The Stylish Stardoll Sisters: 2020

HELLO FM-STYLERS!

First there was the club, then we had the blog and we have been reviewing cycles since Cycle 7, so here is your final recap of Cycle 17!!

A quick summary if you're new here and you don't know what I'm talking about:

We are mirdith and judith_25, two sisters in real life that started organizing fashion contests in a Stardoll club organized in weekly tasks to style their dolls having one contestant eliminated each week. At the end there is only one final winner. We've been going on since 2013 and since people seem to enjoy it, we are continuing doing it.

With that said... Let's get right into business.

Introduction

Cycle 17 started while I was doing a Master abroad, therefore I was not physically together with Judith and the organization and preparation of the cycle was not something that was on our plans. But, people were asking for it and it had been a while since we did our last cycle so we decided to try it, even though we would have virtual meetings to plan everything through (professional, I know, this is how the Stylish Stardoll Sisters work). Since I was busy and with a lot of things in my mind, I could not handle being the organizer of this cycle, so here is where it comes a difference from all previous cycles hosted at FM-Style: Judith was the CEO!!

We have always worked together, but usually it was Judith behind the creation of the tasks and I was the one putting together the feedback and scores. This time it was ALL Judith, she handled EVERYTHING and she did it amazingly! Honestly, being only a judge and just giving my opinion on matters has been so much easier, so I would want you to know how much hard work this cycle is and how well Judith managed it all! Thank you for taking care of everything Judith! <3

Sponsors & Judges

We put a lot of work into this cycles, but the prizes and a fair judging and scoring is achieved thanks to the dedication of other people involved in the cycle as well. HUGE THANK YOU to the judges and sponsors to make this possible.

As sponsors we had... irina.shayk and localsaint and also some prizes were awarded by judith_25.

And for the panel of judges we had both myself and judith_25, the former winner bornthiswaay, localsaint, Marta_03 and also irina.shayk as a guest judge for the semifinal and final.

Favorite Tasks

During Cycle 17 there has been so many talent since the very beginning up to a point where it was so hard to see all these talented people go week after week.

In this post, I'll be sharing my favorite entries for each Task here together with who won that task according to the judges. Don't hesitate to share your favorites in the comment section. In this slideshow you can see everything that happened during the cycle: the task, the examples from the judges and what all contestants delivered. The inspiration photos that we shared for each task can be seen on our FM-Style Tumblr.

Cycle 17

TASK 1. The Bermuda Triangle

My personal favorite was FunOpler with an outfit with different layers. The winner of the task however was Lawliet. (now Vermut) with her sporty neon outfit.

TASK 2. Vol. II

In this task about creating outfits with volume, the minimalism and elegance of prinsestkm1 captivated me. There were some other very creative outfits around, but the winner of this task was FunOpler.

TASK 3. Crazy Eyes

More like eyebrows. This was a super creative task where they had to add colored brows to their outfits. I loved Vermut's approach with a lot of colors in her outfit, but the winner was also one of my favorites: angharadbbz.

TASK 4. Intimate reveal

There were many cool outfits showing underwear but one of my favs was martapijita299. The winner of the task was again angharadbbz.

TASK 5. Culture appropriation

They had to choose between some given countries so there were some contestants that played with an advantage due to countries with more widespread cultures and therefore more options in Stardoll clothes. What surprise me the most is how kelzsprouse_1 managed to create a cute and cool Greenland outfit. My other favorite of this task was the winner, again angharadbbz with a super fashionable and nice Austrian outfit.

TASK 6. Basic Bitch

For this task they had to style the Basics dress in black or white. I saw so many creative entries for this task that I could share with you, but because almost everyone went for black I'm gonna choose as my favorite the outfit of Sweeg_gal11 because it brings me peace and tranquility. The winner of the task was Vermut with an asiatic inspired outfit with modern touches.

TASK 7. Croupier

I gave so high scores for so many people in this task that is difficult to share just one. The fact is that I was not expecting much from this task but the contestants surprised me with amazing creations. I had a couple or three favorites but because she delivered first and was very quick in doing the task (points for creativity in a rush), I have choosen kelzprouse_1 as my favorite. The well deserved winner of the task was angharadbbz who always delivered the entries with a back story that was funny to read.

TASK 8. The Steps of the Met

The Met was cancelled in real life, but not in our cycle! In this stages of the cycle is always hard to eliminate someone as they are all so talented, but specially in this cycle the difficulty was even higher. All of them were amazing. One of my favorites was Kiedis15 and the winner was vermut. Both outfits took really well the theme: "About Time: Fashion and Duration".

TASK 9. You Have the Right to Remind Silent

They had also to choose one of the given concepts for being arrested. We had a laugh during this task and I had a couple of favorites. One of them was martapijita299 who got arrested over a fight in the street with curling irons! The winner of the task was Kiedis15 with a dramatic sad ending love story involving artists for which she destroyed a sculpt in a museum.

TASK 10. Fashion for a Better World

Besides being creative with their outfits they have to fight for a cause with them. It was a beautiful task that provided us with great outfits. One of the most beautiful outfits that went together with a beautiful concept was from Kiedis15 that created a feminine outfit for his doll in male version. The winner of the task was FunOpler that fighted against plastic use with an outfit using recycled plastic.

SEMIFINAL. Adapt or Die

For the semifinal the contestants always have to deliver two outfits. In this case we wanted them to use one piece of clothing with its regular use (like if it's a top, as a top) and then create a second outfit giving this same piece a different use by resizing or layering or both (like the top used as a skirt for example). In this case, one of my favorites and the winner of the task was Kiedis15 who we have seen grow during this cycle.

FINAL. Trendsetter

On the final we had Kiedis15, martapijita299 and FunOpler. The task required them to present a new trend and create 5 outfits for that trend. I have to say that I think that the outfits I liked more were the ones from FunOpler, the best idea for the trend was from Kiedis15 and the best delivery of the task was from martapijita299. Since the concept from martapijita299 was also nice (actually similar to Kiedis15) and the outfits were really cool, the winner of this cycle was... Jesus!! (martapijita299).

So that is all, hope you enjoyed the recap, don't hesitate in having a look at the Imgur album of the cycle to get inspired or see the amazing creations from our contestants, and keep your eyes open for when the new applications for Cycle 18 are up!

Always a pleasure!

Mireia