On people.com, “Project Runway’s” Tim Gunn weighed in on the 16 contestants who will be battling it out on the Lifetime show, which returns Aug. 20. Check out the designers and his take on each of them.
Mitchell Hall
Age: 26
Hometown: Savannah, Ga.
Gunn’s take: “Looks like he just stepped out of ‘Gossip Girl.'”
Ari Fish
Age: 26
Hometown: Kansas City, Mo.
Gunn’s take: “She’s deeply conceptual.”
Nicolas Putvinski
Age: 27
Hometown: New York
Gunn’s take: “Why are you here?” (wondering about Putvinski, who may be kind of a snob about fashion).
Louise Black
Age: 32
Hometown: Dallas
Gunn’s take: “Thoughtful, contemplative, and never a hair out of place.”
Malvin Vien
Age: 24
Hometown: New York
Gunn’s take: “When you see this guy, you won’t believe he’s from Colorado.”
Shirin Askari
Age: 24
Hometown: Richardson, Texas
Gunn’s take: “She’s young, she’s pretty, she’s articulate.”
Ra’mon Lawrence Coleman
Age: 31
Hometown: Minneapolis
Gunn’s take: “[Ra’mon] thinks entirely too much.”
Christopher Straub
Age: 30
Hometown: Shakopee, Minn.
Gunn’s take: “He wears his emotions on his sleeve.”
Gordana Gehlhausen
Age: 45
Hometown: Charleston, S.C.
Gunn’s take: Expect a lot of “textile development.” Translation for non-designers: She’s gonna work that fabric, yo.
Irina Shabayeva
Age: 27
Hometown: New York
Gunn’s take: “Her models look as if they’ve been in for a dozen fittings and they haven’t.”
Johnny Sakalis
Age: 30
Hometown: West Hollywood, Calif.
Gunn’s take: “People will love him, or hate him.”
Qristyl Frazier
Age: 42
Hometown: New York
Gunn’s take: “She’s entertaining to watch.”
Logan Neitzel
Age: 26
Hometown: Seattle
Gunn’s take: “You get a crunch-granola feeling in what he does.”
Althea Harper
Age: 24
Hometown: Dayton, Ohio
Gunn’s take: “She’s going to blow people away.”
Carol Hannah Whitfield
Age: 24
Hometown: Charleston, S.C.
Gunn’s take: “People will be disarmed by what they see her achieve.”
Epperson
Age: 50
Hometown: New York
Gunn’s take: “He’s elder-statesmanlike.”
