Among the cancellations by Netflix, the fashion competition Next In Fashion was the most recent. Show’s co-host Tan France broke the news to the publication Variety, this week. The fashion guru, of the Queer Eye fame, headlined the show alongside style icon Alexa Chung.
The show, which dropped earlier this year in January, featured 18 innovative designers who competed for a $250,000 prize and the chance to launch a clothing line with luxury fashion retailer Net-a-Porter. South Korean designer Minju Kim was crowned the first — and now only — winner in the series finale.
Each episode saw the contestants with a fashion challenge based on trends and styles from around the globe and one participant would leave each week.
Some of the first judges on the show were Eva Chen and Hollywood super-stylist Elizabeth Stewart, who styles Kate Blanchett and Julia Roberts.
There were other star powers seen throughout the 10 episodes, including major American designers like Christopher Kane, Prabal Gurung, Philip Lim, and, in perhaps the show’s most essential episode, Pyer Moss’s Kerby-Jean Raymond.
Next in Fashion was created and produced by theoldschool with Executive Producers Robin Ashbrook and Yasmin Shackleton and Co-Executive Producer Adam Cooper.
Speaking about the cancellation to Variety, host Tim France did give hopes of the show being picked up by another production house.
France said: “This is a one-season show, we don’t know what will happen in the future.” The British star continued: “But it was honestly one of the proudest things I’ve ever worked on. I love the show and Alexa so much.”
Fans of France needn’t worry though. Even if Next In Fashion has been cancelled, France will be appearing in the latest series of Queer Eye which launched on June 5.
Why was the show cancelled?
While there is no official news yet, from either France or Netflix, about the exact reason the show was cancelled, speculations are still many. In line with Netflix’s past records, any show which fails to garner enough views on the platform is bound for the bin. In the absence of any official data, this speculation remains the most probable one.
At the time of release, the show was appreciated for being another one in the diversifying list of reality shows on Netflix.
For what it’s worth, it was a great binge-watch. But then it seems not many viewers were interested in the fashion process.
Meanwhile, there were those who critiqued (rather appreciated) the show for bringing down the veil on the fashion industry, which has remained rather elusive in recent years.
Despite many industries opening up during the ongoing trend of democratization of industries, the fashion one has particularly remained opaque.
Otherwise, the show seemed to have performed fairly well with decent ratings on almost all the popular rating platforms including IMDb (7.4/10) and Rotten Tomatoes. Of the two, latter did not see much of a viewer review as it did critics reviews and they were in the positive.
On the other hand, Netflix has recently binned many productions after their pilot seasons were aired amid the ongoing coronovirus-led production shutdown.
So you can maybe add another entry on your list of reasons to loathe the coronavirus.
The list of recently cancelled Netflix productions includes RuPaul-fronted AJ and the Queen, religiously tinged thriller Messiah, figure skating drama Spinning Out and Idris Elba comedy Turn Up Charlie. Netflix also cancelled the comedy show Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show, earlier this month.
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