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If you watch Project Runway pretty regularly this book isn t going to hold a lot of surprises for you The first part of the book covers how the show came to be featuring interviews from Nina Michael Heidi and various show runners The second part which compromises the bulk of the text recaps the first nine seasons The designers and models are listed in order of elimination and the winning looks are pictured also in order A few highlights from the season are mentioned and interviews from various designers close out each season The last part does a cursory introduction to the various spin offs I picked up a few new nuggets of info but I mostly enjoyed flipping through it at my leisure 1602861781 If you re a fan of Project Runway you will enjoy this book Separated by seasons and filled with information like who got kicked out when which designs won the challenge each week who each model was and interviews with cast members and judges this is chock full of stuff a fan would want to know Although sometimes the information gets repetitive especially in the interviews when the designers comment on how little time they had to work on their designs and what happened after the show ended it is a lot of fun to read I never knew that the show was filmed in only a month s time and that rather than a week between challenges there were often only days 1602861781 Project Runway The Show that Changed Fashion is a good sized coffee table book all about the groundbreaking reality show It contains information on the first nine seasons including interviews with various cast members the names of the guest judges and plenty of pictures The book also covers how the show got off the ground and all of Project Runway s various spin offs such as Project Runway All Stars. Project runway season 1 What I Liked There are tons of fun stories and anecdotes I especially enjoyed Viktor Luna referring to Tim Gunn as a ray of light p 258 The book was not afraid to address the drama that so often came along with the show itself In addition to interviews with the contestants the book also included interviews with various other players like producers casting directors guest judges and of course Heidi Michael Nina and Tim. Project runway yellow plaid dress What I Didn t Like Numerous times throughout the book either the text or an interviewee would refer to a certain runway look but there would be no accompanying picture As someone who hasn t seen every episode of every season I found that frustrating I thought that some of the contestants that they interviewed were odd choices It seems to me that they would definitely want to interview the finalists from each season or at the very least each season s winner but that was not always the case 1602861781 I LOVE THIS SHOW I LOVE TIM GUNN AND HEIDI AND MICHAEL KORS AND NINA GARCIA That s full disclosure This book has information on all the seasons of Project Runway There are interviews with the designers the producers the judges etc Lots of color photographs My one gripe about the book is that there were snapshot sections in each chapter but the photos were not identified so there were a few faces where I did not know who the people were Other than that I thoroughly enjoyed the book Book DescriptionPublication Date July 10 2012Project Runway the groundbreaking reality television series premiered in 2004 Ten seasons into its run comes the official guide behind the scenes of a television and fashion landmark In this book fully illustrated with hundreds of photos fans will learn how the show began and developed over the years relive the highlights of seasons past and learn what their favorite designers are doing today The book will feature commentary from Heidi Klum throughout as well as interviews with the people behind the scenes top designers of ten seasons and stars of the show workroom mentor Tim Gunn and judges Heidi Klum Nina Garcia and Michael Kors This is the ultimate source for all things Project Runway 1602861781 This was a great book I ve loved the show for years I still thank my college roommate for introducing it to me mainly by having it on all the time and I started watching it out of the corner of my eye and when I saw this book in my library I snatched it up. Project runway patricia I really enjoyed getting behind the scenes look of the show learning quite a bit from the designers and the judges alike The pictures were great reminding me of some really great moments in the earlier years Definitely worth a look at if you re a fan of Project Runway 1602861781 Project Runway the groundbreaking reality television series premiered in 2004 Ten seasons into its run comes the official guide behind the scenes of a television and fashion landmark In this book fully illustrated with hundreds of photos fans will learn how the show began and developed over the years relive the highlights of seasons past and learn what their favorite designers are doing today The book will feature commentary from Heidi Klum throughout as well as interviews with the people behind the scenes top designers of ten seasons and stars of the show workroom mentor Tim Gunn and judges Heidi Klum Nina Garcia and Michael Kors This is the ultimate source for all things Project Runway Project Runway The Show That Changed FashionI ve been getting back into PR lately and figured why not when I saw this book at the library I expected boring unedited trash and that s exactly what I got plus a couple of interesting anecdotes If you re into PR and have some time to waste why not lmao 1602861781 I love Project Runway and I loved looking behind the scenes with the people who make it work every episode and seeing such a great showcase of every season Reading the interviews with the designers of seasons past was nice because it seemed to give a nice follow up to some incidents that happened on the show Such a fun book 1602861781 This is a surprisingly substantive book it took me a couple of days and a number of hours to read I ve gotten a several of this type of cross promotional books about TV shows or by celebrities trying to take advantage of their fame like the Cake Boss Michael Symon or Kat Von D out of the library and none of their books have taken me than 45 minutes to flip through even when they did have a few good stories They just weren t actually wordy Admittedly Symon s was partly a cookbook with the stories as a balance and of course Kat s had a lot of photos as it should have but so did this one I expected this book to be just a bunch pictures with captions and a handful of interviews but it really was much than that Of course they couldn t interview every contestant from every season but they gave a good sense of each season s highlights and most memorable moments interviews with several key contestants each time and some guest judges and some of the producers when it was relevant as well Very occasionally a question was silly but most of it was pretty interesting As long as you re a fan of the series of course This is definitely a book for fans The format follows the conceptualization of the show implementation of each session and a brief summary of the spin off shows primarily through interviews with people who were involved with the show and also through some short descriptions of highlights and of course through pictures. Project runway season 21 Jerrell had a perfect quote that explains why I a definitely non fashionista like the show so much Something about seeing the creative process from start to finish is kind of amazing p144 And when you add in seeing how different people interpret doing the same challenge it s just fascinating I m not a creative person so the chance to watch artists at work even especially under such odd pressure cooker circumstances just wows me It s beyond me how they can be presented with a challenge be given fifteen minutes usually to design be sent off to buy fabric have to start working boom boom boom and on the tightest of deadlines almost always create amazing things I can t imagine anything beautiful much less create it but they can do it all it s remarkable And as Austin said about All Stars on p 275 it s all a delirious hysterical game If it s not the most dangerous game it s definitely the most glamorous the way I play it It s a unique experience to see behind the scenes of how such talented people work and then to see how such different judges view the outcomes I m always totally surprised at what they have to say Sometimes I totally disagree frequently I learn something it s never boring I m so disappointed that the show Sarah Jessica Parker produced about artists with the same format only lasted two seasons it was even fascinating to watch Maybe it didn t do as well because most people couldn t as easily imagine buying the end products so much of the modern art wasn t meant to be family friendly or casually collectible Whereas with fashion we can at least dream about owning the beautiful clothes or going to a glamourous party in a stunning gown and we can even get some of the affordable things the designers end up making Mondo sells t shirts on his site Korto has great jewelry I d totally buy if I was still working Maybe the art show just had a harder time finding a mass audience It s a shame because it was really inspiring. Project runway season 15 Anyway back to the book It wasn t perfect were two problems The first was that while I liked the interviews with the designers a lot it was frustrating when they were asked about what their favorite and least favorite looks were and there weren t even tiny pictures of them to remind us Why ask if you aren t going to show us Some of the time the looks were in the book in the winning looks list but it was confusing because they would refer to it by a different name than the official challenge name that was listed under the photo the editors could have made it clear if the designer didn t use the official name by putting the name in brackets And many of the designs the designers refer to were non winning looks that aren t in the book at all Even a one inch square photo would have refreshed my memory of what the challenge was about and what the designer did It would have been a busier page sure but instead I had to either be frustrated constantly or keep trying to google I did google some of them but sometimes I couldn t find them or I got tired of looking It sounds minor but the clothes are the whole point I spent too much time trying to remember what happened and matching the designers with their work it was a pain My only other complaint was that for the staff that didn t appear on air they should have listed their job titles under their names We don t know who those people are It was off putting it kept making me feel like I d missed something that I had to flip back and find or like I was the outsider who didn t know the cool kids in school that I should have known As for just a few of the many specific fan girl things that come up in the book It s kind of wild that in season 1 they were so new that they didn t even have a photographer on set every challenge to take pictures of the winning looks so four of the wins aren t in the book Although couldn t they get screen caps It seems like that s what they had in season 3 they were all so dark because they were against that Project Runway lit up screen but maybe they were just taken from the audience But a few of those looked like candid photos with the contestants taken after the runway too it s all very odd Other than season 1 and 3 they had all of the professional photos It is really cool to know that when Victoria Beckham said that she wanted to buy Christian s work she wasn t blowing steam She had him over for a fitting 2 weeks later and bought several pieces So did Heidi Topically as I m writing this at the end of July 2012 does anyone remember season 5 s Olympic challenge I liked a couple better than Ralph Lauren s from this year at least they looked American But it does go to show that it s harder than you imagine when you look back and see how ridiculous most of these designers ideas of what our Olympic athletes should wear were I was going to say a bunch of bad things about Ivy and how bad she comes off again but I m really trying to keep it brief I ll just say that she s still blaming Michael for her own bad behavior Once again I really don t understand why anyone who saw the show and now who reads this book would ever want to work with her And this time she had the luxury of time to think about what she was saying Regardless of who else did what she did and said what she did and she just looks bad period. Project runway epub free Why why why hasn t anyone given Anthony a TV show Wow I always thought Irina got a bit of a raw deal I always liked her even when I re watched her season But she was the only winner who couldn t even be bothered to comment about her win not even one small sentence or two for the book about the show that made her famous Maybe she didn t understand the scope of the book And yet everyone else participated I can see not wanting to do an in depth interview maybe but to not say thank you or it was nice to have my parents see me win something simple is very odd And bad business I controlled myself I didn t keep count of how many people listed Mondo my favorite as one of their favorites as well or compare how many votes he got compared to the other designers But it s probably close between him and Christian A lot of people rightly so love what Christian has done both with his design work and with his brand he s worked his tail off and it s amazingly impressive I still think Korto doesn t get the credit she deserves her clothes are beautiful and commercial And I love Seth Aaron even if he isn t my personal style I just love seeing what he does Andy is pretty wonderful I always love what she does Austin is another one who isn t my style but I love seeing what he comes up with And don t forget Chris March I loved the season of Mad Fashion back on Bravo and really hope they do another season soon And I want the season 9 s DVDs to come out already so I can re examine those guys again That may be the best top four yet when it comes to potential career longevity I think they re all going places Well that was a really long review I guess it just proves that it wasn t just a piece of fluff book Fans of the series will definitely enjoy the interviews and catching up with fan favorites getting glimpses into behind the scenes and the retrospective on the show that we ve enjoyed so much It would absolutely make a great gift for any Project Runway way I can easily recommend it As much as any book of a decent size can capture nine seasons of the show pl us a few spin offs this has done an enjoyable job The one thing that would have made it better but maybe unwieldy would be of the looks from each season beyond just the winning looks 1602861781 I I enjoyed this book 1602861781 Well that foreword aged like milk 1602861781 
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