3-D Printing on Project Runway?

About a year ago Robin called me and began our discourse on 3-D printing.  It was new to me but it didn’t take long for her enthusiasm to rub off on me.  In May when we were in NYC for Grace’s graduation we went to the MakerBot store for a demo.  What fun that was and Robin and Jim bought one.  Since then we have seen numerous articles and demonstrations on 3-D printing, including a quote from Diane von Furstenberg that 3-D printing would revolutionize the fashion industry.

Well, as you can imagine, I was thrilled this evening on Project Runway to see her words come true.  Read on to learn how 3-D printing was used in this evening’s episode.

Only the Best

Friend recently gave me a book: Only the Best – A Celebration of Gift Giving in America by Stuart E. Jacobson. It is 213 pages of celebration of thoughtful and memorable gifts.  Like Richard Burton’s gift to Elizabeth Taylor of a diamond  bracelet entwined in 10 d0zen Sterling roses, lavender to match her eyes, which were delivered at 8:30 in the morning, when he knew she would answer the door herself.

In the Preface Jacobson states that “The great giver is a breed apart, sometime angel, sometime fool, at once in and out of control, but always operating from the heart.”

Take for example the gift Vilmos Gabor gave his daughter Zsa Zsa Gabor.

Rare Bird of Fashion

One of my favorite designers of accessories is a 90+ year old woman, Iris Apfel.  She is nicknamed the Rare Bird of Fashion.  Thus her line is called Rara Avis.  I purchased her 36″ string of very large resin multicolored beads (white, green, blue, coral, etc.) and wore it in May when we went to the Live with Kelly Ripa and Michael Struhan show.  After the show when they were talking to the audience, Kelly stopped in mid-sentence and said “I love that necklace” to me.  Iris’s jewelry is that kind of fabulous.

She is on HSN today.  If you want to be wowed and have fun,  and maybe buy some fabulous Xmas gifts for yourself or friends, as I did, tune in to HSN this afternoon at 5:00 to 7:00 pm Eastern time or go to HSN.com and search Rara Avis.

Google Glass as Fashion Accessory

Diane von Furstenberg was photographed in the Sunday Style section of the August 25 New York Times wearing tangerine Google Glass.  Seated next to her was Sergey Brin, her friend and Google Co-founder, wearing sky Google Glass.  They were watching DVF’s models rehearsing for NY Fashion Week 2012.  The article, Past the Glass Ceiling, reported that the following week models in the DVF runway show wore Google Glass, one model matching tangerine Google Glass to the orange squiggle on her jumpsuit.

Three days later I saw a picture in the August 28 Cleveland Plain Dealer of an Ohio State University orthopedic surgeon wearing the gray Google Glass.  And a 12 page spread in the September Vogue magazine entitled The Final Frontier – Beyond the blue horizon lies a futuristic vision of fashion  in which every model was dressed in minimalistic fashions wearing Google Glass.

What is this Google Glass?

Project Runway: The Winner is….

Last night was the runway finally of the 11th season of Project Runway.  The three finalists who competed last night were Michelle, Stanley and Patricia Michael.  Sorry that I don’t remember the last names of Michelle and Stanley but last week I posted information about Patricia Michael, the first Native American to become a finalist.  And the winner is…

Cowboys & Indians Honors Project Runway Designer

Cowboys & Indians magazine in its May/June Third Annual Best of the West issue contained an article by Amy Pallas about Patricia Michael, the Taos, NM designer who is competing in Project Runway’s 11th season.  The article quotes Ms. Michaels, a Pueblo Indian, as saying: