HEBE was the first one to come on the stage!

HEBE looked adorable in a smart pink sling dress created by Long Xi's ingenuity.

Her look was also decided by discussions between Long Xi and the stylist. Her golden brown hair was coiled into a bun, tied with a pink printed ribbon and knotted at the top left side of her head. She was wearing a pink h.e.l.lo Kitty bag on her back and panda shoes on her feet.

This look was a perfect match for Long Xi's clothes and HEBE's personal style.

The next model, KATE, was wearing a set of leather autumn and winter clothes.

The blue-green color of the short high-collar leather jacket broke the winter monotony, while the jacket's style made the model look very impressive.

The perfect curvy figure of the model could be revealed by a small black close-fitting vest and an ankle-length skirt. In Paris, there was a big temperature difference between day and night, so it was a perfect outfit to go to a party in the evening.

The long champagne leather skirt looked very interesting! The leather used for the skirt was two-sided, marbled on one side and blood-orange on the other. The front of the dress featured an asymmetrical diagonal v-shaped opening, and the long legs of the model and the blood-orange side of the leather revealed the tip of the iceberg.

The newcomer of the modern fas.h.i.+on magazine, who was played by Fan Qianqian, was a fur lover who liked all kinds of colorful fur clothes. However, the weather was not suitable for wearing fur yet, so Long Xi had specifically designed a fur apricot-colored bracelet for the model.

For the sake of environmental protection, this fur was artificial instead of genuine fur.

While looking at KATE's appearance, Long Xi felt very proud. KATE looked cool, casual and fas.h.i.+onable!

The accessories Long Xi chose for the model were a silver chain with a Swarovski crystal dragonfly pendant and a platinum chain with more than a dozen little stars.

Next came the model with the girl-next-door style.

The inspirational cherry-blossom soft plastic light overcoat was a waterproof raincoat. This was the new kind of fas.h.i.+on that young people liked to wear these days.

The white blended cashmere vest had come lovely hand-crocheted small crimson beads, and the red-and-black asymmetrical wool-knitted half skirt was matched with black suede over-the-knee boots.

The design of the fourth outfit was very bold. To a great extent, Long Xi had bravely outdone herself.

She had boldly used the gold color, which was an easily distracting color, to create a very distinctive splendid shawl.

When the model took off her shawl, her upper body was almost naked. There were only two leaf-shaped pieces of leather that covered her b.r.e.a.s.t.s, showing a large area of smooth and fair skin, thus creating a stunning look. The snake-pattern hip-wrapping skirt sported a pair of snake eyes.

This design was inspired by Eve and the snake that had lured Eve to eat the apple in Eden.

It had to be said that Long Xi's tailoring was excellent. The hip-wrapping skirt, which was extremely close-fitting, delicately outlined the model's s.e.xy figure.

As a judge, Fan Qianqian seemed to hear this skirt calling her. This was like a wild call from primitive times.

Good fas.h.i.+on design work could speak for itself!

Good work created waves that came one after another! The best work usually came on the stage during the finale!

ADA was wearing a red lacquer outline coat with an NBA jersey from the United States beneath. The jersey was dark blue with a red rim, and the team name was written in white on it. The bottom half of the s.h.i.+rt had been cut into strips that looked like ta.s.sels. Underneath the model was wearing white wide-leg pants.

She looked avant-garde, s.e.xy and cool!

As she looked at the models coming out one by one and showing the clothes she had designed, Long Xi felt really proud!

After all the contestants' work was presented, it was time for the contestants to elaborate on their design concepts.

“Long Xi, tell us about your avant-garde design.” Linda, as usual, picked a contestant to speak.

“Alright, Linda.” Long Xi nodded at Linda, feeling her heart tighten.

She knew that she had taken a risk with her design, and the final result would either be well-received by the judges or unanimously disgust them.

However, this was a reality show compet.i.tion about fas.h.i.+on design. One couldn't break through without taking risks.

“The theme of my outfit was the avant-garde female singer.” Long Xi calmed down and introduced her design style as thoroughly as possible. “I like the chaotic, adventurous style, so I made three pieces this time.”

Long Xi then added, “The top is a vest made from an American NBA team jersey, and the bottom was cut into ta.s.sels. I know very well that many boys find girls wearing NBA jerseys the s.e.xiest and most attractive. On top is a coat with an upside-down design. It can be worn this way, which makes it look very imposing. Actually, it can also be worn like this… ”

She helped the model take off the dark red coat, and then reversed its top and bottom and put it back on the model.

There was an immediate change in the look of the jacket, which gave off a bit of a nifty, hippy-like feeling.

Fan Qianqian nodded frequently and listened patiently to Long Xi before she smiled. “I like the overall effect of this outfit. I can imagine a lot of avant-garde women buying it. Both the domineering lady who likes powerful clothes and the young girl who likes hippy style will buy it.”

Another judge, Byron, was the creative deputy director of Givenchy. He was also a close friend of Fan Qianqian, who was a fan of his clothing.

Byron said, “I heard that you grew up in a tough environment, just like me. I think you're like a th.o.r.n.y rose. Every piece of your clothes clearly shows this characteristic of yours.”

Long Xi said very appropriately, “According to a saying of my motherland, moss flowers are as small as rice, but they also learn to blossom like peonies. I am like a little moss flower trying to blossom my own flowers.”

Several of the previous judges expressed their appreciation. However, s.h.i.+rley, the last one, shook her head in disgust. “I don't like this outfit at all. I hate this look.”

She was a fas.h.i.+on editor with the most powerful voice in the fas.h.i.+on world. Her position in the French fas.h.i.+on world allowed her to speak freely.

“I understand that you want to seem cool and fas.h.i.+onable by showing a different mix, but you make your models look like clowns,” she told Long Xi relentlessly.

Long Xi, who was a little embarra.s.sed, was left speechless. s.h.i.+rley, who was a fas.h.i.+on editor, had always been characterized by her harsh comments.

The smile on Long Xi's face disappeared, yet she could not pull a long face at s.h.i.+rley, so she could only nod dully.

“I actually liked it. I find your design a little naive, but it's a good attempt,” Byron said.

s.h.i.+rley said, “I think it's heaven to people who like it and h.e.l.l to people who don't. To me, it's h.e.l.l.”

“Qianqian, what do you think of this dress?” Linda, who was probably trying to change the subject, pointed to the clothes inspired by Eve in Eden and spoke to Fan Qianqian sideways.

The opinion of the guest judges usually played a minor role in the final decision, but this time, things were somewhat different.

Because this skirt had been designed for Fan Qianqian's film role, Fan Qianqian had considerable decision-making power. Thus, Linda paid more attention to her evaluation.

“It fits the role of the charming lover. To be honest, I didn't understand it very well when I first saw it.” Fan Qianqian smiled and said, “It's strange that I don't hate it. Instead, I want to wear it.”

“Thank you.” After hearing Fan Qianqian's praise, the expression on Long Xi's face started becoming increasingly relaxed and comfortable.

“I was a little disappointed.” s.h.i.+rley immediately offered a completely different opinion. “It's like someone knocked over the green palette, one beach here, one beach there. I think you should have been more innovative with the snake-pattern hip-wrapping skirt.”

“We need clothes with street snap style this time.” Byron agreed with s.h.i.+rley on this and said, “I think if one wears this outfit, one might be mistaken for a streetwalker.”

“But the second glances this dress would get would surely be very high.” Fan Qianqian argued with his friend Byron. “If this girl walks down the street, you will definitely say to the people next to you, 'Wow, look at that girl!'”

“No, I'll tell her to hurry up and cover her belly.” Byron did not compromise easily. In the fas.h.i.+on world, he was also persistent.

In his opinion, Long Xi's skirt was a little too short.

“If your belly is so beautiful, why shouldn't you show it?” Fan Qianqian asked as he raised his eyebrows.

Long Xi found interesting the arguments of the several judges, especially when she realized that Fan Qianqian was defending her design. She was instantly in a better mood.

“Thank you. I will correct my mistakes if I have made any and be careful not to make any if I have not!” When the debate finally ended, Long Xi nodded at the judges and forced a charming smile.

The judges' comments were polarizing. Some of the judges quite liked her designs, while others hated them very much.

Linda turned the conversation around and moved on to the next contestant, a handsome Frenchman named Jack. He was a male model himself and was a self-taught talented person in fas.h.i.+on design.

The judges were full of praise for him. s.h.i.+rley, in particular, seemed eager to wear Jack's work right away.

In the end, Jack won the first-stage champions.h.i.+p and Long Xi came in second.

A male contestant named Louis was eliminated and started crying on the spot. The judges thought his clothes were too plain and lacked any bright spots.

After a night's rest, Long Xi was ready for the second challenge, which was to design a dress for the beautiful French movie star who was going to walk on the red carpet.

This was Long Xi's strength. She had gotten second place, so she was still behind Jack.