MET GALA 2023: ranked by actual *sewing effort* (roast and review) | WITHWENDY

I've got my water here because there's a lot to cover you know what it is from  my 10 years of DIY and sewing on YouTube I have somehow decided I am fully justified in ranking  mad Gala looks by sewing difficulty the Met Gala for many is the fashion Olympics it's the  opportunity to witness some of the best in Old Couture so we are completely within our right  to Hope and expect and witness fashion Precision technique dedication skill all manifested on a  finished item I'm gonna try to keep my p

ersonal taste out of this and just focus on sewing  technique and difficulty but with that being said the first tier I feel like I need to explain  these is going to be past the seam ripper R.I.P this is you maybe let your intrusive thoughts take  over during the sewing process something about the look makes me feel bad for the fabric feel bad for  the machine feel bad for the expert who worked on it no shade I think all I'm saying is all of them  deserve better I feel like this is going to beco

me a catch-all for like a wide variety of sewing  difficulty but all I'm saying is I don't think this is a finished item but let's get focused on  actual sewing difficulty the bottom tier is going to be you are having delusions of DIY and what I  mean by that is if I am maybe feeling a little too confident a little delusional there's like a part  of my brain that could trick myself into thinking I could DIY that I'm not saying whether or not  that's true I will clarify for the last time I have u

tmost respect for everyone who works really  hard on these garments and their years of effort skill level I will assume far far exceeds mine but  if you're putting all this expensive material and time and expertise into making something it  should not look slightly arts and crafts and slightly beginner friendly does that make sense  fashion School fundamentals this is just like middle of the road you're here everything fits  well you obviously went to Fashion school but there's nothing that make

s me think like you  cried while sewing this I mean there probably is a lot of crying in fashion school but the next  year is for blood sweat tears 30 minute timer let me explain myself I think from back when I made my  own wedding dress there was this kind of fun fact that stuck with me which is the people working on  the lace for Kate Middleton's wedding dress had a system where every 30 minutes they had to wash  their hands in order to preserve the pristine whiteness of the wedding dress you

are aiming for  Perfection you definitely shed Blood Sweat tears in the process but you kept them to yourself  because the blood sweat tears was not actually allowed to touch the Garment and lastly Fairy  Godmother all I'm saying here is when I look at the finished garment it's easier for me to believe  that a fairy godmother made it than the actual human hands that did There's Something about it  that just I see the swirling wand and the dancing Sparkles and you emerge transformed there has to 

be some deal where it disappears at midnight it's just 2 to be true let's begin I tried to dress on  theme if you guys remember the video where these fingerless lace gloves came from this is a from a  family member and then this pearl necklace drop it in the comments if you remember first up we have  Alexa Chang I admit I don't quite get this outfit but it is a bit like baby-ish with the Bonnet  however when we zoom in we can start appreciating some sewing skills the shearing and Gathering that

  caused this satiny fabric to create these floating five petal flowers I actually think the execution  is pretty Sublime and then the shering continued down the dress all the way into this flowing satin  at the bottom ribbons are part of this lace is part of this for the number of different materials  that went into it it's surprisingly cohesive I can picture myself crying while trying to attempt to  make this 30 minute timer next is Amanda Seyfried and Cartier and so I think in this case it's 

more about the jewels than actual fashion design and sewing oh I'm like uncomfortable actually  putting things in the tears that I created but I think this is delusions of DIY when you go  to the bead store the beads are often sold literally in these chains I can see my brain  thinking oh maybe I can make that I don't it's Anita the two most notable sewing techniques  going into this I would say is the draping that gives us all this crisscrossing satin in the  front as well as some structural a

dditions to give it the floating over here honestly  quite beautiful when I zoom in I feel like I have to put on my fashion school  instructor glasses and nitpick that the the satin in this chest area is just like not  gelling with me it looks like it's getting twisted I think this thing over here is cool but  I don't quite get why from a direction standpoint fashion School fundamentals uh coming down the  carpet next is Anne Hathaway the use of the Tweed material is definitely a nod to Chanel a

nd then  the golden pins is a nod to Versace which is the designer of the dress Tweed is a woven material  but in a very 3D way that makes it seem like it's instantly suitable for outerwear or suiting and  so I'm actually really impressed how clean and not heavy it looks as a form-fitting garment there's  these very precious flowers that are resting over the bust it's super smooth the shaping to fit it  to the body I think there's mesh holding together the gaps as well as the pins this is a drap

ing  nightmare for a material that basically has no stretch so I'm actually also even impressed that  the sleeve has such a good fit last night when I reviewed all of these I think I put it in  fashion school for fundamentals but I'm going to give it 30 minute timer oh a knock yai let's  talk about sequins sequined fabric almost always necessitates that you will be hand sewing and the  reason is because it is a lot of layers of plastic and pretty hard to pass through a sewing machine  in any kin

d of clean and nice looking way at the gradient from like tiny sequins down to larger  sequins I feel very sure that's all done by hand and then on top of that it's a gradient of gold  to Silver so there's a lot of Artful placement going on that makes it look like magical fish  scales the dripping of the fine pearls it's like delicate rainfall and then I think this is kind of  an underappreciated detail but the gloves and the train it's really nice how closely it fits to the  arm and it just fee

ls like it's floating without pinching or being too bulky I love that they  continued the sequin detail down onto the train obviously every single one of those was placed by  hand also I don't want to neglect the headpiece this whole thing this is the first fairy  godmother for sure easier to believe this was made by Magic than by human hands next we have  Ashley Graham wearing hairsprayed this this this is a Defying Gravity conundrum I I'd be stressed  if I was commissioned to make this there a

re no straps the chest is floating the arms are flowing  perfectly the hips are popping out the bottom has this big Bell Flare from far away I was willing to  put this in Fairy Godmother but from a technical aspect this is a notoriously challenging thing  about working with satin the shine makes it so that it will betray every single little pucker and  dimple and make it really easy to spot you can see all the puckering happening in the corset area and  this can be for so many reasons like the f

abric wasn't fit perfectly we didn't use the right  structural interfacing or support to help it lie flat even down to like your sewing needle wasn't  sharp enough and so it was tugging the fabric a little bit every time it punctured there's also  like a bit of puckering over here on the side and I don't know like the bow of the hip is also just  like not smooth enough 30 minute timer Ashley Park okay last night when I went through these it was  really interesting because some I gotten the flow

of scrolling upwards on vogue.com and by doing so  I ended up with an interesting side benefit which is I couldn't tell who was wearing the item until  I got to the head I feel like that was a good way to actually fairly judge the Garment before I get  influenced by who's wearing it and with this one even at the bottom I was scared it it's too  close to protective fruit mesh for comfort of course it is well fitted it also looks like it's  a stretch material so it's a little bit easier to get all

the curves right this hurts but I think  this one is breaking the ice it is our first pass the seam ripper at the top of the stairs  we find Ava Max instantly Snow Queen those are the words that just come to mind I need to zoom  in the pearl accents at the hip on the sleeve at the neckline cascading down on this little like  flipped over shawl in the middle and then on top of that the Bonnet also more pearls for the amount  of fabric that's on here it doesn't feel heavy it doesn't feel too bund

led it's very much the cold  never bothered me anyway she looks like she came from the Arctic and she's immune to frostbite and  I think this is Fairy Godmother okay Bad Bunny and Jack moose I believe the back side of it is also  open which is a very cool tailoring detail the suit itself I like it there's an interesting thing  going on where the shoulders are exaggerated but in a way that still looks very uh fitted and  complementary to his shape I think it's very nicely tailored I mean it's und

eniable the amount  of work that would go into creating fabric flowers like this this train is like at least five six  meters long no not giving enough of emerge from transformation it's going in 30 minute timer Billy  eilish she's wearing Simone Rocha I don't know if I'm getting messed up from in my head comparing  this to what it was like last year for her which was great I'm getting a little balulu I'm thinking  to myself oh like if I thrifted a whole bunch of black items and tried to layer t

hem maybe I could  get somewhere in this ballpark I'm not proud of this thought because I actually do love Simone  Rocha but delusions of DIY Brian Tyree Henry wow oh I'm trying to figure out what the material for  this giant coat on the edges it looks like it is a lace but it's been cut and layered to heaven  to achieve this level of volume and pop that is a lot of gathering that is a lot of black thread  he looks Regal but not bogged down by weight which I think is quite an accomplishment to m

e it's  Fairy Godmother next is Cara Delevingne in Carl Lagerfeld always appreciate the pose that can  really show off the Garment it's like a white shirt with a cape back Wing situation and  then the pants Oh the pants is the part that gives me some delusional thoughts I don't know  it's like it's like a thrifted a pair of black skinnies and I was like I'm gonna use these to  turn them into hot pants and then someone was like wait Wendy like make sure you conserve and  try to use all the fabric

and I was like oh okay um the legs that I chopped off are now part of  this outfit I can see the Mind trickery that would lead me to believe I could make cardi B in  Tren Pang Studio I think she had three looks but I'm just gonna focus on the one that hit the red  carpet this highlights a few more themes we're gonna see a lot of leather gloves again with the  white collar black tie and then with this black patent pleather or leather I don't know which  one I didn't even notice this last night b

ut it's like fully quilted on the skirt if you've never  worked with leather or pleather regardless both of them are uniquely difficult materials because  they don't self heal when you sew with a knit or like a cotton weave every time you puncture with  the needle so that the threads can intertwine and sew things together if you were to ever remove  the thread you could kind of massage it and it would look like as if you never punctured it but  with leather and pleather the hole is forever and s

o if you're aiming for Perfection as soon as you  make a mistake on something like oh this quilting all the straight lines like you would have to  start over or find some weird way to cover it up and so in that regard this is a lot of work  the flowers are popping cardi B you gave us Fairy Godmother thank you okay doji cat and Oscar de  laurenta the reference she's touching on relates to Carl's cat show pet upon initial review this  style of dress is not anything too outlandish that we haven't s

een before but the areas where  it changes my mind a little on sewing technique is definitely with the train you can see how  it starts out with like a little bit of the fur I don't know if it's for real it gradiates  into like a dense shag rug by the end it's like the poly juice potion was not strong enough so we  ended up with this mixture of human and Cat which is not to say that it's not good I'm just saying  that's kind of the inspo hybrid and I will say it's very easy for cat ears to look

costumey it's  like I'm a mouse duh given that I'm impressed that the design manages to still look high fashion  30 minute timer Dua Lipa is making her way up the stairs she's wearing vintage Chanel I think  this is a bridal look that closed one of Carl's shows and so it's all tweet the fit of everything  is amazing the thing is Twisted trim along the neckline and everything would have had to be done  by hand and then I actually think The Fringe at the bottom is really clean anything in your hou

se  like curtains or Fringe that grazes the ground it's just like lint collection zone so these look  good it has pockets which we always appreciate because the Temptation is strong when you're  sewing to just skip together perhaps because there's been so much like headpiece or train or  shawl going on it's not quite Fairy Godmother next is Elle Fanning in Vivian Westwood one of  the very few if not only guests that featured real flowers but because they are daisies which  is just like a very co

mmon garden flower I don't know I'm getting a little delusional with this  one I'm thinking oh like maybe I can Thrift like a white lace tablecloth and bind it around to  my boobs and put together a daisy bouquet sorry I think this is delusions of DIY Emily Blunt  is next and then when I zoom in there are some details that make me a little sad I wish the  sleeves were fitted to her just a little bit nicer at least I don't know that maybe Personal  Taste I just love it when it's really resting on

the Flesh and then this front collar area is where  a lot of the tailoring work comes into play when you're making a shirt but then with the flower  and the bow it's almost like it just hides all the hard work with a little poop it also reminds  me of Chanel packaging more than Chanel product I don't know which this one I also feel a little  bit of delusions of DIY I think to myself lace top black pants slap on the flower done deal and the  Chamberlain this is Mew Mew the layer underneath it re

minds me of like you're making the dance  costume for your kids jazz show I thought like embossed shine I don't know it doesn't feel  expensive there's also like this frayed hem which I think is intentional from yumu but it's not  really hitting the mark for me and then something about this top and bottom in my head I can hear  the voice being like watch me turn this trench coat into a two-piece dress this is delusions  of DIY coming up next is Florence Pew this is exactly what people are talkin

g about when they  say things like sewing is my cardio if you took before and after photos of your bicep working on  this dress you would definitely see some gains the part that makes me hurt is this upper half I like  there's this massive gaping between the fabric and the body which honestly gives me like a little bit  of secondhand stress the satin once again is being unforgiving crumpling and rumpling in different  parts and just like not looking as expensive as it could this one especially w

ith that headdress had  potential to reach Fairy Godmother but I'm putting it in 30 minute timer Gigi Hadid and Givenchy the  well-fitted corset I think it deserves respect I think this like splaying draping action from the  hip is really pretty I still think it's not enough to make it out of fashion School fundamentals  so I'm gonna keep it there Glenn Close I can't even imagine how heavy this train is to bring  around because I am even tired doing the laundry with my own queen size bed sheets

and this is  like at least California King bed it's always surprising how much yardage goes into creating  a gathered ruffle like that I really want to put this in Fairy Godmother however I don't think  a dress that looks like this could emerge from sparkly transformation it's maybe just like a  little bit too straightforward Gwendolyn Christie oh no in my head I can hear like no-sew challenge  making a dress from a piece of fabric I feel like it would only take a few pokes of the seam ripper  t

o restore this fabric to its full original I feel bad but I don't think this is a sufficient Flex  of anyone's actual sewing skills it's going in seam ripper okay Halle Bailey in Gucci if you  told me her shawl was some kind of rare seaweed that formed in the ocean and could be like pulled  out and worn as a garment I believe you the dress also looks like it's floating and being held up by  just this necklace alone that little ruffled Edge that is so much sewing detail with like a shimmery  thre

ad it's like all the props that you deserve for cutting and layering and ruffling fabric  but on top of that adding decorative trim Fairy Godmother I'm giving it to you jack Harlow I think  he's wearing Tommy Hilfiger I think I can see where this was going but the fit is poor it looks  like a size too small for him everywhere tweet me work difficult to work with like I mentioned  because it has very little stretch but on top of that it also is a very obvious and clear grid  so as soon as the fab

ric is tugging ever so slightly in the wrong way it's obvious and I feel  like I see a lot of that in his front placket in the front of the pants this fabric is a lovely  shade of Navy but uh seam ripper Janelle Monae it's a nod to Cher pet the cat but now in bag  form which is really cute for once it has been a little bit harder for her to stand up because  she is often in black and white but on this red carpet a lot of other people did black and white  this is Tom Brown when you zoom in there'

s loads and loads of little white flowers and then on top  of that even the black trim is loads and loads of black little glistening flowers this the face  is selling it this is very godmother oh my gosh I genuinely didn't know what to think so  thankfully I have categorized this as a sewing difficulty Challenge and when we're talking sewing  difficulty guys it's very godmother if Jared Leto had a wand waving around him and he emerged  looking like this cat I I'd call it magic I looked up pictur

es of shupat and like even the  little nose detail is correct I think like the blue eyes actually are quite good and even from  owning our own cat sagua I actually feel like that little cuteness of the paws that makes you just  want to pet them like this is very on the dot I actually wish she committed to the bit and like  kept the head thing on the whole time so no one knew who it was very very fairy godmother next is  Jenny Kim wearing Chanel blinks please do not come for me but similar to the

Emily Blunt situation  it looks more like Chanel packaging than product and I don't know it's her first Met Gala I wish  they had given her something very Grand this one is delusions of DIY it's like I deconstructed a  Chanel paper bag into this Jenny Ortega in Tom Brown I honestly I think it was a strong night for  Tom Brown something that needs a little zooming in to fully appreciate there's so many I'm just  going to start with this snaking gold chain around everything hand done and then eve

ry once in a  while they stick in a pearl I love that variation this little bow in the front is not only the white  shirt black tie but with also the Little Flower in the center and then even variating it black and  white I don't know that's detail I really like when you zoom in especially at the edges you can  see that it's rows and rows of fine mesh or tulle and it's sewn in to create this striped textured  effect and a normal trip to the fashion store does not usually get you this type of fab

ric Fairy  Godmother god father for Tom Brown for sure took me a whole second to even realize who this was  Jessica Chastain she just looks so different in the blonde if the gloves aren't fitted just right  there's just this like little bit of gathering and pinching along the way that makes the arm look  segmented in a way that's not too nice and then for some reason creates this optical illusion  where this back arm of hers looks like it's like teeny tiny compared to the front arm there's  a we

ird visual trick going on that is not turning out well I think it's fair care that it's fashion  School fundamentals and and not anything above or below that now it's Carly Kloss she's repping the  pearls the print design on her top and across the hips it kind of reminds me of when like something  is in your house but it's on a window still and it's been like sitting in the sun for too long  but then there's parts of it that are blocked from the Sun so then when you finally take it out of  the s

unlight and look at it parts of it are like really bleached and then parts of it are untouched  this is more of a textiles print challenge than it is a sewing conundrum and I don't feel like  it this is fancy enough for the Met Gala I don't know this is a seam ripper I'm sorry kihui  Kwan he is repping pinstripe suiting very Carl um also like the fingerless leather gloves  sunglasses are a Carl shape the suit is like not the most perfect fit on him and maybe made  even more difficult by it being

pinstripe because now there's like literal guidelines printed on the  fabric to help your eyes see how clean everything is sewn sometimes actually dried sewing material  that has like really obvious lines because then anything I do that's a bit off is going to become  more obvious I feel bad but because maybe I've seen one too many pinstripe suits at the thrift  store it is a little bit delusions of DIY some aspect of this feels like a Carl costume instead  of like its own finished fashion look

Kiki Palmer she's wearing Sergio Hudson this is another case  where I just have to give props to how cleanly the Tweed is being treated utterly sculpted and  molded to her body there's just like not a fold in sight it's so smooth and the shawl wonderful  coordinating colors with the Tweed the fact that it still holds its own even when her arm is taken  out of it this is beautiful this hard work this is Sleek I'm putting it in 30 minute timer this  is Kendall Jenner in Marc Jacobs I don't feel l

ike I have a lot to say about this this is just  really there's something about this that makes me feel like the assignment was you can only use  these two sequin material to make the entire outfit obviously got a lot of skill going into  it because it fits her amazingly but I just think okay Kim Kardashian kind of like Amanda Seyfried  we've got like the string of beads this time it is pearls the draping at the sleeve I actually  think is really beautiful in this kind of ethereal floating way t

he shapewear in the middle maybe  lacks a little bit of the pizzazz than I expect at the Met Gala I feel like this could go a lot  of different ways I'm not gonna overthink it I'm gonna put it in 30 minute timer Kristen Stewart  this is a cool suit the gentle turn of the lapels is really nice and clean and I love that little  chain detail on one of the lapels the pants or like maybe the way she's posing they just look a  little bulky and like not perfectly tailored and then they cuff in like a l

ittle bit of a pinching  way so I'd say like the idea was interesting but the execution was not Flawless I'm putting it  in fashion School fundamentals rounding out the Kardashian Jenner Clan is Kylie Jenner this is  heider Ackerman the only thing I found out about this dress that I thought was cool is that I think  this thing around her wrist is the train and so there's an option to like have it out as the train  or to have it folded up for a little bit easier Mobility I'm just a fan of a littl

e engineering  Meats sewing everything looks clean smooth fashion School fundamentals a little mouse X so  he's wearing Dior I guess like I don't really technically have a lot of sewing to talk about  here because I think he's only wearing one garment when it comes to the one garment I actually  feel like it could have been executed in even smoother streamlined way Lily Collins from the  front I am not too crazy about this I think mixing tool is very risky the back side of it has Carl  spelled o

ut on the train it looks kind of like that iron-on rhinestone Vibe I'm gonna put this  one in fashion school it's like trying to make a statement but I don't quite I can't quite tell  what the statement is Lily James whether this is leather or pleather typically there isn't  like a ton of give and so you do have to get the fit quite right which I think they did  I think the chest looks very well fitted the flower is nice I don't know why there's a belt  I don't feel like that was necessary but t

hen underneath I'm gonna give also a lot of points  to this hexagonal triangular shearing detail this is a lot of work and if you like get one  ever sold slightly misin line you start to run off track and then the whole thing will get like  a little skewed I also love the way the sharing just transitions itself into a pleated skirt that  just like flares out like crazy even though it's all leather it doesn't feel like it's bogging her  down it doesn't look sweaty which is sometimes a feeling tha

t looking at leather items just gives  me it's 30 minute timer next up we have lizzo and she is definitely nodding to the pearls I think  the Pearl and chain treatment on her gloves is actually really a fun accessory maybe because all  the pearls are that perfectly circular style it really Treads the line between like Mardi Gras  beads and like fine pearl of the sea and like I mentioned with whenever you do vertical striping  it really betrays how perfectly everything is done and from the way th

ey're kind of like zigging and  zagging down the front it does not look magical I don't want to I love lizzo but I'm gonna give  it delusions of DIY Margot Robbie and Chanel ah why do they keep robbing This Woman This is seam  ripper not a single sewing technique here is doing the most the draping across the chest it doesn't  feel super flattering the chain detail along the bodice placement of it I don't like and then on  top of that they had to like dangle one more sash in front and then the bo

ttom is just literally a  black dress that Cascades Margo deserves better next up we have Michaela Cole who I think is also  one of the co-chairs for this year in my head I always have like a heightened expectation of what  the co-chairs should wear because I'm like you've had Met Gala on the mind for like months years I  don't even know how long they should have enough time to get it together and get it together  is this if you asked me to make this my first thought would be I'm really stressed

about how  I'm going to attach all these things to this very fine fabric without tearing little rips holes all  of these Jewels have like little snags and chains oh my gosh it's like a very very high degree of  attention to care attention to detail not a single introvert is overlooked it just makes me feel  like no expense was spared this is fairy godmother Michelle yo is here she's featuring the black and  white I think this is fashion School fundamentals there's nothing about it that looks li

ke  extremely strenuous Mindy Kaling okay it's delicate and structured and playful and mature all  at once the beating job on these flowers so nice I can't even imagine how long that would take  love the structure that is making the strapless effect happen very ethereal and then this extra  little detail of adding the feathery Fringe on the underside is so appreciated I hate it when you  just look at a blank lining with nothing going on it's so so close I'm almost gonna give it Fairy  Godmother

maybe if there was like a headpiece really appreciate the craftsmanship in this one  next up we have Olivia Rodrigo she's got the black and white she was also the Tom Brown I feel  like this is the one that's least obviously Tom Brown because it didn't have any of this signature  little stripe color accents my friend last night described this as like um the dress started going  through the shredder and then at the last minute it was like oh the flowers like yanked it out of  the Shredder this is

delusions of DIYs like lots of black and white string and some flowers oh man  this one with Olivia Wilde I don't even know what to think I think there's like a picture of it from  the side and it's like worse this is straight to the seam ripper and I feel bad because I know this  is a lot of embroidery detail but the payoff is efficient Pedro Pascal he dared to show up  in shorts and this is like a really bright red Valentino this one to me is squarely in  fashion School fundamentals it's got

like a clean cut jacket a dress shirt individually they  are all standard items of clothing that you might expect to sew as part of like a technical exam  or something like that Quinta Brunson is next I do feel like this dress is like giving me  more questions than answers Starburst details are lovely I just don't get why they were buried  under this one thin thin layer of black tulle it also looks like it hurts like it's yanking down  on the neck this is an intrusive thought you think to yourse

lf oh if I sew the black tool to the pink  that way they like won't get separated while we're out in Mobile what actually happens is it looks  all bunched up and strange at the end instead of having that like trailing after you train type  of look this one is seam ripper I just think the intrusive thoughts one in this one Rihanna  and ASAP Rocky this is a ton of work and for the volume of action going on on top I think it's  incredible that she looks cozy instead of buried it's subtle but she al

so has the fingerless gloves  it's a little bit abominable snowman it's also a little bit like Thumper emerges from the flower  bed you know what for this overall look it's very godmother next up we have the Elbas Sabrina and  Idris ah this is clean the fold down up here at the chest so clean the waist shaping clean you  might be mistaken into thinking that her dress is just full of like circular rhinestone patterns  but actually every single one has a hole inside and that is a lot of work it's

like bedazzled  grommets I think the sculpture of it is really fun and playful and complements the sleekness of  the top um and then for Idris this front part just like Falls like a waterfall so smooth they were  really close to making it out of the section but I'm putting them in fashion School fundamentals  wow and apparently this is his own label Sean John which I love speaking from personal experience  there's something so nice about being able to wear your own creation I mean of course he 

didn't sew this but wearing something from his own business his own label when you zoom  in this cape thing is like a big puffer coat so then every layer has to be sewn and stuffed  with batting to give it the puff Puff Daddy the black flower detailing is everywhere across it it  is lovely I think this silver studding thing on his jacket is sick it has a texture that is both  Regal but also kind of like a cool moto jacket type of thing love the cummerbund love the fit  of everything fairy godmot

her transformation Xena Lou isn't up next we shared the same last name I  think I recently found out that we were like the fourth most popular Chinese last name so there's  a lot of us a lot of effort definitely went into all this satin pleating that is happening across  the front and then like you can see a little bit of it brought into the lapel I think that's like  a nice little continuity move but I'm not crazy about how neat the satin pleating is again satin  can be so unforgiving because o

f the shine and so any little wrinkle unevenness light just catches  it I wish the black glove was like a really like a Sleek glove instead of this more bulky style  and then with the wrinkled leather as well I'm gonna put this in fashion School fundamentals I  think there were a lot of interesting techniques and ideas that went into this but the execution  was not impeccable enough Stephanie shoe is next this is maybe the most literally we've seen a  collar like morph and melt into a dress once

again the sequence the work is there it's working  now we start out with just like a little bit of sprinkling and then down into a rainfall and  then torrent some of my nitpicks is the neck here doesn't seem to fit quite right you can see some  tugging on the mesh like as if it's not laying too well I also think the sleeves it feels a little  heavy maybe it would have been cool to like bring back the white suiting or something there so for  this I'm also giving fashion School fundamentals Sydne

y Sweeney is in Mew Mew the black bow on the  bottom of her dress matches the bow on top of her head but oh the the bow on the dress I think  is like my main struggle it's like this was some sort of weird solution for the fact that the  dress was too long of her and they were like oh I know if we just like hike it up at your knees and  tie it into a knot it'll be hard for you to walk and it will look awkward the sequin details  obviously are lovely but ah this black bow at the knees is ultra dis

tracting I think seam rip  and maybe like just that black bow Tiana Taylor is next also Tom Brown this is also Tweed and  just like the more you zoom in to these hip cutouts the more you're like wow there's just not  a millimeter of gaping anywhere the fit is so good um the shoulders are Fierce I love this crisscross  stitching detail that helps to show off the nice shape at the shoulders again an outfit that  is not smartphone friendly but I don't know man I feel like it's worth it with all thi

s  grommeting on the side and the lace-up this train is so clean and I love the little nod to  Tom Brown that you can see peeking through in the lining there is not a single seam out of place  Fairy Godmother status and because there's no Zendaya we're ending on the letter Y we've got  young Miami what would make this hard to sew the floating structure up here she's like sitting  inside like a beautiful clam shell the arms they have to be fitted nicely like this you wouldn't  want them to be bag

gy when you've got such like a large piece up top and similarly you can see  like the hips are also very fitted it kind of makes me mad that the seams like flip-flop back  and forth so it looks a little bit like there's like a glitch going on you can't really quite tell  where it transitioned from this like hanging tool to like the party tool I wish the pearls hung a  little bit better but it also might be due to the fact that she was like in motion when this photo  was taken I guess this is a n

ice note to end on I think it's very godmother let me know what you  guys think about all of these rankings some of you might have noticed that I've got this little  number back here this is something coming out in a video soon it's satin so all my imperfections will  be obvious but I actually am really proud with how it turned out for sure I know you guys have more  thoughts about the looks please do drop them in the comments I actually find it so entertaining  to read them and see your opinion

s this was kind of fun but it was also a bit uncomfortable to  rate people it's not the usual around here I mean of course like a certain level of healthy  self-reflection and critique is important part of growing I don't know how many of these rating  videos I'll do but thank you so much for watching hope you'll stay tuned for our new videos coming  up this month see you in the next one bye-bye [Music]