The New York Observer » Project Runway http://www.observer.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:24:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Elle Creative Director Joe Zee Is Good at Everything, Says Joe Zee Joe Zee and his violin were featured in "Posessed," the Times Sunday Styles feature that gives free, tightly controlled publicity to bold face names with projects to promote (see Rose McGowan, Conan the Barbarian),  and Stephen Adly Guirgis, The Motherfucker With The Hat) under the pretense of writing about their favorite objets.

Joe Zee, whose Sundance reality show "All on the Line" starts up again in November, would like to tell us about his violin because it's a symbol of how he's good at... everything.

“I was good at everything,” said Mr. Zee. “I was like Tracy Flick, sitting in the front row and raising my hand for everything. English, math -- anything with a textbook. I was good at consuming knowledge. And I was great at home ec!”  Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/08/elle-creative-director-joe-zee-is-good-at-everything-says-joe-zee/ Joanna Coles’s TV Career Rolls On With Runway Marie Claire editor Joanna Coles is to be the official mentor on the upcoming Project Runway: All Stars. The perhaps misleadingly titled show presents past fan favorite designers still struggling to make it in the fashion game; Ms. Coles's role will be analogous to that of Tim Gunn in the regular-flavor Project Runway. Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/08/joanna-coless-tv-career-rolls-on-with-runway/ Project Runway’s Diana Eng Makes Clothes From the Future Diana Eng, a hi-tech designer and Project Runway alum, makes outfits that would work in Brooklyn or in Blade Runner.

Eng will be having her own runway show this Saturday as part of the first ever NY Maker Faire, an event dedicated to inventors, hackers and mad tinkerers of all types.

For a peek at Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/high-tech-cure-your-fashion-week-hangover You Cannot Be… Siriano! "I don't mind doing two girls at a time," said Christian Siriano, dripping with irony as he gave the once-over to a group of comely models amid racks of clothes in his midtown showroom on a recent morning.

Mr. Siriano, 24, is the openly gay winner of Lifetime's Project Runway, season four: famous for wearing Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/you-cannot-be-siriano Project Runway Yields Legitimate Businessman Season four winner Christian Siriano made the Crain's list of "40 Under 40" rising New York stars.

Crain's says that the secret to his success is that he "quickly diversified" in the wake of the economic collapse, collaborating with the likes of LG Electronics, Victoria's Secret, and Payless.

Siriano also credits his youth.

"I value the Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/daily-transom/project-runway-yields-legitimate-businessman The Week in DVR: Edward Norton is a Rock Star! Plus, Project Runway Finale, Penelope Cruz and The Notebook Monday: House

It’s been interesting to watch the writers on this show try different things to see if they can breathe new life into a program that is plagued by complaints that it's the same week to week. We understand the argument--there tends to be a fairly unbreakable formula (strange patient and symptoms/three or four Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/culture/week-dvr-edward-norton-rock-star-plus-project-runway-finale-penelope-cruz-and-notebook The Week in DVR: Anna Wintour Is On Dave! Plus, Models, The Brat Pack, And Daniel Day-Lewis

Monday: Late Night With David Letterman

We just can’t wait to see how the big guy handles his lead guest: Anna Wintour. The ever-elegant and chilly editor in chief of Vogue is mysterious, terrifyingly powerful and—even with magazines gasping for existence—as close to royalty in certain publishing circles as you are going Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/movies/week-dvr-8 The Week in DVR: Project Runway (Finally) Returns! Plus, Michael Cera Acts Adorable, Lindsay Lohan Was A Mean Girl Monday: Glenn Martin, DDSOnce upon a time,  Michael Eisner was the chief executive at the Walt Disney Company and one of the most powerful men in the world. Now, he’s executive-producing a cartoon for Nick at Nite. What a world! At least the cartoon in question, Glenn Martin, DDS, looks like it could be pretty funny. Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/movies/week-dvr-7 Gen Art Benefit Co-opted by MTV; Is No Party Safe From ‘Reality’ Cams? Although Gen Art's 15th Anniversary benefit on the spacious 11th floor of 7 West 34th Street was admittedly thrown as a last-ditch effort to save the floundering organization, the mood was hardly desperate!  First to arrive was lovely New Zealand native Rebecca Taylor, with father in tow.  The designer was wearing one of Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/daily-transom/gen-art-benefit-co-opted-mtv-no-party-safe-reality-cams At Bravo Upfront: Gym Makeovers, Celebrity Florists, New York Preppies, High-Strung Photographers, Supermodels, Kelly Cutrone, Miami Narcissists, and Fiction "We're in a hyperbolic type space, which is fitting despite the market conditions," said Lauren Zalaznick.

 

It was Tuesday morning and Ms. Zalaznick, the overseer of various NBC Universal cable lifestyle channels, was standing in an ornate banquet hall at the Russian Tea Room, kicking off Bravo’s annual upfront presentation to reporters.  Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/media/bravo-upfront-gym-makeovers-celebrity-florists-new-york-preppies-high-strung-photographer What does Lifetime Mean for the Fate of Project Runway? So, great news! After a year of what has seemed like needlessly complicated lawsuits and negotiations, Project Runway has finally untangled itself enough to get an airdate on Lifetime this summer for its already-completed sixth season. We don’t really care so much about the details of the whos and whys and hows this all-popular Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/style/what-does-lifetime-mean-fate-project-runway Licensed to Kilt! Sean Connery Bequeaths His Bare-Leggedness to Ed Westwick Country singer Kellie Pickler is a bit of a skirt chaser.

“I think it’s sexy,” the platinum blond 22-year-old former American Idol contestant told the Daily Transom. “I think it’s great. Real men wear kilts!”

Ladies, not so much! Ms. Pickler wore a non-plaid Gwen Russell-designed red gown to the “Dressed Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/daily-transom/licensed-kilt-sean-connery-bequeaths-his-bare-leggedness-ed-westwick Sara Vilkomerson’s Guide To This Week’s Movies: Fashion Victim Has anyone else noticed that Project Runway tends to be the acceptable exception for reality show snobs who usually sniff at such things? An it’s-O.K.-to-watch-this-it’s-about-talent-not-drama rationale has made the (former) Bravo show increasingly popular since it first aired in 2004. Jay McCarroll, the winner of that debut season, set a high bar when it came Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/o2/sara-vilkomerson-s-guide-week-s-movies-fashion-victim Fashion Roundup: Christian Louboutin Sends Heels Higher; Peter Som Leaves Bill Blass; Harvey Weinstein Counter-Sues Bravo Christian Louboutin has announced that he will create the first 8-inch high heel that exists outside of the fetish world. [Guardian] 

Heidi Klum's three children get regular coaching lessons in soccer from David Beckham and in tennis from Roger Federer. [Vogue UK]

Designer Peter Som confirmed that he is departing as Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/o2/fashion-roundup-christian-louboutin-peter-som-bill-blass-harvey-weinstein-bravo Fashion Roundup: ‘Project Runway’ Delayed; Sacha Baron Cohen’s Fashion Mockumentary; Donatella Versace at the Whitney The sixth season of Project Runway will be delayed until NBC and Lifetime can resolve their differences in court. [LA Times via  The Cut] 

The "appearances" that Sacha Baron Cohen made at Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks as a character named "Bruno" were for footage for his next mockumentary Read More

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