Project Runway Season 5 Winner – Leanne Marshall
Bravo TV “Project Runway” has delivered its finale last night on its 5th season. With the all female finalist, Project Runway had its first ever woman winner for the fashion design oriented show. The winner was decided upon by the four most important person of the show, the judges, Heidi Klum, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia and Tim Gunn (who replaced Jennifer Lopez).
The winner is no other than Leanne Marshall – a soft spoken 28 year old designer hailed from Portland, Oregon. Leanne graduated from The Fashion Institute of Merchandising and Design in San Francisco. She had been designing since the age of 12. She has also been the recipient of the Levis/Dockers Fashion Designer of Tomorrow scholarship, in addition to being cast in Project Runway.
Leanne has his own fashion line in Portland which is named Leanimal. She incorporates earth friendly material on her design and has been coined as “the fastest rising star in Portland’s apparel design scene.”
Leanne Marshall garnered $100,000 cash prize, a new Saturn hybrid automobile, a spread in Elle magazine, a year’s professional representation, and invaluable industry exposure from a show that been a hallmark in Bravo’s rising fortunes.
On the finale of the show she’s been joined by two other women contestants: Kenley Collins from New York and Korto Momolu from Liberia. Collins showed a youthful Alice in Wonderland-inspired collection, while Momolu created vibrant, heavily pleated looks influenced by her African heritage.
While Leanne impressed the show’s judges with a wave-inspired collection rendered almost entirely in shades of white, beige and gentle milky blues, which also illustrated the architectural, structured style that served her well in the season’s later episodes.
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