Kenley Collins - An inspiration

Kenley Collins was a finalist in the 5th season of Project Runway. I really adore her, despite all the things that have been said about her after the show aired. Okay, it is pretty carzy to throw a cat, and I've heard that if the show hadn't been edited, it would be the Kenley Collins show. Well, I think that would have been fun. She was fun to watch. All her comments and replys where hilarious. She gave the show an edge, and that is kind of cool. I also felt like I started to know her more, for each episode. She really put herself out there, and I admire that.

But that was not why I desided to write about her. I desided to write about her because she is an awesome designer. I loved every single one of her creations on the show. I will admit that I had my doubts about the dress she made for the "L'Oreal Paris Make-up challenge". But it was very her. I feal like I got to know her throughout the show. Because she really stuck to her own thing, despite what the judges said. The episode I watched, which had me write this, was the "New York at Night challenge." Here she made a printed dress, with an asymmetrical tulle section on the right hip. I really love this dress. She really took two colours, which not many would pair together, and made a beautiful 80's inspired dress.

Her collection in the end was beautiful. Despite what Tim Gunn said, I really liked the ropes. I enjoyed her explanation of why she had them there. And I liked that she hand-painted the fabrics. She had dresses in her show, but dresses are a statement. The wedding dress she made was absolutely gorgeous, and the bridesmaid dress was just as pretty. But my favourite dress in this collection was the white one, with sleeves. It is a very clean dress, and the handpainting is really pretty. All these elements of simplicity and elegance is what makes Kenley Collins so awesome.

I am truly inspired by her, and I hope she will go far. I will definately use her as an inspiration, not just as a designer, but as a person as well. I really admire people who are brave enough to be themselves.

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Hi, I'm 21 years old, and just started blogging. My name is Karianne, and I'm Norwegian. I found out that if I write in english, more people can visit my blog, and actually understand what I write about. At least the language. Sometimes I can babble about nothing, and people will sit and not understand a thing I'm saying. Sometimes I don't even know what I'm saying.
A bit about my life, so you'll get to know me: I'm about to start on my education, and to do that, I have to move away from my boyfriend and to the big city; Oslo. He's not far away, but it's still sad. We've lived together for over two years now. So it's gonna be a bit strange to live alone again. Well, enough about that. I'm moving to Oslo to study, and my major will be art and design at the college there. I'm not sure if I will work with fashion, making it or selling it. But I'll figure that out shortly. Well, a part from my education, I'm a very happy person. I'm almost always smiling, so when I'm mad about something, you'll know. I talk alot to, and my mum use to say that, when I'm silent, she knows somethings wrong. And most of the time she's right. I am very attached to my family and friends, and you will probably find that out soon enough through this blog.

Well, that was a bit about me. I will write some more about myself when I find something I forgot.
This is all new to me, and, that will definately show in some of my first posts. But I'll learn. In this blog I wanna tell you about everything and nothing! About traveling, about fashion, about my fabulous friends, about films I have seen, and films I haven't seen, about music I like and dislike, about good food and bad food. Everything. You will soon learn that my greatest passion is fashion and art. And I will of course write alot about this. If I've seen a new exhibition, or maybe tell you about the first time I went to an exhibition. I will with doubt in my mind link to all my favourite websites and blogs.