American Idol Winner :- Jordin Sparks

'American Idol' Winner Jordin Sparks Makes Star Style Statement In Badgley Mischka Gowns

NEW YORK (AP) - Jordin Sparks sings like a star - and dresses like one, too. She was wearing a Badgley Mischka dress - tweaked specifically for her by designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka - when she won the ''American Idol'' title Wednesday night.

It was a floor-length, copper-colored strapless gown made of satin-face chiffon with a bit of beading on the bodice.

Badgley, straight off the redeye flight back to New York from Los Angeles, said the collaboration took place within the last week - something that doesn't happen with other celebrities.

The design duo has dressed Kate Winslet and Jennifer Garner, and Sharon Stone starred in a recent ad campaign.

They were on a business trip on the West Coast, Badgley said, and his office happened to be discussing other business with News Corp.'s Fox network when it was mentioned in passing that Sparks needed a dress for the finale.

''James and I had been watching 'Idol' off and on through the years, and we started noticing Jordin a little earlier in the season,'' Badgley told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday. ''We had 100 dresses sent out from New York. We changed a couple, made one dress. We made jewelry, evening bags and shoes to match. She even wore our perfume.''

(On Tuesday night's show, Sparks wore a black, beaded Badgley Mischka gown.)

Badgley said that as they went through the fitting process, they tried to keep in mind that Sparks is 17. They didn't want to load her up with too much embellishment or make the dress too structured and serious.

''Personally, she responds to femininity. She liked dresses that were soft and flowing,'' he said. ''We wanted her to be comfortable and be able to move, but she wanted to be glamorous. We had to strike that chord.''

Badgley described Sparks as ''a fun, sweet girl.''

''She was so fresh, and there was nothing jaded about her,'' he said.

Viewers cast more than 74 million votes in making Sparks the winner over Blake Lewis.

The designers did their share of dialing.

''James told me he voted until his fingers were sore,'' Badgley said.

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http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/24/american_ idol_winner_jordin_sparks_makes

She really deserve to win👏
She is one of my favourite from beginning though Melinda was my first choice !!!😃

thanks for sharing sumesh....indeed i wanted jordin to win although gowthy was after blake

I was very happy she won 👏 I liked her Melinda and Lakisha. 😊

she deserved it 👏 👏 👏 ,but the finals should have been between dolittle and jordhan . 😕

i loved the pink dress that she had worn yday in of the perfromances 😳

Originally posted by: SLV3

thanks for sharing sumesh....indeed i wanted jordin to win although gowthy was after blake

omggggg Gowthy bro bhi na....He were telling he will support a gal this time & now go behind Blake😆I hope in II-3 atleast he wont change his mind in future of supporting a gal this time...😆

Jordin is better than Blake in all ways actually Melinda should be in TOP 2 with Jordin....😃😃😃

Originally posted by: sumesh

omggggg Gowthy bro bhi na....He were telling he will support a gal this time & now go behind Blake😆I hope in II-3 atleast he wont change his mind in future of supporting a gal this time...😆

Jordin is better than Blake in all ways actually Melinda should be in TOP 2 with Jordin....😃😃😃

i agree sumesh she was wayyyyy better than that blake guy.he was in top two just because of his beat box😆

i just luve her!!...did u guyz see the episode when she goes back to her hometown...it was quite nice!!
i would have been more happy if Blake would have won...but i m still happy 😃