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Project Runway designer Mychael Knight died

Project Runway season three fan-favorite designer Mychael Knight died Tuesday. The designer, who also competed on the third season of Project Runway All Stars and on the Project Runway: All Star Challenge, was 39. Obvious Magazine reported that “Mychael died at 7:25 am EST outside of Atlanta, GA on October 17, 2017, surrounded by his loving …

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Project Runway wins GLAAD award, giving Tim Gunn his “proudest moment”

Bravo’s Project Runway 3 was named the most outstanding reality program last night by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Tim Gunn accepted the award, and according to a Bravo press release, he said, “I don’t know whether people realize the seminal work of Bravo and, by definition Bravo’s support of the LGBT community. …

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Jeffrey Sebelia is “totally broke” but designing costumes for Paula Abdul’s Bratz movie

Project Runway 3 winner Jeffrey Sebelia may be “totally broke,” he says, but he’s also working on Paula Abdul’s forthcoming movie, a live-action version of the Bratz dolls franchise. Even after receiving the show’s $100,000 prize, “The truth is, I’m totally broke,” he tells New York Magazine. That’s a result of paying off debt related …

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Starbucks giving away t-shirts designed by Project Runway’s Mychael Knight

Starbucks is giving away t-shirts that feature a design by Project Runway 3 finalist Mychael Knight. (By the way, that’s the way he actually spells his name; “That’s the way I’ve always spelled it. When I filled out the “Project Runway” application, I put my birth name on there. But everybody in Atlanta knows me …

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Jeffrey Sebelia planned his challenge garments in advance, donated his car to charity

Project Runway 3 winner Jeffrey Sebelia says he planned all of the garments he made during the show beforehand. In Elle, which features his spread this month, Jeffrey “claims, incredibly, that he plotted out ‘everything from the color palettes to the silhouettes’ in advance,” the magazine reports, quoting Jeffrey. “I decided to go dark and …

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Kathy Griffin, Tim Gunn will guest star on Ugly Betty, which is sponsoring a dress design challenge

Normally, reality show star guest appearances on TV shows aren’t really newsworthy; there are just too many of them. But in the span of a few weeks, ABC’s Golden Globe-winning drama Ugly Betty will have both Kathy Griffin and Tim Gunn as guest stars. The show’s executive producer, Silvio Horta, told The Chicago Tribune’s Maureen …

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