Weekend News from Malan Breton, Christian Siriano and Stella Zotis

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Attention Omaha - Stella Zotis is in town tonight. Click here for details.

Click here for the latest Malan's Musings.

A repeat of Christian Siriano's appearance on Oprah is scheduled for Tuesday.

News from Jesse Lenoir, Mychael Knight and Stella Zotis

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Click here for a new interview with Project Runway season seven designer, Jesse LeNoir. More photos of the wedding here.

Click here for a new interview with Season Three finalist, Mychael Knight.

Season Five designer, Stella Zotis looked fabulous at Patricia Field�s Disco Swimsational Soiree to Celebrate "Sex and the City 2" Premiere last week in NYC.

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Click here for a new interview with Nina Garcia from MarthaStewart.com.

Click here for a designer profile of Stella Zotis from Stylewhipped.

Click here for more news about "Fashion in Detroit."

BPR Podcast with Stella Zotis

Photo of Stella and her nephew Francis: Reavis Eitel

Project Runway Season Five designer Stella Zotis presented a Fashion Show in NYC on September 17th. I let her catch her breath before asking for an interview!

Stella is uniquely talented and a lot of fun.

Click here for the podcast.

Photo: Luigi Scorcia

Click here for more photos of Stella's designs.

Thank you Stella!

Congratulations to the BPR Season Five All-Stars

You have selected the BPR Project Runway Season Five All-Stars. Congratulations to Korto Momolu, Leanne Marshall, Jerell Scott, Kelli Martin and Stella Zotis!

Thank you everyone for voting.

Yankee Doodle Dandies

Photo courtesy of Wes Feld Design

Okay - we love this. The most storied franchise in Major League Baseball picked a couple of class guys to outfit the luxury suite staff at the sparkling new Yankee Stadium. Let Wesley Neault and Daniel Feld tell the rest:

Hi BPR!!!

It has been a crazy few weeks for us at Wes Feld. Thursday, April 16th marked the grand opening of the new Yankee Stadium. After several meetings with the Yankees, including Ms. Jenny Steinbrenner, we created a great little wardrobe for each of the the staff members of the luxury suites.

The looks included a raglan-cap sleeved dress with ruffled shirt yoke, a relaxed trouser and striped shirt with piped bias yoke, and a pleated wrap skirt and striped shirt with shadow ruffle. It was down to the last second sewing over 170 pieces in just under a month and tailoring each of the garments to every single staff member.

We have to especially thank Stella Zotis who is an angel sent from fashion heaven. Even though she was feeling a bit under the weather, Stella spent several late nights with us making sure everything was finished for opening day. We adore and are forever greatful to her! We also wanted to thank our dear friend Brian Dargiewicz who also came out to the rescue! He's an amazing guy, learning how to sew buttons on the spot. Phewwwwf..... it's finally done and we can go back to working on our own collection!!!

Stella does the Yankees! Just another springtime in New York...

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

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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.

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Check out The Kluminator on the brand new website Modelinia. Thanks to everyone who sent this link!

Tim Gunn is just as confused about season six as we are. Click here for the story.

Snowflakebebe has uploaded a bunch of candid photos from Malan Breton's show here. Look for Daniel Feld, Wesley Nault, Amanda Fields, Stella Zotis, Kenley Collins, and Diana Eng. Thanks Snowflake!

Click here for a great review of "Eleven Minutes."

Joe, Stella and Kid Rock

Photos courtesy of Joe Faris

Joe Faris checks in to say hello:

Just wanted to give you an update. Thank you for posting the info about the Curtis Granderson shoot out, it was for a great cause and I was so happy to be a part of it. First of all Curtis is the most genuine and nicest person I have met EVER! It was a lot of fun and Kid Rock came out to play, who BTW is also one of the nicest guys. Anyhow here are a few pix.

I'm in NYC this week for the Project clothing trade show at the Javits Center, launching my new outerwear collection for Schott, and Stella came out to say "hey" and show her support. I hope all is well and that your new year is starting out great. All the best, Joe

Reports from the basketball court indicate that Joe's hoops skillz are no match for his design work. According to esteemed Detroit Tigers blogger Bill Ferris:

Curtis served as referee and made sure everyone scored. Miss America Kirsten Haglund and Project Runway dude Joe Faris (who played basketball like you�d expect from someone on Project Runway) were allowed to shoot free throws until they made it.

Ha!

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From The Mailbox

Heidi Klum was InStyle Magazine's "Look of the Day" yesterday!

Anyone who has seen the Jay McCarroll documentary, "Eleven Minutes," will recognize Kelly Cutrone. The Magical Elves are ready to produce a new reality show about her life. More here.

Meet Stella Zotis on December 14th at the Holiday Craftacular.

EW.com named Lauren Zalaznick one of television's "25 Smartest People." Thanks Sharon.

Also, there is still time to vote in our "Britney Spears as Project Runway Finale Judge" poll.

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From The Mailbox

Own a piece of Project Runway History. The dress that Leanne Marshall designed and is wearing in the photo to the right is available for auction here. Proceeds benefit The Portland Women's Crisis Line. Thanks Tracie.

Meet Stella Zotis at the Bowieball in NYC tomorrow night.

Blayne Walsh is in Hawaii.

Finally, we have a winner in the Daniel Vosovic Trivia Contest. Congratulations, Sang. Click here for the answers.

From The Mailbox

Photo: Courtesy of Nick Verreos

Click here to read more about Nick Verreos's "Grant a Wish" commercial for Sears. Be on the lookout this week for the premiere of this adorable ad.

Click here for another look at Christian Siriano's designs for The Pussycat Dolls from our friends at MyItThings.

Attention Atlanta: Mychael Knight is holding a sample sale tonight. Click here for details.

Also tonight - tune in to Blog Talk Radio for a live interview with Stella Zotis.

From The Mailbox

Korto Momolu, Jerell Scott and Stella Zotis will be on blogtalkradio tomorrow.

Click here to visit Leanne Marshall's blog.

Would you like to study Fashion Design? Visit one of the FIDM Open House events this weekend and next. You might meet Nick Verreos.

Click here for a great article about Charleston Fashion Designers.

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Here's one more Halloween entry - Suede and Stella. Adorable. Thanks Jason T.

Tim Gunn is in Milwaukee tonight. Click here for more information and to listen to an interview.

Daniel Vosovic is in Chicago.

Click here for Laura Bennett's latest parenting column from The Daily Beast.

From The Mailbox

Video of Leanne Marshall's collection courtesy of ProjectRunway.com.

Check out "Project Runway Meets Home Decor" at Surroundings. Amazing!

Click here for a Q & A with Kenley Collins from EW.com.

Click here to see sketches from Christian Siriano's maternity line for Moody Mamas.

Click here for an interview with Leanne Marshall from the LA Times.

Click here for an MTV interview with Stella Zotis.

Top 5 Looks: 5th Place

Jerell Scott didn't have a choice. Chosen by Brooke Shields as a team leader in "Welcome to The Jungle", his name came out of the hat last when it came time to choose partners. And like the last kid on the playground, Stella Zotis stood there feeling a little left out. Jerell was unfazed, assuring Stella that they would make it work. And did they ever.

What appeared at first blush to be a disastrous pairing ended up being quite the opposite. As other teams in the workroom self-destructed, Jerell and Stella were able to collaborate and compromise to produce a beautiful garment. Jerell wisely assigned Stella to work to her strength, assigning her to create a wide mustard "leathuh" waistband. Jerell paired a gorgeous charcoal A-line skirt with a taupe top that met the challenge requirements perfectly.

This challenge was a real turning point for the two as both had done little to impress viewers up to this point. Jerell would use the momentun from his success to find his way to Bryant Park and Stella would soon go on to be a fan favorite. Many felt they were robbed of a win on this challenge but you gave them a bit of redemption in the Top 5 poll. Congratulations Jerell and Stella!

BPR Podcast with Stella B. Zotis

Laura K. talks with Stella B. Zotis, Season 5 leather goddess, about her experience on the Runway, about her future fashion direction as well as the special rocker she'd most like to dress.

Click here for the podcast.

From The Mailbox

This is one the t-shirts that Sweet P and her husband Sage have designed for the "Ghosts in the Garden" event in Seattle. These shirts will be available at pulplab.com on November 1st. Click here for more info.

ProjectRunway.com would love if you could help their host Joslyn Davis decide on which Rami Kashou design she should wear for fashion week. Vote now and see the winning look on Joslyn in their exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Video of the shows and cast interviews.

Emmett McCarthy and Chloe Dao are among the featured designers when QVC broadcasts live from Bryant Park on Sept 8th. Click here for more info.

Forbes takes a look at the "Most Influential US Fashion Magazine Editors." Click here to see if Nina Garcia made the list.

Carmen Webber will be offering workshops at The 15th Annual American Sewing Expo in Novi Michigan September 26-28. Click here for more info.

People.com has posted an early recap of last night's episode as well as an exit interview with Stella Zotis.

Sadly, the Keith-o-meter has been retired from the AfterElton recap.