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“You must have found my camera…”
I don’t remember how I got to this–so if someone on my friends’ list linked it, I’d be glad to give you credit–but I love this guy’s creative blog post showing what he’s done in case his camera gets lost. I don’t know about all digital cameras, but I can protect pictures on mine to keep from accidentally deleting them. Therefore I could do this on my camera–but I couldn’t be as adorable as Andrew McDonald.
LJ Runway Monday: Back to New York (PR 7:1)
Boy, that was a fast break, and now Lifetime’s Project Runway has returned to New York for its seventh season. It was good to see Heidi and Tim again, and apparently Michael Kors and Nina Garcia are back to being permanent judges. This week’s theme was “Back to New York,” and Nicole Richie was the guest judge. You get to be MY guest judges, so feel free to add comments on any part of my design. The contestants–and I have no idea yet who they are; I always spend the first few episodes trying to sort them all out–were asked to create a look that provided their point of view.
Sadly, I was unable to book my model muse, Summer, for this challenge. Her agent says she’s ill. Visual translation from Agent Speak to Reality:
That’s okay. I’m sure we’ll be seeing Summer at some point this season, and my new friend Noelle was happy to work with me this week. Noelle was the model for Mattel’s 2008 Holiday Barbie, and she’s gorgeous.
I chose to go with one of my favorite dress styles with a few embellishments at the hemline and the collar. To mix things up a little, I decided to move away from the mod fabrics that I love and time travel to the 1980s.
How’d I do?
THEFT!
Those Lost bastards.
We stole from da Vinci before they did.
Button Sunday
My retail moment
Sunday afternoon I went to my neighborhood Borders to pick up a book for a toddler I know. I was passing a display on my way to the stairs when a Beatles Trivial Pursuit game caught my eye. Beatles! I would be so lousy at that, even though I used to be great at Trivial Pursuit.
But I digress. Next to that board game was another one:
I took the top one off the stack and turned over the box to read more about it. Just then, I was reminded of my days in retail when a twenty-something man walked by and barely stopped long enough to say, “That could be fun, right?” before he snatched the next one off the stack and headed down the stairs.
Ah, those last few days of frantic holiday shopping, frequently by desperate and clueless males. I’ve had a lot of fun imagining the facial expressions of his possible recipients when they open their gift.
LJRunway Monday: Final Collection, Part 1
Tonight, Runway Monday has put together a runway show at an undisclosed location to feature this season’s final collection by Becks. You’ve been checking out her looks for the past few months. Now she’s accepted the final season-six challenge of Lifetime’s Project Runway to create thirteen looks in a cohesive collection.
I’m your pre-show host, Heidi Gunn. It looks like we’ll have a full house tonight.
And a post full of photos behind this cut. Click here if you want to see more.
LJ Runway Monday: Finale, Part I (PR 6:13)
On the most recent episode of Lifetime’s Project Runway, the three finalists left L.A. to go home and work on their final collections. Tim Gunn did home visits to check on their progress. Later, the designers headed to New York for Fashion Week.
Meanwhile, in Houston…
All we need is fashion
This photo made me oddly happy when I saw it:
Picture from Yoko Ono’s web site
John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono; George Harrison’s widow Olivia Harrison; Stella McCartney, daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney and the late Linda Eastman McCartney; and Barbara Bach Starkey, the wife of Ringo Starr
Last night in New York, the three Beatle wives presented designer Stella McCartney an award as one of Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year 2009 for her fashion label and her commitment to animal rights.
LJ Runway Monday: Sequins, Feathers and Fur, Oh My! (PR 6:9)
On the latest episode of Lifetime’s Project Runway, the designers got to meet fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie at the museum of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. Bob Mackie described the challenges of designing for stage performances, then explained that the designers would be creating a new look for Christina Aguilera to wear on stage.
I LOVED this challenge. I’ve enjoyed Bob Mackie’s work for so many years, not only for his Cher, Diana Ross, Madonna, and Tina Turner creations, but because of his work on The Carol Burnett Show and his brilliant parody of Scarlett O’Hara’s green velvet drapery dress.
And of course, I just happened to have the perfect model: Christina Aguilera!
I couldn’t wait to transform her into my own unique–and Bob Mackie-inspired–stage goddess.
Watching the show, I was a little surprised by the PR contestants’ lack of color in their final designs. I also wondered whether they considered that Christina Aguilera doesn’t just stand on stage and sing–she MOVES. I felt that some of their designs were either lingerie, red carpet looks, or evening gowns–instead of something a performer could dance in that would catch and reflect light, sparkle and flutter with movement, and also be dramatic and over-the-top–a COSTUME.