Thursday, July 09, 2009

Project Runway Preview

We are just about one month away from the new season of Project Runway. It seems like they taped these episodes about two years ago, but at least we haven't seen them. If you will remember Bravo and Lifetime and Miramax were involved in a huge war about who would get to air the program. Bravo lost and continues to lose with that crap replacement show they air in PR's place.

The new season of Project Runway begins on August 20 on Lifetime. Here are the new contestants.


Carol Hannah Whitfield, 24:
"She's young, just out of design school," says Gunn of the South Carolina native, who currently resides in Brooklyn, N.Y. But "people will be disarmed by what they see her achieve."
Ra'mon-Lawrence Coleman, 31: "He's someone who in my view thinks entirely too much," Gunn says of the Chicago resident, whose favorite designer is Marc Jacobs. "I was constantly surprised in the workroom – suddenly, there's a new design."
Johnny Sakalis, 30: A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, Runway's new West Coast home, "Johnny will be polarizing," Gunn says of the L.A. resident. "People will love him, or hate him."
Irina Shabayeva, 27: A native of the Republic of Georgia, she counts Cleopatra as a style icon. And Gunn admires the designer's sense of proportion and fit. "Her models look as if they've been in for a dozen fittings," he says, "and they haven't."
Malvin Vien, 24: "When you see this guy, you won't believe he's from Colorado," Gunn says of Vein. Talk about an eclectic fashion palette: His style inspirations include rural Chinese farmers, Japanese ghost stories and insect anatomy.
Althea Harper, 25: "Everyone [thinks] she's only on the show because she's a tall blond beauty," admits Gunn. "But she's extremely talented. She's going to blow people away."
Qristyl Frazier, 42: Hailing from St. Louis, Mo., her style icons include Halle Berry, Whitney Houston and Gwyneth Paltrow. "Qristyl is a hoot," says Gunn. "She likes a lot of color, and print. She's entertaining to watch."
Logan Neitzel, 25: "Logan's from Seattle, and you get a crunch-granola feeling in what he does," Gunn says of the self-described "guys' guy" who likes snowboarding and cars as much as he likes John Galliano and Tom Ford.
Mitchell Hall, 26: "Mitchell looks like he just stepped out of Gossip Girl and I think that's who he'd like to design for," Gunn says of the Savannah, Ga., resident, who is a creative director for a Vera Wang bridal salon.
Ari Fish, 26: "She's deeply conceptual," Gunn says of the self-taught Kansas City, Mo., native, who doesn't sketch or drape her designs, but sews fast. Her influences include geometry, ergonomics, nomadic tribal wear and athletic apparel.
Nicolas Putvinski, 27: Born in Moscow, he's had designs commissioned for W and Vogue – and may be a bit of a fashion snob. "If you have such a bad taste in your mouth about American fashion," Gunn has wondered about the F.I.T. grad. "Why are you here?"
Shirin Askari, 25: "She's young, she's pretty, she's articulate," Gunn says of the Garland, Texas, resident whose style icon is Katharine Hepburn. "I'm not sure what is distinctive about her, other than the fact that she's good."
Christopher Straub, 30: "Christopher is very sensitive, very emotional. He wears his emotions on his sleeve," Gunn says of the Shakopee, Minn., resident, who appreciates volume, eye-catching fabrics and Victoria Beckham.
Louise Black, 32: Gunn describes the native Texan as "thoughtful, contemplative, and never a hair out of place." A fan of Christian Lacroix, the first garment the former clinical lab technician ever made was her own wedding dress.
Gordana Gehlhausen, 45: The Yugoslavia-born designer now owns a boutique in San Diego. Expect a lot of "textile development," says Gunn. "It wouldn't be a case of going shopping and using the fabric she brought back. She'd do things to it."
Epperson, 50: "He is the most senior in terms of design career and reputation," Gunn says of this self-taught designer who grew up in Harlem, N.Y. "He has a distinguished career. He's elder-statesmanlike."


19 comments:

  1. Oooooh, I can't wait. I've missed Tim, Heidi, Michael, and Nina. To feed my PR addiction, I make myself watch The Fashion Show and after a few shows I don't think it's that bad. I've always loved Isaac. Tim's the man though!

    I just wished the show would have stayed in New York.

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  2. THANKS FOR THE LAUGH....YOU'RE THE BEST...

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  3. "Qristyl Frazier, 42: Hailing from St. Louis, Mo., her style icons include Halle Berry, Whitney Houston and Gwyneth Paltrow."

    anybody who lists Goopy as a fashion icon doesn't deserve to win anything, lol

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  4. Y.A.W.N. Hate these contrived reality shows full of people with little discernible talent and lots and lots of ego.

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  5. EVERYONE lost. I have seen the previews fpr this and Lifetime sucked out all the cool that was left. Tim and Heidi were getting really tired anyway. Plus: one of these designers is wearing cat ears and one is wearing a fluorescent banana shirt. I quite prefer Fashion Show. Sure, the designers are total hacks, but Isaac is a hoot.

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  6. yay!

    can't wait til august 20!

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  7. love the show, can't wait!

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  8. Tim Gunn said that somebody gets caught cheating this season. The suspense is killing me.

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  9. notvotingforsuckno, FWIW, the florescent banana shirt is the album cover for the Velvet Underground and Nico. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velvet_Underground_&_Nico.

    I'm not sure what to think. They said they were going to bring in more seasoned people and not take early 20 somethings, yet that seems to be the majority. They have a few token established people. We'll see. Not as excited for this as I was in the past. The lawsuit sucked the fun out of it.

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  10. I've been trying to figure out who the winner is based off Tim's quotes, but my plan is not working

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  11. I can't wait...one of the models is a friend, and she won't tell us ANYTHING!!!

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  12. i'm a big fan of 'project runway.' i think it's fascinating. can't wait!!

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  13. Um, Althea Harper is not "beautiful." Yuck to the hair. Why does anyone think peroxided uniformly colored hair is pretty?

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  14. Qristyl??? For the love of god, what the hell is this nonsense? Some bastardization of the QWERTY keyboard? I can't imagine how much trouble people have with that name. It's a list-topper for Baby's Named a Bad Bad Thing.

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  15. YEAH! Tim Gunn is back! If they hadn't put him on I'd have bailed.
    I don't tend to like who they pick as a winner but I love seeing what they create out of flowers, garbage,etc...
    I like Isaac's show. I like the way they pick winners.

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  16. YEAH! Tim Gunn is back! If they hadn't put him on I'd have bailed.
    I don't tend to like who they pick as a winner but I love seeing what they create out of flowers, garbage,etc...
    I like Isaac's show. I like the way they pick winners.

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  17. "If you have such a bad taste in your mouth about American fashion," Gunn has wondered about the F.I.T. grad. "Why are you here?"
    Amen Tim.

    I dated a Russian when I was in college and I used to ask myself why he and his friends lived in America when everything was so beneath them. Most of them were self dubbed intelligentia from St. Petersburg who viewed Americans as peasants. If Nicholas behaves like my ex, i.e. an arrogant, entitled asshole, I hope he is the first off.

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  18. oooh i love me some Tim Gunn.
    Project Runway Canada is pretty damn good, but love the original!

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  19. Have the top 4 been leaked yet? I don't know how they'll keep it a secret when so many people were at the show.

    I still want Tim Gunn to adopt me. Love him so much.

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