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The Couture: Making the Cut
Style icons Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn re-team in this Amazon series, which, by no small coincidence, also happens to include fashion, designers, runways, projects and a cash prize. Making The Cut follows a group of 10 aspiring fashionistas overseen by Gunn and Klum. Unlike another lauded reality competition which also starred the pair–and which shall remain nameless–the stakes for Making the Cut are much larger: winners of the show get their own brand label on Amazon plus a cool $1 million. Moreover, the deep pockets of Jeff Bezos add a considerable amount of production value to the show, as Klum, Gunn & co. jet set around the world to one exotic location after the next.
Apart from the glitz, glamour and opportunity for some very talented queer artists to shine, we love Making the Cut for the classiness of Gunn and Klum, whose real friendship radiates every time they appear on screen together. This show does not want to be typical reality TV–full of bitching, backstabbing and nincompoopery, wherein the real competition lies in seeing how far each character can lower the dignity bar. Making the Cut elevates its competitors, rewarding them for cleverness, innovation and outright talent. With the new season set to debut July 16, we think it a good opportunity to kick back, relax, and watch the glitter on the catwalk. Doing so while wearing one of Tim Gunn’s signature skinny suits remains strictly optional.
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adb12
Sorry but we have been big Tim Gunn fans since the beginning of Project Runway, and we found the new show far less entertaining. The past several seasons of PR have *not* been “typical reality TV–full of bitching, backstabbing and nincompoopery, wherein the real competition lies in seeing how far each character can lower the dignity bar.” They actually featured nice, talented people who help each other out when needed. That, and they actually do their own work, unlike the contestants on the show, who hand their designs off to mysterious seamstresses to get the work done overnight. And, frankly, the side trips by Heidi and Tim are rather cringeworthy.
Bonerboy
Thank you!!!
TedV
I co-sign. “Project Runway” was FAR more interesting than this show, AND it focused on the designers actually designing, not relaying their “vision” to a faceless off-screen person, and not putting Heidi and Tim in absurd side vignettes that add nothing.
Larry McD
Came to make your first point. Liked the second. Leaving satisfied.
Troyfight
it has its moments of talent….Heidi says some of the dumbest things, she about ruins the show, even if she looks great.
peluzo
Season 1 was worth the watch for Naomi Campbell alone
uberhund
True that – Naomi was the best thing about the show! I quite enjoyed the series, but I agree the Heidi and Tim moments were an unfunny waste of time. It’s not a bad series though, but I’d agree it’s not as PR.
Kangol2
I’m a fan of Tim Gunn’s and Naomi Campbell’s but this PR offshoot/redo was boring. The original version, as well as the one led by Karlie Kloss, are far more interesting, with legendary moments and participants. It also gave the world a real designer, Christian Siriano, though I still think had Kara Saun won that very first season, she would have gone much further than she did.