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Fashion Friday: Project Runway Season 6 Begins on August 20!

I have been waiting for this! Project Runway will finally be showing Season 6, beginning August 20, 2009. The show has moved to Lifetime, and Season 6 was filmed in Los Angeles. Below is a trailer for the show:

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Fashion Thursday: The Fashion Show, Do You Plan to Watch?

Fashion Friday comes a day early this week!

So, first Project runway left Bravo. Then a lawsuit ensued. Now Project Runway 6 is finally set to start on Lifetime on August 15, and reports are that it will include a cheating scandal. In the meantime, Bravo is launching their own fashion design show: The Fashion Show.

In something that is obviously meant to draw on Project Runway’s success, The Fashion Show involves fifteen professional designers competing in a fashion creative competition. The show is hosted by designer Isaac Mizrahi and performer and actress Kelly Rowland. I’m a fan of both, so that alone might make me watch. They are joined in judging by Senior Vice President of IMG Fashion, Fern Mallis.

Each week the designers will face off in two challenges– a mini challenge and an elimination challenge. In something different from the way Project Runway chooses things, America will choose the ultimate winning contestant, who will have a clothing line available for retail and will win a $125,000 prize.

At first, I rolled my eyes at what seems to be a Project runway knockoff, but in the end, I am intrigued. So I plan to watch it. Do you?

The Fashion Show premiers tonight (May 7, 2009) at 10pm eastern/9pm central.

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Fashion Friday: Finally! Project Runway 6 Will Debut August 15.

Waiting for Project runway Season 6 has been rather frustrating. With the ability to release the already completed season because of legal battles, one had to wonder if it ever would get resolved. But the legal dispute has been resolved and Project Runway has announced that Season 6, shot this time on the west coast, will premier August 15, 2009. Here is more information. Pictured below are Michael Kors, Heidi Klum, and Nina Garcia at the long ago completed fashion week finale.

Project Runway Season 6 Finale Show In NYC

Also, Project Runway has already announced a casting call for season 7. There will be appointments here in Chicago, but you must hurry! Applications are due by April 24, 2009! Click Here for further information!

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Christian Siriano Collection Now on Bluefly.com

For all of you Project Runway and Christian Siriano Fans, Christian’s line is now up on Bluefly.

I’m not overly inspired by the $96 T-shirts, but I do really like the pictured black cotton dress.

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The Little Black Book of Style, by Nina Garcia of Elle Magazine and Project Runway

I am quite a book lover, and while I am usually found reading fiction, I have quite a soft spot for beauty and fashion books. Some are more enjoyable than others, and some more useful than others. Nina Garcia’s The Little Black Book of Style fits nicely into both the enjoyable and useful categories .

The Little Black Book of Style is a quick read, yet it does not lack in substance. With chapters on being your own muse, the basics, insider tips and tricks, and what to wear when, the book provides a good base of style information. It also can motivate you to clean out your closet and buy a really good handbag and pair of shoes!

The material in the opening chapters is good, solid, and basic advice. It does not set out specific outfits or technical rules. Instead, it provides the reader with the building blocks that she or he can utilize to develop a winning personal style. Other chapters such as one on inspirations, and a wonderful section on fashion through the decades, provide further ideas and a bit of background into how fashion concepts are derived.

With attractive illustrations by Ruben Toledo, the book is also a joy to look at and is stylish in and of itself. I have left it sitting out for the illustrations alone.

This one is highly recommended. It is informative, well written, fun to read, and a joy to look at.