News From Tim Gunn, Kara Janx and Jennifer Diederich

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Click here for a new interview with Tim Gunn from StyleList.

A highlight:

StyleList: You've already put out two books. Are you working on a third?

TG: Yes. I'm very excited about this new book. It's an etymological guide to what's in your closet. I take basic items and track their lineage all the way back to Egypt, where it all began. It's a way of presenting fashion history in a way that I hope is accessible to people and that they find engaging. I want people to know that when they take that wrap dress out of the closet, that there's a history. It didn't just appear on the scene, it goes back centuries and centuries and has an interesting timeline.

Project Runway Season 2 designer, Kara Janx will be featured in the new show "All on the Line" on the Sundance Channel.
Click here for more information.

Best wishes to Season 5 designer, Jennifer Diederich and Claudio Guarducci who are engaged to be married in June. Click here for details.

Jennifer Diederich "Suite" Fall 2010/Spring 2011

Project Runway Season 5 designer Jennifer Diederich presented her latest collection on September 28th. Enjoy this video of the show.

News From Tim Gunn, Jay McCarroll and Jennifer Diederich

Project Runway Season Five designer, Jennifer Diederich will be presenting her latest collection tomorrow night. See the flyer above for details.

Attention Frisco, Texas: Tim Gunn will be at the JCPenney at Stonebriar Centre on Wednesday, September 29th at 6PM. Click here for more information.

Jay McCarroll will be a featured "International Guest Designer" at the 2010 "Islands of the World" fashion week November 11 - 13 at the British Colonial Hilton in Nassau, Bahamas. Click here for more information. It looks GORGEOUS.

From The Mailbox

Don't miss this interview with Nina Garcia.

Here is a highlight: So besides the Michael C. ostracism and condescension, "Runway" has been teasing something incredibly dramatic coming up. The promos are incredibly cryptic, however, so we can't tell if a designer straight out cheats and steals a design, completely flips out or makes some huge sacrifice.

Garcia isn't really any more specific, but she urges viewers to stay tuned.

"It gets really good," she promises. "It's very soon. It's just a very emotional moment in the show, and it's the first time that something like this has happened. It's a very powerful and a very admirable moment."

Tim Gunn has also hinted about something very emotional coming up. He hints that it happens "on the runway." Any theories?


Project Runway Season 5 designers, Jennifer Diederich and Wesley Nault will be special guest performers at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater on Saturday night, September 25th. Click here for more information.

Nina Garcia will be on the Rachael Ray Show Tuesday, September 28th.

Season 7 designer Anthony Williams will be the guest host at a fashion design showcase on October 17th at Indiana State University. Click here for more information.

Jennifer Diederich Showing her "Suite" collection in Fayetteville, NY Tomorrow

The Project Runway season five designer is back in America with her latest collection. Please send us a report if you are able to attend.

Jennifer Diederich S/S '10 Collection

Project Runway Season Five designer, Jennifer Diederich showed her Spring/Summer 2010 Collection at Cross Creek Nursery in a suburb of Syracuse, NY. About 200 people had a fun-packed evening and enjoyed Jennifer's aquatic-themed collection.

From The Mailbox

Photo: Ben Hoffman

Project Runway Season Four designer Sweet P (one of her new designs is above) will be one of the judges for the "Discarded to Divine" Fashion Design Contest in San Francisco on May 7. Click here for details.

Click here for a new interview with Kevin Christiana.

Kayne Gillaspie will serve as a judge for the O'More College of Design 11th Annual Fashion Show at the Tennessee Preforming Arts Center on May 7th. Click here for more information.

Jennifer Diederich is designing a custom gown for actress Kellyn Lindsay to wear at the Cannes Film Festival. Click here to follow the story.

Rami Kashou will be one of the judges for the Orange County Rock Icon Design Competition on Saturday. Click here for more.

Bid on "Lunch with Tim Gunn" at the Darien Connecticut YMCA Spring Benefit on Saturday. Click here for more.

Click here for a report from Tim Gunn's visit to Dallas yesterday.

From The Mailbox

Jennifer Diederich has updated her etsy shop with new designs for Spring. Click here to see everything.

Click here to discover "Five Reasons to Love Project Runway." Can you think of more?

Nick Verreos has been in San Antonio Texas co-hosting the "Imagine 2009" Fashion Show. Nick's fabulous sister Rita covered the event for LatinFusionTV.com.
Click here for Nick's blog entry.

BPR at the Season Six Finale

Although we have plenty of posts from the finale show, there is still a little more to share.

Arriving at the tents we were greeted by many of our contest winners. Some of you I hadn't seen for quite a while - many I had never met in person - but all of you felt like friends. We were very excited and curious about the show.

We also spotted many of the designers from past seasons.

It wasn't hard at all to locate our seats...

...and I would like to thank Erin N and everyone at Full Picture who helped everything to run so smoothly.

When the first designer's collection came out, I was very eager to see it and I felt a little disappointed. I leaned over to The Scarlett and said, "Maybe this is a decoy."

Now of course, it never fails, that after I say something like this, "Designer #1" will be my favorite in the show. So, I am already apologizing for that comment.

I am in the definite minority for claiming "Designer #2" as my favorite, but I will stand by my choice. First of all, this was the collection that Amanda Fields worked and she looked absolutely gorgeous. Second, there was color and detail in this collection that made me feel happy.

The third collection seemed to be everyone else's favorite and choice to win.

Tbone also noted that there were 13 looks in each collection and it was possible that there was a "Thirteenth Look" challenge. Perhaps a LBD. Only speculating. It just seemed that there was a lot of black going on.

When Heidi came back to thank everyone after three collections it was obvious that these were the finalists. Just these three. It felt really short after seeing six collections last season!

At the conclusion, we worked our way down to the runway to visit with some of our old friends. I kept thinking that "someone" would be hosting a brunch, but no invitation had arrived. So... I thought we should just host something ourselves.

I spontaneously invited anyone within range to join us. We wound up with quite a nice group. Leanne Marshall, Kenley Collins, Wesley Nault, Daniel Feld, Kelli Martin, Jennifer Diederich, Malan Breton, Jerell Scott, Stella Zotis, Joe Faris, Blayne Walsh, and their spouses, sweethearts and friends all joined us. We also invited our fellow bloggers and contest winners. I'm not sure how many were there, but it was great fun, and we didn't want it to end.
Click here to see photos from the BPR Brunch.

Thank you everyone for joining us!

From The Mailbox

Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images

Heidi Klum was selected as InStyle's Look of the Day yesterday!

Click here for an interview with Jay McCarroll from the LATimes.

Click here to read about the rough road from reality to runway.

Jennifer Diederich has posted a new interview with Stella Zotis on her blog here.

Jennifer Diederich Trivia Contest

Project Runway season Five designer Jennifer Diederich has generously provided us with an autographed "European Travel Tote" for our contest. Thanks Jennifer!

Click here to see more of Jennifer's designs in her etsy shop.

Click here for Jennifer's blog.

1. In what European Country does Jennifer currently live?
2. Which designer was Jennifer paired with in the "What's Your Sign?" challenge?
3. Name Jennifer's Atlas roommates.
4. Who was Jennifer's model for the very first challenge?
5. In Episode 3 "Bright Lights, Big City," what was Jennifer's inspiration?

Please submit your answers to Team BPR.



Please note that the tote has a couple of slight smudges.

UPDATE: We have a winner! Congratulations, Cristian V. Here are Cristian's answers:
1. Italy
2. Jerell
3. Terri, Kelli & Stella
4. Topacio
5. a large clock in NYC

Weekend News

Nick Verreos is busy preparing for the Islands of the World Fashion Show. Click here for an update.

Check out Sweet P's blog for more from the Project Runway Season Five Wrap Party.

Click here for a link to Jennifer Diederich's Runway Show from Syracuse.com.

Daniel Vosovic talks about his new book and answers reader questions at Craftzine.

From The Mailbox

Photo courtesy of ProjectRunway.com

Laura Bennett offers some advice to Sarah Palin....

Nick Verreos presents his recap of last week's episode.

Tim Gunn will serve as Master of Ceremonies for a GMHC charity event on November 10th. Click here for more info and to purchase tickets.

Click here for an interview with Leanne Marshall from Willamette Week Online.

NYMag comments on the Project Runway move to Los Angeles.

Click here for a new interview with Jennifer Diederich from Syracuse.com.

From The Mailbox

Project Runway Season Five designer, Jennifer Diederich is showing her Spring-Summer 2009 collection at a benefit for the Syracuse Stage Guild.

The show is on Monday, October 20th at the Delavan Center located at 501 W. Fayette St, Syracuse, NY. For more information contact Giovanna McCarthy 315-440-2081

Click here for Cliffie's recap of "Nature Calls."

Click here for Elisa's.

Laura Bennett is writing a "Parenting" column for The Daily Beast. Click here for the first entry. I love it.

Kent State welcomes Professor Suede.

The Waiting Room

Photo from Nick's blog

As we wait for Episode 8 to arrive this evening, here's the latest:

Nick Verreos and Sweet P were living it up in Seattle last weekend...

Season 4 faves Jack Mackenroth and Kevin Christiana will be making a couple of appearances during Fashion Week for Vibrant Rioja Wines. The first will be at a model competition on the south side of Union Square from 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, Sewptember 7. On Friday, September 12 from 6 � 9 p.m., Kevin and Jack will be hosting Vibrant Rioja�s Fashion Week Afterparty at Owl�s Lab Boutique, located on 20 East 12th St . Both events are free, so stop by and say hello!

Jennifer Diederich is looking for models to do a benefit fashion show in Syracuse next month...

Looks like Zulema Griffin's Spring '09 show will take place on YouTube next week...

And there is still time to bid on those Saturn designs. Look what Korto's is up to!

ETA: The Gratz Industries predictions as well as the high-schooler's are now up!

We hope to see you online tonight!

Results In - You Were the Judge Episode 4

Our polls for Episode 4 are closed. You disagreed with the judges and felt that Terri Stevens deserved the win. Click here to see the results. You agreed with judges and thought that Jennifer should have been the 'auf.' Click here to see the results.

Check back with us tomorrow for our Episode 5 poll.

BPR Podcast with Jennifer Diederich

Laura K. interviews Jennifer Diederich of Season 5 of Project Runway. She talks about her tongue-in-cheek approach to fashion and her soon-to-be launched line called Suite.

Click here for the podcast.

Weekend News

Click here for a fabulous interview with Kelli Martin in FashionClub.com.

Reality Worlds Collide as several Project Runway designers will be featured in a challenge during season two of Top Design.

Variety looks at Bravo.

Pink Navy recaps episode four.

People.com has posted a Q&A with Jennifer Diederich. (The BPR podcast with Jennifer will be posted later this weekend.)

Jennifer's Exit Video - Part One

Click here for Part Two.

BPR Love For Jennifer Diederich

Photo courtesy of Bravo

Jennifer, it was obvious that your fellow designers were sorry to see you go. You charmed us all with your girlish designs and sweet countenance. Many people commented how they would have loved to wear your design for this challenge.

This post is for positive comments about Jennifer Diederich. There is a reactions post below for your general impressions of the episode. Thanks everyone. Also, I will be interviewing Jennifer tomorrow, if you have a question for her, please write to Team BPR.