Famous people - Part 1

I saw a few famous people at New York Fashion Week.  As always, these people will only seem "famous" to you if you watch a lot of reality TV.  I will start with my favorite show ever (the one that inspired me to sew again) - Project Runway.

And my favorite of Project Runway is Jay McCarroll, who won the first season -

I loved his splatter paint pants, so I asked him if he bought them or made them.  He burst out laughing and said, "It would be so pretentious if I had bought them.  They are my work pants."  I don't know if "pretentious" is the right word to use in this situation, but I subsequently purchased some splatter paint material to make into a dress.

He also told me that he is coming out with a new sock line soon.  You can purchase them from his website here.

I have to follow that up with Kooan, who is always entertaining, and Nathan, who always looks dapper.  I really wanted to see more of them this season.  I was very glad that Kooan had the guts to show up even though he left the show.

They were hanging out with Laura from season 9 - 

Mila from season 7 and Josh from season 9 look both look great.  Mila is so tall and gorgeous -

And I love her earrings -

Nick Verreos always looks elegant and colorful -

 

Here is Michael Costello of Season 8 -

Then, Anthony Ryan and Josh of Season 9 -

And Olivier (I checked the spelling, because I know they pronounced it "Oliver" on the show) -

Along with the winner of Season 9, Anya -

Going back a little further, the winner of Season 2, Chloe -

And finally, one of my favorites (and the runner-up) of Season 5, Korto -

It is so fun to see all of the people who have inspired me to design my own clothes.  People always ask me if I would want to be on the show one day.  My answer is - absolutely not!  Let me tell you that the contestants on this show are super FAST.  This season (with two people dropping out) is a testament to how difficult it is to be creative and productive in that short amount of time.  My hat is off to all of them. 

Inspiration

I saw two people in New York that have been a huge inspiration to me.  The first was Scott Schuman (aka The Sartorialist).  His blog was the second blog that I ever read.  (His girlfriend's was the first.)  He is definitely the most successful street style blogger.  I was fascinated by the fact that he would stop strangers and ask if he could take their photograph.  I never imagined that people would let you take their picture just because you liked their oufit.  It took years of reading and studying his blog for me to finally get up the courage to start approaching people. 

I was so excited when I saw him outside of Lincoln Center.  It was so much fun to watch him work.  I didn't want to bother him while he was working, so I didn't speak to him.  Hopefully, I'll have another chance to do so.

The other person I saw was Jay McCarroll, the winner of the very first Project Runway.  It was his season that lit the spark in me to want to learn how to design and sew clothes.  I watched every episode over and over and over.  Since he was just hanging out, I walked up to him and introduced myself.  He seems just as fun in real life as he is on TV. 

Guys, thanks for your inspiration!