Hi… so… we need to talk.

Well. The question is pretty easy.

The judges and I are having a hard time judging your looks based on this new trend of just photoshopping your face on top on an already existing complete look. Let me explain better but first things first.

1) this isn’t for shaming anyone. Literally the judges and I are just having a hard time and we want to hear from you as well.

2) just know that anything you say won’t be used against you. We are not looking for you to agree with us if you don’t. But please let’s make this polite and respectful.

3) we are not even asking you to change and the judgement will go on as usual for now but we need to be on the same page because this phenomenon is blowing up big time.

So.

Here is my dilemma.

I am not interested in you just “looking good”. Sure… I want you to either be already there or try and be the guide that pushes you there (which… you may not know, but have worked for many of you already).

So… I know that not all of us are edit queens and using someone else’s looks the equivalent of real RPDR queens using designer clothes. But my main issue is… who are you behind that? Is your job done once you found a look that’s already completely finished and you just stamp your face on it? How can I judge YOUR vision in this?

For a better understanding. I think that a piece of clothing, a wig, an accessory, can change a whole look. It all depends on our own vision. Even the pick of a different body size can change a lot (and I know something about that). But… what if you take away all of it and just rely on someone else’s job. What can we as judges do about it? IMPORTANT : How can we help you improve when there’s nothing we can tell you to change the look of not telling you “just find another concept art drawing”?

Let me give you some examples.

In season 9, we had this AMAZING moment in which two queens presented the exact same dress on the same runway and we had a hard time realizing it because they were styled so different that it made the two completely different looks.



This is the product of two different creative visions. What do the se vision imply?
- concept
- references
- body
- face
- wig
- accessories
- mug
- shops

All these factors worked together to give us two different experiences starting from the same concept.

So… if anything know that we are looking for your own vision, creativity and INDIVIDUALITY.

I feel like you’re all under the false impression that I am asking you not to be IMVU queens and HAVE TO be edit queens. But that’s not it. I want you to be able to express YOUR OWN personal creative vision TO THE BEST. Sure… IMVU could be restrictive but I feel this new trend is even more restrictive because it leaves you all no chances of actually developing the “vision of ensamble” that we are looking for. Plus, giving you no space to actually follow the instructions I give you because well… the look is already done as it is.

In conclusion.

I repeat : this is not to discharge or make less of anyone’s job.

But please take some time to think about this and let us know your thoughts on that.

I hope really that the message has come across. But to make sure one last time : this is  just to create this discussion because maybe it is just us old ladies that aren’t used to innovation and “things were better in our own times”, I am ready for it, but we really need feedbacks.