It seems designers have earnestly jumped on the live stream bandwagon – not as fast as the industry has latched onto Tumblr, but still the progress is astounding. Only a couple seasons ago this list was just a handful long. Here’s a comprehensive roster of shows that you can catch from the comfort of...
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In honor of tonight’s finale of Project Runway season 8, we feature Season 6 alum Althea Harper‘s latest collection for Spring-Summer 2011. Harper, who narrowly lost the win to designer Irina Shabeyeva, showed a much matured and polished version of her reality TV self at a presentation during New York Fashion Week in September....
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Max Osterweis started Suno in 2008 after years of visiting Kenya and collecting textiles from the east African country. He later teamed with Erin Beatty to design collections in New York City and employ Kenyan artisans to produce the clothing, which is as of Fall 2010 was exclusively available in the U.S. The A/W...
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First, allow me to admit that I haven’t watched a single second of this season’s Project Runway. The show went sour for me a few seasons ago (with some particularly obnoxious and clearly producer-influenced judging decisions). And despite its fashtastic content shows like it and The Rachel Zoe Project have become increasing less worthy...
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Heidi Klum picked the perfect time to wear her original Emilio Sosa dress last night at the premiere of “The Backup Plan.” The Project Runway 7 Finale is tonight! I think the judges did well to pick Mila to go forward to the finals. All three finalistw this year have beautiful construction and great...
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Winning a reality TV contest is definitely no guarantee for real-life success, but a few smart winners have turned their 15-minutes into genuine, respectable careers. Project Runway Season 6 winner Irina Shabayeva hasn’t quite proven that she’ll be around for the long haul, but she showed that she can produce a collection as well...
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Georgian-American designer Irina Shabayeva took home the prize in Project Runway’s first season in L.A. and on the Lifetime network. Irina, despite her the lack of hue variation in her collection, presented the best collection by far. Second place designer Althea Harper had a collection that would give buyers many options, but she and...
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An edgy departure for Tracy Reese, whose clothing tends toward ultra girly. This season we saw boxier shapes to appeal to the tomboy in us all. The collection also used color in a new way, relying on bold color combinations and solids to enhance Reese’ trademark patterns. Keywords: SEPARATES, COLOR, ANIMAL PRINT, ORANGE
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‘Tis the season Cult members! Even if you aren’t travelling to fashion weeks this year, keeping up with all the new goodies is quite a task. Especially so when “the man” owns your soul from 9 to 5 daily. So please forgive my tardy coverage of NYFW Spring 2010. I had the pleasure of...
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So what will you dress up as for Halloween? A witch (scary)? A goblin (scarier)? A model from Rodarte’s Spring 2010 runway (scariest!)? I kid, of course. Designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy are all the rage for good reason. Their creations are as original as Giselle’s legs are long. They aren’t simply churning out...
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