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Fashion News Roundup: ‘Sh*t OscarPRGirl Says’ is Funny, Tim Gunn Hasn’t Been Laid Since 1983, and a Million People ‘Like’ Uggs

“Shit OscarPRGirl Says” Will Make You LOL: We get it, everyone’s really effing sick of all those “Shit [blank] Say” parodies. But just trust us (and WWD) on this one. It stars Andrew Mukamal, Erica Domesek, and John Jannuzzi and is really, really funny. And we won’t judge you for only using the Valencia filter on your Instagram after. OK we might a little. {WWD}

Tim Gunn is 29 Years Celibate: Sounds like someone’s not making it work in the bedroom. The Project Runway workroom mentor has revealed that an ex-lover so badly scorned him that he in turn completely gave up sex. I’m sorry Tim, but “this worries me.” {Celebuzz}

Kate Moss Gets Interviewed for Mango: In a behind the scenes video for her new Terry Richardson-shot Mango campaign, Kate talks the future of fashion videos and inadvertently shows us the vast difference that good lighting can make. {Modelinia}

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Ten Questions for Project Runway All Stars

1. When is Angela Lindvall going to start adopting Heidi’s German accent?

2. Was that really Valentino? On Project Runway??

3. Why does Mondo seem so sad this season? And are his shorts getting even shorter?

4. We could listen to Anthony’s stories (like the one about his grandma in the “crazy house”) all day long, so can the producers start editing the show so that he gets more screen time?

5. So DID Austin Scarlett put the “star” in All Stars, as he promised he would?

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One Day You Win, and the Next Day, You’re Auf’d: Where Are Project Runway‘s Winners Now?

To most unknown and/or struggling designers trying to break into the industry, winning the grand prize on a season of Project Runway sounds like an absolute dream come true: $100,000, a major fashion mag editorial, an ultra-expensive technology suite, website partnerships, instant name recognition, and endless opportunities for publicity.

But what happens when the cameras stop rolling? When Tim Gunn is no longer hovering over your shoulder in the workroom, telling you what ‘worries’ him? Or when, instead of competing against 15 designers in a challenge, you’re competing with potentially hundreds of thousands of designers around the world?

With Project Runway All Stars (finally!) premiering tonight, it got us wondering about all the seriously talented individuals to whom Heidi Klum never said “auf wiedersehen.”

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Tim Gunn Is Getting a Daytime Talk Show and Considering Designing a Plus-Size Line

Tim Gunn, the beloved mentor on Project Runway, is branching out in all sorts of new directions in 2012.

Most notably, everyone’s favorite filter-less and erudite fashion mentor has landed another TV spot co-hosting a new daytime talk show, The Revolution, which airs January 16 at 2pm EST on ABC. Each week the health and lifestyle show will feature one woman’s five-month-long weight loss “journey” to change, compressed into five days; Friday will be the “reveal” day. (This is a great concept–who doesn’t love a good make-over reveal?)

Tim’s role on the show will be to provide fashion and styling advice to these women whose bodies are undergoing big changes. He’ll be joined in co-hosting duties by the often-frenetic Ty Pennington (interior design/art), Harley Pasternak (trainer and nutritionist to every hot celeb out there), Dr. Jennifer Ashton (OB/Gyn/women’s health issues), and Dr. Tiffanie Davis Henry (relationship expert).

While somewhat under the radar, Tim also signed on as Weight Watchers’ “style consultant” last January.

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Fashion News Roundup: The Kardashians are Taking Dallas, an App to Live Like Gwyneth Paltrow, and CFDA Chooses Award Winners’ Mentors

Kardashians Setting Up Shop in Dallas: Say what you want about the Kardashian Krew, just don’t call them lazy. With Khloe’s hubby Lam-Lam now traded to the Mavericks, word is they’re already scoping out locations for a new DASH store in Dallas. Werk, girls, get that ka$h. {TMZ}

Gwyneth’s GOOP App Promotes Expensive Living: Always wondered where to get the best kelp smoothie in New York? Ya, me neither. But Gwyneth Paltrow now has an app for that. Her GOOP NYC app may only cost $3.99, but you’re guaranteed to spend thousands more if you actually follow in her perfectly aligned footsteps. {Gawker}

CFDA Names Winners’ Mentors: Mentors have been chosen for this year’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund honorees. Winner Joseph Altuzarra will be mentored by Calvin Klein prez and chief exec Tom Murry, Pamela Love gets Harry Winston’s Frédéric de Narp, and Creatures of the Wind designers Shane Gabier and Chris Peters will work with Rag & Bone duo David Neville and Marcus Wainwright. Just in time for some holiday thank-you presents… Brownie points, people! {WWD}

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Ten Questions for Project Runway

1. Does Josh think that his book vest is going to help him learn literature by osmosis?

2. Tim, have you never lived in a walk-up? Welcome to the life of a twenty-something!

3. Isn’t it funny to watch Josh speak about his love for athletics while he’s wearing a rosette on his shoulder?

4. Could they have picked an odder penthouse for the finalists to stay? Or perhaps it was the only one available during fashion week?

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  • Misty White Sidell
  • Friday, Oct 21, 2011 / 4:15 PM
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Ten Questions for Project Runway

1. Excuse me, how many curlers does Laura need every morning? Last time I checked, she’s not rocking Kim Kardashian’s waves or anything.

2. Don’t Anya’s ears hurt from wearing those gigantic earrings everyday?

3. Did Joshua just lick a bolt of fabric at Mood? Does he just miss licking things or is it some kind of test?

4. Why do they get to finish their days before 11pm? Pretty sure they’re the only people in fashion who get to go to bed that early.

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  • Misty White Sidell
  • Friday, Oct 7, 2011 / 4:36 PM
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10 Questions for Project Runway

Sorry for the delay here…we got a little bogged down with NYFW. But better late than never, right?

1. Does Oliver know his derogatory remarks about fat people are being aired on national tv? Not fashion television—NATIONAL TELEVISION?!

2. Boyfriend who lost his girlfriend’s favorite dress in an airport—why would you even take the responsibility of looking after it? That was your initial mistake.

3. Why is Oliver consulting Tim on what DD breasts look like? US Weekly would provide better guidance.

4. Don’t all of these couples kind of make you sick?

5. Laura why are you chastising Bert for ripping off Dior when you just blatantly ripped off Pamela Roland and like 10 other designers who also make what you just created?

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  • MISTY WHITE SIDELL
  • Sunday, Sep 18, 2011 / 2:35 PM
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10 Questions for Project Runway

1. Why does Mood always give the designers nice fabric bags, and give everyone else (pedestrians like me) the gross plastic ones?

2. Why does Joshua want to switch genders with Julia?

3. Tim Gunn, you were the dean of Parsons’ fashion school, right? I’m pretty sure you weren’t hugging everyone that shed a tear back then, so why are you doing it now? Especially for designers who get to end their days at 11 pm?

4. Why is there a fashion show in Battery Park? Are they trying to fast forward five years to a time when Conde Nast girls will be roaming Manhattan’s nether region?

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  • Misty White Sidell
  • Friday, Aug 12, 2011 / 3:30 PM
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10 Questions for Project Runway

1. Is a garment made of pet supplies really going to show off someone’s talent? Even these kids have it better.

2. Did Tim Gunn reference Guantanamo Bay torture methods? And relate them to fashion? Comparing Julie’s fabric to waterboarding was a bit of a stretch, no?

3. Can we break out of this bandage skirt silhouette that everyone’s really into?

4. In the words of my friend Erika, “Why do the models all look like they’re going to Pacha?”

5. Why can’t we be best friends with Michael Kors? Especially during fashion week when referential quips like “Sea vixen Barbie,” would deliver a much needed jolt of hilarity.

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  • Misty White Sidell
  • Friday, Aug 5, 2011 / 3:15 PM
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In Honor of Tonight’s Season Premiere of Project Runway, Here Are Tim Gunn’s Ten Best Quotes

We will admit it: we still love Project Runway. From Heidi’s short skirts and occasional whacked-out hairstyles to the ever-entertaining Michael Kors, it sucks us in every season (even though we pretend to be too cool for it.) But the main reason we keep coming back? Tim Gunn. We can listen to that man and his spectacular vocabulary forever. We think he is a nice person generally, but he can definitely have a sharp tongue and often has no filter when he speaks. We support this wholeheartedly.

To mark the beginning of Project Runway‘s ninth season, we bring you a round-up of Tim‘s best quotes ever, in no particular order (And no, we did not include, “Make it work.”)

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Fashion Week Parties: Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld Hosts A Graffiti Show and PETA Parties Instead of Protesting (For Now)

As darkness fell on the first day of New York Fashion Week, we headed west to check out some art courtesy of Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld’s curation, and show off our faux fur at PETA’s fashion week party.

The first stop was a warehouse on the desolate Washington Street where Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld and Andy Valmorbida were hosting RETNA: The Hallelujah World Tour. The open and dim space smelled of fresh paint (there were splatters of it on the floor) and graffiti artist RETNA’s canvases filled with abstract black and white symbols lined the walls. The crowd, sipping on what we’re pretty sure was straight vodka, was as eclectic as the art itself. Fashion folk like Eddie Borgo and proud mama Carine Roitfeld mingled with a young flock of skateboarders (boards in tow), older women in hulking fur coats, and disheveled yet chic Parisian-looking men.

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