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05-04-2012
Getting Caliente with the Buyers
Now that we're in the fourth week of Fashion Star, the underwhelming reality spectacle aimed at making a fashion star out of a nobody, we're asking ourselves: Is there anything that Jessica Simpson doesn't like? Not surprisingly, she's a fan of both the good and the bad, whether it sells or not.Granted, there's been a ton of sales. Host/supermodel Elle Macpherson, channeling Axl Rose circa now in black leather pants and black feathered shoulders, says that more than a million dollars have been made from sales. That's still the only attraction to the show: attainable designs rapidly available online and in stores.
This week, the designers are asked to create a high-end look and a counter low-end look with mass-market appeal. Such emphasis of both markets shows that the designer has versatility. As mentor John Varvatos tells the designers during his studio visit, both looks must have a common thread.As Simpson makes her rounds, she tells Orly Shani, who doesn't consider herself a high-end designer, that her high-end looks low-end and vice versa. Shani takes her advice and swaps the looks. Sarah Parrott, an H&M favorite and our personal pick to be the first Fashion Star, is having a mini-breakdown in the studio as she attempts to make a red dress look high-end.
On the runway, Shani presents high-end first via black "Hollywood" pants that convert from high-waist to low-waist by simply folding them down. All right, obviously this girl loves her "two-for" inter-changable looks, but pants that folds up and down at the waist scream "maternity wear." Her low-end look is a drappy, loose-fitting "slouchy" trouser pant that can also be adjusted with the drawstrings at the sides. Parrott shows two dresses: a high-end, red v-neck and knee-length dress, plus a low-end white short dress with defined shoulders and exposed sides and back.
