The Fashion Show: James Paul

Project Runway says goodbye to Bravo. Its new network?... Lifetime: Ang pang-Nanay na network! Charot. Pero wag malungkot mga bakla, Bravo has its new take on Fashion Design Reality TV. Hosted by Isaac Mizhari and Kelly Rowland, it is called The Fashion Show.

I watched the premiere last week. PR na PR ang concept. It is just like watching PR na rin minus Heidi Klum's shrill voice and Tim Gunn's "Make it work!". 

The First Week challenge winner is Noypi-American James Paul. During the rampahan, i thought of his look as the best. Kakaiba kasi at hindi nga ako nagkamali. Tinanghal na Winnie Monsod si kababayan! Bravo!

James Paul Ancheta

I didnt know na Pinoy ang James Paul at first. Pero ng nalaman ko na Ancheta ang apelyido, hmmmm, sure na sure na ketch na Noypi to. Kasi nga, Southeast Asian ang features at Spanish ang family name. Asan pa ba sa Asya ang merong ganon?  

James Paul Winning Look

Geometric ang concept ng lola ninyo! FIDM-LA graduate at Bachelor's in Fashion sa AIU-London ang bruha. (Di ko nga alam na Bachelor's Degree na pala ang Fashion ngayon. Bongga!) 

Ang sabi nga ng James Paul: "Inspired by where I came from, a poor immigrant from a post-colonialist country; coming to America who had colonized it and moving to England, believing I was American, the clothes I create are centered within how ethnicities are shaped within the Western and Westernized societies".

When asked what his secret weapon is in the competition, James-Paul's answers: "my brain." Oh di ba? Very Miriam Defensor-Santiago? Chos! Here are some of his previous work:

Yes, James Paul.. we are rooting for you! Mabuhay ka!