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Great news: Project Runway winner Christian Siriano will design shoes and handbags for Payless. "I'm all about the runway and the sidewalks!" Siriano says. "I've already been working with the Payless Design Team in New York, and I can’t wait to see how they will take the high-end shoes and bags I’m designing for the runway and turn them into pieces that everyone can buy." The collection will be unveiled during Fashion Week in February, and hit stores in fall 2009, priced from $25-$45. Caviar style on a fishstick budget! [Sassybella]
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Imagine: A Project Runway Inauguration Dress For Michelle Obama
The Daily Beast issued a challenge to former Project Runway designers: Design an inauguration gown for the First Lady. (At the time, Obama's win was not confirmed.) And! As with all ProjRun challenges, there was a twist: The designers could only use Laura Bush’s 2005 Inaugural Ball dress, an American flag, burlap potato sacks and $10 worth of trims of their choice. The resulting sketches? A mixed bag: Partly hideous, partly hilarious and partly high fashion. But we poked around the designer's websites and found dresses from their collections that Ms. Obama might actually wear. The sketches and our choices, after the jump. More » -
Is Bravo working on a Project Runway ripoff? They've posted a casting call on Craigslist which reads: "Do you think you have what it takes to be the world’s next hot fashion designer? We are looking for designers to be part of Bravo's next fashion design series! We’re currently accepting applications from talented designers where the winner will win a large cash prize." Ah, well, fashion is about knock offs. But the cheaply made ones usually fall apart. [Perez Hilton]
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The Project Runway mess just got messier: On Friday, Lifetime got involved; the network wants the lawsuit moved from state to federal court. This means that the air date for Season 6 will probably be pushed back. Again. Despite the fact that filming has just wrapped. Right now is the time when the finalists go home to work on collections; if the show's not ready for Fashion Week in September, they might have to wait until February 2010. What a nightmare. [NY Mag]
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The Ladies of Project Runway: Where Are They Now?
Maybe you're curious what the contestants from Season Five are up to, now that Project Runway is over? Winner and self-described "fashion dork" Leanne Marshall spoke to the LA Times and Entertainment Weekly; and EW also interviewed Korto and Kenley. So, Leanne: She won $100,000 which she says, "All has to go to the clothing line!" She muses: "Maybe I'll go and buy some crazy expensive fabrics that normally I can't go near. That's kind of my version of buying a fancy pair of shoes. It will be fun to feel like I can buy whatever I want in a fabric store." As for Ms. Kenley Collins, you're gonna love this: She's a teacher. More » -
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Will Project Runway make it to Lifetime in January, in time for Fashion Week in February? We still don't know! And, in a dramatic twist of events, we may find out on the same day as the Season 5 finale: October 15. That's when the court is supposed to make a decision. Stay tuned! Oh, also, Lifetime claims it is "well-positioned for growth" even if PR falls through. Which means they're freaking out. [MediaWeek]
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Project Runway: And Then There Were Three
On last night's episode of Project Runway the contestants had $8,000 and 2 months to create a collection — and a wedding dress to represent that collection, which the judges used to decide who went to Bryant Park. Tim Gunn visited each designer: Korto in Little Rock, AR, where she treated him to some drumming; Leanne in Portland, where they went riding on a bicycle built for two; Jerell in L.A., where he talked about growing up in South Central; and Kenley in Brooklyn (she cried). Anyway, when the gang got back to NYC, there was still a three-against-one feeling, but it defrosted a little when Kenley poured booze for everyone. The designers were given a last-minute challenge: To design a bridesmaid dress to accompany the wedding dress. Results were mixed, though Kenley actually redeemed herself. She went from being snippy with Heidi Klum to telling her, "I love you!" Clip above; dresses after the jump. More » -
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Project Runway's Kenley Cries On Regis & Kelly; Gets Group Hug
The final four contestants from Project Runway appeared on Live With Regis & Kelly this morning, and when producers showed clips of Kenley crying, she, well, cried. Korto tried to soothe her with a little side-hug, but Kelly suggested that all the contestants get a group hug from Regis. Regis (who is clearly not a fan, since during the show he called Jerell "Gerald") did not look thrilled. The designers hugged him anyway! Clip above. More » -
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Project Runway: The One Where Everybody Cries
The challenge for the final four designers on last night's episode of Project Runway was to design an evening gown inspired by nature. There was a field trip to the New York Botanical Garden, and the contestants took pictures of flora. Then the tears started to flow! Kenley cried while talking about growing up on a tugboat, and also, no one would give her any tulle. Leanne cried because she's wanted to show at NY Fashion Week since she was 12, and because she had a lot of work to do. Jerell cried because he was living all alone in an empty apartment in the sky. (He also cried while ironing.) Korto cried because she is married, with a kid, and this is her big chance! On the runway, everyone's dresses were crappy, but the big drama occurred when Heidi Klum asked each contestant why he or she should go to Fashion Week, and which other designers should go. Jerell spoke first, and Kenley totally interrupted him while he was talking. Clip above; hideous dresses after the jump. More »
