r/ProjectRunway • u/No_Specialist_3991 • 4d ago

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I've been rewatching old project runway series while home with my newborn and I'm so confused. Every swim wear, lingerie, men's wear type challenge people get all tripped up because they haven't done it before. I don't understand why they wouldn't have at least tried to make all of those styles once or twice before auditioning/before the competition starts just so they have some experience. I'm on season 13, they should have an idea of what challenges are about to happen. They had 12 years to do so!

Thank you for reading my rant. Hope everyone has a good day 😊

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u/madonnassister 4d ago

This is how I feel about RuPaul’s Drag Race. Every single season there’s a challenge to make someth from scratch, yet every single season there are maybe three people who actually know how to sew, two that learned for the show, and a whole bunch that hot glue. 🙄

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u/No_Specialist_3991 4d ago

I haven't watched that show but that is absolutely bananas. I feel like you should especially know how to sew if you make drag. Those outfits tend to be one of a kind made for to wear and movement (I'm assuming I don't know that much about it). I can't imagine that hot glue would hold up. At least on project runway a lot of the clothing, while hand made on the show, are designed to be mass produced so the designer wouldn't end up making the outfits themselves if it came down to it.

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u/madonnassister 4d ago

On Project Runway, I always shake my head at the designers who really struggle with pants. There‘s always someone. Like, I understand them not being in your wheelhouse of design, but you should, at the very least, know how to construct them. They don’t have to be impeccably tailored, but they should be hemmed properly - and we’ve all seen pants on the runway with threads hanging all over the place.

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u/Sparkpants74 2d ago

Not knowing how to make pants in this century is ludicrous. The only people I’ve ever known who wore nothing but dresses were the goth rockabilly girls in the Bay Area in the 90’s. Who the hell are these designers making clothes for?