Seen on FM-Style: When The Sun Goes Down

Here we are back again with the review of the final of Cycle 14, the first Team Cycle ever hosted (that I know of). If you're up to date with us in Stardoll, you may have noticed that Cycle 15 is already accepting applications. If you didn't know that, now you know, so don't wait any longer and join the stardoll club: FM-Style, and once in there... If you think you have what it takes to be a part of the competition, APPLY on the topic.

Cycle 15 is a cycle to celebrate the 5th Anniversary  of the club. It's amazing (and a bit terrfying) how fast time goes by. As we have done a huge amount of different tasks, for this celebration (besides sponsoring the cycle ourselves) we are taking one task for each cycle that we've done before. Those tasks are our favorites or the ones that our club members suggested. There will be 16 contestants chosen for this Cycle and will last if everything goes right until the end of June.

That being said...

Welcome to the first ever #TeamCycle !

Task 10: When The Sun Goes Down (FINAL)
So, in case you haven’t noticed, we’re in the final. There’s a theme for this final but this theme it’s quite open, the concept you go for and creativity have a lot of importance in this task, so I would recommend putting a lot of though in what’s behind the final picture you deliver before creating the outfits.

That said, the theme and title of this task is “When the sun goes down”, meaning you have to create outfits related to the world of the night. As you can see there are a lot of possible approaches: party, concerts, drugs, galas and events, night jobs, etc. As a team you have to decide what are you going to do about it (a story behind the picture, everybody representing the same aspect, each team member representing a different thing all related to the theme…). Complete freedom, but make sure it’s cool, it has a meaning and that meaning is understandable. A proper photoshoot with all the prep and ideas behind it included.

Minimum outfits: 2 (1 each team member)

Maximum outfits: 6 (3 each team member)

Inspiration Album: 

For us, this task required being original and delivering something different at the same time that fashion forward and even a bit editorial-ish (just look at the picture from the inspo). Usually, inspiration albums are not just picture to get you inspired but something similar to what are we looking for. We were really looking forward for the final entries of this two powerful teams that were SHADES and Sarcasm. And what they were going to do was what was going to be decisive in who will win the cycle and get crowned as THE winning team. 

Those were the entries from the finalists with the score they got next to their name:

1. SHADES - 8.81

2.  Sarcasm. - 7.50

SHADES were super original with the theme and went for representing drugs that are usually consumed at night. Each member of shades created 3 outfits, delivering the maximum amount of outfits allowed, and their creations represented the stages of the consumption of two different drugs. Patricia (ManiakPupili) based her outfits on LSD and Fede (FedericoMosi) on cocaine.
On the other team, Sarcasm.'s theme was more simple, representing a squad going out. Outfits were very modern and well put together, but I think the simplicity of the theme behind it compared to all the work and creativity that SHADES delivered was what made that SHADES were declared winners of Cycle 14!

This was a super fun cycle to watch but more difficult to organize. We had to create a new figure, the coach, that was handling various teams to help teams to deliver the final entry giving advice without interfering and having in mind the deadlines. They had to make sure their teams were getting along fine and working on the tasks since the beginning, as when you work in a group you can't depend only on yourself and do it last minute. Despite the nerves and stress that this cycle cause, specially to contestants (we seriously apologized for that), I think it has showed how powerful team outfits are and that even if it is a bit hard at the beginning, working in teams can increase the creativity.

We already gave huge thanks to everyone involved in this cycle, whether you've been a contestants, judge, coach or even if you just followed the cycle. THANK YOU! FM-Style would not be happening if there weren't people committed to it. 

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And remember... Applications for Cycle 15 are open !!

Seen on FM-Style: All Around The World

Before we get into the semi-final review of FM-Style's Team Cycle, we're going to use this post to make a little announcement:

FM-Style is making 5 years! Wohooo!!

We want to celebrate properly so keep your eyes on the club cause something's definitely coming and we're already preparing it so get over there if you haven't done it yet!

Now let's get back to reviewing this brand new amazing cycle we created back this summer. We were in the semi-finals and the game was strong.

Welcome to the first ever #TeamCycle !

Task 9: All Around The World (SEMI-FINAL)
Welcome semifinalists!!! Yes, we’re in the semifinals, that means this task and one more and the Team Cycle will come to an end. 😔

But before we say goodbye we want to go everywhere with you. For the semifinal you have to create different outfits inspired by different countries in the world. One country MUST NOT be repeated in the same team.

Think of tradional food, signature places/things of that country, style for what it’s known of… And represent it in an EDITORIAL OUTFIT.

No cohesion needed for the task as each team member will be representing a different country, but any common details or ideas to unify the task will be highly taken into consideration.

Inspiration Album: 

This task was kind of sentimental for us. That fashion photoshoot featured in the inspiration album belonged to the first issue of a fashion magazine we bought. We could say it was the moment in which we felt head over heels for this industry. And because of that, our expectations for our teams were high. Let's see if they reached them:

Those were the semifinalists' entries, next to the score they got:

1. SHADES - 7.95

2.  The Flaming Jalapeño Gang - 7.55

3. Sarcasm. - 8.09

Now we're not gonna pick three favorites, as they were only 3 teams left. Clearly, for the judges the winner was Sarcasm and I have to agree with the final decision. Sarcasm. was for me the best on this task. SHADES created a great entry, but was more focused in representing traditions instead of cultures as it's hole. I had a special affection for my own team, The Flaming Jalapeño Gang, and I thought back then that theirs was the best. Looking back at it right now, I still love the entry, specially how they presented it, but I think that maybe their outfits are super cool but are not as culture representative as Sarcasm. Still, amazing entry as well.

However, the judges did not agree with me in that one, and the ones who got eliminated were in fact my beloved Jalapeños. Meaning that SHADES and Sarcasm. went to the Cycle Final, which will we review as soon as possible and ideally before Cycle 15 starts. ;)

Next review on the blog: THE FINAL ! 

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Seen on FM-Style: Stratified Society

Hey, hey, hey!! Before we get on with this I'm going to confess something. I'm stealing this post from Mireia. She had it all prepared, all photos added, the task written, the little text we always put ready and the only thing she had left to do was actually writing it. I'm mean, I know... She did the "boring" part and now I'm taking it away. But I have just judged the final (OMG, OMG, OMG) and I couldn't resist! I was in a complete FM-Style mood. Hope you don't mind Mireia! Ok, now, let's see what happened on task 8!


If you want to follow the cycle closely you will need to join the club FM-Style on Stardoll. To show you a little of what's going on in case you don't know the fashion competitions we host there on the club, this time we have a special cycle (Cycle 14 omg, we're getting old). We got to 600 members, and to celebrate that we're hosting a team cycle, meaning contestants don't take part individually but in teams, forcing them to work together and deliver kind of coordinated entries.

Welcome to the first ever #TeamCycle !

Task 8: Stratified Society
This is the task before the semi-final. There are still 5 groups left, and the winner will be declared just in 2 more tasks. As in last task there was no elimination, this week will be a double elimination! We repeat what we said on last task: forget about the street style rule! It’s not necessary anymore. You can opt to do street style, but it can be editorial if you wish to do that.

That being said… Task 8, stratified society. Can you imagine what are we talking about? Low, middle and upper class. Those three different society classes must be reflected on your entries, each one done by a different member of the team.

You can choose to do it in the actual era, or go to the past for inspiration, that is totally your choice. The outfits should still have some cohesion, but coordination would not be necessary. You already know how this works. Wish you the best of luck!

DISCLAIMER: This is a form of speech, we are not dividing or criticizing people. The way you dress doesn’t particularly have to show which class you belong to. Just look to the inspiration album to see what we mean. We are referring to topics in here, not trying to offend anyone or any particular style. In fact the three outfits should be equally amazing no matter which class you’re representing.

Inspiration Album: 

So for me this task had two major difficulties:
1. Managing to make all three looks stylish and equally cool, no matter the social status they're representing.
2. Make the three of them look coordinated while make them different enough that you can clearly see which social status was thought for each one.

Not sure about the reason why this time we didn't have judges examples either, but anyway, the sisters always make up for it in the blog so... here it is! And with the beautiful gothic quarter of Barcelona as background ;)
For coordination we focused on the use of gold jewellery as depending on its looks (and quality) it can look either very elegant or very tacky. And a little touch of red, which I don't remember if it was planned or not but looks really good!

And these are the teams' entries, together with the score they got for this task:

1. Team KAL - 7.56

2. SHADES - 7.25

3. MAC TEAM - 6.63

4.  The Flaming Jalapeño Gang - 8.31

5. Sarcasm. - 8.56

This task brought many cool and interesting outfits. I am quite satisfied with what our teams presented though it's true that in some cases the difference between one class and the other is less obvious. After doing the example and seeing the contestants entries I am realising that the struggle is between middle class and high class, which tend to end up looking more similar. But anyway, here are my favourites!

- On first place of my personal podium, and being objective (at least I think I am, after all they won the task...), we have Sarcasm.! I love the outfits Jane and Sami created. Both lower class and high class are quite exaggerated looks which make the difference between the three classes clearer. And the tree are amazingly cool and they look good together, so GREAT!

- Second place goes to The Flaming Jalapeño Gang! The selection of colours Whitney, Lucía and Kelly used looks so lovely and they all look super cute with the background. I was hoping for something more extravagant and luxurious for the high class look, but still, an amazing task.

- And finally on my third place we have Team Kal (ok, just realised I completely agree with the results... it wasn't on purpose promise)! They worked really well on this task doing research and putting together a more meaningful task. Their outfits represent the three classes based on the blue collar, the white collar and the gold collar. Which is a concept for jobs I'm not going to be able to express correctly so if you're interested google it. Ana and Kat always do very well on the concept part, but in my opinion middle class and high class outfits were very similar and could be improved, so that's why they're on third place and not first... Cause I have to say it, I love a good well thought concept! ;)



If you read last review (check it HERE) you already know that a double elimination was coming. To make it fair the elimination was based in the media between the marks of task 7 and the marks of task 8, and that meant we had to say goodbye to MAC TEAM and Team Kal. Really sad for the sisters as we both lost one of our teams, but you can't argue with numbers and mathematics.

Coming up next: Task 9 (the semifinal)

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Seen on FM-Style: The Feminist Club

Well hello there once again!
It's your OG sister (cause I was born first basically): Mireia. Right now we have a weekend off FM-Style as we're in the final, which consists in a two weeks deadline. So, as we're waiting for the fortunate and talented finalists to complete their entries, I'm gonna continue doing the recaps.

For task 7 we wanted the feminist vibe to be present, and we kinda did en educational task, for contestants to be creative and do research on feminism. As Judith mentioned on last review, at this point of the team cycle there was no score board, instead, the one who got the less amount of points from judges leave the competition at the end of the week. Continue reading to find out the task, what they did and who got out!


If you want to follow the cycle closely you will need to join the club FM-Style on Stardoll. To show you a little of what's going on in case you don't know the fashion competitions we host there on the club, this time we have a special cycle (Cycle 14 omg, we're getting old). We got to 600 members, and to celebrate that we're hosting a team cycle, meaning contestants don't take part individually but in teams, forcing them to work together and deliver kind of coordinated entries.

Welcome to the first ever #TeamCycle !

Task 7: The Feminist Club
3 tasks left girls. Things are getting more and more exciting. Forget about the street style rule! From now on, think EDITORIAL. The three tasks left will need of your creative skills and abilities to think beyond the outfit. But let’s not get ahead. Task 7 first.

For this task we are going to give you several photoshoot titles, all of them related with feminism. You must create three outfits for that title.

The way you decide to portray it, coordination or not, it’s completely up to you but as you already know the final picture must look good. If it’s needed you can write a group description explaining the concept or reasons behind your decisions in the task, so the judges can see exactly what you’re seeing.

That said, here are your titles. Pick one and state it in the task’s topic, each team must do a different one so first come, first serve.

TITLES:
- Girls just want to have fun
- Pink Ghetto
- Superwomen
- Goddess 2.0
- Breaking the glass ceiling

Inspiration Album: N/A

As we did not have tittles for judges, we did not post any judges' examples on this task. However, as Judith and myself are special, the Stylish Stardoll Sisters after all, we've done our own version. After the judging was done and everything. We decided to portray Pink Guetto, playing with the literal tittle and so adding guetto vibes to the outfits and the background, adding pink in all the outfits, but still keep them feminine and powerful.

And this is what the teams represented, together with the score they got for this task:

1. Team KAL "Pink Guetto" - 8.25

2. SHADES "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" - 9.15

3. MAC Team "Superwomen" - 6.55

4.  The Flaming Jalapeño Gang "Goddess 2.0" - 8.94

5. Sarcasm. - 8.01

For this task, I was somehow expecting more. Not better outfits, cause those entries are filled with them, but more meaning to the task, more feminism concepts involved in everyone's descriptions. They did it, I'm not complaining, but I was hoping for MORE. Here goes my favorites:

- First place has to go to SHADES. Their concept was not very original and different and deep, but the outfits and coordination they showed in the entry was amazing. Beata, Federico and Patricia got the 80s vibe they were going for, and I love the use of colours, very different from what we're used to see.

- The second place in my favorites goes to The Flaming Jalapeño Gang. They did their research as well but focusing on different goddesses from different cultures and they put those amazing gowns into the middle of the city which gives an amazing 2.0 feeling. Definitely, Whitney, Lucia and Kelly are true style goddesses.

- And third place is for having in mind that thing I mentioned before, the deep concept. I loved how my own team Team KAL constructed their outfits from items that represented their ideals.  Ana and Kat did great. This is what I'm talking about taken out from their task description --> [...] The chains, belts and other restricting items were to represent the restrictive nature of pink ghetto, noticing that yet women still do not have full control of their occupations and how they are to be interpreted. [...] The colour silver as a motif to being  “second” and "inferior" in the working and societal class due to pink ghetto jobs and women being pigeonholed into the same “nurturing” and “fragile-minded” stereotype. This also ties in with the professional styled clothing as a signal for being ready for business, being ready to take on business and not having to throw away femininity, which is emphasized through the use of traditionally feminine items such as the colour pink, handbags and heels.


As the judging was not ready for Sunday, we decided to put out there Task 8 anyway, without feedback and scores. Like that, there was no possible elimination, so we announced what they all feared: double elimination for task 8. The results would be combined from Task 7 and Task 8, and the two groups with less points on these two tasks would be out.

Coming soon: Task 8 Review

maybe written by Judith ?

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Seen on FM-Style: Nature of an icon

The day has finally come! I'm about to do my very first recap on the Team Cycle. And what a way to start, Task 6, when the elimination round started!

Beginning on task 6 the cycle started working like a regular cycle (except for the fact that they're participating in teams obviously) and contestants have to give their best every week cause if they let something slip, just one tiny mistake, they might end up being eliminated. No one is safe. 

It was also on task 6 when Mireia renovated our Inspiration Album, turning it into a Tumblr page, much more visual and a lot cooler to look at.

And what was the occasion? You might ask. What was task 6 about? What got one of the teams eliminated for the first time and which was this team? Well, you're about to see. 

If you want to follow the cycle closely you will need to join the club FM-Style on Stardoll. To show you a little of what's going on in case you don't know the fashion competitions we host there on the club, this time we have a special cycle (Cycle 14 omg, we're getting old). We got to 600 members, and to celebrate that we're hosting a team cycle, meaning contestants don't take part individually but in teams, forcing them to work together and deliver kind of coordinated entries.

Welcome to the first ever #TeamCycle !

Task 6: Nature of an icon

Trends come and go but in the fashion world there are some items that will always be a CLASSIC and a MUST in our wardrobes, like for example the three we're proposing for this task: LITTLE BLACK DRESS, WHITE BUTTON DOWN SHIRT & BLUE DENIM JEANS. 

Style the three iconic fashion pieces with an outfit, one iconic item per each member of the team. Also, there must be cohesion between the three outfits, you already know what that means by now, the final picture has to look good and make sense, not random.

Inspiration Album: 

 

Coaches and judges actually had to discuss wether or not to give examples for this task. We didn't want to limit the possibilities for the contestants. In the end we decided to make just a collaborative example featuring Lucy (SunnySidesSue) and yours truly, The Stylish Stardoll Sisters.

And this is what our teams presented and the mark they got for it:

1. Team KAL - 8.38

2. SHADES - 8.40

3. MAC TEAM - 7.44

4. The Flaming Jalapeño Gang - 8.88

5. The Hex Girls - 6.50

6. Sarcasm. - 7.81

And my favourites, the three teams that did better to style the nature of an icon for me were:

- My first place is reserved for Team KAL!! I'm amazed with Ana, Kat and Leigh (even if technically Leigh was missing on this task). They started the cycle being one of the teams with lower marks and something clicked on them and they haven't stopped improving! This task is proof! I love how they managed to make such cute and simple outfits but at the same time original and different from what you're used to see around stardoll. And their outfits together with the parisian background... isn't that the cutest thing ever? 

- My second place is occupied by The Flaming Jalapeño Gang. Absolutely love what Kelly, Whitney and Lucía did here. Amazing outfits, original, colourful and featuring the iconic basic items we gave and turning them into something so BOLD. Love the final picture and love almost every single detail. 

- Finally, third place goes to Sarcasm.! There are some issues I don't like, it's not a perfect entry, but the outfits are definitely FM-Style material! Aniyah, Samanta and Jane are looking on point under the task requirements and I would definitely like to steal some of those styling ideas so they deserved the bronze medal ;). 

That only leaves us with one thing to comment. Who was the eliminated team? 

You may have guessed it with seeing the marks, unfortunately we had to say goodbye to The Hex Girls. I loved their name and how they always had it in mind for when creating their entries. Sadly they seemed to forgot it was an elimination task and got a little bit too relaxed. Their outfits for task 6, though still nice, were a little bit common and way under the judges expectations for what these three girls can do, and so Task 6 became the last task for Camilla, Maurice and Ashley. 

See you soon in Task 7 review! 

and... join FM-Style  😉