Seen on FM-Style: Front Row

Hello again! Today the review for the third task of FM-Style's Cycle 14 arrives!
As I'm writing this, we are on a week break from the cycle. Contestants are having almost two weeks instead of one to deliver Task 6. And while they were working on their outfits... I was creating something else... a brand new blog for Inspiration Albums! I used a Tumblr, cause it's very useful for photography and I quite love the final result. I hope contestants like it too!

Here it is.... FM-Style Inspiration !
This is a little preview of how it looks like now (denim blue jeans, white shirts and little black dresses is the theme for Task 6 as you will see in some future posts):

 

That being said, let's jump to what is more important... the review.

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 3: Front Row

Look for your best clothes and your more original statement pieces cause for this week you're all attending fashion week. You already know how the street style out of a fashion show is, if you want to stand out you have to be BOLD. 

Luckily, you will be accompanied by your team mates. Coordination or not is your choice but you and your team are ATTENDING TOGETHER and with the goal of looking the best.

Inspiration album: http://imgur.com/a/v8ISy

The Stylish Stardoll Sisters tried to show some examples to the contestants: 

Unluckily for the cycle, the team Trinity disappeared from the scene and didn't present anything, being 8 teams left. They delivered the next, with their respective scores: 

1. SHADES - 8.50

2. The Flaming Jalapeño Gang - 7.49

3. The Hex Girls - 7.81

4. Team KAL - 7.62

5. Sarcasm. - 8.19

6. A Team with No Name - 8.00

7. MAC Team - 5.17

8. Just Team 9 - 6.84

I have to say that I was expecting so much more from this task. I don't know if my expectations were to  high, but there was not really a team that make me say WOW. And this time my 3 favorites were, in order: 

- SHADES. I like how each member of the team is doing her own thing with their own colour, but at the same time they look very good together. That's what Judith meant when she said "coordination is optional but you have to look good together".  They are my favorite team for this task. 

- Then we have The Hex Girls. I really love the outfit they made, but that presentation is hurting my eyes so bad. Leaving that behind, their outfits are my second favorite. I just love fur and how they are all incorporating it in their own style and in different items. 

- For the third position I have a very complicated decision and I've been debating it for a while, but since I can't decide I will mention everyone: Team KAL, The Flaming Jalapeño Gang & A Team with No Name. Each of these teams have bold outfits very fashion week material, and they are pretty much coordinated. Even I don't think they are perfect, I can't decide for one better than the other. So this is triple tie for that third position. And no, I'm not having preferences over my teams. At least I try not to. 

See you soon, at Task 4 review!

and... join FM-Style 😉

Seen on FM-Style: Basic Bitch

Hello again and welcome to the review of the 2nd Task of Cycle 14! 

Apparently Judith was feeling so bad for not helping me write these reviews that she decided to upgrade the banner I had created. Well, thank you Judith, for ALL your help... 😒 

Jokes apart, I really like Judith's creation. Before getting into the topic I apologize for those sensitive ears (or eyes in this case) for the tittle of task 2. And why I'm taking all this time to write the intro? I don't know... 

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.

Let me stop with the boring chit chat and let's go right into the business.

Task 2: Basic Bitch

How did task 1 go? Did you agree easily on everything? Cause here comes another decision to make together! This time you have to pick one item of the BASICS store in Starplaza (any collection, only condition: it has to still be available) per team, and each member will create a different outfit with it. Coordination or not coordination it's up to you, whatever you think looks best for when you deliver your team task. 

Make sure to state in the task topic which item from BASICS are you picking once you've decided. Two or more teams can use the same item (repetition it's allowed) but you expose yourselves to be compared at the time of judging, so better if everyone knows which item is everyone doing. 

Inspiration Album: N/A

This is what the Stylish Stardoll Sisters presented as examples for the contestants:

I don't know why I didn't think about that before, but together with each team entry I'm adding the score they got from the judges, so you can judge yourselves as well, and decide if it's fair or not and that kinda stuff (you can comment your thoughts on a section down below called: "comments"). I added the scores on the previous task as well (Seen on FM-Style: This Is Us). But well, this is what the 9 teams presented (click on the images for full-size): 

1. The Trinity - 9.88

2. SHADES - 8.25

3. The Flaming Jalapeño Gang - 9.33

4. The Hex Girls - 8.08

5. Team KAL - 7.08

6. Sarcasm. - 6.50

7. A Team with No Name - 9.58

8. MAC Team - 7.08

9. Just Team 9 - 6.83

Time for favorites!

- The Trinity totally surprised us with those primary colours mixed with grey, delivering super coordinated and vintage elegant vibe outfits for what resembled an easy task. Amazing work! 

- Then we have The Flaming Jalapeño Gang with their flamenco vibes in red and black, and choosing a bold item to coordinated themselves with instead of a basic piece, like all the rest did. Kudos! 

- And finally, A Team with No Name, with black, white and blue and super original shapes, creating new pieces and resulting in super original and edgy outfits. 

See you on the next post about Task 3! 

and... join FM-Style! 😉

(Judith almost kills me last time for not using this FM-Style banner, I'm safe now)

Seen on FM-Style: Waves

Wave after wave Alicja (alusiak123), Letícia (leiona_-) and Monika (the_chuba) got to the Final in FM-Style. And drifting away Monika had to drop out of the competition, unable to complete the task. 

Undoubtedly Alicja and Letícia are both winners, but who's first and who's second?

If you've been following the cycle via the club you already know what we asked this talented girls to deliver: a whole Resort collection with invitation, theme, location of the show... and obviously the stylings (5 outfits like always in the final). It was a really elaborate task with lots of details to take in mind. Personally this has been my favourite final task out of the 13 cycles we have done and I have loved so much the result that makes me wish we could have the same final in every cycle.

Take a look for yourself. 

Letícia (leiona_-) invited us to see the new collection of her brand Interlude called EKOS in the Pier59 Studios. 

"The brand's name is INTERLUDE, which means a short period when a situation or activity is different from what comes before and after. I choose this name so that every new collection has a hole new theme, that has nothing to do with the previous one, so that there's no such thing as ''an specific style'' for the brand, cause it can literally be any.

This first ''season'', the theme was EKOS, representing the nature not on its aesthetic, but in its production phase, so the clothes are 100% organic material - and it still looks stylish as any other brand, but in a unique way."

And it looked like this.

Alicja (alusiak123) introduced us to her brand Sohju 送受 with a collection inspired in Polish cult comedies that took place in the Muranów movie theater, Warsaw, Poland.

"Sohju 送受, Japanese for 'sending and receiving'; describes the idea of fashion as a mean of communication (ex. self-expression, cultural exchange)."

And it looked like this.

Both of her collections have the personal unique style of their creator but each of them had a different strong point. Letícia was stronger on the outfits adding different and unseen floral patterns, working on the layers, even designing a sweater! And Alicja was stronger on the theme, creating a perfect cohesion between brand, collection, invitation, location and outfits that made everything so perfect as a whole. 

But there can only be one winner. And the judges marked their work with a punctuation for "Outfits" (a media of the 5 of them) and another for "Theme" (invitation, concept, brand, location). And the medias were made and the results were tight but clear.

The winner of cycle 13 on FM-Style is...

Leiona_-

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Overall Cycle 13 has had quite a lot of drop outs but a lot of talent. The tasks were really good from the beginning and we've discovered a lot of new faces and super stylish dolls. What are your opinions on the cycle? Favourite contestant, favourite task... Anything you think we'd like to know (you already know where the comment section is)! 

We will see what Cycle 14 brings us! ;)

Seen on FM-Style: Beautiful People

Everywhere everywhere Everywhere I go Everywhere that I've been The only thing I see is Is beautiful people
For this task, the semifinalists had to create two looks for the Fashion Week that has just happened, Fall/Winter 17-18. They had to choose two shows they could attend, and they were all smart enough to choose one on the morning and one on the evening, as it was the easiest thing to do to have time to attend both being able to change clothes to do so. The clothes needed to be appropriate for the shows they were attending. And so, they all chose Paris Fashion Week, the most glamorous and prestigious fashion week of the world. 
I like to imagine this as if FM-Style was a fashion website that needed to cover the Fashion Week. Then we sent our best "reporters" and they have to play the part as well. So, on the 3rd of March, our girl Alicjia (alusiak123), attended the Loewe show at 9:30 am. Then she went for brunch with some business partners and went back to the hotel to get ready for the second show of the day she had to attend, Yohji Yamamoto, at 8:30 pm. She did a great job, in fact she was one of the best dressed between our collaborators, so we know for sure we want her for our next project. 

Letícia (leiona_-) arrived to Paris on the 4th of March, she went out for some cocktails with some other fashion celebs,  and then on the next day she was getting ready for Balenciaga at 10:30 am. After the show she went for lunch with her contacts in Givenchy, that later on carried her to the showroom of the brand, where she met and interviewed Riccardo Tisci. There she chose her look for the evening show, at 8:00 pm, and after that she went to the after party with all the other front-row people. Definitely she caught the eye of the photographers, so we want her as well for the next project.

Monika (the_chuba) arrived on the 5th of March, she did some shopping during the day, and went to the hotel early to prepare her outfits for the next day, as she had two shows to attend to. She prepared her outfits and got some beauty sleep. She got ready early in the morning and after a nice breakfast with some old fashion friends, she went to the Stella McCartney show, which was happening at 10:00 am, first show of the day. She went for lunch with Stella herself, and discussed some related to the future events and after that, she went back to the hotel to get ready for the second show: Alexander McQueen at 8:00 pm. Once the show had finished she had to go quickly as we were already demanding her for the next project.

Unfortunately, our 4th collaborator, Stefan (sweet_gal11) got other business thing to do, and couldn't attend as planned the shows of March 4th. As he seemed very busy, we decided to prescind from him for the next project. 
Okay, that's all. Yes, I invented a whole story for doing this recap, but as you may have guessed (or not) about the final sentence of each person, my favorites are in order: Alicja did a wonderful job, very professional which got her the highest score. Letícia did a great job as well, very fashionable and on trend, which got her the second position on this task. Finally, Monika did good, but not as surprising as the other girls, which got her the last position on this task. However, nothing is decided for the final, where our 3 final contestants will fight for the first position! 

But relax, we're going on vacation! 

Seen On FM-Style: Dilemma

And there were four. 

WE'RE IN THE SEMIFINALS!!!

Ok, let's go back a little bit. This past week the contestants had to deliver one outfit but mixing two opposite styles and then becoming semifinalists of Cycle 13 depended on how well they did it. No pressures. None at all.

I'm not going to wait till the end of the post to tell you who did not make it. I'm telling you now. Andrea did not submit her entry, so that leaves us already with the four semifinalists, and I'm going to present them to you in order of what I liked the most this week.

That said, our first semifinalist is...

Letícia! A.k.a leiona_-

With Fenty x Puma as inspiration Letícia delivered a perfect outfit mixing Elegant and Swag. As I told her in my feedback her outfit it's so well balanced that you can't even tell apart the elegant and swag even though you can clearly see how it fits both styles.

Our second semifinalist is...

Stefan! A.k.a Sweet_gal11

Stefan had what some judges considered one of the most difficult pair of opposite styles but he managed to succeed! He created this ABSOLUTELY beautiful dress with big sleeves that it's exotic in colours and pattern but super minimalistic in shape and ended the outfit with a great choice of accessories.

Our third semifinalist is... 

Monika! A.k.a The_chuba

Monika's take on Business woman & Sporty was based in a black and white outfit and the perfect mixing of brands. Vetements t-shirt, Adidas superstar sneakers, Louis Vuitton bag... Her doll looks fabulous in this office ensemble with just the perfect amount of sporty elements to make it comfortable fashionable.

And last but not least, our fourth semifinalist is...

Alicja! A.k.a alusiak123

On her mixture of Vintage & Trendy Alicja did an outfit inspired by Celine. Though the inspiration was a good reference for the two styles her outfit came out being more noticeable the vintage part instead of both equally. Still her outfit is really nice and her several entries throughout the cycle make her spot in the semifinal completely worth it.

Congratulations to the four of them!

Fashion week it's not over on FM-Style so be ready for amazing outfits!

Seen on FM-Style: Starving

I didn't know I was starving until I... joined FM-Style ;) 

Hello, hello everyone! And here we are again! Another week, another review on this blog about our favorite club: FM-Style. Am I allowed to say that...? Anyway, this time the task was very tasty. Why, you may ask? Because it was all about creating an outfit inspired by food. As always, they could not forget the fashion part and in my opinion, Judith submitted the perfect example. Just look at that red velvet cake and those red velvet boots. 😍😍😍

JUDITH'S EDIT: Wow that's really nice sis! Thanks for featuring my example! :) But what are you doing here? It was my turn to do the review... Well since you're so eager to do it I'm going to let you finish.

But we're not here to talk about Judith. Judith is always here. (JUDITH'S EDIT: I am. Literally) By the way, have you seen the last post she did? I loved it! And if you want her to do more of those you just have to show some love on the post. It's a "possible" new section called: Starcoin Treasures, and the first post is about dresses. Click here to see it. JUDITH'S EDIT: Wow so many compliments to Judith. I swear she didn't know I was going to edit this post with my comments!

But, back to the task, my total favorite this week has been Alicja (alusiak123) and her take on a Chinese take out box, creating the perfect outfit for representing it. Just look at all the detailing, the tattoos, the red clutch, even the chef shirt... Is like she paid attention to absolutely everything. Bravo! JUDITH'S EDIT: Alicja it's my favourite this week too! LOVE HER OUTFIT!

Then, next to Alicjia, we have Monika (the_chuba) and her take on cute pink food, like cotton candy and pink lemonade. She did a perfect background for the outfit and her outfit totally goes with it. Perfect for a fashion magazine as Judith (JUDITH'S EDIT: Today I'm EVERYWHERE!) pointed out in her judgement. Last but not least, another outfit that has been really liked from the judges is this one from Letícia (leiona_-). Instead of going for a food, she put herself in the position of a food seller, which is great, different and what is most important, she created a great outfit for it, that is what we value.  

JUDITH'S EDIT: Letícia and Monika were both in a tie for my second favourites this week.

 

And that it's all for today! This is getting closer to the end and now the level is high, so high that a little mistake can get you out. At this point of the competition is always sad to eliminate people, but what is a competition with no elimination? It can't be and the one who got the lowest score in this task was Beata (B.E.A.T.K.A) an amazing stylish girl... Is sad, but it's life (JUDITH'S EDIT: So saaaaad!!! 😭😭😭). This is how the Contestants Board looks like now: 

Let's not get crazy for next week, remember that opposites attract!