If you could spend several hours over dinner (or in a similiar social environment - please be specific) with any one of the 16 designers:
1) who would it be?
2) why have you picked them?
3) where would you set the 'date'?
4) what questions would you want to ask them?
5) what feelings/impressions/encouragements would you want to share with them?
Dream to your heart's content. Then share your "bliss" (thank you, Daniel F) here.
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Darn you, Dr. Don for asking us to pick one! Because for me, it would be:
1. Nick/Andrae
2. Because I think I'd laugh the most with either of them.
3. For Nick, I'd find some fabulous Park Avenue Apartment/For Andrae, anyplace in Paris so we could both use outrageous accents.
4. I'd want to ask them if we could stay BBF so the 'date' wouldn't have to end.
5. For either of them, I'd encourage them to decide if they'd prefer to be a designer or a 'personality.' I'd also tell them that they are very talented and there is a mass market for the beautiful garments they create.
I'd like to start the day at a NYC salon with Kara, Chloe, Heidi S, Kirsten, Marla and Diana, getting pedicures and reading fashion magazines. We would dissect all of the celebrity styles and declare how we would have chosen a more youthful color for Jennifer Lopez.
Kirsten, Marla and I would talk about motherhood.
Then we'd mince down the street (still wearing those funky foam flip flops that you get in the salon) to Mood. Inspired by our salon discussions we would select the most gorgeous and innovative fabrics for our future designs. Diana locates some odd mathematical prints that upon close inspection, are utterly fascinating. We all pretend to fight over the limited yardage, but ultimately we agree to let it go to Diana.
Austin Scarlett is there of course, helping us make the most glamourous choices. The kind folks at Mood pack and ship our packages home....for free.... This is a fantasy, right?
Our toenails are dry so we need new shoes to show off our pedicures. We go to Michael Kors where were are greeted by Emmett, Michael K, Raymundo and Tim Gunn. They assist us in choosing the very best shoes for each of us. Chloe chooses platform sandals, I get clogs.
Tim and Emmett are in a heated discussion about whether Kirsten (in her fabulous Napoleon scarf)should choose something practical or something outrageous... We are all enjoying this discussion....
We are all thrilled with our selections. Michael says he has never had so much fun with such a "silly group of girls." The new shoes are "gratis." Thanks, Michael! Then we all part ways promising to be BFF.
I am meeting Wendy Pepper and John Wade for coffee. They are each telling me the secrets of their dieting successes. I am writing an article for Elle Magazine called "Designer Diets." After the publication of this article I am added to the staff of Elle as an editor-at-large... I go on to fabulous success as reporter and author. After several years I am invited to write the definitive Project Runway Story, which becomes a bestseller... but I digress...
I am meeting Santino, Andrae, Nick, and Daniel V at the movies. We are seeing "The Sound of Music." This is the version where the song lyrics are on the screen - karaoke style - and we sing all the songs at the top of our lungs. Actually we are hoarse and bored after "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" so we head out to meet Lupe and Shetangi at Suede for a drink. Daniel Franco shows up with Raymundo. They are drinking something called "Bliss" and talking about LA. Santino sees Daniel F, pulls out his boxing gloves and Daniel and Santino go at it.
It's not much of a fight, though. Lots of ducking. "Let's settle this thing once and for all," I say taking out a coin. "Heads or tails?" Santino chooses heads. He is the winner. Daniel buys him a drink. "Try Bliss" he says. They become life-long friends. (Actually later on, Daniel will be trying out for season fourteen and Santino will be a judge. Santino will allow Daniel back "ONE LAST TIME.")
Lupe and Shetangi are dancing. With each other. All is well.
LK - my keyboard is once again soaked in coffee after reading your "fantasy".
"Mince" down the street? HA!
Not that you've ever spent any time thinking about this kind of stuff, right?
Dear Santino,
Will you go to prom with me?
You could stitch my gown out of ferns and flowers. Who needs a corsage? As long as it doesn’t look like Chloe’s Dynasty bridesmaid dresses, all shiny and poofy-sleeved. And don’t make me carry a purse like Daniel’s wood-handled scraps from shop class. I could wear your lederhosen lingerie, although nobody will see it.
We’ll sing along to Nine Inch Nails in the limo, on the way to Red Lobster. I’ll pay for my own cheesy biscuits because I’m a modern girl. We’ll arrive fashionably late to the hotel lobby and rate everyone’s tired attire—sleeveless, backless, so we don’t have to guess what’s underneath. You could make them hold a walk-off, then send them all home with a whispered goodbye in German.
So what do you say? I’m a sucker for boys who can duck under doorways, boys with tea-colored skin and curly hair. Voice like a cello. Says everything in quotation marks. You could keep me entertained. Otherwise, I’m sure to be bored.
Will you go to prom with me?
Hugs and kisses,
Fin
As if I haven't already invisioned this....
1. Daniel Vosovic, but of course.
2. Daniel V has been my favorite designer on the show, and aside from his talent, he's shown that he's a kind-hearted person who is great to his friends, and he's cute too!
He also reminds me of boys I know, so I think I'd be "myself" with him.
3. We would get coffee and take a stroll through the Village checking out the vintage clothing shops and maybe do a little shoe shopping--I'm always up for a new pair of Docs.
I'd then bring him to my brother's tattoo artist and we'll both get inked--knowing that Daniel wants sewing incorporated with the family crest-my brother has our crest and tartan as a tattoo, and it actually looks like fabric on his arm.
Afterwards we'd head back to his place, freshen up the A&D ointment on the tats, and snuggle under a big cozy blanket to catch up on the last few weeks of "Lost". (It's been very difficult to pay attention to this season with the anticipation of PR coming on.)
4. I'd love to ask about his experiences abroad and his favorite hang-outs in London (I lived there for a bit too)and ask how it feels to be living a "dream come true".
5. I'd tell him to continue in his positive manner and not be put off by the judgement of others. I think he and his work are pretty wonderful just as they are.
Bonus--do you think he's let me fuss with his bangs? I have this need to mess them up again-couldn't handle the middle part on Best Week Ever?
It would have be Andraniel-Andrea and Daniel, sorry can't pick.
The day would be a mix of shopping and sitting and talking. I want to know more about inspiration and how they can take an idea. a visual and transform it. They both seem to be such great guys-as dorky as it sounds, I think Andrae would be a wonderful friend to have. He's such a sweet soul. Daniel as well, with an edge to him. Love them both and would just love to sit and talk and talk and hang out and shop and design--what a fun day!!
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