Semi-final

pay homage

semi-final

pay homage

Welcome my final 5 to the semi-final of LidlTerm season 1! For this week, we will be paying homage to the actual TV show Project Runway which not only has influenced me my whole life and made me who I am today, it is the reason we are all doing this, because I doubt this format of competing in Habbo fashion would have been realized without it. The outfit I am wearing above this text was made by the Swedish Habbo user ChokladMuffin. She designed this dress for a finale of a Project Runway pixel art competition, and her inspiration was Christian Siriano's and Chris March's avant garde dress from Project Runway season 4. I am honored to wear it! Make-up is by the fantastic icearbr

goofyzik

uli herzner

A lot is at stake at this panel. Five designers are competing for a spot in the final 3, and this week the designer that comes out on top will receive 50 coins. The designers were assigned one of my favorite Project Runway looks of all times, and they had to create a companion piece to it. They also had to design a companion piece to my favorite look of theirs from LidlTerm season 1.

Your design has that fresh, beachy, salt-watery, joyous essence that Uli Herzner’s dress has. Not quite the same Miami vibe, but instead you brought a bit more zen to it: the calmness that fills you when you see this dress is exactly like what you feel when you look at Uli’s. The shoes are brilliant, they go together with the blue tones perfectly and prevents the design from looking cold. Is it a simple dress? Yes, a very chic simple dress I love looking at and it makes me calm and happy. I must say that the dress is quite sexy, just like Uli's, but the hair and pale skin against that blue kind of takes that away.

-austin@troy-

jay mccarroll

The outfit you were assigned has a sense of adventure, it’s magical and it has a mix of urban streetwear and winter fairytale which oddly works. Your design is a bit uninspiring, you got the color story almost perfect which isn’t surprising, the gray is just so lifeless, it really kills this sort of warmth that Jay McCarrolls cold, wintery look has (I know that sounds odd but it’s true). I appreciate the fresh take on the shoes, but your design just looks wet and sad while the outfit you were given conveys none of it. I suspect you took for granted that you would qualify from this round: I expect a submission like this at week 2 or 3, not when three spots for the final and 50 extra coins are at stake.

.uhu

Brandon kee

Brandon’s aesthetic is very sporty, futuristic and dystopia mixed with beauty, romance and elements from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. You most definitely captured all of that with your design, which is not an easy feat. Sandals rarely look appropriate in contexts like this, but I believe it helps the look not be too heavy, it upholds a certain shape to the silhouette. The intricate dress which you’ve constructed is superb, fresh and exciting. I have never seen the double earring detail before and I think it represents your quirky aura as a designer. I love how you’ve made several layers of different, earthy colors: I have nothing bad to say about this.

cinthia

ari south

The rainbow tattoo in green usually looks tacky, in this instance I think you did a good job at elevating it. Something really great about this design is that it mirrors the harmony mixed with the statuesqueness of the outfit you were given: you weren’t pleased with your assigned look but I knew you are good at designing green dresses. The eye-makeup is a gorgeous contrast to the dress and your mixture of blue with the green captures the theme Ari South went with and brings that fantasy of a watery Asian forrests. The green tone you chose reminds me a bit of 1960’s retro. I dislike the belt though, it’s confusing. This is your best design so far, it is so sophisticated: oriental yet not stereotypical.

herbymainsted

mondo guerra

I adore how you incorporated the strap into the textured top seamlessly and extended it: you gave it new life. The blue is exactly what this design needed, it gives the eyes something fresh, helps balance the design from being too overpowering with the yellow. Do I feel like this is a good representation of Herby x Mondo Guerra? Hell yeah. You always like movement for your designs, in this instance the effect on the shoes is insane: reminds me of those light trail photographs usually taken at traffic. The shoe effect represents the new you perfectly: you like a bit of drama and a bit of a bang, but you also know how to edit and make it fresh and fashion-forward.

For the second look, the designers had to create a companion piece to their best outfit (so far) throughout LidlTerm season 1.

Left: original. Right: companion piece.

goofyzik

I think this is a perfect example of the ”less is more” philosophy in design: the purple and golden splashes underneath the fur are absolutely gorgeous and it leaves one craving more, well done. I find this design somewhat abstract, I wish there was more of Pablo Picasso’s essence in it. Had you experimented with some more unorthodox shoes this look would’ve been near perfect. Despite all that, this is gorgeous. It looks like you painted the bodysuit underneath by hand and the black fur brings a bit of mystery to the outfit. You would’ve won the Picasso challenge again with this design. The little touch of gold is absolutely stunning and actually feels like a nod to your first outfit.

-austin@troy-

This looks like a cheap curtain usually found in 70’s/80’s caravans/trailers, I really don’t like this. Dark, shiny materials easily look cheap and since you utilize it in ways that are not subtle or smart, it looks ... cheap. Also, the collection (Prada: Menacing Paradise SS’14) really isn’t heavy on black at all, so I feel like you took the easy route on this one and it makes your design suffer. I’m sorry but nothing about this outfit works and it resembles a http://Wish.com version of the first outfit. The one thing I do like about it is the turquoise bag.

cinthia

I absolutely loved it when I first saw it, but now it has faded for me a bit. I don’t like the veil and the sunglasses: too over the top, it steals a bit of focus from the interesting design you have. The black balances out the intense colors and the keyhole of skin is sexy yet tasteful. I enjoy that the pants are also some form of wide skirt and that there is a color journey from top to bottom. The chaotic energy from ”The Roaster” can once again be found in your design, but in a much more toned down way. I think this look really needs some green: what made the first look so succesful was that the really bright colors were moderately utilized, in this case it's like a dessert being just too sweet.

.uhu

You made something earthy and organic, but also crazy, energetic and even avant garde. It takes balls to utilize a chef hat in a Project Runway, especially to color it green, in this case it actually looks good. I’ve never liked the towel dress but I think you give it new meaning by the movement, as the curve makes the textures more interesting. Merging the earring into the scarf to give it a pointy edge is another detail I’ve never seen before, you are incredibly inventive. 9 out of 10 times I’d hate that green, but the black and white does an excellent job at balancing it out, so I actually adore it. I can’t help but to dislike the smiley face underneath, I just don’t see it beint anything else. Just like the song Euphoria, there is something delirious and melancholic about your design.

herbymainsted

This is nice, but your first outfit from last week had a ”I’m fierce, fuck you” attitude to it, this is more ”futuristic tea party”. You chose a gorgeous blue (or is it turquoise?) and once again the cuffs really elevate the outfit. I think this design would be suitable as a filler in a 20-piece collection or so, there isn’t much going on that I haven’t seen before and I think this look is just a bit too precious due to the veil and the bolero. I enjoy the backpack trick, it makes this design a bit more current.

Congratulations .Uhu, you are not only the winner of the Pay Homage task, you are also a finalist and 50 coins richer. Good luck, you deserve it.

Goofyzik, I've asked 10 people who they think will make final 3, only one person said your name. You proved them all wrong this week, you stayed true to your aesthetic and strengths as a designer and really stepped it up when it was necessary. You are a finalist, congratulations. Keep it up and you will be hard to beat.

Cinthia, you have been slightly neurotic and anxious throughout the journey, but your insane love for being a chameleon and your strong concepts is what has made you defeat 23 other designers. You are also a finalist, congratulations, now give it all you got because you owe it to yourself!

Herby, unfortunately you are out. You qualified through the bloodbath that week 1 was only because 11diamonds got disqualified, and you risked elimination week 2 and 3. You got better every week and became a triple threat. I have never seen anyone evolve the way I have seen you, and the growth you've made here is worth more than any amount of coins. Thank you so much for taking part, I am crossing my fingers you become a finalist on Snawlterm

austin@troy, you are out, this was just not your time to win and everything happens for a reason. You've made your competitors sweat every week and pushed them to work their asses off in order to beat you, and for that I am very grateful and I am proud of you. Your week 1 and 8 designs are some of the best Habbo design work ever and they belong in a Habbo museum/hall of fame.