Lifetime's "Project Runway" ends its 10th season Thursday, Oct. 18, as it began it -- with a huge New York event.
The season premiered with a Times Square fashion show and ends with another, at Lincoln Center during Fashion Week. Since this happened in September, when there were eight contestants, each presented 10 looks.
Zap2it picked five of the most representative, which included high-glamour and high-concept, and "Project Runway" judge and Marie Claire Fashion Director Nina Garcia weighs in on the creations.
Related: 'Project Runway' finale: 8 designers show, only 1 will win
It's easy to imagine Katharine Hepburn in Ven Budhu's white palazzo pants, topped with a red stain bustier. His creations honor old Hollywood glamour.
"He was very consistent within his point of view," Garcia says. "Technically, he is a very, very strong designer. His scope is a little bit limited. His signature, his aesthetic is really more evening,...
The season premiered with a Times Square fashion show and ends with another, at Lincoln Center during Fashion Week. Since this happened in September, when there were eight contestants, each presented 10 looks.
Zap2it picked five of the most representative, which included high-glamour and high-concept, and "Project Runway" judge and Marie Claire Fashion Director Nina Garcia weighs in on the creations.
Related: 'Project Runway' finale: 8 designers show, only 1 will win
It's easy to imagine Katharine Hepburn in Ven Budhu's white palazzo pants, topped with a red stain bustier. His creations honor old Hollywood glamour.
"He was very consistent within his point of view," Garcia says. "Technically, he is a very, very strong designer. His scope is a little bit limited. His signature, his aesthetic is really more evening,...
- 10/17/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
TheInsider.com caught up with Project Runway's most recent contestant to leave, Gunnar Deatherage. The southern designer opened up about his time on the Bravo show, being bullied, his distaste for NYC, Ven Budhu's incessant flower design and his very unusual name!
TheInsider.com: How are you feeling?
Gunnar Deatherage: I feel awesome.
TheInsider.com: You were on the first episode last season and were one of the four designers who didn’t make it to the actual show. How does it feel to come back and prove yourself a second time around?
Gunnar: I originally came on wanting to win. I realized halfway through that wasn't at all why I was there. I was there to prove to myself -- that I could compete and I could find myself as a designer - that's exactly what happened while I was there. It's not often you hit a second chance at something like Project Runway...
TheInsider.com: How are you feeling?
Gunnar Deatherage: I feel awesome.
TheInsider.com: You were on the first episode last season and were one of the four designers who didn’t make it to the actual show. How does it feel to come back and prove yourself a second time around?
Gunnar: I originally came on wanting to win. I realized halfway through that wasn't at all why I was there. I was there to prove to myself -- that I could compete and I could find myself as a designer - that's exactly what happened while I was there. It's not often you hit a second chance at something like Project Runway...
- 9/14/2012
- TheInsider.com
After getting caught in the crossfire between Elena Silvnyak and Dmitry Sholokhov in the team challenge, menswear designer Alicia Hardesty got the Project Runway cut. TheInsider.com caught up with Project Runway's first out, lesbian designer to talk about being an example to others, why it sucks to go home and who, between Elena and Dmitry, was really the most difficult to work with!
TheInsider.com: How does it feel to leave now?
Alicia Hardesty: It sucks. I think everybody comes into the competition thinking they’re going to win … and I did the same thing. I had big plans ‘till the end, so it sucks when it gets cut short, but it was a good run I feel like I showed a lot of variety in what I can do and I stayed true to myself and carried myself well. So overall I’m very happy with the experience and how it’s played...
TheInsider.com: How does it feel to leave now?
Alicia Hardesty: It sucks. I think everybody comes into the competition thinking they’re going to win … and I did the same thing. I had big plans ‘till the end, so it sucks when it gets cut short, but it was a good run I feel like I showed a lot of variety in what I can do and I stayed true to myself and carried myself well. So overall I’m very happy with the experience and how it’s played...
- 9/7/2012
- TheInsider.com
In case there was any doubt that it's Fashion Week in New York, a glance around Lincoln Center reminds. Here, the usual skinny -- social X-rays who attend opera and ballet by night -- are replaced by the fashionista skinny, models who look as if they not had a good meal in, well, years.
Tourists line up, cameras poised. More proof that "Project Runway" remains a phenomenon in its 10th season is how hot this ticket is, how many layers of security even invited guests go through and how many fans wait outside, just for a glimpse.
The season finale is a fashion show, and at Fashion Week it takes on a patina. Inside the theater, the hosts and guest host, walk the runway to pose in front of banks of photographers. Judge and producer Heidi Klum rocks a draped, sequined, backless dress, and looks remarkable, even more so for a mother of four.
Tourists line up, cameras poised. More proof that "Project Runway" remains a phenomenon in its 10th season is how hot this ticket is, how many layers of security even invited guests go through and how many fans wait outside, just for a glimpse.
The season finale is a fashion show, and at Fashion Week it takes on a patina. Inside the theater, the hosts and guest host, walk the runway to pose in front of banks of photographers. Judge and producer Heidi Klum rocks a draped, sequined, backless dress, and looks remarkable, even more so for a mother of four.
- 9/7/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Ven Budhu might never create a line of clothing that can be sold to women larger than a Size 4 — after all, when you’ve reached Size 6 proportions, you might as well give up on life and simply cut neck and arm holes into a burlap sack, right? — but I’m really looking forward to his book Ven and the Art of Douchebaggery.
Oh, sure, Ven’s not the first designer in Project Runway history to express his horror over having to work with a woman whose measurements and willingness to express her opinions don’t mimic those of a mannequin — Book Idea No.
Oh, sure, Ven’s not the first designer in Project Runway history to express his horror over having to work with a woman whose measurements and willingness to express her opinions don’t mimic those of a mannequin — Book Idea No.
- 8/24/2012
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
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