[Comprehensive Entertainment] Reincarnation reality show

The time limit is seven weeks, the budget is [-] US dollars, and ten pieces of ready-to-wear are in the series.

That's what Ellie, Xiecheng, Kelly, and Candice are going to show at New York Fashion Week.

During the preparation period, they can complete their respective works in their own home studios, and Tim, as a co-mentor, will visit each designer in turn before the deadline to provide them with his own advice.

As for Edmund, the designer who participated in every contestant selection since Tianqiao started, finally stopped before New York Fashion Week.This has to be said to be a very regrettable thing.When he heard that he was eliminated, the frustration on the face of the designer, who is already in his 30s, was moving.

But that's the runway, and that's the fashion world.As Heidi said, there is no such thing as a hundred-day success. You may be promoted today, but you may be eliminated tomorrow.It was a brutal game, and the designers who stayed felt it all too well.

***

"Here he comes!" the blond girl who stood on tiptoe by the window said excitedly to the girls in the room.

"Go and open the door, Lisa!" The girls who had chosen to come to Ellie's house on the day of Tim's visit pushed her excitedly.

"Okay, okay, right away." Yili reluctantly went to open the door for Tim who hadn't knocked yet.

"Hi, Lisa." The old man who always wore a meticulous suit was obviously a little surprised to see the door open, but when he saw Yi Li who was waiting to greet him at the door, he quickly smiled and opened his eyes to Yi Li. up the arm.

"Hi, Tim, nice to meet you." Ellie stepped forward with a smile and hugged Tim.

It has been almost seven weeks since the last round of competition, and Tim has also begun to visit the final four designers.

"Oh, this is..." Looking at the enthusiastic girls in the room, Tim pushed his glasses a little uncomfortable.Every time he visits designers, Tim will also chat with the designers' families and talk about the designers' growth experience.This is the practice of the program group.Of course, knowing Ellie's family situation, Tim expected to meet her grandparents or something, but...

"This is my classmates. They knew you were coming, and they insisted on coming to shake your hand." Yili pointed to the classmates behind her who were waving to Tim's camera and said to Tim.After all, everyone is a student of the School of Design, and they are very curious about the former dean (although no one knows him) who has been appearing on TV and even has his own fashion review show.

Seeing the confusion on Tim's face, Ellie explained to Tim again, "My grandparents are both in their hometown in Texas. They wanted to come, but they are not in good health recently, and the doctor does not recommend them to take a long-distance trip across half of the United States. Traveling. You know, they're older, and when their parents died, it hit them too, and they kind of broke down physically."

"Oh, older people are always..." Tim nodded understandingly, and then patted Eli on the shoulder comfortingly-this girl was the only one without her family, even if it was a much older Hun Diskelly and the others all had family members accompanying Tim to receive them.Only around her are these classmates who came to join in the fun.But her eyes were clear and bright, without any haze.This made Tim feel inexplicably moved.The camera behind him took a close-up of the girl's bright and moving smile.

"Hello." After a simple greeting, Tim greeted the students around Yili.

"Hello, Tim!" "Hi, Tim!" "I didn't expect to see you, I'm so excited!" The girls greeted Tim in various ways, and the scene was very lively , without the misery and loneliness of the absence of family members.

"Can I shake your hand, Tim?" asked one of the loudest female voices.

"Of course." Tim nodded cheerfully, and the girls started the "Tim handshake" in this room.

"Tell me about Lisa." Tim said with a smile as he shook hands with everyone, "Are you all classmates?"

"Lisa and I grew up together." The girl who was holding hands with Tim shook her head. She had a layer of light freckles on her cheeks, and she looked very cute. "She has liked this job since she was a child."

"Really?" Tim asked.

"Of course," the girl said emphatically, "the dress I wore to my high school prom was made by Lisa. It's gorgeous."

Like other countries, many high school students in the United States may not necessarily be able to go to college after graduation, but can only enter society.Therefore, the high school prom is the last memory of many people's school days.This ball is very important, and every girl will show her most beautiful side at the ball.Exquisite makeup is a must, as is an elegant and beautiful evening dress.

Some rich girls will simply go to Fifth Avenue to buy the latest designer dresses, while some ordinary girls will rent a dress. Of course, there will also be girls who wear evening dresses worn by their mothers. It is a family inheritance to a certain extent, just like a woman will wear her mother's wedding dress when she gets married. This is a blessing from her family.

The fact that this girl was willing to wear a dress that Ellie made for her to her prom is a sure sign that Ellie is doing a good job.

"Did Lisa have a talent for this at that time?" Tim asked with raised eyebrows.This kind of dress worn on a formal occasion is different from ordinary skirts. Whether it is workmanship or design, it is definitely more difficult than ordinary skirts.

"No." The girl shook her head unexpectedly, "It should have been earlier."

"Earlier?" Tim asked curiously.

"Lisa, go and get our photo album." The freckled girl urged her friend who grew up with her.

"Okay, wait a minute." Yili didn't mind letting Tim see her growth path, or in other words, this was the performance she had agreed with her friend who grew up with her—of course, This kind of friendship is a system setting, and Yili just makes good use of it.She's not even going to lie.

"Wow..." Tim looked at the thick photo album that Yili handed over, and after opening it, he couldn't help but exclaim.The photographer with the video camera hurried over and recorded a lot of pictures of the photo album that Tim was flipping through.

"The clothes on these Barbie dolls are..." Tim asked, pointing to the dolls in the beautiful dresses in the photos.

"Yes." The freckled girl nodded, "I remember when I was very young, my uncles and aunts would watch us make these cute little clothes, and occasionally give us a favor." Without emphasizing parental care, Just wait for someone from the PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) to come and talk.Of course, the parents here in Yili passed away a long time ago, and the pta can't find it if they look for it.But the influence of letting children move the scissors and needles and threads is always bad, so we still need to take precautions here.

"It's really cute." Tim nodded in agreement, then looked at the last group photo, pointed to the freckled girl in the crimson dress with a bright smile and said to the girl next to her, "Is that you?"

"Yes, the dress on me is made by Lisa." The girl nodded and turned to another photo, "Joanna's dress is also made by Lisa, look, it's this dark purple evening dress The freckled girl winked cutely at Yili while desperately helping Yili sell Amway to Tim, and then got a little kiss from Yili.

Next, other people also talked about Yili's usual performance in school, or some opinions about Yili's design-of course, they were all positive.No one would speak ill of Yili at this time.In the mouths of these girls, Yili is like a perfect saint, good-looking, good-natured, good grades, good design, everything is good.Every girl wants to be like a girl with Eli - well, it's impossible.

But under the adjustment of the girls, the atmosphere of this small negotiation is really good, with a kind of youthful and vigorous energy, which is difficult to see in the visits of other designers.Tim also realized that in addition to her design ability, Yili is not bad, and her social skills are not bad.Emotional intelligence is important in any business, and Tim admires Ellie for that.

"Want to see my finished product, Tim?" Yili was almost blushing from everyone's praise, and quickly patted a few girls who praised the most direct and exaggerated, telling them to stop talking.

"Of course." Tim nodded kindly, and then Ellie asked her friends to wait downstairs for a while, and she took Tim to her studio—anyway, the others had already met before.

Tim followed Ellie to the room at the end of the corridor on the second floor.

The white gauze curtain on the window fluttered slightly, covering part of the corner of the room, but it could still be clearly seen that this was a relatively professional studio.

"I had this studio when I was in high school." Yili touched a corner of the workbench nostalgicly, and said to Tim, "My parents bought these for me, workbench, sewing machine, mannequins... ..."

"You miss them, don't you?" Tim asked softly.

"Yes." Eli wiped the moisture from her eyes, forced a smile, and said to Tim.

After the excitement before subsided, loneliness and solitude returned to her side.Her parents are alive and well, but she really hasn't seen them for a long time, and she misses them very much.Just the first round of the reality show took her three years. How many years would it take for her to see them again?Or, once she loses, never to be seen again.Thinking of this made her almost suffocate with sadness.

But there is also a limit to selling miserably.Yili didn't want to be unpleasant, so she quickly calmed down, and under Tim's worried eyes, she raised the corners of her mouth pretending to be calm, "I'm sorry, Tim, it may be that I have been under a lot of pressure during this period. "

"It's okay, I understand." Tim patted her on the shoulder and said gently.

"Thank you." Ellie smiled at Tim, and then compared the ready-made clothes on the hanger, "Look, these are my designs."

"Have you done everything yet?" Tim said as he walked over and picked up the clothes for a closer look.

"Yes, all ten pieces of clothing in a series have been made." Yili nodded, and then hesitated, "Actually, I have made more than ten pieces, and it is a bit difficult for me to choose..." After all, in the end, only Ten pieces can be exhibited, no more and no less.

"Hmm..." Tim asked without giving his advice, "It all looks good, what was your inspiration?"

"My source of inspiration is feminism (feminism), I want to show girl power (girlpower)." Yili explained, "This year (2015) in April, Mrs. Clinton, I mean Hillary said she would compete Isn’t the President? On the TV the other day (about June), I saw that she has been nominated by the Democratic Party as the party’s presidential candidate, and she is the first person in the history of the United States to be nominated by a major political party.”

"I think whether or not she ends up being the next president -- and I hope that's the answer -- it's an important encouragement for women to break through the ceiling of the workplace, and she's telling us that women can make a difference in the workplace. So I designed this series of ready-to-wear, they all have the colors of business wear, but can also show femininity, rather than rudely neutralize or masculine women's business wear. This is what I want to express, women can also be in Doing well professionally.”

"That's a good idea." Tim nodded affirmatively, holding his chin.

"So I mainly used three colors of black, navy blue and white, and selected good fabrics to complete this series of ready-to-wear." Yili continued, "These pieces are based on the suit jacket and suit shorts. These are crisp jumpsuits and elegant maxi dresses that fit perfectly – seriously, Tim, I don’t understand why business attire has to be a blazer and a suit What about short skirts? That's too boring, even professional women should be able to show their beauty in the workplace. Beauty is not a weakness, but a strength, isn't it?"

Yili complained in a plausible way, and then got a proper nod from Tim in response.

"Lisa." Tim smiled and put down the clothes in his hand, and said with some hesitation, "There is no doubt that your design fully expresses your inspiration. This is indeed a collection that women can wear in the workplace without Clothes that turn off, you do a really good job at that. The only thing that gives me hesitation is that your designs seem too pared-down? I mean, I can see that you have great tailoring and innovative designs, but these ready-to-wear, Seems too simple at first glance? Do you think they fully reflect your level of design?"

"This..." Yili also paused, this is indeed a problem she was worried about, but, "I think this can already express my design inspiration this time, and they also have their own different highlights, making them not so The same. For example, the new workplace style of these women’s suits, for example, the flowing sense of the two long skirts. I think they are already a series. If you want to think about it again, should you design a dress?”

"That's something you have to think about yourself." Tim shook his head without giving a clear answer.This is his usual practice, and he always gives short-cut comments on designers, and rarely gives overly detailed answers.

"Okay, thank you, Tim." Ellie could only nod to Tim, leaving the question to herself.

***

New York Fashion Week is one of the four major fashion weeks in the world, and it is listed as the world's four major fashion weeks along with London, Paris and Milan Fashion Week.New York Fashion Week is held twice a year, one in February, which is the autumn and winter fashion show of major brands, and one in September, which is the spring and summer fashion show of major brands in the following year.In other words, Fashion Week's fashion is half a year ahead of the normal quarter.

The Tianqiao program group booked the New York Fashion Week venue in September for the designers, that is to say, the designers' works reflect their thoughts on the fashion trends of the spring and summer of the following year.It would be too embarrassing if a designer designed autumn and winter clothes.Of course, since the launch of Tianqiao, there has never been such an untimely problem—in any case, Tim’s presence will ensure that the designers’ works are appropriate, and it’s up to the designers themselves whether they can stand out or not.

After the final comments and inspections by the judges, the designers were finally taken to the pavilion belonging to the Tianqiao program group.

"I'm so excited, so excited, so excited!" Candice whispered.

"Me too!" Kelly's hands were twisted with tension, "This is the most important moment in my life!"

"Actually, I still think it's a little unreal..." Even Yili couldn't help sighing when she and others walked into the venue that was not yet open to the public—did she really do it?Has she really come this far?It's almost like a dream...

"We should take a deep breath and thank you for everything." Xie Cheng raised his head, looked at the huge program name on the electronic screen, and said softly, "Not everyone can come here, but we got it."

"Someone pinch me..." Candice said in a trance, "I don't know how I got here, God..."

"I can't believe it..." Kelly shook her head too, and then actually pinched Candice.

Candice screamed a little, but she was not angry, but had a sudden sense of sobriety.

Everyone is.

not enough.

want more.

This is the voice of everyone.

The four went backstage, and Tim and the rest of the crew quickly brought over their ready-to-wear and models.

So, no one sighed.

Every designer has invested in intense preparations.

"Sarah, please don't let the two shoes touch each other when you're walking, okay?" Kelly told her model nervously, "I glued the sequins on it myself, and they will fall off if they touch each other. It will be obvious under the lights!"

"Okay, Kelly, I remember!" The model also nervously replied to her designer.

"My God, what's wrong with this zipper? Is it broken?" Candice nervously pulled the zipper on the model, but found that she couldn't pull it up no matter what, she couldn't help but let out a low cry of despair, "Damn, this is what happened!"

"It was fine last time I tried it!" The model also became anxious.

"Oh!" Suddenly, Candice's hand slipped, and the zipper yanked up. Candice was overjoyed, "Thank God! It's up! Zorana, take a few steps to show me, hope the zipper good!"

"Okay, Candice!" Her model obediently stepped forward.

"Natalie, are your shoes on?" Yili nervously checked her opening model.

"It seems a little small..." Natalie frowned in pain, then took off her shoes and looked, "God! It's a size 6!"

"What size did you wear before? Where are your previous shoes?" Yili asked eagerly.

"I wear a size 7 or 7 and a half!" Natalie replied anxiously, "Someone must have taken it wrong!"

"God, can you still find it at this time?" Yili looked around the crowd, everyone's faces were so eager, and she couldn't find the person who took the wrong shoe, "Natalie, Can you stick to it? It’s only one size short, can you?” One size in the US system is equivalent to two sizes in China, a size 6 for women in the United States is equivalent to a size 36 in China, and a size 7 is equivalent to a size 38 in China. The difference is too great.Even if Natalie managed to squeeze her feet into the shoes, it was difficult to get out of the way.

"Did someone take my shoes? I have a pair of size 7 here! My size 6 is gone!" Helena walked out of the dressing room, only to find that the shoes in her shoe box were too big, and couldn't help I also became anxious-these shoes are too big for her to walk!

"This way!" Natalie quickly raised her hand, "I have a pair of small ones here! Let's change them!" The two models walked together barefoot, and then quickly exchanged their shoes, and finally put them on. Shoes that fit your size.

"Phew, that's great." Yili didn't have time to ask who made the mistake, and quickly grabbed another model of hers to confirm her situation - before going on stage, the designer needs to confirm that each of his models is dressed and walking No mistake, "Vanessa, when you walk the tablecloth later, don't walk too far, okay? This skirt is tighter on the thigh side!" She hurriedly urged.

"Yes, Lisa!" the model answered her quickly.

In this chaotic atmosphere, Heidi opened.

"Kelly, you are the first!" Tim had already reminded, "It's your turn to go first, go and introduce your series."

"Okay, come on, Tim!" Kelly confirmed her last model, then nodded, took a deep breath, took the microphone from Tim, and walked up to the front desk.

Seeing that the venue that was empty just now was already full of spectators, Kaili was both excited and nervous, and her voice trembled because of this, "Hello everyone, I am very excited to be here."

She swallowed her saliva, managed to calm her beating heart, and continued, "The inspiration of my series is the combination of 54 club and new wave streetwear. I hope you are ready! Thank you!"

After finishing her brief introductory speech, Kelly walked backstage with seemingly nervous but stiff steps.

The next moment, a model wearing a fluorescent green sequined vest and silver white wide-leg pants walked out of the backstage with standard model steps...