Christian Siriano on Style Series

Project Runway Season Four Champion Christian Siriano is the featured designer on this episode of Diet Coke's Style Series. Thanks Ren!

Jack Mackenroth in Houston

BPR's Houston-based field reporter John Chakalis met up with Jack Mackenroth at Houston's 20th Annual Aids Walk. Jack is representing "Living Positive by Design." Click here for more information. Thanks John!

From The Mailbox

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Click here for more from Barbie's 50th Birthday Bash.

Click here for Rondi's recap of Project Runway Canada - Stick To It.
Click here for Johanne's.

Click here to bid on the gowns created for this challenge.

Click here for an interview with the eliminated designer.

Click here for an interview with the winning designer.

Oprah.com compares Jay McCarroll and the Eleven Minutes movie to a Valentino documentary.

Eleven Minutes is also reviewed on CBSnews.com.

Christian Siriano's business is growing.

Mena Suvari in Christian Siriano

Mena Suvari wore this design "straight from the runway" of Christian Siriano's Fall 2009 show. Here he is with Mena and Lucy Liu at USA Network's "American Character: A Photographic Journey" Launch Event on Thursday. Thanks Christian!

Project Runway Canada Season 2 Episode 7

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Emily Brandle at BoxEight Fashion Week

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Project Runway Season Five designer Emily Brandle is showing her "Smoke and Mirrors" fall collection tomorrow, March 14th at 4:00 in Los Angeles. Click here for more information.

Kristin Cavallari Wears Rami Kashou's Design

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Kristin Cavallari arrives at Star Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue party at the Apple Restaurant & Lounge on March 11, 2009 in West Hollywood, California.

From The Mailbox

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Christian Siriano poses with Victoria's Secret model Behati Prinsloo at a "Pink Body" launch event in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Heidi Klum is urging Project Runway fans to protest in front of Harvey's house. We want our season six!

Tonight is the Art Institute of Seattle's annual student fashion show. Blayne Walsh will be a judge. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.

Tim Gunn will be among the guests and presenters at the GLAAD Media Awards on March 28th in New York.

Click here for an interview with Michael Kors from The Miami Herald.

Meet Tim Gunn

Tuesday News

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Alison Kelly is always working on something. Now she's a blogger, too! Make sure to check out Alison's Spring/Summer '09 collection "Cast" as well as her collaborative Dahl & Dane line of T-shirts and totes.

Better late than never, here's Fashion In Motion's latest recap of PR Canada...

Blayne Walsh fans can catch a glimpse of their favorite designer at the Peace, Love & Fashion show this Friday where he will he will appear as a guest judge...

Austin Scarlett will be in San Francisco on Thursday at Operation Aisle Style...

Sister site news: Shear Genius 3! Post ABDC finale coverage from Nancy T and Linda always has something interesting going on at BTD.

Nick Verreos took a look at the photos from the S6 finale and called it "depressing"...

Tim Gunn, on the other hand, tells ABC News that Season 6 is "stronger than Season 5". Let's hope we all get the chance to be the judge of that.

Whither Season 6? Lifetime gets a crack in court next week, stay tuned!

Happy Birthday, Barbie!

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Barbie© is all over the news today as she celebrates her 50th birthday. And just how is this Project Runway related, you might ask? Well in commemoration of the newly AARP-eligible icon, designer (and Top Design judge extraordinaire) Jonathan Adler designed a real-life Malibu Dream House that features a Chris March chandelier in the living room. Made of hair, of course! No, no, this time it's simply Barbie© hair.

Adler tells The Arizona Republic: We did a chandelier that's like a traditional, swoopy chandelier, but instead of glass, this one is made out of blond hair. It's really over the top, and it's really fabulous. Someone said to me, "Is this human hair?" And I said, "No! It's Barbie's hair. It's plastic and fantastic."

You can hear Jonathan Adler talk more about the unique project in this funny interview from NPR's Morning Edition.

Click Here to Watch Episode 6 of Project Runway Canada

Thanks Katnap!

Then click here for Rondi's recap.

Click here for a profile of the winner of this challenge.

Tim Gunn in Atlanta

From The Mailbox

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Korto Momolu's designs are featured in BET's "Rip The Runway." Click here for more.

Tim Gunn offers fashion therapy for Psoriasis Sufferers. Thanks Marsha.

Tim will be at Illinois State University on April 15th. Click here for more info.

Nina Garcia's new book, "The Style Strategy" will be published by the new "It Books" imprint of HarperCollins.

Fashion Directors lose clout as Fashion Bloggers step in!

Eleven Minutes in Philly

Attention Philadelphia! The fabulous documentary 'Eleven Minutes' featuring Project Runway Season 1 winner Jay McCarroll opens today at the Ritz at the Bourse. If you consider yourself a fan of the show or a lover of fashion this is a must-see film!

Heidi Klum on the April Cover of Ladies Home Journal

New York, NY -- Here are some excerpts from the April LHJ interview with Heidi Klum -

About her less-than-fancy upbringing: “We didn’t have the money to go to the big shops, so we had to be inventive to look trendy. It was always fun, never boring.”

Her hoarding habit: “I have every one of my airplane boarding passes. Growing up, we would never throw away anything, like a shoe box or a toilet paper roll. We would always make something out of it.” Then she whips out some leftover fabric from her purse and folds it into different shapes. “My mom would make me clothes, then a matching outfit for my Barbies, then a scrunchy for my hair.”

About Seal’s wish to be on Dancing with the Stars: “I told him, ‘But Schatzi [sweetheart], they won’t let us dance together.’”

About her second marriage to Seal in Costa Careyes, Mexico: “It’s too sad to have only one wedding day to remember for the rest of our lives. It’s a good excuse to get all of our friends together and have a party.”

How she learned about the business: She was 18 when she entered a beauty contest and beat out an estimated 30,000 other girls to win $300,000 and a three-year modeling contract. “They wanted me to sign the contract immediately,” says Klum, but her father, Gunther and his attorney purged the agreement of tangled loopholes. “That hardened me up to the business. They want to keep the buck in their own pants. And you’re the one running around, doing all the work.”

More From Nick Verreos at the FIDM Debut Show

Brooke and Tessie send us this fab video interview with Nick. Thanks also to Rebecca for uploading it to YouTube.

Christian Siriano's Designs on "Make Me A Supermodel" Last Night

Did you recognize these garments from last night's episode of "Supermodel?" At the top is Salome looking fabulous and below is the beautiful Amanda.

Click here to see the original runway shots from Christian's Spring '09 show. It seems like it was only yesterday...

BPR at the FIDM Debut 2009 Fashion Show

BPR Field Reporters Brooke and Tessie covered the FIDM Debut Fashion Show for us at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on February 27th. The event was extra-special this year because in celebration of Barbie's 50th Anniversary, graduating students were invited to create designs just for her.

Life-sized Barbie models walked the runway in fabulous original designs. These designs will travel around the world as Barbie continues to celebrate her big year.

A very special surprise feature of this event was a design by Project Runway's Nick Verreos. Nick's Barbie design has been made into an actual doll that we will be able to purchase!

Thank you Brooke, Tessie, Nick, David and Shirley!



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Designer Updates

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A few of your of your favorite PR ddesigners have checked in to say hello! First, here's Rami Kashou:

Hi BPR

i hope this finds you well.

I wanted to share with you the following. Malin Akerman of "The Watchmen" wore my project runway finale lace gown to the red carpet premiere tonight! she looks fabulous..

Also I am speaking at Princeton University on March 5th about my career, PR, as well as my life growing up and how i got into design. cheers :) Rami

Next up is Uncle Nicky who is always working on something. This time, another gorgeous Barbie design:

Over the weekend, I had the honor and privilege of unveiling my one-of-a-kind design for Barbie at the glamorous FIDM Debut 2009 Gala in the Santa Monica Barker Hangar. Click here to read all about it!

Photo/Illustration: Nick Verreos

And finally, we saw Kenley Collins at the PR6 finale sporting this beautiful "Botanical Bliss" veil . She looked glamorous, and so can you! Check out the new items she has for sale on her website.