Fashion Star
NBC | Release Date: March 13, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMar 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: The real stars are the designers, and it's an eclectic bunch, some already working in the industry, others who dream to. Read full review
75
NewsdayAnne BratskeirMar 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: If you can see the forest through the trees, it's good, wearable fashion that's the real "fashion star" on this show, and it gives viewers an unusual glimpse into the world of retail despite all the superfluous hoopla. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda StasiMar 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: Absent from this show are the ridiculous clothes that look like they belong on clowns and strippers. In their place are serious, wearable clothes that are, for the most part, so beautiful, so well-tailored and so, yes, sellable, that you'll want to buy them right up. Read full review
70
Boston GlobeChristopher MutherMar 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: It is a smartly conceived look at the populist side of fashion. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklMar 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's a unique concept [public can purchase online that night or the next day], although that's where Fashion Star's originality ends. Read full review
60
VarietyGeoff BerkshireMar 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: The glossy you-won't-see-this-on-cable production values support a relatively straightforward competition structure, whittling down 14 contestants until a single winner emerges. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayMar 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: There's a germ of a good idea in the massively overproduced Fashion Star. Read full review
50
Washington PostHank StueverMar 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: Fashion Star's debut lasts 90 minutes but feels as though it's about five hours. Read full review
50
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardMar 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: Fashion Star is a skimpy little show. You might buy something in the evening, but beware those morning-after regrets. Read full review
50
Uncle BarkyEd BarkMar 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: This possibly could work, and isn't entirely unwatchable. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyNuzhat NaoreenMar 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: Viewers barely get to understand the challenge before the designers' clothing is revealed in a gaudy runway show, featuring flashing neon lights and blaring music that are the opposite of stylish. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDavid KnowlesMar 15, 2012
Season 1 Review: [Fashion Star falls] in to the same X Factor trap by amping up a tried-and-true format at every conceivable turn until the final product has all the subtlety of a Victoria's Secret runway show. Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenMar 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: Fashion Star remains a cool idea. But its execution and formatting need work. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyMar 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: In an attempt to distinguish itself from a dozen previous TV fashion competitions, which is not a bad goal, Fashion Star ends up feeling overly complicated and a little cluttered. Read full review
25
People WeeklyTom GliattoMar 12, 2012
Season 1 Review: The show moves along with the dull, humming smoothness of commerce. [19 Mar 2012, p.42]
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