Nick Verreos in San Francisco for Dress For Success

Nick Verreos will be in San Francisco on Thursday, July 17th for the "Third Annual Dress For Success Gala." Click here for more information.



Nick has also updated his blog to include photos of his season two model-muse, the lovely Tarah Rodgers. Click here for more.

Jay McCarroll Designs New T-Shirt for Charity

Project Runway Season One winner, Jay McCarroll has designed a t-shirt to benefit the Alex's Lemonade Stand charity. Click here to read Jay's blog entry and click here to order. This is a great opportunity to own one of Jay's designs while supporting a wonderful cause.

From The Mailbox

Our friends at SeenOn are having a Project Runway "Ultimate Fan Package Giveaway." Just register to enter! Good luck, BPRs, please let us know if you win.

Click here for an interview with Heidi Klum in Parade. You know... Heidi sure is out there promoting the show... Just saying....

Click here for Time Magazine's "10 Questions For Tim Gunn."

Here is the corresponding video:



Anyone else missing Tim?

Season 5 Chaos!

The chatter about Bravo's seeming lack of promotional push for Season 5 of Project Runway has reached a fever pitch. Mo Ryan buys into TLo's money theory, Andy Denhart thinks the show's star may be fading, PRWeek notes the lack of subway and bus station posters, and Gawker flat out wonders if Bravo is trying to kill Runway before its move to Lifetime.

Bottom line, we're all looking for material to work with less than a week from the premiere and Bravo has not given us much to go by. Even the teeniest scrap will do, thank you. Is this really a cold, calculated move?

Bravo insists it's not the case. A Bravo spokesperson tells BPR "that the delay in releasing cast bios and specifics about Season 5 is due to the late production schedule and the need to prevent any spoilers". Further, Bravo confirms that the cast bios will be released on Monday and, for the first time ever, episode specifics and guest judges for the entire season will be revealed prior to the premiere next Wednesday.

So Monday it is. As always, stay tuned!

Afternoon Mailbox

There is a fabulous new interview with Heidi Klum in Hamptons Magazine. Among the gems Heidi reveals about Season Five... a "blossoming romance!"

Details has a fresh new interview with Christian Siriano.

Chris March will be in San Francisco on July 19th for "Fashion on the Square." More information here, and here.

Kenneth Fron has posted a new interview with Malan Breton here.

Our friends at Fafarazzi are planning a "Fantasy Runway" game for season five. We'll keep you updated as this comes together!

From The Mailbox

Heidi Klum looks fabulous on the cover of the August issue of In Style (UK edition.)

Meanwhile, the Heidi Klum stock index is outperforming the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Click here for a cute recap of the first episode of Project Runway Australia.

Click here for the Jossip take on the lack of promotion for season five...

And click here for the Alan Gratz take.

CASTING CALL: BPR friend Katy Sarge is casting for a new reality show. She is Seeking Extraordinary People" You can nominate yourself or someone you know.

Here is a little more: Whether they always have their house spotless, nails done once a week, pets groomed as much as them, etc... It can be a boss who runs a very tight ship or anyone in your life who drives you crazy with things that seem to be super petty and superficial.

Please contact the Casting Producer to receive a short application and tell her a bit about yourself or the individual you wish to submit. The individual must be within 50 miles of NYC.

Which was the Best Season of Project Runway?

poll by twiigs.com

You can use whatever criteria you like - this is YOUR personal favorite!

TGIW

We are just ONE WEEK away from the most underhyped season of Project Runway ever. Soon the sewing machines will be humming away, Tim will be prowling about the workroom, Nina and MK will get all fidgety in their chairs, Heidi will be kissing designers goodbye and all will be right in the world again.

In the meantime, we'll simply watch the Brother clock on the wall and wait and wait and wait...For your preseason amusement, we point to you to longtime friend and BPR fave Rich at FourFour who has a hilarious montage of the single most overused reality show phrase. Can you guess what it is?

And party room fans are once again invited to join us tonight at Blogging Shear Genius as we continue to have fun with the Season 2 stylists. Happy Wednesday!

Update: Mo Ryan is thinking the same thing...

ETA:

From The Mailbox

This is Nanea - the lucky winner of Sweet P's prom dress. Doesn't she look happy!

EW.com has some fresh insight into Project Runway Season Five - and beyond.

Here is another look at Project Runway Australia.

Designers, don't forget that tomorrow is the deadline to apply for season six. The LATimes has suggestions...

Video - Project Runway Australia - Episode 1

As promised, here is Episode 1 from Season 1 of Project Runway Australia, courtesy of the colorful kimmikimmileon:



Click here for the rest of the episode.

Click here for a recap from Reality Ravings.

From The Mailbox

Project Runway Season Four designer, Carmen Webber will be hosting North Carolina Fashion Week in Charlotte September 18 - 20. Click here for more information.

Today's post on Snowflakebebe's blog features photos from Malan Breton's retropective.

The Minx also has posted a new interview with Malan.


As of this writing, Project Runway Australia has had its premiere. Click here for more and here for more about the host, Kristy Hinze. We'll keep you informed if we find it available to watch.

All Heidi - All the Time

Heidi Klum was at a photo shoot yesterday wearing a LBD by Rami Kashou. Could it be for Project Runway Season 5 promo pictures? We'll have to wait to see! Photo courtesy of GossipGirls.com.

Our friends over at Maneater Threads are offering our readers 30% off on Rami Kashou fashions. Click here, enter 'Rami Kashou' in the search box, then enter the code 'FOURTH' when checking out through midnight July 8th.

Earlier in the week, Heidi was much more casual with little daughter Leni - who is looking more and more like her gorgeous mommy every day. Click here.

Laura Bennett: Case Clothed

Just in time for the Fourth, Project Runway Season 3 finalist Laura Bennett brings the latest edition of Case Clothed your way. Click here for her swimwear advice (and the gorgeous Robert Best illustrations) and don't be afraid to hit the beach.

Harvey Milks The Runway Cow

Photo From WireImage

Harvey Weinstein needs to learn how to recycle.

The Village Voice just happened to stumble upon some of the remnants from his wastepaper bin and oh my, what a find that was:

Harvey may be in need of some computer skills. Someone has printed out his e-mails, like one involving details of the new Project Runway, which, after its fifth season on Bravo (starting July 16), Harvey is moving to Lifetime for season six, which will partly be filmed in California. The wags have it that Harvey's ego was offended that Bravo was getting so much credit for the success of the show, so he moved it to the more cautious, less gay Lifetime out of spite.

Longtime fans predict doom. But the e-mails suggest that whether or not Runway wanes, Harvey is a hands-on details guy: He seemed to peruse a series of e-mails regarding the show's makeup and "hair category.” A crucial one was sent May 26 to several people at L'Oreal by Lori Sale, a former Weinstein Company employee now at the Paradigm agency...

And the pricetag to have the honored banner atop the Project Runway hair and makeup room? How does $8 million sound! With that kind of lucre, don't you think the ante could upped just a smidgen for the Project Runway winner?

Much more where this came from, so read the whole thing. And check out Gawker's take on the trashgate affair as well.

TGIW

Two weeks and counting! It seems a little hard to believe, given the radio silence from the Bravo hype machine, that Season 5 is about to premiere. Where are the new designer bios? How about a teeny, tiny sneak peek? Nothing.

Except maybe this guy from my neck of the woods. Hmmmm.

Meanwhile, we hope you can join us tonight for another live viewing party at Blogging Shear Genius. You don't even have to watch Shear Genius in order to have fun in the party room. Stop in and say hello tonight beginning at 9:00 p.m. Eastern.

Happy Wednesday!

Video - Project Runway Australia

A teaser video for the July 7th premiere of Project Runway Australia shows their designers.

Click here for a Philippines teaser. Fashion is an international language, no?

Click Here for the Finale of Shoe Star

From The Mailbox

Click here for an interview with Christian Siriano in What's Up? Thanks Chris.

Click here to submit your questions for an upcoming interview with Tim Gunn in Time Magazine. Thanks Orli.

Click here to visit our Shear Genius blog and to read our exit interview with Oshun.

Click Here To Apply For Project Runway Season Six

Click here to download the application. Deadline is July 9th. Good luck designers!

From The Mailbox

Laura Bennett and Mychael Knight unveiled new dress designs at the one-year anniversary celebration of alli. "Dress For Success" received a large donation. Click here and here for more.

Christian Siriano recently appeared at a charity event in Seattle.

Also from Seattle, the brand new Bossi and Ish Ky boutique is carrying Rami Kashou designs.

Don't miss Heidi Klum tonight on QVC. Click here for the schedule.

"Real World" producers, Bunim-Murray are in discussions with The Weinstein Co. about producing season six of Project Runway.

Casting for Season Six?

Amy alerted us to these ads that are running on Craigslist.

They are running in every market, even here in Phoenix.

Designers, please let us know if you follow up on this - thanks!

From The Mailbox

Tim Gunn is exasperated over that second button.

Here he describes why Heidi Klum always looks so great and offers some summer picks and pans.

Project Prom winner wears her custom-designed Jillian Lewis dress on the big night. Click here for more.

Iman returns as host of Project Runway Canada. Taping begins this summer in Ottawa.

Project Runway Australia premieres on July 7th.

Nick Verreos on Current

Click here and here for more from Nick.

All Heidi - All The Time

Our friends at BellaSugar have posted a great interview with Heidi Klum. Click here to discover Heidi's beauty advice.

Click here for Heidi's style interview on Fabsugar.

Lilsugar has Heidi's parenting advice.

Meanwhile, Buzzsugar is running a poll to determine the favorite season of Project Runway so far.
I know which one was MY favorite...

Malan Breton on Australia's Next Top Model

Thanks Jason!

TGIW

No Runway fans, it's not July 16 quite yet but we're dusting off the TGIW machine to celebrate the Season 2 premiere of Shear Genius. Tbone has crawled out from under his rock and will be hosting a party post tonight over at Blogging Shear Genius. All of you party animals can join the fun beginning at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. Come say hello!

Meanwhile, look at Jaclyn Smith up there. She is apparently ageless, looking no different than she did 30 years ago. It's ridiculous. Also, don't miss this fabulous field report from Trish the Dish yesterday as she attended the Shear Genius Blowout event in Times Square.

Shear Genius will assume PR's traditional 10:00 p.m. Wednesday time slot and is expected to get a big lead-in boost when Season 5 kicks off three weeks from today. Yep, only three more weeks...

Project Runway at the Daytime Emmy Awards

Jack Mackenroth and Heather Tom looking cool and adorable on the red carpet.
This dress is now available for your bid at Clothes off our Backs.

"Days of Our Lives" star, Shelley Hennig looked stunning in this Nick Verreos design.



Nick also provided fashion commentary for Soapnet.com. Click here for more from Nick. Don't miss the video links!

From The Mailbox

Sweet P will be among the celebrity guests at the Studio City Fourth of July Fireworks Festival. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.


Click here for more photos of Malan Breton and Australia's Next Top Model Finalists. Courtesy of © Photorazzi, LLC

Click here for a charming video preview of the episode.

Model Search

Houston-area models, please note the open call on June 29th from 2:00 - 5:00 at Chloe Dao's boutique, Lot 8. For more info write to Patrick.

Video - The Fifth Season of Fabulous

The Season 5 promos are beginning for Project Runway. This one features the song You Made Me Like It by the band 1990's.

A bit over three weeks ... in case you're counting.

More Stylista!

Looking forward to this trainwreck?
Me too!

From The Mailbox

Congratulations again to Christian Siriano and Lisa Sole for their fabulous "Spread in Elle Magazine." The July issue is on the newsstands now. Click here for more. Thanks Lisa.

Click here for photos of Malan Breton with the finalists from Australia's Next Top Model. Thanks Jason.

Please check out our new site, Blogging Shear Genius (please take our poll!) The season two premiere is on Wednesday night.

Video - Rami Kashou on the TV Guide Channel

Project Runway Season Four finalist Rami Kashou talks with Daphne Brogdon and Lawrence Zarian, The Fashion Team from the TV Guide Channel.

Malan Breton on Australia's Next Top Model

Click here to watch a sneak peek of next week's episode of Australia's Next Top Model. The final three girls are modeling Malan Breton's designs at a retrospective of his work in NYC.

Trish's Field Report from EMc2

NYC-based field reporter, Trish O, was at Emmett McCarthy's Shoe Sale on Wednesday night. Here is her report. Thanks again Trish!
Well - a tough and demanding school year has come to an end and after all the work I put into it, I decided that my "sole needed some saving!" so I took a trip into New York City to Emmett McCarthy's "Who Will Save Your Sole?" shoe sale at his EMc2 boutique on Wednesday night! Every time I visit the store, the displays are so different and quite striking. This time the focus was of course - on the shoes!

Click here to continue.

Heather Tom at the Emmys

Here is Heather in her custom-designed Jack Mackenroth gown. What do you think?

Daytime Emmy Awards Presented Tonight!

The current issue of Star magazine (with Angelina on the cover) includes this feature about Jack Mackenroth and Heather Tom.

Check out the red carpet Emmy coverage to see Heather in the dress. Click here for more info.



Also, Nick Verreos will provide Red Carpet Style commentary for Soapnet.com. Be on the lookout for Heather, Nick!

From The Mailbox

Could this be a Season Five designer?

Say hi to Blayne. Thanks Violet.

NYMag's The Cut has a new interview with Tim Gunn. Thanks Jill.

Auction Ends Today

Only a couple of hours remain on the A-List auctions. All proceeds go to UNICEF. Good luck everyone!

Project Runway Shines Light on L.A. Designers

Reports that Season Six will film partly in Los Angeles have brought mixed reactions. Devoted fans want nothing to change about their beloved show. Forward-thinkers are eager to see something fresh and new.

The truth is that there has always been a strong Los Angeles presence on Project Runway. Auditions are held there every season and there has been at least one Los Angeles designer in the finale of every season so far.

Variety has an interesting article about the personality of the Los Angeles fashion designer and how he or she might be perfectly suited for the reality show format.

Hmmmmm...

Meanwhile, speaking of Los Angeles designers. Don't miss all of the great new material on Nick Verreos's blog.
Click here for a backstage look at the preparations for the A-List Awards Show...



and click here for a post about Nick, Zulema and the A-List afterparty.

More News

Project Runway has been nominated for a Teen Choice Award! More info here.

The court hearing on NBC/Universal's lawsuit against the Weinstein Co. has been delayed.

Tonight is the Summer Shoe Party at EMc2.

Kara Janx is holding a sample sale on Friday and Saturday. Click to enlarge the image above.

Project Runway Season Five News!

Tim Gunn, Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia and Harvey Weinstein at the Peabody Awards!

From The Mailbox

The Jay McCarroll documentary, Eleven Minutes received a rave review from Variety! Click here to see the schedule of future screenings including Los Angeles, Philadelphia and New York.

There are only two days left to submit your entry to this contest. Send in a photo of yourself that portrays your true ferocity and tell Elle, in 250 words or less, why you are fierce, fabulous, and flawless enough to win. What sets you apart? What inspires you? How do you plan to leave your mark? The prize is this original Christian Siriano dress. Good luck!



Our own Tbone was on a conference call interviewing Jaclyn Smith and Kim Vo for Blogging Shear Genius. Click here to read a transcript. Among the gems revealed in the interview: A Charlie's Angels Challenge! We are very excited about the premiere of Shear Genius Season Two next week. And yes, Tbone admits to having a Farrah Fawcett poster on his bedroom wall....

Heidi Celebrates!

Heidi Klum was joined by Austin Scarlett, Chris March, Christian Siriano, Jane Cha and Desiree Gruber at the Peabody Awards After Party. Read more here.

Kevin Christiana Designs for the Tony Awards Red Carpet

Kevin Christiana designed a gorgeous dress for Time Out New York and Yahoo! entertainment reporter Lauren Scala.

Click here for video of the design process as Kevin and Lauren visit Mood Fabrics and have a design consultation in Kevin's Studio.

Reality Worlds Collide

Tonight at 10 pm Eastern 'Flipping Out' Season Two premieres and in the first episode we meet 'New Chris.'



Who is New Chris and how is he related to Project Runway? New Chris is actually Chris Keslar, friend of BPR and brother to none other than Season Three designer Angela Keslar.


Chris had served as a 'field reporter' for us when Angela was at Macy's (click here). And he also joined Laura K. with Heather Ashton and Andrea Keller from Top Design (more colliding!) at a lunch at The Standard Hotel during casting of Season 4 of Project Runway (click here).

Just wanted to give Chris a shout-out on BPR and say that we can't wait to 'watch what happens' on the new season!

From The Mailbox

Looks like Heidi Klum has a new tattoo. Click here for more info.

Bravo's A-List Awards Show was a ratings success!

Let's check in with the Project Runway "All-Stars" auctions. Can you guess which dress will receive the highest bid?

Rami Kashou will be on TVGuide Channel's Fashion Team tonight. He will be showcasing five current looks from his collection along with his HSN design. Click here to check your local listings.

Project Runway at the Peabody Awards

The 67th Annual Peabody Awards luncheon was held today in New York City.

Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Tim Gunn and Harvey Weinstein joined "producers" and "other executives" in accepting the award.

Now that must have been awkward. Read more here.

Whoopi in Christian Siriano - Fug or Fab?

By the time I realized that I should post a poll about Whoopi Goldberg's Christian Siriano dress worn last night at the Tony Awards, I figured that I should check out The Fug Girls to see if the frock merited a mention. Yes, the gown was not only discussed but they also posted a far more clever poll than the one I had considered. So go vote over there - but, since they don't allow comments, tell us why you voted the way you did.

What Will Whoopi Wear?

Tune in to the Tony Awards ceremony tonight to see the Christian Siriano design that Whoopi Goldberg is expected to wear.


Update: Click here to see the dress.

Here on the west coast we have a couple of hours until the show airs. I don't want to spoil things, so don't click if you want to be surprised!