Project Dollway is the first worldwide search for The World's Top Doll Fashion Designer and only made possible by the Internet.
Designers from around the globe submitted portfolios of their work and twelve International designers were selected to compete in challenges that involved the leading fashion dolls manufactured by major doll companies. Each challenge features a different doll and the actual doll designer is a guest judge.
Project Runway season three designer Robert Best is the lead judge of this competition which should be a lot of fun and of great interest to many of our readers.
Attention Dallas: Malan Breton will be showing his Spring 2008 collection at the Dallas International Fashion Week on October 24th at 4:00 PM. This show will benefit the Dallas chapter of DIFFA.
What happens when you are planning your wedding, and your brother just happens to be Daniel Vosovic? He designs your dress for you, of course! Daniel's sister Sara was married this past weekend, and she looks lovely in her DV original. Don't miss more of the photos from the event. Photo courtesy of Brandon Mulnix from Modern Photographics.
Here's Laura Bennett in the New York Daily News: "You can make a waist if you don't have one - and let me tell you, it works a lot faster than exercise"
TGGTS update: Bravo is showing reruns the next two weeks, Rebecca tonight and JeAnne next week. Could there be some re-tooling/editing going on behind the scenes? Stay tuned. Anyways, that means no party tonight. Get your rest while you can, only 6 more weeks until Season 4!
InStyle has a feature on Project Runway Season Four. Thanks Kathy.
Attention Chicago: A Nick Verreos design will be auctioned to benefit Chicago-area charities. Click here for more info and to place your on-line bid. Thanks Nick B.
Entertainment Weekly helps you to brush up on your Runway vocabulary. Thanks Rachel, Frank and Sabrina.
Also at EW.com - a gallery of the season four designers along with comments from Tim. Thanks Rachel, Frank and Sabrina.
Before you click on the link - how about trying to match up the designer with the quote from Tim....
1. "A fashion prodigy"
2. "Dogged, determined, tenacious."
3. "... very serious, sometimes too much so. I feel like delivering that Nina Garcia line, 'Lighten up! It's just fashion!'"
4. "[Her aesthetic] is girly, flirtatious; not unlike Betsey Johnson and Diane von Furstenberg, she's her own muse."
5. "Designers design. If you can design a house, you can design fashion. If you can design a table setting, you can design fashion."
6. "She's had a lot of experience with clothes, so she knows what looks good. She's a risk taker, which I applaud, but it also means you're at risk."
7. "...understands construction — lingerie is all about the details, so he has that sensibility."
8. "The real success or failure of the challenge happens [during fabric shopping] at Mood. [Her] textile aptitude is just especially well honed."
9. "He can infuse clothes with whimsy, some Schiaparelli-like wit. But where's the line between fashion and costume?"
10. Big personality alert: "Let me put it this way — if everyone were [her], I would've run for the hills!"
11. "He's very adept at tailoring, which is certainly needed in womenswear." Bonus: "He's charismatic, funny, and incredibly likable."
12. "Her conflict was, Is this fashion or wearable art? She really wanted to debate that. You'll see it on the runway and in the workroom."
13. "His presence is like Cassie on A Chorus Line, like 'I can dance circles around these people.' Guess what? The others are really good."
14. For the biker (she used to ride with Hell's Belles) and rabid Sonny and Cher fan: "It's always a matter of who she's going to be for this challenge."
15. "He could pierce the tension in the workroom with his levity. Sometimes I'd say, '... don't you have anything funny to say?'"
Project Runway Season Four designer Rami Kashou appeared on The Tyra Banks Show on February 21, 2007 showing his collection for Spring as part of her 'Young Designers to Watch' segment.
Thanks Chris.
Also, click here for another video featuring a Rami Kashou collection. This time it was his Spring 2002 Collection sponsored by Gen Art and it was featured on E! Fashion File Fresh Faces. Show sponsored by Gen Art. Look for a brief glimpse of an A-lister modeling.
Amanda Fields seems to be everywhere, doesn't she? East coast, west coast, in music videos, at the Emmys - she's one busy girl!
After the Project Runway Season Four designers were announced, Amanda wrote to tell us that she has walked for Elisa Jimenez and Rami Kashou. You can see Amanda wearing Rami Kashou at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Los Angeles, Fall 2007 at the right. Click here for that collection. Watch a highlight video below.
Here is her opinion: Rami Kashou has a great shot at winning or at least of going to Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. His work is flawless and the fit is very complimentary. Not sure how he is in a time crunch, but from the work I have seen, keep an eye on him!!
We agree Amanda - Rami looks like a frontrunner.
About Elisa: She likes her models to do very interesting things on the runway. She wanted us to make a sweeping hand motion at the end representing something we really wanted in our lives. All of her pieces we wore in 2 ways.. meaning we modeled it once, then backstage they changed it a little, and then we wore it a second time.
Just for fun, here's the opening montage from Episode 1 of Project Runway Season 2 in Japanese. I enjoyed hearing the voices they used for the designers (especially Jay McCarroll), Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn.
Wow, what a fun-filled day Wednesday, the 12th was!! First, my friend, Travis, and I attended Malan Breton’s show and met Emmett McCarthy as well as the fabulous Laura K!! Later that night, we headed over to the West Chelsea club, Cain, for Keith Michael’s show. Getting there a little early, we were able to see Keith’s family arrive. His mother, Cindy, who looked absolutely radiant, stepfather, and sister, Sarah, were just a few of the relatives and close friends there to support him. When Keith saw his mother step out of the taxi, he literally ran over to her, beaming like a child on Christmas morning. Laura K. had the opportunity to talk to Cindy and she mentioned that Keith and Sarah never fought as kids! Wow!! My brother and I used to absolutely terrorize each other, so it’s hard for me to fathom never fighting with a sibling.
I discovered these photos while visiting the MySpace of Project Runway Season 4 designer Jack Mackenroth. It seems that Jack is featured in the new "Sex And The City" movie.
First he walk past the girls - Samantha is checking him out.... Carrie notices too...
I attended the premiere party for Chloe Dao's case collection for Pacific Design at Lot 8 last week! Chloe was a very gracious host and spent the evening socializing with all the attendees when she wasn't busy signing or posing. The parties at Lot 8 have consistently been a blast, and this one lived up to the reputation! Much fun was had, and all of us were very impressed with Chloe's designs. The cases are functional and practical, yet also fun and fashionable (not to mention that they're priced well below designer cases).
You can check out all the merchandise at Pacificdesign.com. I purchased the Nucleus 15.4 Blue/Red Pinstripe laptop case for my boyfriend, and he absolutely loves it (though it helps that he can show off a personal message from Chloe that's written on it!).
Click here to pre-order the Project Runway Season 3 DVD which will be released on November 6th. It should arrive in plenty of time for your Season 4 premiere party on November 14!
Welcome back party animals! We have another new episode of TGGTS waiting for us this evening and the BPR lounge is open for business. Tonight's MO is Dr. Stephanie Lichten, owner of an elf costume, a Dr. Seuss dress and nifty little "vomitorium" number.
Tonight's Project Runway tie-in comes in the person of glamorous new mommy-judge Nina Garcia. Come on in, the party is on!
It's official that Project Runway Season Four will premiere on Wednesday, November 14th. But then, if you're a faithful reader of BPR you already knew that!
