{ "title": [ "Fiction movies and mini-series", "Competition formats and other distractions", "" ] , "date": 1774787888 , "author": "Alex VB" , "content": [ [ "p", "This list is one of four sections in our Couture on the screen watchlist. We regularly update the list so feel free to bookmark this page! Items marked with a triple flower (⁂) are new." ] , [ "p-hidden", "These formats are the public face of the industry for anyone who has never attended a show or entered a showroom. The gap between what they show and what the work actually involves is consistent and wide, and worth examining for exactly that reason." ] , [ "p", "This last section's entries are all about fashion transfigured by itself for the pleasure of the wider audience. In here you get a caricature of the industry shaped by the media into a parody of itself. As if fashion icons needed that." ] , [ "hr" ] , [ "p", "Reality TV" ] , [ "ul", [ "" , "Next in fashion (since 2020) ■■□□□
Hosted by Tan France (the fashion advisor from Queer Eye) and Gigi Hadid (since 2023) the show is fresh, a bit more technical than competitors (though this is already fading in season 2), and entertaining." , "Making the cut (2020-2022) ■■□□□
Created, produced, presented by and very centered around Tim Gunn & Heidi Klum (who left Project Runway after the Weinstein debacle), the show is very commercial and a debauchery of money ($1m prize offered by Amazon). Also, it takes more than inviting designers from around the world to make a brand 'global'." , "⁂ 时尚大师 / Fashion Master (2018-2019)■■■□□
Interesting Chinese take on fashion competition, focusing on cultural narration and messaging, over commercial or technical aspects." , "⁂ Fashion Fund (2014-2016) ■■■■□
For four seasons, a crew followed Anna Wintour and judges testing ten young designers competing for the annual fashion fund, a real prize co-sponsored by CFDA & Vogue. The prize is still on, unfortunately exclusively behind closed doors now." , "Project Runway (since 2004, usually in Q1) ■■□□□
The mother of reality TV fashion shows. Recent seasons feel quite scripted. Avoid all stars seasons (a lot of reheated drama) but don't hesitate to watch the junior version. The startup edition, where entrepreneurs pitch their businesses to investors is also interesting." ] ] , [ "hr" ], [ "p", "Other distractions" ] , [ "ul", [ "" , "Prêt-à-porter (2011, 2019) ■■■□□
A complex but captivating monopoly-type board game by Portal Games, about building a fashion brand and business." ] ] ] }