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I’ve found all my sitters on Sittercity. My current sitter is wonderful but it looks like she’ll be getting a fabulous internship in Manhattan or DC next year so we’ll definitely be searching Sittercity for our next mother’s helper.

Here’s a discount for Sittercity:

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Interview With the Amazing Mondo Guerra of Project Runway

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Although the “spoilers” have been warning for weeks that the outcome of Project Runway would be “unexpected”, I was still hoping Mondo Guerra would be declared the winner. He had a lot of beautiful pieces and his talent is clear to almost everyone with eyes.  Still, I thought that he relied too much on his […]

Interview with Andy South of Project Runway

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When I heard the spoilers that the winner of this season of Project Runway would be “unexpected”, and I took a peak at the final collections, I thought the winner would be Andy South.

We spoke with Andy on the topic of his limited palette, Internet buzz that he lifted patterns from a book, concerns about losing his aesthetic during the final collection, and how he has grown as a designer…

Interview with Project Runway Winner: Gretchen Jones

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I chatted with Project Runway’s Gretchen and found out that she is a smart, articulate businesswoman. Despite a reputation as the show’s “rhymes with witch”, Gretchen is adamant that she only talked about the other designers’ work, never attacking them on a personal level. Gretchen shared her thoughts about the final judging and why she was so happy to have Michael Kors in her corner. Above all else, it seems that Gretchen was a truly savvy reality-show contest.

What I really wanted to ask Gretchen is why does she design clothes that make 5’9″, beautiful, willowy, 20 year-old women look like pear-shaped, middle-aged women in mom jeans? But I couldn’t think of a non-confrontational way to phrase that.

So, this is what I asked her instead…

Interview with Michael Costello from Project Runway

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Lifetime gave me the opportunity to interview Michael Costello, who was the final Project Runway contestant to be eliminated before the finale at Fashion Week. I’m excited to tune in for the Finale, Part II, Thursday, October 28 at 9pm ET/PT.

His elimination is now the subject of great internet debate–why did he have to compete for a spot when he “won” the previous challenge? why was he eliminated over Gretchen, whose collection seemed to be more of a line and have less “wow” to it? and was his breakdown genuine?

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