Welcome to your first challenge ladies! One queen's trash is another queen's... trash. This week you need to design a fashionable couture outfit made entirely from items you would find in the trash. At this early stage in the competition it is important to stand out and grab attention in a large cast which is why your looks will be edited onto the busy backdrop shown below. The top queens this week will be taking risks and stealing the focus of their photo with their designs. For once we are saying YES to recycling!
Who started the competition sprinting and who needed a moment to catch their breath? When it comes to judging looks, I am going to go purely off the challenge brief and the execution. If you create a fantastic look but it does not properly represent the challenge you will not win, and vice versa. No matter how harsh a critique is or how much you disagree, know that I love and admire all of you and your individual aesthetics. There were a few people who were not cast so know that every one of you made it here over someone else. I have no favourites and no preconceptions. I want to set you up with a cast and a challenge and let the chips fall where they may. With that said, let's see who rose to the top of the trash heap this week and who may be on their way to the landfill.
I am pleased to welcome guest judge Lidl_Wayne to help me sort the treasure from the trash. I actually discovered Lidl in a trash heap back in Season 3 of my drag race where she placed 6th and then won Season 4 and many more since. Not to mention placing 7th in Vyia's longterm1. Also a strong PR queen and a longtime friend, I know I can always trust Lidl when it comes to fashion.
I am pleased to welcome guest judge Lidl_Wayne to help me sort the treasure from the trash. I actually discovered Lidl in a trash heap back in Season 3 of my drag race where she placed 6th and then won Season 4 and many more since. Not to mention placing 7th in Vyia's longterm1. Also a strong PR queen and a longtime friend, I know I can always trust Lidl when it comes to fashion.
alydaman: You were clever to be the first to submit because this outfit has grown on me all week... like mould (in a good way). I adore the textures of the fur jacket and the ruffles together to mimick a black bin bag. The olive green and muted orange details are gorgeous and trashy at the same time. It makes me feel dirty just looking at it, so major props for that. Everything looks like it was chosen with purpose. I think the problems come with the fact it's too dark and too simple. The subtle details really get lost in all the pure black and it's a very understated PR vibe when this challenge called for drama and impact. But it IS fashionable and it IS couture. There was just no risks taken here.
Lidl_Wayne: I love the olive shades of green you’ve equipped, that’s it. Don’t like the make-up or this basic silhouette. Why black? You would want this to be your possible final and only look? Props to you though for the fanny pack, that’s fierce.
Lidl_Wayne: I love the olive shades of green you’ve equipped, that’s it. Don’t like the make-up or this basic silhouette. Why black? You would want this to be your possible final and only look? Props to you though for the fanny pack, that’s fierce.
alydaman: This is amazingly well done. Instead of using one trash theme for the whole outfit you used many different random types of trash and somehow made it look cohesive and fashion. From the banana peels to the blue paint splattered bin bag skirt, it's all very well executed and EXACTLY what I wanted to see for this challenge. The black bin bags on the head and skirt frame the look, giving it structure and leading your eyes to focus on the middle section. I love the ripped bin bag texture on the head and using the headphones as skulls is such a great idea. You have taken inspiration from every part of the backdrop. I am very impressed with this first look from you.
Lidl_Wayne: oh I dig this. It’s messy but it works. That blue is so calming for the eye and off-sets the commotion that the busy top is. I enjoy that you keep your shoes and head styling without color, so that the middle gets to shine. No complaints, but for next time I’d love to see a more structured outfit.
Lidl_Wayne: oh I dig this. It’s messy but it works. That blue is so calming for the eye and off-sets the commotion that the busy top is. I enjoy that you keep your shoes and head styling without color, so that the middle gets to shine. No complaints, but for next time I’d love to see a more structured outfit.
alydaman: Using the tumbleweed as a spaghetti dress is showstopping. The kind of concept this challenge was begging for. The necklace blending into it and the neat shoe colour below it are pretty. Everything that follows however, is a screech in the wrong direction. I watched you create a beautiful spaghetti pattern using the candy hat and nails to match the dress and then say something along the lines of "nah this hat is so ugly". Instead of that intricate hat, you decided to just plonk another tumbleweed on your head, eliminating all shape and silhouette from your look. You could have placed it in front of your legs to create a long spaghetti gown or over your shoulders in a different rotation for volume. You were on the brink of creating something incredible but CHOSE to destroy it. I can only assume this was your personal taste. I would advise in future for you to take much more notice of how an outfit looks on Habbo rather than what you imagine it presenting with references from the real world.
Lidl_Wayne: first off, that heel color with your skintone is stunning. I usually hate strong contour but you pull it off. The use of materials is fine but girl there is no shape. The Vanjie problem. Be more considerate of silhouettes next time, beauty.
Lidl_Wayne: first off, that heel color with your skintone is stunning. I usually hate strong contour but you pull it off. The use of materials is fine but girl there is no shape. The Vanjie problem. Be more considerate of silhouettes next time, beauty.
alydaman: This is very beautiful. The white detailing on the hat matching with the chest swirl is exquisite. However, i see absolutely no trash ANYWHERE. I think you may have tried to make the challenge fit this outfit when it should be the other way around. You explained that the hat is a spray painted bedpan and the rest is leather from car seats. I think herein lies the problem. The challenge called for outfits constructed entirely of trash and you have tried to cover up the trash in your look. The overwhelming black drowns out any trash-like textures. If I was doing re-used leather I would make it dirty or ripped and a lighter shade of black to show that texture. You could have had a fierce barbed wire themed look going on here if you had done something else with all the black on the body. So as good as the design itself is, it really belongs to another challenge. Therefore I can't give this a top spot this week.
Lidl_Wayne: wow this is fucking cool. The hat is alright and the wig is nice but that composition you got going on on your top - I have no idea how you did it but I bow to thee. Next time please be a bit more daring with colors.
Lidl_Wayne: wow this is fucking cool. The hat is alright and the wig is nice but that composition you got going on on your top - I have no idea how you did it but I bow to thee. Next time please be a bit more daring with colors.
alydaman: This is what I call bang on challenge. Firstly I love the shape of this look. You made great choices with short hair and the textured mid section contrasting with the texture of the wide gown. It looks like a trash remix of a fairytale dress. The light browns with the blondes and the browns of the letters go so well together and matching the lip colour with the one blue stamp is such a nice quirky touch. I also loved your story about the letters and the ear condoms and top made of cookie wrappers. There is some finessing that you could have done though to really make this polished. The height of the letters makes your body look very short. I would have placed them lower or added some more rotated to create more volume. Overall a beautiful look that needed some tweaking to get to the next level. This makes me excited to see your next submission.
Lidl_Wayne: great idea, bad execution. The letters dont mesh and you look reeeaaally short. Wrong shades of brown. Love the blue lip stick and wig style though, mwah!
Lidl_Wayne: great idea, bad execution. The letters dont mesh and you look reeeaaally short. Wrong shades of brown. Love the blue lip stick and wig style though, mwah!
alydaman: I have to be honest, I don't love this. Your concept was rotten fruit but you used bright garish colours and did not try to create any new or interesting textures. I do appreciate the use of this hat which I think is criminally underrated but matching the red in it with a red top and dress completely removed all of it's impact. The splatter on the dress is nice but again the red base takes away from it. The outfit construction itself is very basic and something I would expect to see in a CC for a fruit theme. I would have made the outfit a different colour from the hat, maybe something dark and faded to better represent rot. Also i noticed that you used the same shirt and jacket as your entrance look so i'm willing to bet you used that look as a starting template which just shows a lack of imagination. I know you can produce some beautiful looks (for example your promo look was one of the best), but you are quite hit and miss and i'm afraid the first challenge was not a good time to miss.
Lidl_Wayne: that hat is amazing, but why go in such an obvious direction with this, both in color palette and chosen items? Would’ve been unexpected and cool to see a blue/white/gold dress with the hat. You must EDIT. I’d lose the necktie and earrings. Also never wear flip flops again, consider this me going easy on you.
Lidl_Wayne: that hat is amazing, but why go in such an obvious direction with this, both in color palette and chosen items? Would’ve been unexpected and cool to see a blue/white/gold dress with the hat. You must EDIT. I’d lose the necktie and earrings. Also never wear flip flops again, consider this me going easy on you.
alydaman: I don't know where you're taking me with this outfit. You told me your concept was inspired by roses but to me roses are the opposite of trash, they are expensive. So I think your whole concept was confused. I like the idea of using the traffic cone but it clashes with your rose theme. The random ski goggles and ponytail are so uncalled for and just confuse the look with even more mismatched elements. I do like the construction of the low top with the bikini bottoms and boots. If this section was a sort of animal meat waste theme and you had seriously edited the items on your head you could have had something special. This level of risk taking is commendable and ultimately saved you from the bottom 2 but the execution of a fashionable look is completely missing.
Lidl_Wayne: I can tell who it is right away and not just by the beard so hats off to you for having created a distinguishable personal style. The hat makes zero sense - traffic cone? I dig the nude illusion with the red but you lose me at the panties and heavy black boots. Please dare to be a glamour diva just once.
Lidl_Wayne: I can tell who it is right away and not just by the beard so hats off to you for having created a distinguishable personal style. The hat makes zero sense - traffic cone? I dig the nude illusion with the red but you lose me at the panties and heavy black boots. Please dare to be a glamour diva just once.
alydaman: This feels like you staring me in the eyes and saying "This is why I'm here". Against the calibre of your outfit, so many of these other looks just disappear. They will need to seriously step up their game if you continue to deliver this level of work. You have not only produced an incredible trash themed look but you have also layered on an art studio waste theme as well as stylistic choices reminiscent of greek statues. Instead of a pillar, you are placed upon an overflowing bin. The detailed construction of the dress dripping in paint and the layers and textures of crumpled up paper achieved are breathtaking. You are doing everything the challenge required and more. The furni used seamlessly blends into your look and creates a beautiful cascading shape. If you want to make an impact in the season premiere this is how you do it.
Lidl_Wayne: oh WERQ. Giving me greek goddess realness, a queen who died in ancient Greece but crystalized and got resurrected thousands of years later but in a trash yard. I love everything about this, perfect use of meshing furni and picking right accessories. The eyes are dramatic and fun. Amazing job.
Lidl_Wayne: oh WERQ. Giving me greek goddess realness, a queen who died in ancient Greece but crystalized and got resurrected thousands of years later but in a trash yard. I love everything about this, perfect use of meshing furni and picking right accessories. The eyes are dramatic and fun. Amazing job.
alydaman: Life in plastic is fantastic! Your plastic bottle concept is well executed. From experience I know plastic is one of the hardest textures to pull off using Habbo clothing but you have managed it in style. I love how the "bottle cap" contrasts in colour with the rest of the look, making it pop. You clearly chose your colours strategically to stand out from the background so points for that too. The construction of the head with the hat/hair/glasses/lipstick combination is gorgeous and the round shape in contrast to the sleek, straight body is appealing. My only critique would be that I wanted to see TRASH fully on display but constructed so that it looks expensive. And while I understand the recycled plastic concept it looks far too clean and neat to really fit the brief properly. I think a different concept altogether would have served you better for this particular challenge. A strong and steady start from you. Excellent work!
Lidl_Wayne: I really dig this futuristic suit, love those two colors together. Then you lose me with your headpiece. Not only is it dismatched, it’s ugly. Also the shade of gray on the shoes are wrong.
Lidl_Wayne: I really dig this futuristic suit, love those two colors together. Then you lose me with your headpiece. Not only is it dismatched, it’s ugly. Also the shade of gray on the shoes are wrong.
alydaman: To me this is a very safe look. I like the structure that the blue lines throughout provide. They make it feel like plastic panels that you found in the trash. I also enjoy the metallic texture of the necklace. Your sea waste concept is unique but other than the colours I don't really get that. The gray is a bit overwhelming and causes you to be swallowed up by the backdrop. I think diversifying your colour palette would have benefitted you, rather than sticking with just two colours. Other than that there isn't much more to say because this outfit doesn't give much more. You are lucky that some of the others made disastrous decisions this week so that you could slip through with a mediocre look. I hope you will start to experiment a bit more and really deliver drama because that is when you are at your best.
Lidl_Wayne: hmm. I love the head, dramatic and dystopian. The dress is a big nothing and the shoes are too matchy-matchy. The scarf is just too much: do you miss 2008 that much?
Lidl_Wayne: hmm. I love the head, dramatic and dystopian. The dress is a big nothing and the shoes are too matchy-matchy. The scarf is just too much: do you miss 2008 that much?
alydaman: This is an excellent trash grunge aesthetic happening here. The colours are all grimey and mouldy and combine well together with a bright pop of nuclear waste green on top. No one else managed to create the disgusting bacteria / disease route like you have. You are giving me queen of the contaminated. I can't find anything negative about the look itself, only that everything from the head down really disappears into the backdrop and blends right in like a chameleon adapting to it's setting. As standing out was a key part of the challenge, that will keep you from a top spot this week but you WERE incredibly close. Please keep up this level of quality and attempt the concepts that no one else will. Good job.
Lidl_Wayne: THIS IS DRAG. Take notes all of you! It’s unexpected, filthy, unapologetic, unorthodox, experimental. Love the tattoo art on your chest and that crazy wig. The moldy parts of the dress are brilliant.
Lidl_Wayne: THIS IS DRAG. Take notes all of you! It’s unexpected, filthy, unapologetic, unorthodox, experimental. Love the tattoo art on your chest and that crazy wig. The moldy parts of the dress are brilliant.
alydaman: I can't tell you how much I adore this. Without HC you managed to create something many others couldn't: a simple, chic editorial look. Your octopus toy concept is so unusual and creative. You didn't choose something obvious and the result is very rewarding. The purple against your skin colour is gorgeous and the subtle placement of accessories on the head and chest create flow and shape without making it busy. The pop of colour from the side chain is pretty, a clothing item rarely utilised but you showcase it as a major feature. Everything about this screams high fashion trash runway. I think the others could learn how to edit from you. My only complaint, and it's a big one, is the use of a handbag just placed hovering in the air next to you. I understand it looks cute but if you can't make it fit on your look don't use furni.
Lidl_Wayne: I’m your biggest fan, but this is lazy and you are such an amazing artist. Bring your A-game, this is barely a D. Please don’t tell me I barely got a D.
Lidl_Wayne: I’m your biggest fan, but this is lazy and you are such an amazing artist. Bring your A-game, this is barely a D. Please don’t tell me I barely got a D.
alydaman: When you get a trash challenge, creating an entire look based on a trash bag using only pure black comes across as very lazy and devoid of creativity. A few others used trash bags in their looks without it being the main feature, in fact it was used to shift focus onto another part of their looks. Here there is no other aspects to appreciate. I do see the shapes of a bin bag in the cut outs and in the fishtail, but it's not enough to save a poor and monotone construction. You also seemed to have not done any experimenting or thinking about your look for a good 5 days, then submitted this after admitting to only spending 5 minutes on it. You did have the chance to submit a different outfit but chose not to. While others may have tried and failed, you just didn't try. Which is disappointing because I know you can deliver, having reached top 3 in my shortterm races.
Lidl_Wayne: the nude patches showing is the most interesting about it. That skirt has been done 100 times and that belt 1000 times. I can see your thought process ”black trash bags? Put on the leather jacket!”. Nobody is gonna pay attention to you if you and your face is all covered in black. To end on a nicer note, I dig the wig.
Lidl_Wayne: the nude patches showing is the most interesting about it. That skirt has been done 100 times and that belt 1000 times. I can see your thought process ”black trash bags? Put on the leather jacket!”. Nobody is gonna pay attention to you if you and your face is all covered in black. To end on a nicer note, I dig the wig.
alydaman: Nothing says standing out like bright yellow caution tape! A very good choice for your concept in line with the challenge brief. And perfectly executed. The way the black belt and skirt detail creates different widths and lengths of the tape as if it is all wrapped and overlapping around you is genius. By far the most eye catching of the looks this week. The yellow and black colour combination is just designed to grab our attention. The bin bag balaclava is the cherry on top of this look, with those distinctive eyes and pale skin stealing focus. And the way the black is carried through the look from the head creates the illusion of a bin bag twisted around you. I can see this on the runway in paris fashion week. Editorial. Clean. Fantastic silhouette and editing. Perfect start from you.
Lidl_Wayne: love this structured chaos, this dress gives me architectural feels. The orange shoes is a brilliant choice. Don’t think wearing that headmask was necessary, it maked it slightly overdesigned.
Lidl_Wayne: love this structured chaos, this dress gives me architectural feels. The orange shoes is a brilliant choice. Don’t think wearing that headmask was necessary, it maked it slightly overdesigned.
Armani Sexchange. Your trash look was a real designer piece, and I aint asking for an exchange.
Salt'n'Pippaz. This week your concept AND execution were rotten.
Annaya Layton. Your painted look really opened our lids, and left us dripping wet.
Anita Dick. Your attitude was dirty, and your bin bag fashion didn't clean up.
Sonny. Caution! Sickening runway in progress. And it was all caught on tape.
Annaya Layton. Condragulations you are the winner of this week's challenge. You have won a weekend getaway for 2 to the Trashworld resort in British Columbia, Canada. And you have to take Lidl_Wayne with you.
Anita Dick. I'm sorry my dear but you have been eliminated. I know your star quality will continue to shine despite this early exit. Now, sashay away...
Salt'n'Pippaz. This week your concept AND execution were rotten.
Annaya Layton. Your painted look really opened our lids, and left us dripping wet.
Anita Dick. Your attitude was dirty, and your bin bag fashion didn't clean up.
Sonny. Caution! Sickening runway in progress. And it was all caught on tape.
Annaya Layton. Condragulations you are the winner of this week's challenge. You have won a weekend getaway for 2 to the Trashworld resort in British Columbia, Canada. And you have to take Lidl_Wayne with you.
Anita Dick. I'm sorry my dear but you have been eliminated. I know your star quality will continue to shine despite this early exit. Now, sashay away...