Leanne Marshall – If you like Project Runway and have been watching it on 8TV, you will recognize her name. She is the winner of Project Runway Season 5 (which aired in America in 2008).
Project Runway, in case you don’t know about the show, is an American reality television series focus on Fashion Design. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme. Their designs are judged, and one or more designers are eliminated each week. Final 3 contestants will design and show cases their collections in Bryant Park during New York Fashion Week. The winner of the show will be given US$100,000 to start his or her own line, with also a feature spread in Elle Magazine.
A brief background of Leanne Marshall. She was born and raised in Yuba City, California. Marshall knew she wanted to be a fashion designer when she was 12. She won a scholarship to study at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in San Francisco, California. She didn’t go into Fashion arena after graduated from the Fashion Institute until she moved to Portland, Oregon in 2006. She joined Project Runway Season 5 in 2008, and won the prize at the end of the season.
Marshall’s Project Runway collections (which are displayed above) were inspired by a waterfront sketching of Willamatte River in Portland, Oregon. You can hear the water and the wave while seeing her collections. Each of them feel so light, yet you can see her effort details in the high fashion pieces. You can watch Marshall’s entire collections of Project Runway at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvmXZDO608w&feature=related
Marshall’s design after Project Runway continues her determination on supporting sustainable textiles. Each of her design is an architecture piece. When you look at her textile piece, it is as though you are also looking at a piece of architecture – picture Frank Gehry’s design. The details of the texture, the flow of her fashion thoughts, and of course, the beauty and elegant – her end products, her showroom.
This is one great example of her eco-friendly piece at etsy.com. This short wedding dress is made entirely of green/sustainable materials. The skirt and details on the top are made of a beautiful ivory hemp silk blend, and the structured foundation is made of an organic cotton and hemp with silk blend. It is even interfaced in organic cotton canvas.
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| Frank Gehry's Starwood Hotel |
For more information about Leanne Marshall, please visit her website: http://www.leanimal.com/#/home.
