Fashion Week invitations are flooding in and while some, like Michael Kors and Oscar de la Renta stick to their classic cards, others use their invite as a sneak of their upcoming collections.
The most orginal, so far, are a fan from Ports 1961 and a video invite from Rachel Comey.
Mulberry’s brightly colored invite means it’ll be easy to wake up on the morning of the 15th knowing there’s a room full of fantastical accessories to look forward to. And the invitation for Organic by John Patrick is actually a 1921 Cleo Throckmorton photograph, Krazy Kat Klub, recently hand painted by L. Mulero. Preen’s recycled paper invite boasts a mesh, fishnet pattern that’s awfully similar to last season’s collection and Christian Siriano’s dark mountainous image looks like a Rorschach test while Rachel Antonoff’s old fashioned, embossed invite bills her presentation as a performance hosted by Sarah Sophie Flicker at the Henry Street Playhouse.
Amidst all this model madness there’s one particular doll face we’ve been missing.
We haven’t seen Gemma Ward since, well, we didn’t actually see The Black Balloon, so since the preview for The Black Balloon. Sister Sophie popped up at Australia Fashion Week, but Gemma’s all but disappeared since an Italian Vogue editorial with Lily at this time last year.
Until now - she’s DJing for the Doe Fund at The Angel Orensanz Foundation next week. Tickets, $150 here, buy you a few hours of drinking and dancing to tunes spun by Gemma, Byrdie Bell, Richie Rich, Olivia Palermo and Christian Siriano.
Sneak a Peek: Here’s a peek at Christian Siriano’s actual shoes for Payless. Lots of crinkled patent and some chain details, considerably less dramatic than what hit his runway earlier this year. {Racked}
Mario & Maillots: Just in case it’s not hot enough for you, here’s a look at Mario Testino’s newest editorial for V’s Swimsuit Issue. {VBlog}
Barbie Girl: Because everything should be candy colored come summer, here’s a list of the best pink lipsticks and the girls who wear them well. {WWWD}
Lifetime’s begun casting for the seventh season of Project Runway - which means it’s officially started again.
And if the rumors are true, it’ll be the second, or third? in which Heidi Klum’s pregnant on the runway.
So, if you’re dying to be the next Jay/Jeffrey/Christian, you can fill out an application here.
But only do so if you can get to Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City and Seattle after you’re chosen. That’s where they’ll check out your clothes in person and let you know if you get to meet Heidi and Tim.
Applications are due April 24th, so you better get cracking.
In 2008, Christian Siriano won Project Runway Season 4. Since then, he’s showed a couple collections, gotten his designs on celebrities like Tori Spelling, designed a line of shoes for Payless, and last week, Saks announced that they picked up his entire Fall collection.
This week, Victoria’s Secret says the petite designer’s created a limited-edition line of Very Sexy makeup to appear alongside Heidi’s.
The line will consist of eye shadow, eyeliner, lip gloss, a bronzer/highlighter trio, and a brush and bag, with each item priced a few dollars more than VS’s regular line of makeup.
Incredibly, no hair products are in the works, but more pressing, would you buy makeup from Christian Siriano/Victoria’s Secret?
This morning, we were jerked awake not by our large Americano, but by the strangest of runways.
Behold the Red Heart Truth Fashion Show, hosted by Tim Gunn, starting Linda Carter grinding down the catwalk to, If You’re Good to Momma.
— Sidenote: Post-show, Linda was at the Bryant Park Hotel, where the bellman squealed with delight. He’d met her many, many years ago at the age of twelve and just happened to have a picture to prove it in his wallet. He made our friend take another, Wonder Woman: The Later Years. —
Amanda Bynes tripped on cue when Beyonce sang, “Now you wanna trip,” in Single Ladies; Hilary Duff walked to her own song; Susan Lucci just was; Jennie Garth looked amazing; Tori Spelling was skinnier than Rachel Zoe.
The dresses? A billowy red Christian Siriano that he made on one day’s notice, a feathered red Marchesa, a sequined red Jenny Packham, an red Herve-ish Donna Karan.
Meanwhile, this is the second Marcus Schenkenberg appearance so far. He sat front row and combed his hair like Danny Zucco.
Christian Siriano, arguably better known for structured jackets and layered ruffles than for popularizing the word “fierce” as an acceptable adjective, has just signed a deal with Payless to do a line of bags and shoes for Fall 09.
Apparently, the tired economy has gotten to his customers (and potential buyers), too, and he wants to ensure that “everyone” can get a piece of his brand.
The line debuts at Fashion Week in a couple months, but no word yet on the general design direction.
We’re not sure what platform, ruffly booties would look like, but we have a feeling we’ll be able to tell you all about it very soon.
We don’t know if Project Runway will ever return to small screens, especially now that yet another lawsuit’s been set in motion, nor do we know whether it will ever return to it’s once glorious place if it does indeed come back to life, but here’s a fun fact:
Looks like that copycat version Bravo’s trying out, Fashion House, really is happening since they’ve posted the dates for their nationwide casting call (full details after the jump) on their site.
On a side note, does anyone else think it’s weird that the GenArt site’s linked at the end of the application rules for the show? Does this mean they’re helping with the castings, just like with seasons one and three of Project Runway? Because then, well, this Adventures in Copyrights might have a chance.
A lot of you have asked for it, and here it is - the return of What’s In Your Bag? !
Our new host is our old super-intern, Jazzi McGilbert, who lovingly combed the streets of New York for subjects.
This is our first one in a long time, so expect it to only get bigger and better from here, and with less use of the word “awesome.” (And yes, believe it or not, the amazing people we stopped were total coincidences! But if you’re lucky, we might start tipping you off to our filming locations…)
Enjoy the clip, and click through for our blooper reel with a very funny special guest -
Season 5 of Project Runway starts at 9 sharp on Wednesday. Needless to say, we’re just a tiny bit excited.
Because, really, what are they going to come up with this season? Not much will beat raiding the Hershey’s store and making dresses out of Twizzlers, wilting corn husks and beach chairs. Today Bravo announced the cast for PR5 and we’ve made a few predictions:
Jerry, a 32 year old from Montana, will be this season’s Daniel Franco - constantly be promoting his vision for his brand FORM.
Joe, a Parsons grad from way back, will try and pull the “I’ve been in the industry for 18 years” card as an excuse for being bossy.
Blayne, “Seattle’s Most Stylish Male”, will try and be Christian Siriano…and fail horribly.
Our guesses for the top three:
Emily, she worked for Jeremy Scott and we love him. Plus, she looks like she won’t take crap from the other contestants.
Wesley, because he’s young, cute and worked for Marc, which means he has real talent.
Leanne, she looks quiet and reserved but we’re guessing that means serious sewing skills and little drama.
This weekend, several blog posts emerged from San Francisco, claiming Christian Siriano had gotten wasted at a bar, pitched a fit, and gotten thrown out on his fierce tranny ass.
The problem?
Christian’s been in New York all week, working on dresses for the MTV Video Music Awards (among other things).
So if it’s not Christian raising hell on Haight Street, then who is flipping their asymmetrical haircut to the point of total damnation?
We’re not the only ones worried about Elle’s massive shake-up this month.
Project Runway’s allegedly looking to partner with a new magazine for season six, which, by the way, will officially be taped in Los Angeles.
WWD reports their choice is likely to be Marie Clairewhich we find strange considering Marie Claire isn’t exactly a fashion authority. But it is owned by the same parent company as Lifetime, which can’t hurt their chances. The collaboration, however, is likely to do more for the magazine than for the show.
In other Project Runway news, one of our favorite, and arguably most successful, designer alumns, Alison Kelly, is launching a new line for Brooklyn boutique Alter and they’re throwing a shopping launch party this Thursday night on Greenpoint’s Franklin Avenue.
We think we just hit (in Faran’s words), reality TV meta overload -
We just got a glimpse of Christian Siriano’s first dress post Project Runway win.
And where did it appear? On television, of course!
American Idol contestant Kimberley Locke wore it during her performance last night.
We’re guessing this is just like a beginner’s Sudoku for Christian, who’s supposed to be designing for Posh, and who recently shouted dreams of making MK’s Met Ball gown.
So far the look is getting pretty mixed reviews online (everywhere from “fierce” to “hot tranny mess”), but if you’re interested and have $1,000 or so to spare, you can bid for it on Clothes Off Our Back.
If you really do love it, you’ve got about two weeks to come up with the cash. But it would be like a reality TV perfect trifecta if a winner from Amazing Race or Survivor was the one to actually win the bid.
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Fashion Week invitations are flooding in and while some, like Michael Kors and Oscar de la Renta stick to their classic cards, others use their invite as a sneak of their upcoming collections.
