project catwalk series 3 week 4

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Week 4 of project Catwalk Series 3   

  Fireworks with Firetrap 

This week the gang found themselves working in groups of three to create a mini- collection that would appeal to a female musical festival goers. Sophie Clinch from the high street store “Firetrap” set them the challenge, with one member being the head designer, the second a fabric buyer and the third the pattern cutter, this gave the gang a chance to show off aspects to their technical ability. Angie came back with some fabric that would put “Joseph and his Technicolor Dream Coat” to shame, poor Fionnuala and Jasper almost had a heart-attack when she presented the two with her fabric choice. Not the best colours, but nonetheless they soldiered on with what they had. 

Later that evening back at the house Fionnuala wasn’t impressed to hear the other’s laughing at her team’s fabric choice and made it clear in no uncertain terms, that she wasn’t standing for any jokes made at her groups expense. The twist in the challenge was for the designers to head to the Firetrap Flagship Store in London’s Covent Garden, and with their models standing in as mannequins in the shop window – they had to showcase their collection to members of the public. Mentor Ben Di Lisi also gave the designers the added chore of getting the public to vote what one out of three different collections they favoured the most. During a heated round of enforced voting Katy caught Angie ‘influencing’ the public to vote for her team, with or without having seen the collections they were to vote on. The two designers had a show-down over Angie’s ‘cheating’ or rather “politics” as Angie liked to say. 

Catwalk day saw two winning designs from Viv and Clinton. The judges thought both answered the brief and Firetrap’s Sophie liked their designs so much that she wanted to put them into production for the brands spring/summer collection. Angie was shown the door as her design of a mini-skirt at music festival didn’t cut it with the judges, and following her previous appearance in the bottom three show was asked to leave the Catwalk. Dresses