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by: bonniegrrl

date posted: Mar 08, 2006 7:56 PM | updated: Mar 08, 2006 8:23 PM

"Project Runway" Designers Talk Star Wars

For those of you "Project Runway" fans AND Star Wars fans I have a treat! Since I was a huge fan of the hit Bravo reality TV show, I figured it would be a fun pop culture crossover article for the Star Wars Rocks section on starwars.com.

I was especially inspired after seeing this Star Wars fan photo featuring Tim Gunn, Santino and Andrae!

So I interviewed the designers Daniel Vosovic, Andrae Gonzalo, Kara Janx, Daniel Franco, Diana Eng and Raymundo Baltazar about their love for Star Wars, as well as their inspirations and appreciation for costume design. Plus there's a great bit where they all compare each other to different characters in the Star Wars universe as you can read here:

"Tim's voice and the wise mentoring remind me a bit of Yoda," Vosovic says. "You can really draw so many correlations between those two."

"Oh, absolutely, the similarities are overwhelming," Gonzalo agrees. "So maybe it's easier to look at the ways that Tim Gunn and Yoda are dissimilar. To begin, Tim Gunn is much taller than Yoda, and three times as chic. And try as he might, it would be impossible for Yoda to find his signature look at Banana Republic."

Read the full 4-page article here on the official Lucasfilm site, starwars.com:
Project Runway: Style Wars

http://blogs.starwars.com/bonniegrrl/104

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Rive Caedo
Rive's Uncharted Settlements

date Posted: Mar 08, 2006 8:24 PM

Han Solo: "He's very capable at making inferior materials and circumstances work in his favor. He also works well under pressure, and the man knows how to accessorize."

Ah hydrospanners add so much to an ensemble I suppose

"I love the armor in the original trilogy to no end. You'll find a direct influence of the stormtrooper armor inherent in my looks for Nike on my site."

I went to his site... I found the Nike section... And I confirmed that I don't understand fashion.

I don't see that at all... Maybe, maybe the boots.

	Rive Caedo Rive's Uncharted Settlements
date Posted: Mar 08, 2006 8:25 PM Blast it! Somebody get cracking on making "C-i-r-c-u-m-s-t-a-n-c-es" a word that overrides the censor!

	RojoTrooper Star Wars Recycled Art Project
date Posted: Mar 08, 2006 9:02 PM That could be something for C4... Star Wars Makeover OT, PT.. The Good, Bad, and the Ugly.. Dressing the Galaxy is an incredible book..it is must own.. Your Fashion Trooper, CE

	Rainbow Droideka Aren't you a little short for an egg?
date Posted: Mar 08, 2006 10:19 PM Hey....this is off-topic, but.... Amazon.com is listing a book by you, Bonnie: You Can Draw Star Wars Characters Is this a collection of the learning-to-draw features on the Star Wars Kids site?

	Darth Vadere The View of the Vu'traat Tay'haai
date Posted: Mar 09, 2006 3:26 AM Project Runway developed into something of a guilty pleasure for me. It's not the sort of program that I typically watch, but Santino's "I want your soul! outburst was something of an attention getter. Great article!

	jkthunder Seven Pieces
date Posted: Mar 09, 2006 12:04 PM Awesome! I love this: "I'm a major Joseph Campbell fan -- that's where my motto 'Follow your Bliss' comes from. I know George Lucas had deep respect for him as well, and for him to help bring those concepts to light so that an 8 year-old could understand it is beautiful storytelling." \I wish I had the Bravo channel!

	jkthunder Seven Pieces
date Posted: Mar 09, 2006 12:10 PM I went to his site... I found the Nike section... And I confirmed that I don't understand fashion. Oh man - has anyone seen the uber cool Sith contact lenses by Nike? They are supposed to work as sunglasses - http://www.nike.com/nikevision/main.html#section=home

	JediITL The Blog Trooper
date Posted: Mar 10, 2006 10:34 AM For a walk why don't they have like somebody doing flips with a lightsaber the whole time. Although that does seem a little stupid. And hard.

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