Season 6 Designer Portfolios

Our friends at Lifetime want their Project Runway fans to be happy. Get ready to smile because they have unveiled a new portfolio feature that will knock your stilettos off. Click on the image above to go to their site and then select a designer. You'll find images to tempt you to learn more about each contestant - just be sure to click on the "x" when you want to move on. We have always been fan of sketches and this offering certainly delivers along with inspirations and runway looks.

Just 6 more weeks and counting ... why not grab the Project Runway countdown widget in our right sidebar for your own site to help you keep track of the days, hours and minutes until we can once again be reunited with Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum in all things Runway.

The 16 designers are bringing the talent and Lifetime is adding the fun. Sounds like a recipe for success, no?

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Designer Bio - Irina Shabayeva

Age 27
Birthplace: The Republic of Georgia
Current Home: New York, NY
Favorite Designer: Jean Paul Gaultier
Style Icons: Sophia Loren, Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth
Favorite Past Project Runway Designer: Rami Kashou, Season 4

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Designer Bio - Rodney Epperson

Age: 50
Birthplace: New York, NY
Current Home: New York, NY
Favorite Designer: Yohji Yamamoto
Style Icon: None
Favorite Past Project Runway Designer: Christian Siriano, Season 4

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Designer Bio - Ra’mon-Lawrence Coleman

Age: 31
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Current Home: Milwaukee, WI
Favorite Designer: Marc Jacobs
Style Icon: Diahann Carroll
Favorite Past Project Runway Designer: Daniel Vosovic, Season 2

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Designer Bio - Qristyl Frazier

Age: 42
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO
Current Home: Brooklyn, NY
Favorite Designers: Gaultier, Halston, Oscar De La Renta, Givenchy, Doo Ri, Zac Posen
Style Icons: Halle Berry, Whitney Houston, Gwyneth Paltrow
Favorite Past Project Runway Designer: None

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Designer Bio - Nicolas Putvinski

Age 27
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Current Home: New York, NY
Favorite Designer: Olivier Theyskaus
Style Icon: Marlene Dietrich
Favorite Past Project Runway Designer: Rami Kashou, Season 4

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Designer Bio - Mitchell Hall

Age: 26
Birthplace: Melbourne, FL
Current Home: Savannah, GA
Favorite Designer: Valentino
Style Icon: Tom Ford
Favorite Past Project Runway Designer: Austin Scarlett, Season 1

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Designer Bio - Malvin Vien

Age: 24
Birthplace: Englewood, CO
Current Home: Brooklyn, NY
Favorite Designer: Himself (He likes what he has to say)
Style Icon: The farmers of rural China
Favorite Past Project Runway Designer: Jay Carroll, Season 1

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Designer Bio - Louise Black

Age: 32
Birthplace: Temple, TX
Current Home: Dallas, TX
Favorite Designer: Christian LaCroix
Style Icon: Isabella Blow
Favorite Past Project Runway Designer: Jay McCarroll, Season 1

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Designer Bio - Logan Neitzel

Age: 25
Birthplace: Blackfoot, ID
Current Home: Seattle, WA
Favorite Designers: John Galliano, Tom Ford, Mason Martin Margela
Style Icon: Karl Lagerfeld
Favorite Past Project Runway Designers: Nick Verreos, Season 2;
Jeffery Sebelia, Season 3; Christian Siriano, Season 4

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Designer Bio - Johnny Sakalis

Age: 30
Birthplace: Long Beach, CA
Current Home: Los Angeles, CA
Favorite Designers: Alexander McQueen, Viktor & Rolf, John Galliano,
Nicholas Ghesquiere, Yves St. Laurent
Style Icons: Isabella Blow, Diane von Furstenberg, Anna Wintour, Madonna
Favorite Past Project Runway Designer: Christian Siriano, Season 4

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Designer Bio - Gordana Gehlhausen

Age: 45
Birthplace: Yugoslavia
Current Home: San Diego, CA
Favorite Designers: John Galliano
Style Icon: Grace Kelly
Favorite Past Project Runway Designers: Uli Herzner, Season 3

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Designer Bio - Christopher Straub

Age: 30
Birthplace: St. Louis Park, MN
Current Home: Shakopee, MN
Favorite Designers: Valentino, Zac Posen
Style Icon: Victoria Beckham
Favorite Past Project Runway Designer: Christian Siriano, Season 4

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Designer Bio - Carol Hannah Whitfield

Age: 24
Birthplace: Anderson, SC
Current Home: Brooklyn, NY
Favorite Designers: Valentino, Oscar de la Renta
Style Icon: Audrey Hepburn
Favorite Past Project Runway Designers: Santino Rice & Daniel Vosovic, Season 2; Michael Knight & Laura Bennett, Season 3; Jillian Lewis, Season 4

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Designer Bio - Shirin Askari

Age 24
Birthplace: Tulsa, OK
Current Home: Garland, TX
Favorite Designers: Elie Saab, Jaques Fath, Christian Dior, Hussein Chalayan
Style Icon: Katherine Hepburn
Favorite Past Project Runway Designers:
Rami Kashou, Season 4; Leanne Marshall, Season 5

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Designer Bio - Ari Fish

Age: 26
Birthplace: Kansas City, MO
Current Home: Kansas City, MO
Favorite Designers: Lucy Orta
Style Icon: Russell Ferguson
Favorite Past Project Runway Designer: None

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Designer Bio - Althea Harper

Age: 25
Birthplace: Dayton, OH
Current Home: Brooklyn, NY
Favorite Designers: Rodarte, Vivienne Westwood, Zac Posen, Yohji Yamamoto, Versace, Preen
Style Icon: Victoria Beckham
Favorite Past Project Runway Designer: Christian Siriano, Season 4

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Project Runway Season 6 Cast

Photo Credit: Mike Yarish/Lifetime Networks, 2009

The highly anticipated return of Project Runway, now in its sixth season, premieres Thursday, August 20, at 10pm ET/PT, on Lifetime Television.

Left to right, top row
Mitchell Hall (26, of Savannah; GA, birthplace Melbourne, FL)
Ari Fish (26, of Kansas City, MO; birthplace Kansas City, MO)
Nicolas Putvinski (27, of New York; NY, birthplace Moscow, Russia)
Louise Black (32, of Dallas, TX; birthplace Temple, TX)
Malvin Vien (24, of Brooklyn, NY; birthplace Inglewood, CO)
Shirin Askari (25, of Garland, TX)
Ra'mon-Lawrence Coleman (31, of Milwaukee, WI; birthplace Chicago, IL)
Christopher Straub (30, of Shakopee, MN; birthplace St. Louis Park, MN)
Gordana Gehlhausen (45, of San Diego, CA; birthplace Yugoslavia)
Left to right, bottom row
Irina Shabayeva (27, of New York, NY; birthplace The Republic of Georgia)
Johnny Sakalis (30, of Los Angeles, CA; birthplace Long Beach, CA)
Qristyl Frazier (42, of New York, NY, birthplace St. Louis, MO)
Logan Neitzel (25, of Seattle, WA; birthplace Blackfoot, ID)
Althea Harper (25 of New York, NY; birthplace Dayton, OH)
Carol Hannah Whitfield (24 of New York, NY; birthplace Anderson, SC)
Rodney Epperson (50, of New York, NY; birthplace New York, NY)

Congratulations to the BPR Season Five All-Stars

You have selected the BPR Project Runway Season Five All-Stars. Congratulations to Korto Momolu, Leanne Marshall, Jerell Scott, Kelli Martin and Stella Zotis!

Thank you everyone for voting.

Video - Heidi on GMA

A radiant Heidi Klum appeared today on Good Morning America this morning. Click on the image above to watch her - adorable!

Edited to add: Click here if you would like to see a spoilerish screencap from the promo.

Shop Leanne Marshall at Bluefly

Project Runway Season 5 winner Leanne Marshall has her collection available starting today at Bluefly. You can shop her eco-chic line here. Congratulations, Leanne!

Video - Heidi's Childhood Photos

Heidi Klum shares her baby pictures.

See more videos on modelinia.com

Click here for a scrapbook.

Project Runway Australia Season 2 Cast

While we're waiting for the Project Runway Season 6 cast announcement from Lifetime on July 9th we can have fun with Project Runway Australia Season 2 which premieres on Wednesday, July 8th. (As I write this it is already the 8th down under.) Click here for their promo video. The Aussie cast is Amber Renae (watch Amber's video intro here), Anthony Capon (watch Anthony's video intro here), Claudia Chabo (watch Claudia's intro here), Ivana Stipicic (watch Ivana's intro video here), Jason Chetcuti (watch Jason's intro video here), Kellyanne Russell (watch Kellyanne's intro video here), Mark Neighbour (watch Mark's intro video here), Michael Finch (watch Michael's intro video here), Ryan Whelan (watch Ryan's intro video here), William Lazootin (watch William's intro video here) and Yopie Stafurik (watch Yopie's intro video here).

The show premieres on July 8th and we will be looking for the episode on YouTube sometime tomorrow if it becomes available.

Monday Morning Mailbox

This is the cast of Project Runway Australia, Season Two which premieres tonight for the fortunate Aussies. Click here to read more about the the casting and the storytelling that make the reality show a success. Click here for an interview with the charming Kristy Hinze.

CORRECTION: PR Aussie premieres on Wednesday, July 8th.

There is still time to vote in our "BPR Season Five All-Stars" poll.

Leanne Marshall's Bluefly Collection will be available on Wednesday, July 8th.

Only three more days until we meet the season six designers. It will be fun to see how the Project Runway page on MyLifetime.com will look with new content about our favorite show.

"Drop Dead Diva" will premiere Sunday, July 12th on Lifetime. Tim Gunn will guest star in the August 16th episode titled, 'Second Chances.'

Photo courtesy of Lifetime

Weekend News

Laura Bennett offers a fresh dose of fashion advice on Style Studio. Click the image above to watch the video.

Nick Verreos is headed to Italy. He'll be speaking about fashion to University students. Have fun, Nick.

Click here for a new interview with Project Runway Canada Season Two winner, Sunny Fong, in Toronto Life.

To Whet Your Project Runway Appetite

We are such teases.

Photo courtesy of Lifetime

But that's why you love us, right?

Bring on Season 6 on Lifetime. And, yes, I AM drooling. (And if you aren't yet, click for a larger view. Bib recommended.)

Leanne Marshall for Bluefly

We have received images from the Bluefly unveiling of Project Runway Season 5 Winner Leanne Marshall. Gorgeous!

Click here for more images.

Thanks, Kristen!

Project Runway Season Six Designer Bios Will Be Available on July 9th!

Stay tuned to BPR for the announcement of the Season Six designers on July 9th.... Finally!

Also, the Newsweek Facebook Team is asking us for questions for the Project Runway judges - Michael, Nina, Heidi and Tim.

Click here to submit your questions. (You must first become a fan of Newsweek.)

Which Project Runway Season Five Designers Should be BPR All-Stars?

You may select FIVE designers for the Season Five All-Stars.
Poll closes in one week.
This is just for fun!

poll by twiigs.com

Leanne Marshall's Bluefly Collection

"Lana" mini skirt - $168
Photo: Amy Odell

Leanne Marshall's Collection for Bluefly.com is finally here.

The Project Runway Season Five winner has been working hard developing the ideal pieces for the retail market.

The Cut has posted an interview with a slideshow of all of the new designs, details and prices. Thanks Jill.

RackedNY also has a nice preview of the designs here.

BPRs, what do you think? Is this the collection that you expected from Leanne? What is your favorite piece in the collection?