The Lifetime hype machine starts to heat up with"unprecedented talent", "unthinkable challenges" and what Tim calls "the biggest challenge in Project Runway history."
After the announcement of the Project Runway Season Seven Cast yesterday, bloggers and websites are offering opinions and information. Here are just a few:
Click here for the excellent, "Handicapping the Project Runway Season 7 Contestants" from The Huffington Post.
Click here for news about Jesse LeNoir from the Orlando Sentinel. "Actor Plays Fashion Designer on TV" LOL.
Project Runway season Six designer Christopher Straub will be on ShopNBC today. You can watch him live from your computer by clicking here, or click here to shop for Christopher's designs.
Obviously, the "Celebrity Fit Club" program is working for Jay! (The new season premieres on February 14, 2010.) Click here for info about Jay's class at Spool in Philly.
Reports are coming in from Nick Verreos's trip to Washington DC. Here is a story from the Washington Examiner where Nick names the SECOND lady of fashion in DC.
Here is an account from "The Capitol Fashionista."
More here from "Convince Me DC." A highlight: Nick is working on a deal with QVC...
Click here for a new interview with Christopher Straub.
Click here for a Smithsonian Channel video of Tim Gunn. Before you watch, ask yourself what Project Runway item do you think deserves a place in The Smithsonian?
Malan Breton Homme is featured in the current issue of BlackBook Magazine.
The Project Runway Wii video game will be released on March 2, 2010. Click here for details. The game will include video versions of Tim Gunn, Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia and Michael Kors as well as the top eight designers from season six.
Click here for a new interview with Irina Shabayeva.
Click here to read about Nick Verreos and Gilles Marini at a recent Rodeo Drive event. Who wore it better?
Joe Faris helps the band "Avienne" achieve a new look. Click here for the video.
Project Runway Season Five designer Emily (Brandle) Harteau will be selling her designs at a holiday event in Los Angeles this weekend. Click on the flyer below for more details.
Today is the last day to vote in the "People's Choice Awards." Click here to vote for your favorite reality show.
Irina Shabayeva and Kalyn Hemphill were at Macy's in Herald Square yesterday to promote Irina's collection for Macy's.
Click here for a new interview with Christian Siriano.
A highlight: SL: Bravo announced earlier this year they were working with you to develop a possible reality series. What's up with that? CS:: Well, we do have something in the works, but there's nothing concrete.
SeenON! is offering "chic pieces from Project Runway finalists" on sale just in time for holiday shopping.
Christopher Straub's original sketch is available on eBay as a "Buy it now." Click here to purchase.
Click here for Tim Gunn's "Ten Red Carpet Looks I Love" from Entertainment Weekly.
Click here for a new interview with Tim from Liz Claiborne's "It's Time to Talk" event.
Click here for a video presentation by Shirin Askari encouraging textile designers to submit entries to a design contest.
Click here for a little slightly spoilerish scoop on Holly Ridings - one of the models to be featured in Project Runway season seven - and of course, Models of the Runway season two. Also look for Holly on "Launch My Line."
San Diego, don't miss the Threads show this weekend with Gordana Gehlhausen.
Carol Hannah Whitfield, Logan Nietzel and Rodney Epperson celebrate the move into their new, shared Manhattan work space. Check out the cute story on her move as she watches the boys do all the heavy lifting. Carol Hannah says on her blog:
We have been scheming on the idea of a mutual work space for a rather long time. After searching for weeks and trying to pin down the details of three very busy people’s lives, we finally found our space.
Champagne in a beer mug? That's all kinds of awesome! You can read the whole thing here.
"Lunch with Tim Gunn" is one of the auction items that you can bid on here to benefit the "True Colors Fund." Good luck to all, and please send photos if you are the lucky winner.
Our family visits San Diego every Thanksgiving. Of course, I knew that Gordana had a boutique there so I contacted her to be certain that she would be in town for the holiday.
Well, guess what? Gordana graciously invited us over to her apartment where we met her charming and handsome husband, O.R. as well as her extended family.
It was a quick walk to the boutique - Goga. Above is the little studio in the back where Gordana designs and sews. Below is Kaitlin wearing a Goga t-shirt and leather mini-skirt. We had a lovely day - THANK YOU GORDANA!
BPR Field Reporter Jes Switaj was at the season six finale party and sends us this report - thanks Jes!!!
I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Project Runway Season 6 Finale party last Thursday. It was held at SL in the Meatpacking district in Manhattan. The party started at 9 with cocktails, mingling and all 3 finalists posting constant updates to their Twitter accounts. In attendance were Althea, Irina, and Carol Hannah (of course!) Nicolas Putvinski, Epperson and Logan Neitzel. Malan Breton from Season 3 also stopped by to say hello and to wish the designers luck.
There were probably about 100 or so people in attendance for the viewing party, watching anxiously! Although I had my own ideas about the outcome of the finale, I have to say that while watching, right up to the end, I just wasn’t sure who would win. You NEVER know what those judges are thinking! All three contestants did such an amazing job.
An impromptu after-party was held a few blocks away at Tenjune. A special guest showed up unexpectedly, Nick Verreos! At least, I wasn’t expecting him! It was a fantastic night and a great wrap-up of such a fun and crazy season! Congrats to all three designers for making it to fashion week, they ARE all winners!