Making The Cut S3: Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn/ Image Credit: Amazon Prime Video
In the third season of Making the Cut, supermodel Heidi Klum and fashion guru Tim Gunn open the doors of the beautiful fully-stocked design studio with a fabric printer that can print their own textiles for assignments but not all of them. 10 established designers fly from their respective countries around the world to Los Angeles, California. They will go head to toe to compete to grab the title of being the next global fashion brand. Every week, the winning looks( runway and accessible categories) and companion pieces as well as a chance to design a capsule collection for those designers who impress this season will be available to buy on Amazon in the Making the Cut store, and the last designer standing will receive a mind-blowing amount of one million dollars to invest in their brand.
The Designers: Left to Right, Top to Down: Ciara Chyanne, Curtis Cassell,Emily Bargeron,Gabriella Meyer,Georgia Hardinge,Jeanette Limas,Markantoine Lynch-Boisvert,Rafael Chaouiche,Sienna Li,Yannik Zamboni/ Image Credit: TV Insider
The designers hail from both coasts and well beyond, all the way to Switzerland and Brazil. Here is a little bit on every designer competing for the ultimate title:
Ciara is an up-and-coming self-taught designer who focuses on elevated ready-to-wear looks which she sells at her store by deploying clever sales and marketing techniques.
Follow Ciara on Instagram @designerciara and @ciarachyanne_
Curtis specializes in nonbinary and gender fluid fashion with his label “ Queera”, usually inspired by his love of architecture and old Hollywood and fuses it with inclusivity by breaking the gender binary. This Brooklyn-based designer hopes to see his brand take over the world and most recently Billy Porter wore his designs. (Screaming inside)
Follow Curtis on Instagram @curtismcassell and @queerawang
Emily loves to spread chill, east coast vibes with her fashion label based out of Savannah, Georgia( three stores mind you). She primarily designs for festival attendees, a target audience that totally gets her ’70s chic style.
Follow Emily on Instagram @haute_messs and @mamieruthxoxo
Gabriella brings sustainability to street wear using recycled materials( a green designer) and rethinking how she makes clothes( a fuck you to fast fashion retail) . Her innovative work with denim has led stylists to put her clothes on Alicia Keys, Issa Rae, Bella Hadid, and more. I am not surprised.
Follow Gabriella on Instagram @gabeezinthetrap and @denimcratic
Georgia hails from London but she’s lived all over Europe, including a stint training at Parsons Paris.Oh, so fancy. Her sculptural looks have been worn by icons like Beyoncé and Lady Gaga. I just can’t articulate it. Stop it.
Follow Georgia on Instagram @georgia.hardinge and @hardingegeorgia
Jeanette moved to New York City from the Dominican Republic in order to further her design studies, and her work has paid off. She’s shown garments sporting her unique draping techniques in numerous collections at New York Fashion Week. Wow! The big leagues.
Follow Jeanette on Instagram @jeanettelimas and @jeanettelimas_personal
Markantoine has an eclectic taste for skatewear and he brings all of that inspiration to his Montreal-based label. When he’s not showing off his own skills via his designs, Markantoine teaches fashion to college students.
Follow Markantoine on Instagram @markantoinelb and @mrkntn_official
Rafael grew up in rural Brazil before moving to Curitiba and attempting to further his fashion dreams. Now he’s relocated even further away to America in an attempt to bring his accessibly avant-garde designs to the people.
Follow Rafael on Instagram @rchaouiche and @chaouiche
Sienna got her start in fashion her home country of China before moving to New York City. Since arriving in NYC, she’s seen her high-end creations appear in the pages of Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue Italia. The magazine space conquered.
Follow Sienna on Instagram @siennasiyaoli and @siennali_official
Yannik’s fashion career began in front of the camera when he worked as a model. He has a very striking face. He’s since switched to designing his own looks, which push norms and challenge fashion traditions — and he designs it all in white. A specialist. Interesting.
Follow Yannik on Instagram @yannikzamboni and @maisonblanche.swiss
Episode 1: Evening Wear
A staple of every brand and an essential category that every designer should be able to design. Here are my favourites:
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn at the Beverly Hills Runway/ Image Credit: James Clark/Prime Video
Tim Gunn and Rafael Backstage/ Image Credit: Amazon Prime Video
Rafael’s Runway Look:
Rafeal Runway Look/ Image Credit: Amazon Prime Video
A silver glittery number that matches Heidi’s judging panel midi dress with a pant and crop top but lifted with the addition of a hot pink burlap extravaganza of ruffled accentuated shoulders. I love it as much as actress, entrepreneur and creative director of the House of Harlow, 1960,Nicole Richie does. Anthe unconventional play to combine different textures that is rough and gnarly ( burlap) with silver sequin in the words of creative director of Moschino, Jeremy Scott. And in the audience sits Season 2 winner and Pantora Designer, Andrea Pitter.
Jeremy Scott( Moschino), Nicole Richie( House of Harlow,1960), Andrea Pitter S2 Winner of Making The Cut/ Image Credit: Amazon Prime Video
Curtis Runway and Accessible Look:
Curtis Accessible and Runway Look/ Image Credit: Amazon Prime Video
Curtis chose a burgundy see-thorough flowy shirt and pants with a train on his male model.
And the elegant accessible look with a sharp blazer with lapels and a straight fit pants
Gabriella Runway Look :
Gabriella's Runway Look/Image Credit: Amazon Prime Video
A corset on a blazer to really give an emphasis to the waist ofcolour a male model, why not in a dark red color.
Georgia’s Runway and Accessible Look:
Georgia's Runway and Accessible Look/Image Credit: Amazon Prime Video
I am dead. In a good way, bouncy and light gathered fabric at the waist with a modern chic look in a gold dress made from reflective material, so the light bounces out of it, catching the eye, just genius.
The accessible look is divine with an optical illusion at the waist as if the model was wearing a bustier. The red reflective material dress is just simply divine.
Sienna’s Runway and Accessible Look:
Sienna’s Runway and Accessible Look/ Image Credit: Amazon Prime Video
The ethereal purple just floats across the runway with its sculptural lines like a flower swaying to the winds accentuated with a shiny gold belt.
The luxe theme continues, Sienna’s gives an accessible couture look with a high low with dramatic shoulders in the front and a bow on the back in a classic white with a shiny gold belt tying both looks together.
A breakdown of the best looks will continue……. stay tuned!!!