I am not a fashionista by any stretch of the imagination. But my daughter has a degree in fashion design and worked for the iconic designer Betsey Johnson (if you're not familiar look her up on the web). I have learned to appreciate fashion and all the creativity and skill that it takes. So I started watching "Project Runway" a few years ago, and then my daughter and I could chat about it the next day. The show is definitely set up to entertain, with infighting and drama - but the talent of these designers blows me away. Each week they're given an imaginative challenge, maybe $100 and 12 hours or so to create something FABULOUS! While in NYC a couple weeks ago my daughter and I walked past a candy store window that displayed one of the Project Runway challenges from last season. They had to create dresses from candy wrappers! If you're interested a new season starts on Bravo in July. (The photo on the right has a dress made of the brown Reese's cup holders.)
Diane Vogel Ferri’s full-length poetry book is Everything is Rising (Luchador Press). Her latest novel is No Life But This: A Novel of Emily Warren Roebling (Atbosh Media) Her essays have been published in The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Scene Magazine, and Yellow Arrow Journal,
among others. Her poems can be found in numerous journals such as Wend Poetry, Blue Heron Review, Rubbertop Review, and Poet Lore. Her previous publications are Liquid Rubies (poetry), The Volume of Our Incongruity (poetry), and The Desire Path (novel). She has done many poetry readings locally. Diane’s essay, “I Will Sing for You” was featured at the Cleveland Humanities Festival in 2018. A former teacher, she holds an M.Ed from Cleveland State University and is a founding member of Literary Cleveland.
Her poem, For You, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of The Net 2023
4 comments:
I LOVE that show! I saw that candy wrapper episode and was blown away by their creativity. It's amazing.
Thanks for the update on the new season, I'm totally stoked about it!
I got completely HOOKED on that show a few years ago. I think what is so appealing about it is "The Creative" Aspect. As you said, these designers are so imaginative and talented....I look forward to it a lot....And I lobe Top Chef, for the very same reasons...It is about 'creating' too!
I remember the Candy Wrapper Challange....Very Very clever and hard, too!
I love that show, too, I loved it when Jay of Pennsylvania won the challenge a few years ago. I absolutely do NOT sew, but I marvel at the creativity of these talented folks.
I've seen a bit of the show in passing - I don't spend much time with TV. But I am familiar with the Betsey Johnson label compliments of my DILs. Her designs are cute but not much for old ladies. I was gifted with one of her large totes and use it when we travel.
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