It doesn’t happen everyday you turn two years old as Talian’s Drag Race and so, since this is my party and I can do what I want to, you are ALL moving on to the second stage of the competition.
*the girls are in shock*
So, I make the rules. And I wanted to celebrate this amazing milestone by throwing a ball! But not any ball... the Birthday Ball! If you don’t know what a ball is, I am asking you to create three different looks, each following a different theme. The themes are :
🎂 LET ‘EM EAT CAKE : a look inspired to an iconic cake of your choice. Just make sure we get the reference and that you look extra fancy in it.
🎀 RIBBONS AND BOWS : pretty self-explanatory. You know... for the presents.
🎉 BIG DAY ELEGANZA EXTRAVAGANZA : you will hav ero create a look using only the items you will find in the party room.
- You need to create the dress completely from the pics I am giving you (link above). Not from something that resembles it on your look making platform.
- You can use one item. You can use all of them. You can repeat each item for how many times you wish.
- You can use your own wigs and shoes. No accessories.
- You can reshape and recolor objects.
- You can use only portions of an object.
- You can’t make the objects look completely unrecognizable.
- You don’t need to be realistic. I will judge on the overall aesthetic.
If you are not familiar with editing pictures, there are some amazing free apps for mobile like PicsArt and for pc like Gimp. But there are also many online sites that will allow you to edit them without installing or downloading anything.
THIS IS A CREATIVE CHALLENGE SO BE CREATIVE! A strong concept is more important than a tight execution. But of course both are better.
You have 96 hours (4 days).
Good luck my ladies. And don’t fuck it up.
And I really mean it, because not all of you will make it to the final stage.
🎂 LET ‘EM EAT CAKE:
This dress is inspired by the always amazing Red Velvet Cake and a little bit of Jessica Rabbit.❤️❤️ Im looking absolutely stunning! https://imgur.com/a/nnTuJEY
🎀🎗RIBBONS AND BOWS:
CF: I am giving bows from my head to the floor. With elements from Japan i think this look will take you around the world https://imgur.com/a/TGg54D9
🎉🎊BIRTHDAY ELEGANZA EXTRAVAGANZA
CF: This dress came out just how I wanted it to. The roses were turned to a blue and the table cloth turned into an elegant dress that this runway serves! I’ll make you feel blue💙 https://imgur.com/a/rzqiBDQ
🎂 LET ‘EM EAT CAKE : (Lemon Cake 🍋)
Cf: Look at my sour self, I’m giving you Ginny Lemon meets works at the bakery realness. I am feeling very sour and proud. I’m a whole sickly sweet confection. https://imgur.com/a/3NwH4aO
🎀 RIBBONS AND BOWS :
Cf: I am feeling my self in this look. My skirt are bows, my hair is a bow, everything here is bowed and I’m feeling great 😊 https://imgur.com/a/UojzHSZ
🎉 BIG DAY ELEGANZA EXTRAVAGANZA :
Cf: i am hoping the judges will like this. It’s an usual silhouette for me but I think I look good. Tia Kofi once said, “it was made with materials that are on my body” and that’s what I did! Except hopefully better 😅. But yeah birthday princess blah blah yay I made something 👍 https://imgur.com/a/MZ3rq0S
This is very Avante-Gaurde and androgynous. This is pink yet very different than what I usually do. I think this is new school and I’m very proud of it.
To add some more celebration, on May 12th, it was my 21st birthday. This look is inspired by an absolutely delicious Nutella cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. I wanted to recreate my birthday cake and here we are.
For my look Mother is showing you her deliciousness with her chocolate cake, serving Lux and rich just like a good queen should (and a good cake!). Everyone wants a a slice of this cake, someone already did!
(The MUG doesn’t include the candle shoulders, just want the judges to be mesmerised by this elegance)
🎀 RIBBONS AND BOWS:
For my Ribbons and Bows look I went for a more mysterious yet sophisticated look, she makes all the girls around her think “Who is she? And why does she look better than me!”
It’s the BIG DAY! I actually REDEEMED my past design looks with this Ariana Grande Positions inspired runway, originally I wanted a big huge gown but wanted something more cutesy and put together.
This look is serving you devils chocolate cake! This flowing gown makes me feel rich and silky and the mug is giving you delicious dark chocolate realness
Being gay never looked better! With this Big Day look I am serving rainbow the house down, from the perfect mug to a cute gown this look is a rainbow explosion!
*T'Kay Ruwnae walks in with all her fabulous glory*
"Hello ladies and ladies, T'Kay here, winner of the ball series s1 and I'm here to prove that I still got it! Just kidding I don't still got it but I'm still here to judge the fuck out of you bitches. Fun fact, most of you are going home after panal today, can't have too many fillers in the finale, can we?"
☆ LaOddity - Now THIS is how you open a runway! All three of your looks are fan-tas-tic! You slayed this... like I dont even know if to give you any feedback cause this is fierce.
☆ Tulip Flower - I'm so impressed watching your improvement over the seasons, but I will say these looks are way too simple compared to what we've seen tonight. Personally I like your second look the most!
☆ Lalisa Cheetah - Ouuu girl that first look is DELISH! Your second look I will say is a bit simple and the look you made from scratch is pretty good tbh! I like the style of the dress and the cute little details. Overall good job!
☆ Miso Young - Honestly Miso, I HATE.... that I LOVE these looks so much! Your final look has GOT to be my favorite on the runway... like how dare you look so scrumptious??? I will say your cake look pales a bit in comparison to your other two looks but just like, you killed it.
☆ Faux - You definitely went with a more chill vibe than your competitors tonight and I think it helped you stand out a bit from them. The first look is a bit too simple for me but I like the second look a lot. Your second look is also pretty good for a look made from scratch.
☆ ¡Gasp! In Spanish - These looks are definitely super interesting and stand out from the crowd! Your editing look has got to be one of my top looks for the night! Your cake look is a bit confusing to me but I do really like the angle you took your bows look to!
☆ Graceyoncé Thee Unicorn - Your three looks tonight are definitely super cute! I think my favorite is your bows look but I do wish you had taken your looks to the next level to help you stand out from the crowd. Good job nonetheless.
☆ Mother Monroe - I really like your three looks tonight. What I like about the editing look is I cant really tell it was made from scratch. Your bows look is cute but a bit one-dimensional and I love your cake look from the waist up. Great job tonight though!
☆ Tamar Indo - Your ribbons and bows look is definitely top tier for me tonight! I like your cake look and your editing look is cute, though I do feel like it needed a bit more work. Your bow look is definitely one of my fave runways of the night though!
Anyways, now that I'm finished, this is T'Kay Runwae leaving you with these inspirational, parting words - "I was the OG bitch, you'll never be as good as me!"
You used images I didn’t give you for your drag on a dime look. And since this was the main challenge of this series I have no other choice than to disqualify you.
I can’t believe we waited so long to finally have our Willam moment.
But I guess the time is now.
Unfortunately rules are there for a reason and challenges are given to rest your ability to push thru them.
But, if anything, you made history and I hope to see you applying for Talian’s Drag Race 10 (coming at the end of the month?).
LaOddity : your cake look is amazing. Like seriously wow. The shape, the candles, the color. It’s so extra and still so fashionable. The drag on a dime is stellar as well. Probably a little less produced but I love the overall feel of it. And those fireworks on your top really made it stand out. I probably have more of a problem with your ribbons and bows as I feel I can’t really comprehend how you incorporated the ribbons and where they ends, also I can’t really see the dress as a whole.
Tulip Flower : I really like your first look. It’s well done and the colors and materials are gorgeous. A little simple but it’s very captivating. Your ribbons and bows is cool but I can’t see any ribbons or bows at all? And unfortunately your third look doesn’t really have a shape. You look swallowed up in that.
Lalisa Cheetah : I like your first look. The dress is interesting especially at the bottom and I can see the reference. I feel the hair is a little too pedestrian tho and the white parts are a little unbalanced. Like I feel the white is so big on your gloves and skirt’s bottom that those tiny laces on your top kinda unbalance it all. Then I like your second look as well, love the Asian inspiration and the composition and color palette is very pleasing. I just have to say the texture is a little off as the black doesn’t fell like a real fabric but as a black blob, lacking a little 3D. It’s a minor note but please keep that in mind. Your third look is also nice and I like the shape in the back even tho I am not a fan of those bows used to make like a border to the dress, makes it lose a little 3D here as well.
Miso Young : I’ve never been so proud of you. You look amazing. Your first look is different, fun, fresh, loving that different shaped skirt and the layers. Those almost glowing tights are great even tho I wished they covered your whole feet and the cake used a hat was just the best touch. Your ribbons and bows is gorgeous. Regal. But still young and fun. The whole composition is amazing. And your drag on a dime... girl you really did that. I love the geometry you had, the composition is very good and I probably couldn’t be able to tell you aren’t an editing queen because it’s very good. Sure... it has some weaknesses as the train is a little odd-shaped and the top a little undefined but you look absolutely good.
Faux : I like your first look. It’s fashion and I love that you kept the big face (I really like that detail, it makes it so recognizably you) but I have to say the look is kinda basic. It’s a little monotone because in the end it’s a brown open poncho and a skirt. But I really like you second look, it’s very fashion and I love the big top with the more nude pants. I just feel the hair is a shade too dark of pink for the look tho. Your drag on a dime is fine but I feel the lollipop being used just as a textur on your body doesn’t really ma ale you justice. But I like how you used the spinners. I just wish there was something more happening in the middle area.
¡Gasp! In Spanish : Your first look is very good. I like it being so out of the box and odd but yet so so right. It complements your body in such a fashionable yet unexpected way. I love new shapes and you know that’s enough to give me a stiffy in itself. Also the mug is amazing. Your second look is also very good. The concept is really cool and interesting and overall I love this sight test/steam punk fantasy. I just wished the theme was more evident. Then... I am glad you followed my advice for the last look. It’s... so good? Like seriously gorgeous. I love love looove the drawing it takes on your upper body and how the skirt becomes one with the corset. You gave me a lot of interdirmi new shapes without going too decorative about them. Absolutely good job.
Mother Monroe : Your first look is nice and I feel you had the most fun with it. I like that you used a cake slice as a bottom, but I feel it kinda clashes with regality of the rest of the dress? From the top you’re giving me hair couture with next level model face, and in the bottom camp. But yeah.. that mug is beautiful. Your second look is also very nice. I like the reference and all the frills really make it such an interesting look. I wish the hair matched the energy tho as I feel it’s somehow too modern to actually blend in with the look your third look is nice but very simple. Honestly the one you showed me (at least its idea) was a little more complex. Now... this isn’t bad but also doesn’t really tell a story. It looks like a cool mini dress from Zara.
Tamar Indo : I like your first look. It’s nothing we haven’t seen before (like I feel we’ve seen thy exact same dress and hair at least 3/4 times already) but it’s good even tho not very original. But it’s good. Don’t really see a distinctive cake reference tho. Your scene stealer has to be your ribbons one tho. It is just gorgeous. Absolutely stunning. Love the bow and the bottom part as a whole is just amazing. And don’t get me started on that mug and hair. Omg such a pro work. Your third look is nice but honestly a little uninspired. It’s just a pretty dress when in this kind of challenges I feel you should really go in. But my main critique for you is I don’t see continuity in your model. It’s like you used three different models for these looks. They’re not the same person in difender make up, it’s literally three different bases. And even tho it’s a digital race, you should be able to portray continuity as well.
