Project runway

ほとんどテレビを見ないわたしたちの大好きな番組はひとつ。
Project Runway。
20人ほどのファンション命の選ばれた若いデザイナーたちが、ひとつの課題を毎週与えられて競う。毎週一人が落ちて去っていく。
生地の使い方、エレガントに見えるか、モデルにあっているか、課題にあっているものなのか。
1日ほどで仕上げて、モデルがその服をきて、ランウエイを歩く。

審査員は、プロのデザイナーで、コメントは容赦ない。
厳しい言葉に、泣き出すひともでてくる。

視聴者である私たちも、容赦ない。あんなんあかんわー。うわーひどー。
それなら、自分でやってみたらどうやと、彼らにおこられそうだけど、ぶーぶーいうのが面白い。


先週は、デザイナーがペアをくまされる。
ひとりがリーダーになるので、自動的に決定権をもつ。クリエイテイブな彼らが誰かと協力してひとつ物を作り出していくというのは、むずかしいもの。案の定、服を作り出す途中、彼らばぶつかる。
私がリーダーなのよ。
私のやり方に文句つけないで。と連呼していた女性がいた。
ペアを組まされた男性は、もううんざりの顔。

お互いにけなしあいながらも、ひとつものもをつくりださなければならない。

そこが番組をおもしろくするところ。

結局、傲慢丸出しだった、彼女が、最下点をマークして、去っていった。


We never really watch much TV. The TV shows that we like are So you think you can Dance and Project Runway. 


For Project Runway, around 20 designers are chosen somehow and the competition starts.

Every time, an assignment is given to all the designers. They have to make a plan and get the materials and complete it in one or two days. 


Their outfits are judged by how well they used the material, if they followed the instructions and how well it's designed. 

There are four judges, three of whom are professional designers or editors of fashion magazines and there is also Heidi Klum. Sometimes the contestants cry because of what the judges say. 


The assignment that was given last week looked very difficult. All the designers were creative, of course, but they had to work in pairs.
One from the pair was the team leader and in the end, the team leader was to decide how the outfit was to look. 


"I'm the leader!" "But I have this idea that-" "I'm the leader! Listen to me and do what I say!" One contestant that my daughter loves because she thinks he looks like a Green Day fan (she loves Green Day) was quoted saying: "Look, if you don't wanna do it my way, get the hell out of my way."

Finally, a lady that absolutely everyone hated left. Finally. 

Creativity is important as a designer, but not only that.

This program shows that to be a good designer you can't just design pretty dresses all the time. You have to leap over every obstacle that comes at you and one of them is to work together. This is the same rule in life.