Project Runway

(L-R) Carol Hannah Whitfield, Irina Shabayeva, and Althea Harper. Courtesy Photo. Judges Michael Kors, Heidi Klum, and Nina Garcia at Bryant Park. One of the three women pictured above will be named the winner of Project Runway , season 6. That person will be awarded $100,000 to put towards their own clothing line, an all expenses paid trip to Paris, and an editorial feature in an issue of Marie Claire magazine. Perhaps most importantly, she will finally be able to tell her friends and... Read Full Story

Emerging from my ennui to recap the runway.   So, we finally made it to the Project Runway finale, and it's a sad indication that the moment of highest drama, on or off the runway, was Carol Hannah puking in the bathroom.   Although, I might amend that to say that the moment of highest drama amongst me and my viewing companions was when Heidi came out on the runway wearing another horrendous ensemble. She really saved the "best" for last, in a hot pink, shiny "suit", featuring too-tight... Read Full Story

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Irina Shabayeva won the sixth season of the fashion reality show "Project Runway" on Thursday in the conclusion of the hit cable series which was delayed for months by legal wrangling. Shabayeva, 27, the daughter of immigrants from the Republic of Georgia who moved their family to Brooklyn, impressed the show's judges with an edgy collection of 13 looks shown at New York's Fashion Week earlier this year. The designer said she was inspired by "what it takes to survive in... Read Full Story

New York designer Irina Shabayeva's collection took the gold in "Project Runway," winning $100,000 toward her line, an agent and a trip to Paris. Judges Heidi Klum, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia and Susie Menkes chose Shabayeva over Carol Hannah Whitfield, who came in third, and Althea Harper, the runner-up. The three women all showed strong collections at February's fashion week in Bryant Park. The Lifetime show's finale was shown Thursday night. The delay came because "Project Runway" — the... Read Full Story

Courtesy Photo. Heidi and Tim pose at the runway show. Season six of Project Runway is nearing its end. The first installment of the show's season finale airs tonight on Lifetime, with remaining contestants Carol Hannah Whitfield , Althea Harper, and Irina Shabayeva putting their collections in order for a presentation at Bryant Park (it's an all-female crew this season). Who are you hoping takes the winnings this year? While I admit that Irina's designs are incredibly well-crafted, I'm not... Read Full Story

yeah, so i stayed up and watched the season finale for the 6 season of project runway and you know what? i am disappointed. i was pretty pissed last night about who won. to me, it was really clear who was best, and that person didn't win. i sat there and watched althea's collection and it was mostly boring with a few nice pieces. i watched carol hannah's and was incredibly stunned by 98% of her work. practically every piece i was thinking how badly i wanted it. i watched irina's and it was... Read Full Story

  On last night's finale of the long-delayed sixth season of Project Runway , 27-year-old Irina Shabayeva beat finalists Althea Harper and Carol Hannah Whitfield to take home the crown. The confident Upper East Sider, originally from the Republic of Georgia, impressed the judges with her edgy, black-on-black collection inspired by surviving as a woman in New York. But when Shabayeva's clothes walked the runway back in February, the un-aired season was still in legal limbo, tangled in a... Read Full Story

Filed under: Fashion , News Heidi Klum hugging Irina Shabayeva after the designer's win. Photo: MyLifetime.com Was it ever in doubt that the shrewd, beautiful and (can we say bitchy?) New Yorker Irina Shabayeva would take the $100,000 prize and be named Season Six winner of " Project Runway ?" From the first episode, the judges fell hard for her sophisticated, edgy and impeccably constructed looks. Even her ousted competitors named her the designer to beat . It was no... Read Full Story

Project Runway alum Christian Siriano finally proved that reality show winners can actually survive in the real world. We're hoping this will be the case for Irina Shabayeva, Project Runway's newest winner announced on the show's finale last night. Shabayeva was the first to admit that she faced stiff competition in reaching the winning slot, but we think the judges who included Suzy Menkes, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors, and Heidi Klum picked the right talent in the end. We couldn't help but... Read Full Story

Filed under: News The final episode of "Project Runway" Season Six is upon us and nerves are showing for the remaining three women in the competition: Irina Shabayeva , Althea Harper and Carol Hannah Whitfield . There's still much work to be done and little time to do it, especially with the surprise 13th look challenge added with little notice. Whitfield is quite ill and at one point breaks into tears and collapses into assistant Christopher Straub 's arms, sobbing, "This isn't how it's... Read Full Story