs Uli Finale Runway Shows.

Anya's work has been described as reminiscent of Uli Herzner from Season 3. This comparison depends on poor memory and depends on jumping back and forth from one website to another to try to match up photos. Actually Anya's work has more similarities to Diane Von Furstenberg, or even some of Michael Kors past works, than Uli.

Yes, they both work V-necklines. Yes they both use some blues and golds in their palettes, yes they both have one swimsuit, yes they both use fluttery Chiffon on floor length hemlines. So does Christian Siriano do all of those things. So does Christian Dior. So does Dolce & Gabbana.

I paired the looks together based on MY OPINION of which look in Anya's collection had similarities to something found in Uli's collection. Seen side by side you tell the differences and see two different points of view. Others may want to pair up other looks differently than I did, but it won't make any difference. Uli had 12 runway looks compared to Anya's ten, so the last photo has both the odd looks from Uli which do not match up to anything in Anya's works. Anya's are always first on left side, Uli's on right side of pairs except last photo which is all Uli.

Photo 1: Blue/green/gold palette, sleeveless V-neck floorlength fluttery silk fullness.

Photo 2: sleeveless earthtones striped print, similar hemlines.

Photo 3, Beachwear suit & flowy coverup, prints.

Photo 4: Deep V-neck, Floorlength Flowy Silk Print.

Photo 5 Little gold dress, sleeveless, thigh-high hem, v-neck.

Photo 6: V-Neck, Floorlength, High-Slit Leg, Sheer Fluttery Print.

Photo 7:Gold/Sand-colored outfit with deep V-neck, lots of legs showing, wide light belt. Are those crystal shorts on Anya's?

Photo 8: Shorts with Sleeveless Top.

Photo 9: Again the 2nd use of the earthtone striped prints.

Photo 10: Choaker collar sleeveless print dress.

Photo 11: Uli's extra two looks match up to nothing of Anya's.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Project Runway Fashion Week Collection Season 9

Project Runway Season 9 Fan Favorite Anya Ayoung Chee Final Collection Spring 2012

Heidi Klum fought for Anya to be on Project Runway 9 (GMA & TV6)

Heidi Klum fought for Anya to be on Project Runway 9 (GMA & TV6)

Project Runway: Anya Ayoung-Chee's Closet Tour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4KZDdsaD-A

Anya at NYC Fashion Week, Spring-Summer 2012 Collection.

From NYMAG.COM: http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/2012/spring/main/newyork/womenrunway/projectrunwayanyaayoungchee/

http://www.elle.com/Runway/Ready-to-Wear/Spring-2012-RTW/PROJECT-RUNWAY/PROJECT-RUNWAY#mode=base;slide=27;

http://starcasm.net/archives/119702

http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2011/09/project-runway-finale-at-fashion-week-hits-and-misses.html

http://www.newstimes.com/living/article/Nervous-Runway-contestants-display-their-wares-2163309.php#photo-1586630

Anyas Mentor: Meiling on Mentoring Anya

15 Minutes: Meiling on Mentoring Anya

http://seandrakesdotcom.wordpress.com/tag/anya-ayoung-chee/

“I’ve known Anya even before she was born, since her mother has been a close friend and loyal customer for many years. Anya is like a daughter to me and nothing pleased me more when I saw her interest in fashion. When she returned from studying graphic design at Parsons in New York, she gravitated to a natural passion for fashion and her second home became my atelier. She has been privy to my creative design process and she has always been open to advice and guidance.”

Designer Apprentice Scores Project Runway 9

Anya's inaugural collection at Fashion Week Trinidad 2009. Photos: SeanDrakes.com

Anya Audition Video.

FASHION- One to Watch: Anya Ayoung-Chee

Anya Sleeves & Collars: Professional Design work before Project Runway.

Curiously, Anya claims Design Education at Parson's School of Design... http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway/season-9/designer-portfolios?designer=2

It is true that Anya employed sample makers and seamstresses, like almost all designers do, before auditioning at Project Runway, however some people complain that she has a lack of sewing experience with collars and sleeves. Here are some pictures from pre-Project Runway showing some garments with sleeves and a collar. Really, sleeves are just some more fabric encircling a body part, a "skirt" for the arms. They are not that hard to do, if you want to do them. The very first McCall's sewing pattern I ever used was a "Hawaiian Shirt" with short sleeves and a collar -- the sleeves came out perfectly, first try. I needed to make a half dozen shirts with collars before I was satisfied with those. Sleeves and collars do not take four months to learn, or even longer.

http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway/season-9/designer-portfolios?designer=2

http://www.ciaafrique.com/2011/01/inspired-by-africa-pilar-by-anya-ayoung.html

Continued, What Anya Wore Which She Created, part 2.

Anya Ayoung-Chee Season 9, Episode 6 Photos

Anya Ayoung-Chee Season 9, Episode 7 Photos

Anya Ayoung-Chee Season 9, Episode 8 Photos

Anya Ayoung-Chee Season 9, Episode 9 Photos

Anya Ayoung-Chee Season 9, Episode 10 Photos

Anya Ayoung-Chee Season 9, Episode 11 Photos

Anya Ayoung-Chee Season 9, Episode 13 Photos

Anya #1

Blog Post #1, Welcome to Countdown of Project Runway Finale pt-2

This is Tuesday, October 25th, and Thursday, October 27th the final show of season #9 is revealed. The show itself was taped in early September just after the 9 decoys and finalists showed collections at NYC Fashion Week. Heidi is quoted in the news as saying "There was one clear winner". My guess it is

Anya Ayoung-Chee

There are NO PHOTOS stored on this blog. All photos are hot-linked to credited websites where you can go visit them. As other websites delete photos over time, this blog will gain more blank space. It is a temporary tribute to a great new talent, and is not meant to last, as Anya will be creating new fashions for a long time to come.

Anya Wearing Anya. Real girl, real clothes. Anya, unlike many Project Runway designers made almost all of her clothes, so you not only see what she made under pressure with arbitrary rules, but also what she makes in the serenity of a proper design studio.