Tonight On BPR

There is an empty bed greeting the designers at The Atlas Apartment this morning and it doesn't take too much guessing to figure out who it belongs to. But we're not going to spoil anything here. Maybe the bigger question is who is the second desgner that decides to leave the competition? Plenty of drama awaits and Team BPR will be here to watch it all go down:

• Tbone and Suzq will be hosting our weekly play by play party room beginning at 8:45 p.m. All are welcome to join the usual cast of colorful characters as we watch Episode 4, "Women On The Go" together.
• After the show, share your thoughts on the new episode in our lively Reactions thread. It's great place to vent your frustrations and tell the judges what you really think.

Hope to see you tonight right here on BPR!

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Christian Siriano for Payless

The Project Runway Season 4 champion continues to impress with his newest collection for Payless.  Click here to see the designs and to order online.

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A Visit to Gordana Gehlhausen's New Santa Monica Boutique

Project Runway All Star, Gordana Gehlhausen, has opened a new Goga boutique in Santa Monica.  I visited her last week on a road trip to California!  

The new shop is located at 2710 Main Street in Santa Monica.  

It's a great spot with lots of shopping to tempt me.

There is a raised runway set up in the center of the store with mannequins modeling the latest Goga designs.  Gordana also hosts fashion shows in the space.

Gordana works at the back of the store, sewing and fitting her clients.

She is also proud to support many charity causes in her community.

Gordana's couture designs are available for sale in the shop as well as her ready-to-wear garments.  Goga also carries designs from Michael Costello and Jerell Scott.

Thank you Gordana!

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L'étoile Magazine Interviews Raul Osorio

Photo: Ellen Dahl Lawson / The Minneapoline 

Minneapolis-based L'étoile Magazine features this interview with Project Runway Season 10 designer, Raul Osorio.

A preview:  

TO’: I know you’ve done tons of menswear and tons of womenswear. Which is harder do you think?

RO: To me, though I think it’s womenswear; menswear comes very naturally to me. 

I really, really enjoy doing menswear. I could say that I am my own muse when I do menswear because I understand the man’s body better. When I do womenswear, I’m always trying to figure out their body. I’m trying to figure out who this client is. But you know there’s so much for women out there and there’s nothing for men.

 And I go to bed sometimes and I dream about menswear, I dream about designs, I dream about things I want to wear constantly you know so I do think that womenswear is harder, at least for me. 

 TO’: And like I forget who said it, but there are a ton of designers who basically design for themselves.  

RO: Right. 

 TO’: What made you decide to audition for Project Runway? 

 RO: The casting director from Project Runway sent me e-mails for the last three years inviting me to apply for the show. And I never wanted to do it, because I didn’t know what was going to come out of it. It’s a little scary. Also, I didn’t know how people were gonna perceive me as a designer, you know?

 I worked so hard in Minneapolis to create a name, a brand, and people understood who I am as a designer. A lot of them support my work and being exposed to so many people and then you know having haters or I don’t know. I guess I wasn’t ready to deal with that part of it; I wasn’t ready to deal with people to be rude and mean, because, you know, it’s happening! 

There’s a lot of people that are in love with my work, but there’s a lot of people that are hating it. And that’s because I mean you can’t please everyone you know? But this time I decided to do it because I felt more comfortable – it was like I’ve been doing this for a couple of years, I feel that I have a big portfolio, and it’s this or nothing. I mean I feel that I have accomplished almost everything in Minneapolis when it comes down to being a designer that I just don’t feel there’s just much more to do. And I’m not taking Minneapolis for granted, it’s just that I don’t think, you know, I’ve done every show that happened in the last years. I’ve been in different local magazines and I want to grow. I want exposure. So this was the perfect way for me to get there, just get exposed and not just Minneapolis – I needed more than that.

Click here for the full interview.

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