Project Runway 8, Episode 9 recap: “Race to the Finish”
September 24, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, Neat contributor
Holy Project Runway, Batman! This week’s Episode 9, “Race to the Finish” was not messing around in the prize department. We absolutely love the high stakes challenges, and this time the pot of the gold at the end of the runway was… well, basically a pot of gold, or $20,000 if [...]
Project Runway 8, Episode 8 recap:
“A Rough Day on the Runway”
September 19, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Instead of looking forward, this week’s episode of Project Runway 8 turned to the past for inspiration. The muse of Episode 8, “A Rough Day on the Runway” was the late great Jackie O. and her iconic brand of American sportswear style. Were the remaining designers able to live up to her well-dressed spirit? Well, not [...]
Model auditions for Portland Fashion Week 2010
August 25, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
We know Portland is crawling with sexy ladies (and fellas!) who have the strut, attitude and style needed to rule the catwalk for Portland Fashion Week. Here is your chance to participate in what is poised to be the biggest, most press covered fashion week in PDX history. All we can say [...]
Portland Project Runway 8, Ep. 4 recap: “Hats off to you”
August 20, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
This week’s Project Runway 8, Episode 4 recap might be a bit shorter than most, and here’s why: In our humble opinion, it was one of the most unwatchable episodes in recent memory and a travesty given the potential for awesomeness of the “Hats Off To You” challenge. It might also [...]
PDX Project Runway 8, Episode 3 Recap: “It’s a party”
August 13, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Project Runway 8, Episode 3 was a party, indeed. That is, if ambulance trips, catty comments and “a transvestite flamenco dancer at a funeral” is your kind of scene. There were copious amounts of party supplies involved. The challenge du jour was to create a look from $100 of supplies purchased [...]
Portland Fashion Week Emerging Designer Auditions
August 11, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Monique Balas, NEAT contributor
The countdown is on for local fad-flashing phenomenon Portland Fashion Week, and the kick-off starts with tryouts for our fave PFW event: The Portland Fashion Week Emerging Designer Auditions, from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, August 22.
The auditions offer a stylish showcase for up-and-coming designers to show off their wears [...]
Not Your Mother’s Fashion Show on Saturday
August 6, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Get ready for a good time ladies, because this is not your mother’s fashion show. Literally. Not Your Mother’s Fashion Show (NYMFS) is a runway/benefit event for Dress For Success Oregon that will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 7 at the beautiful Sixth Street Gallery [...]
PDX Project Runway 8, Ep. 2 recap: “Larger than life”
August 6, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Now that we are firmly entrenched in Project Runwaydom (as last week’s show was still technically “auditions”) we must admit, it feels good to be back, especially if you’re a Portland fashion fan. Local designer Gretchen Jones won last week’s challenge and she continues to prove herself a cut above the [...]
Project Runway 8, Episode 1 Recap: “Sew It Begins”
July 30, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
It seems like it’s only been mere months since Portland-area local Seth Aaron Henderson became the latest designer to win the sew-or-be-cut challenge that is Project Runway. Oh wait it has only been a few months. Never mind, PR is back and it’s bigger and longer than ever before (it remains [...]
Neat PEOPLE: Project Runway 8 designer Gretchen Jones
July 28, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Here we go… again! Project Runway 8 premieres on Lifetime TV this Thursday, July 29 at 9 p.m., with yet another talented Portland area designer set to compete in a scissors showdown against 16 other fashionable folks from around the country. Last season, Vancouver, Wash.’s Seth Aaron Henderson brought [...]
