Fashion Week continues! First an interview with Michael Kors from The New York Times:
Click here for a great review of Christian Siriano's Fall 2011 Collection. A highlight: Christian has created a line for Spiegel Catalog! (More here at Racked.) Is there anything he can't do?
Devoted mom, Nina Garcia is covering the Lincoln Center shows between feedings. Her new baby, Alexander is only 2 and a half months old! Click here for the story.
Enjoy champagne and cupcakes at Emmett McCarthy's Boutique tomorrow night at a benefit party for "Dress for Success." Click here for more information.
Project Runway Season 6 champion Irina Shabayeva has designed a line for Macy's INC. The collection will be available in February 2011. Click here for more information.
Tim Gunn served up drinks as a celebrity bartender for a charity event in Washington DC. Click here for more information, and watch this excellent video interview.
A highlight: NG: "Well, you have to wait until this season's over, but I do think the winner of this season could very well have the same kind of stamina that Christian has."
Project Runway Season 5 Champion, Leanne Marshall will be at Westfield Southcenter in Seattle on October 8th and 9th. Click here for more information. Click here for a fresh interview with Nina Garcia. A highlight:
Garcia not only stands by the controversial "PR" judging, but says the upcoming winner may be Christian Siriano-level talented.
"I think the winner just might have what it takes," she hints.
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.
I have had the latest book by Nina Garcia (Nina Garcia's Look Book) on my night stand since it arrived from Amazon. In fact, all Nina's previous books, The Style Strategy, The Little Black Book of Style and The One Hundred, have a home next to my bed. Not only do I love the illustrations in her current effort (Ruben Toledo, as in all of her books) but I feel that Nina has fabulous wisdom about what looks both fresh and yet timelessly effortless in fashion for nearly every situation.
Nina tells us in this essential reference how to dress for a myriad of occasions from a job interview to a first date to a wedding to meeting the parents of your intended. Who hasn't agonized over such decisions? And best of all it is written in Nina's voice as she urges us to bring confidence to our decisions; who wouldn't feel that way when when one knows that the Fashion Director of Marie Claire and Project Runway judge has suggested one's look?
It is no surprise to me that I find Nina Garcia's Look Book charming. What did startle me was how many people I could think that would really value this book as a present. It would make a lovely hostess gift, birthday gift but most of all it would be a valued gift for a college graduate (the latter perhaps coupled with a gift card to Banana Republic or J. Crew.) And while you're giving, don't forget to receive a copy yourself.
Jack Mackenroth is the co-executive producer on a new docu-drama called The Queens of Drag: NYC. The series premieres on September 8th. Click here for more information. Click here for the trailer.
Nina Garcia is having another boy! Click here for more.
Click here for Nina's "Top 10 Must-haves For Fall."
According to WWD, Nina Garcia has signed on to become Target's new "Fashion Expert." Click here for the full article.
Project Runway Season Seven designer, Anna Lynett was among the featured designers at the "Project Ethos" event last Friday in Miami. Nick Verreos was the charming host. Click here for a full report.
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Brandise Daneswich models a design from the Mila Hermanovski Spring 2011 Collection. 
Nina tells us in this essential reference how to dress for a myriad of occasions from a job interview to a first date to a wedding to meeting the parents of your intended. Who hasn't agonized over such decisions? And best of all it is written in Nina's voice as she urges us to bring confidence to our decisions; who wouldn't feel that way when when one knows that the Fashion Director of Marie Claire and Project Runway judge has suggested one's look?
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