Project Runway's Althea Harper - Rowenta® Style Ambassador

Rowenta® is the "Official Garment Care Provider of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week" and season 6 designer, Althea Harper is their Style Ambassador.



After the Project Runway season 9 finale show, Korto Momolu joined me at the Rowenta booth where we spoke with Althea and saw the Rowenta products in action.



Althea has designed some fashionable iron-on designs and visitors to the booth were transferring the designs to t-shirts and tote bags.



Click here and enter to win a piece of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week history - a Pro Master Iron. Also click here to learn more about Rowenta products.

Thank you Korto, Althea and Rowenta!

Tim Gunn At Fashion Week

Look who we found wandering around outside Lincoln Center! Tim Gunn was kind enough to take a few moments to share his feelings on the Season 9 finale, let us know what's coming up for him and send some love to the BPR readers. We love you back Tim!

Project Runway Season 9 Finale Collections

Nine Project Runway Season 9 designers showed at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on September 9, 2011. Below you will see images of the designers in the order that their ten-piece Spring 2012 collections were shown in the new Lincoln Center venue. In an effort to remain spoiler-free, you will not see images of the designs on the main page of BPR. Spoiler alert - if you click on the image of each designer you will be redirected to images of the 10 fashions in the order that they were presented. Purists, beware that you will see the garments before they appear on the show and that the comments will contain discussions about the looks.

Click the image above for the collection of Laura Kathleen.

Click the image above for the collection of Bert Keeter.

Click the image above for the collection of Bryce Black.

Click the image above for the collection of Anthony Ryan Auld.

Click the image above for the collection of Viktor Luna.

Click the image above for the collection of Kimberly Goldson.

Click on the image above for the collection of Olivier Green.

Click on the image above for the collection of Anya Ayoung-Chee.

Click on the image above for the collection of Joshua McKinley.

All images courtesy of New York Magazine.

Who'd You Like?

Photos of the finale collections will be posted as soon as they come available. In the meantime, we polled Project Runway designers and celebrities both past and present after the finale show about which collection was their favorite. Here's the early buzz:

Joanna Coles: Viktor Luna and Laura Kathleen

Michael Costello: Laura Kathleen and Anya Ayoung-Chee

Mondo Guerra: "I came late so I missed a few, but I liked Olivier's"

Julie Tierney: Laura Kathleen

Danielle Evarine: Laura Kathleen and Kimberly

Nick: "I liked three - Anya, Viktor and Bert"

David Paul: Laura Kathleen

Kara Janx: Viktor Luna and Olivier Green

Kristin Simms Haskins: Laura Kathleen

Peach Carr: Viktor Luna

Ben Chmura: Olivier Green

Cecilia Motwani: Laura Kathleen

Jack Mackenroth: Anthony Ryan Auld

Joshua Christensen: Laura Kathleen

Althea Harper: Laura Kathleen

Valerie Mayen: Anthony Ryan and Olivier Green

Austin Scarlett: Anthony Ryan

Ivy Higa: Anthony Ryan and Olivier Green

Jay McCarroll: "I can't stand his personality, but I liked Josh. M.'s collection."

Rafael Cox: Kimberly Goldson and Josh McKinley

April Johnston: Olivier Green

Mila Hermanovsky: Olivier Green

Becky Ross: Laura Kathleen and Anthony Ryan Auld

Fallene Wells: Viktor Luna and Anthony Ryan Auld

Tbone: Laura Kathleen

The Scarlett: Viktor Luna

Laura K: Anya Ayoung-Chee and Kimberly Goldson

Laura Kathleen seems to have made the best first impression, but is she even a finalist? Heidi, Nina, Michael Kors and L'Wren Scott are the only opinions that ultimately count. We'll have to wait for the finale to air before we can see how accurate everyone was.

As soon as the photos go up, we'll find out who you like!

Gretchen Jones S/S 2012

Gretchen Jones debuted her Spring/Summer 2012 collection earlier today to an enthusiastic crowd in Chelsea. Seen here with Season 8 alum Kristin Haskins Simms, Gretchen featured very wearable separates and summer dresses with an urban cowgirl feel. The models were displayed in a straight police lineup, allowing for ample focus on her self-designed jewelry. Click here for a photo slideshow from WWD.

Congratulations Gretchen!

Team BPR in NYC

Team BPR has arrived in NYC for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and we have a weekend filled with Project Runway coverage for you. The main event of course is tomorrow's Season 9 finale, where we expect to see 9 designers show after tonight's elimination. We will be live blogging from inside the tent and attempt to run a live chat room as well.


Earlier this afternoon, I ran into Gretchen Jones and her S8 friend Kristin Haskins Simms at Gretchen's S/S 2012 presentation. More from that show coming up later.

It's an exciting time for Project Runway fans and there is tremendous buzz in the air - stay tuned!