TFS: T Lo Interviews Kristin

She likes us! She really, really likes us!

Kristin?
Well, it’s actually Strawberry Shortcake.

We were wondering if you read the blog.
Yes, I love your blog [laughs].

So, are all your friends going to call you Strawberry Shortcake from now on?
Yes, I’m actually really inspired by that nickname, so let’s see what happens with it.

We were shocked that you left the competition. What happened, girl? Did you feel it was too demanding, too hard?
The whole bit about my skin not being thick enough and all that stuff, you know. You’re making a reality TV show. It wasn’t so much about me as a designer, which is how I view it. I’m a fashion designer, I’m a business woman and I’m not a reality star or a TV personality, so I just had to put myself in that situation where I could see those things and not have all these limitations and the eccentric personalities around me. The whole “you’re hanging by a thread comment”? I’m just a no-strings-attached kind of girl. I kind of bowed out.

Is that what you had in mind when you said that it was in your best interest to go home?
Yes, definitely. I’ve got a lot of other things going on and if I’m going to be that stressed out about something, I’d rather spend it working on my own company and doing what I love to do.

We didn’t think that your design was bad at all. We thought it was a young, fresh take that we could easily see on someone young. What did you think of Isaac’s comment about not being sure whether “a person like that should be in the business?"
I think Isaac’s comment made for very good TV. I didn’t take it that hard. I’m sure that when Isaac started every design he knocked out wasn’t supposed to be the way it was. I’m sure that every outfit he did wasn’t great. I’m 23 years old, I’m still new and young at it. Just the whole idea that they thought it was one of the worst really baffled me. Yeah , you're right, it was a younger look, it was a young take. I didn’t get the demographics sheet when I was designing, so I don’t know why everybody thought I had to design something for a thirty-five year old woman. That’s my market, girls between 18 and 22. That’s what I design for, that’s what I know how to do, and if that’s what I am limited to, then that’s fine, there’s a huge market for it and I’m comfortable with it.

Do you regret your decision to leave the show?
Do I regret my decision? Absolutely not. There’s nothing that I did on that show that I regret, everything you saw was 100% Strawberry Shortcake.

Now, we have to ask you this as we’re sure our readers are going to comment on it: Didn’t you know that it was going to be, first and foremost, a reality TV show; that it was going to be like that?
Yes, I did, I read every sentence of my contract. I knew the premise of Project Runway; I’ve watched enough reality TV shows, you know that’s what you’re getting into. I guess the issue that I had was that there’s nothing to prepare you for it. What you expect and what you anticipate, it was totally something else when I got there. I just realized really quickly that it wasn’t for me. I know who I am and that’s why I acted that way.

It’s a very bold decision to just leave like that after all you had to go through to get on the show.
Like I said, I know who I am and I know when something’s right and when something’s wrong. I’m really proud that everybody else is there, speaking louder, doing what they want to do, but I’m a Midwest girl. I like being a small clothing line in Chicago; I like running my website, that’s what I like doing. It’s an opportunity that I owed to myself to try, I did, and it’s OK, not everything is for everybody and I kind of split.

Let’s talk about your line called “OrganiK Revolution.” Tell us a little about it.
OrganiK Revolution is my baby. I decided to create it about a year ago when I got into Travel Fashion Incubator. The Incubator was a city initiative that takes six young local designers to kind of mentor them through their first year of entrepreneurship. I learned a lot and did a couple of collections, I headlined Chicago Fashion Week last year and we're doing a great event this year called Chicago Fashion Rocks. It’s happened so quickly. In a year, we’ve put out a couple of other collections, we’re selling on our website now OrganiK Revolution.com. It’s a rock-and-roll positive look to it. It’s a clothing line for younger girls, eco-friendly, earth-conscious without being just Birkenstocks and hippie stuff.

Where do you draw your inspiration from?
I love this question because you have these designers that have all these crazy inspirations like Stealth Fighter or whatever [laughs]. My inspiration is pretty consistent, I’m very influenced by rock-and-roll, my husband is in a band, and I have this romantic fairy-tale thing that I love to play on. It kind of bounces back and forth with those. Some inspiration from the '20s; sometimes cowgirls, all kinds of different stuff, but mostly rock-and-roll and fairy-tale.

How do you approach your designs?
I make stuff that I want to wear, that my girlfriend Ginger Snap wants to wear [laughs]. I design for girls my age, with my mentality and my aesthetic. That’s what I do.

Well, thank you so much, girl.
Well, thank you guys so much, I really appreciate it and I love your blog. I want to say a BIG thank you to all of your readers... they've been super supportive and that means the world!

Also, if anyone wants MORE Kristin, check out thenotsodesperatehousewife.com!


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[Photos: Bravotv.com/OrganiKRevolution.com]


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TFS: Two Goodbyes and a Congrats

Let's get crackin' bitches!

Was it the nickname? If so, we're sorry, Strawberry Shortcake!

On the one hand, we say you shouldn't sign up for a show like this if you can't take the heat. On the other hand, Mizrahi telling her she should get out of the business altogether was such a ridiculously over-the-top thing to say we kinda don't blame her. Still, we were sorry to see her go, especially because we can't run that joke into the ground like we planned.


"No look is complete without the hair. In fact my hair has become sort of my trademark look."

HAHAHAHAHA!! The delusions of some of these people just slay us. As if she invented the "dried straw" look! As if anybody couldn't get the exact same effect from a 99-cent bottle of hydrogen peroxide.

Although we did like her outfit. Seems like the designers made the classic mistake of taking in her look and then replicating it. A lot of them did that Balenciaga-esque architectural skirt thing - or tried to, anyway.

Anyway, Congratulations, Daniella!


She got her revenge on El Pollo Loco by coming back strong this week and we have to say, it's a pretty great design.

It's certainly not for everyone (and truth be told, although it looks like something she'd wear, Tinsley's too old for the look), but it's kinda sassy, kinda fresh.

It's very hard to do hot pants and not make them look cheap, but she did well here.

What brings it up is the sheer jacket, which could not have been all that easy to execute.

The only part we don't particularly like is the big floppy bow, but that's only a minor complaint.

And a sayonara to Laura, who may have been the loser this week, but she sure was a winner in the delusional sweepstakes!

It's horrible. There's no nice way to say it. It's poorly executed and badly designed.

First off, who wears a cocktail dress to a rock concert? The bust is the only thing that was okay from a design perspective. And it was JUST okay.

The red tulle was ugly and it looked cheap.

And come on, every single one of her team mates told her not to use it and she turned around later and pretended like she didn't remember them saying that. Delusional.

It seems pretty clear that team challenges are going to be common on this show and these bitches have absolutely no concept of how to work on a team.

Nothing tops this, though:

How could she possibly think that was a good idea? Did she not ever take a step back and look at what she was doing? To be honest, Haven bears some of the blame here. This was such a bad idea that she should have stepped in and said "Absolutely not."

"That tulle overrides the beauty of it because what's good about it still is the shaping and the sophistication in the body."

DELUSIONAL.

[Photos: BravoTV.com - Screencaps: Projectrungay.blogspot.com]

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TFS: Team Keith

It's time to cut off some circulation, bitches!

Anna, Keith, Jonny, Kristin, and Andrew. Together, they make tourniquets!

If they tried that on a real girl, her tits would be up around her ears.

"And it's not going to be this hard tomorrow to get it on your model?"

"They're a lot tinier than the forms."

What? Like "living under a toadstool" tiny? Because they'd have to be. We really hope she goes the distance on this show because it's going to be fun watching her design for her friends Angel Cake and Ginger Snap.

Okay, models! Suck it in and hobble down that runway!

Andrew

His was the only skirt out of this group that we liked. In fact, we liked the proportions of this outfit on a whole. The only weird thing is that Y dart in the middle of the blouse. It's not looking so hot.

Keith

The top is cute, but that's mainly because of the fabric choice. That skirt is HORRIBLE. It's not just too tight; it's also too short and too high-waisted.

Anna

Not bad. Like everyone else in the group, it's WAY too tight, but the jacket is nicely done and the sash and trim work well.

Kristin

The more we look at this the more we scratch our heads at the judges' response to it. It's not that we love it, but we don't get why they HATED it so much. It's the only look in the group that looks modern to us and it's the only look that managed a different silhouette than merely "skin-tight." Yeah, there are definitely problems with it, but there's enough interesting stuff there that should have prevented the bitch-slapping that Heather Mizrahi gave her.


[Photos: BravoTV.com - Screencaps: Projectrungay.blogspot.com]


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