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The Fashion Show
EMAILPRINTSERIES: Bravo, Thursday 10:00p (60 minutes)
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 14 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 14 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Reality (Competitive)
Created By:
Adam Greener
Todd A. Nelson
J.D. Roth
Rachel Tung
First Air Date: May 7, 2009
Summary
Starring Isaac Mizrahi, Kelly Rowland, and Fern Mallis
Isaac Mizrahi and ex-Destiny's Child Kelly Rowland host this replacement for Project Runway (which will reappear later in the summer on Lifetime).
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Boston GlobeJoanna Weiss
In order to fully enjoy The Fashion Show--and there is plenty to enjoy in Bravo's new reality contest--you have to resist the urge to keep comparing it to "Project Runway."
Read Full Review >Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Project Runway is a hard act to follow. Still, if you like watching people make (sometimes) beautiful clothes from nothing in no time--the first challenge is to make a little black dress from a little black T-shirt--The Fashion Show has that too.
Read Full Review >New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
As viewers, we're less interested in the destination than the ride, and this one starts out feeling like fun.
Read Full Review >NewsdayAnne Bratskeir
Overall, a meaner, harsher fashion competition, but compelling.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-TimesPaige Wiser
If you've been in runway withdrawal, The Fashion Show can provide you with all the bitchery, the language butchery and the stupefying silhouettes that you've been missing.
Read Full Review >New York PostLinda Stasi
I can't help but get an enormous kick from Bravo's new series, The Fashion Show, which is, ironically enough, a line-for-line knockoff of "Project Runway," the hit show that was sold from under them to Lifetime.
Read Full Review >Washington Post
When the designers are alone in the sewing room, trading catty insults, hemming until their fingers bleed, Fashion Show feels like great guilty pleasure TV. But when the sewing-room door opens, you can't help expecting--and wishing--that it'll be Tim Gunn.
Read Full Review >Hollywood ReporterRandee Dawn
For "Runway" fans thirsty for fashion fights and fits, Fashion is certainly worth a taste.
Read Full Review >Entertainment WeeklyLeah Greenblatt
Though PR has auf'ed off to Lifetime, its chic shadow looms large on Fashion--which, like its name, has a sad, generic chintziness.
Read Full Review >The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
There is plenty to enjoy, but not much to applaud. At its best fashion celebrates originality; The Fashion Show feeds on imitation.
Read Full Review >Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Alas, it may end up being addictive for hard-core fashionistas, but The Fashion Show needs work before it is truly ready for the runway.
Read Full Review >TimeJames Poniewozik
As with any knockoff, the onus is on The Fashion Show to offer something different and better, and so far it does neither.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian Lowry
There's just not that same level of drama when designing a standard blue blazer.
Read Full Review >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Tonight's extended episode--it runs until 11:15 p.m.--comes off as the trashier, less sophisticated cousin to "Project Runway." If that's the appeal of "Runway," then have at it. But if you're a design fan, The Fashion Show may prove to be an unfashionable disappointment.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 4.7 (out of 10) based on 14 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
A L gave it a2:
A few points for effort in putting a show together, but was it successful? No. I was surprised to find Kelly as one of the judges; I do not feel she has the background to judge, Beyonce's mother would of been a better candidate considering that she has designed costumes for Destiny's Child. I do respect Kelly as an artist just not as a judge. In Project Runway you can probably pick out half of the group as not-so-good designers, the fashion show is 100% not-so-good designers while the judges scramble to find the most bearable contestants for the top three.
Kaye C gave it a2:
Sorry, I didn't like either isaac or his female sidekick. I thought the apogee came when they kicked off the gal who wasn't familiar with hip hop clothes. Hip hop is so over and done with and the way the two kingpins acted was like the designer had killed someone. Bad, very bad!
chris j gave it a3:
Like a designer gown that looks fine from a distance and ends up on closer examination to have frayed hems and is held together with safety pins. Mizrahi isn't his usual bubbly, personable self and the designers, save a handful, don't seem nearly as gifted as those seen on PR. Many can't even sew. Group projects, often the weakest aspect of PR, are the mainstay of this knockoff. Finally, looks like Bravo thought adding more big name designers as panelists and show viewers would hold the fabric of its hour together. It merely proves, as with PR, that less is truly more.
Pam M gave it a2:
I tried to like this show....it's terrible. Long live Heidi,Tim and michael - they rock!!
R W gave it a1:
This is a sorry imitation of Project Runway. The contestants are an uninteresting and generally uninspired lot. Their idea of a fashion "have to have" is derivative, unoriginal and occasionally silly. While Misrahi's critiques are right on, the overall tone of the show matches the clothing - dull, dull, and duller.
Stacy S gave it a4:
Not special enough
L B gave it a3:
It is like a low class project runway. Instead of having a good mix of personalities they are 80% drama queens.
