News from Christian Siriano, Nick Verreos, and Heidi Klum

Project Runway Season 4 Champion, Christian Siriano describes creating this design for Lady Gaga.

Photo: Brad Walsh

Heidi Klum was in Los Angeles yesterday, filming a commercial for AOL. Click here for photos.

Christian Siriano will be at "A Chic Affair" in Washington, DC on March 13th. Click here for more information.

Meet Nick Verreos at a VIP reception for the "Wine, Women and Shoes" Charity Event in Seattle on May 5th. Click here for more information.

NIKOLAKI on the Red Carpet Last Week

Project Runway Season 2 designer, Nick Verreos had two designs on the red carpet recently.

Actress Serinda Swan (TRON: Legacy) wore this little black dress (above) to the Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party. Click here for details.

Also, Cheryl Burke (Dancing with the Stars) wore this plum-colored strapless mini to the Rolling Stone Magazine Awards Bash. Click here for more information.



Congratulations Nick and David!

Tim Gunn and Nick Verrreos Preparing for Oscar Red Carpet Coverage

Tim Gunn and Nick Verreos at The Kodak Theater rehearsing for the Academy Awards Red Carpet Coverage.

Nick Verreos Hosts Charity Fashion Show in LA Feb 24th

Project Runway Season 2 designer, Nick Verreos will be hosting a fashion-show fundraiser for Breathe LA tomorrow night. Click here for more information.

Katy Perry In Nikolaki

This is huge. Katy Perry unveiled her new perfume "Purr" yesterday in Mexico City wearing an adorable dress from the Nikolaki Spring '11 collection.


Congratulations to our beloved Uncle Nick Verreos and David Paul, she looks great!

Photos: WireImage

Katy Perry Wears a NIKOLAKI Design!

Singer Katy Perry wore this dress from the Spring 2011 Collection of Nick Verreos and David Paul to the launch of her new "Purr" fragrance in Mexico City.

More information here.

News From April Johnston, Nick Verreos and Tim Gunn

Nick Verreos recommends this season's essential items.

Project Runway Season 8 designer, April Johnston will be presenting fashion shows this weekend at Savannah's Southern Women's Show. Click here for more information.

After several reported sightings in Chicago, it seems that Tim Gunn has filmed another episode of Oprah to air on Feb. 10th. Stay tuned for more information.

Nick Verreos Fashion Show in San Antonio Tomorrow Night

Nick and David will be presenting a NIKOLAKI Fashion Show tomorrow night at the "Party in Fashion" event in San Antonio.
Click here for more!

Project Runway Designers Present Bridal Designs

Amanda Fields models a NIKOLAKI bridal design. Photo: Evans Vestal Ward

To promote "Marry Me" premiering on Lifetime December 12, the network invited several Project Runway designer to submit bridal designs to feature on their website.

Click here for the full gallery of designs.

Click here for more from Nick Verreos.

Nick Verreos at "Islands of the World" Fashion Week

Nick met up with Project Runway season 1 champion Jay McCarroll and others in The Bahamas. Click here for the story.

From The Mailbox

Photo: marieclaire.com

Marie Claire has a "Where are They Now?" feature in the November 2010 issue. Logan Neitzel, Carol Hannah Whitfield, Mychael Knight, Uli Herzner, Jay Nicolas Sario, and Chris March are each profiled. Click here for more.

Christian Siriano and Payless will be expanding their collaboration. Click here for the press release.

Nick Verreos reviews figure skating costumes for Universal Sports. Click here for more.

Project Runway meets "The Arrangement"

Nick Verreos, Amanda Fields and Lisa Blades are all featured in tonight's episode of "The Arrangement."

News from Nick Verreos and Tim Gunn

Nick Verreos hosted "Project Style Trendsetter 2010" at the South Bay Galleria on Saturday. Click here for the full story.

Nick will also be hosting a Project Ethos Fashion Show tomorrow night in Los Angeles. Project Runway Season 6 designer, Gordana Gehlhausen is among the designers showing collections at the event. Click here for more information.

Photo: Leigh Vogel/WireImage

Tim Gunn was at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC last night to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Capitol File. Click here for more.

Click here for the Usmagazine.com survey, "Who Should Win Project Runway?"

Nick Verreos Signed BPR T-shirt on eBay

All proceeds from this auction benefit Crohn's & Colitis Foundation.



The seller won the shirt several years ago in one of our contests. It is size small and has never been worn.

Click here to bid.

NIKOLAKI - Spring 2011

Amanda Fields for Nikolaki Spring 2011

When Nick Verreos invited us to his Spring 2011 show at Style Week Orange County, I was determined to "make it work."

It's not a bad drive from Scottsdale and my son Dan, and his sweetheart Ryan, were more than happy to join me. We left bright and early on Friday morning.

On the way, I did a phone interview with Valerie Mayen (Not while I was driving, of course...) - she was adorable!

The show was at an outdoor mall called The Irvine Spectrum Center. We checked into our hotel, dropped off our bags and headed to the venue. We arrived at about 5:30 and there was already a long line of fans waiting to get into the show space. This is only a fraction of the line.



Fortunately we were on the "VIP List" (Thanks, Nick and David!) and were issued wristbands so that we could relax a little. We did our part for the economy and shopped while we waited for the event space to open.

Once in the space we were greeted like old friends by members of the Nikolaki family. Here are Nick's mom, Raquel and David's mom, Conchita.

Longtime BPRs will remember the last time we met them.



Here is David's sister, Marisa and Nick's sister, Rita (in Nikolaki, of course!)



There were delicious refreshments and generous gift bags. Among the treasures were chocolates from Nordstrom, gift cards from Hollywood Million Denim, and these lovely glasses from Ezekiel.

Dan and Ryan in their Ezekiel specs.

Click here to continue.

Nikolaki - Spring 2011 - Preview

Nick Verreos generously offers a sneak peek of several of the designs from his upcoming show. Italicized lines are quotes from Nick's note to BPR.


First is Amanda Fields in a Turquoise Silk Zibeline Gown w/ hand-beaded jeweled neckline.



Next is Eugena Washington--model from America's Next Top Model--Second Runner Up, Cycle 7!!!--she's wearing a Byzantine-colored Silk Zibeline mini strapless dress--a mini version of the gown Samatha Harris wore on "Dancing With The Stars"!

I'm also attaching a photo of our NIKOLAKI "mascot," Benny, hanging out in our store-front Atelier window (drapes closed because of the fittings!)

Also, I just realized that actually we will have TWO Project Runway Models: Amanda Fields and Holly Ridings (of Models of The Runway Season 2) of course! (I love those 6'2" girls!!!)


Thank you Nick and David!

News from Irina Shabayeva, Tim Gunn and Nick Verreos

Enjoy this video presentation from Irina Shabayeva's Spring 2011 Show.

Irina Shabayeva Spring 2011 from Aris Ziagos on Vimeo.

Click here for a new podcast interview with Tim Gunn from The Strip. Tim Gunn starts at about the 31-minute mark. Thanks Bay!

Here is more information about Tim's visit to Vegas on October 2nd.

Here's a look at Style Week OC from Nick Verreos.

Click here for a great recap of episode 9 from Democracy Diva.

BPR Podcast with Nick Verreos

Rita de Acosta Lydig by Giovanni Boldini

Nick is preparing for his Spring/Summer 2011 Nikolaki OC Style Week show on Friday night at the Irvine Spectrum Center. I was curious about his collection and he generously agreed to an interview. Thank you Nick!

Highlights: The muse for this collection is Rita de Acosta Lydig.

Also, Amanda Fields will be opening the show, and there will also be two models from "America's Next Top Model."

The show is open to the public.

Click here for the podcast.

All Nick Verreos - All The Time

Actress Nicole Ari Parker Looks gorgeous in a Nikolaki gown! Click here for more information about the event.

Nick also headlines the Style Week Orange County Show on Friday night in Irvine. Click here for more information.

Nick has also been busy on his Macy's tour! Click here for more.

Nick Verreos on TV Guide Emmys 2010 Fashion Wrap