Leanne Marshall
| Leanne Marshall | |
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 Leanne Marshall in February 2009 |
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| Born | October 10, 1980 |
| Residence | Portland, Oregon |
| Education | Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising |
| Occupation | fashion designer |
| Television | Project Runway Season 5 (Winner) |
Leanne Marshall (born October 10, 1980 in Yuba City, California) is a fashion designer from Portland, Oregon. She was the winner of season 5 of Project Runway.
Marshall is a graduate of The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in San Francisco and a recipient of their Levi’s Dockers Fashion Designer of Tomorrow award.
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[edit] Project Runway
Leanne Marshall and Wesley Nault were the bottom two design contestants in Episode 2 of Project Runway, "The Grass Is Always Greener". In Episode 3, "Bright Lights, Big City", Marshall was among the top three design contestants. She maintained a good stride throughout the rest of the competition, consecutively winning two challenges: "Fashion that Drives You" and "Double 0 Fashion".
At one point while competing on Project Runway, a group of women old enough to have daughters beginning careers were lined up in front of the design contestants. Marshall complained she did not want to design for old ladies, but not loudly enough for the group of women to hear her. Then it was revealed the contestants would be designing for the women's daughters. Marshall's audible distaste for designing for mature women was not lost on all of Project Runway audience members.
Marshall was chosen as one of the final top three design contestants and designed a wave-inspired collection for the final competition. Her collection was judged against collections by Kenley Collins with some of Collins' personally hand-painted fabrics, and Korto Momolu with Momolu's hints of African inspiration. Leanne Marshall's feminine, but hip-thickening waves captured the judges and she became the winner of Season 5.
[edit] Design career
Marshall began her runway fashion career in 2006 and 2007 at Portland Fashion Week in Portland, Oregon. [1]
Marshall created an eco-friendly line for bluefly.com that debuted in July 2009.[2] She also designed a maternity dress for Heidi Klum.[3]
Marshall showed her Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010 and Fall 2011 collections at New York Fashion Week. She also creates one of a kind and custom wedding gowns for clients and has a design studio located in Brooklyn, NY.[4]
Marshall has most recently designed a series of dresses for Paula Abdul.
[edit] References
- ^ McCabe, Jen. "Portland Fashion Week". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/shoporegon/story.ssf/fashion/portland-fashion-week-oct-7-11.html.
- ^ Magsaysay, Melissa (July 2, 2009). "Project Runway Season 5 winner Leanne Marshall's debut collection hits bluefly.com Wednesday". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2009/07/project-runway-season-five-winner-leanne-marshall-debut-collection-hits-blueflycom-next-wednesday.html.
- ^ "Leanne Marshall’s Bluefly Collection Is Finally Ready". New York Magazine. http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/06/leanne_marshall.html.
- ^ Wilson, Stacy. "Project Runway's Leanne Marshall Wows At Fashion Week". film.com. http://www.film.com/tv/project-runway/story/project-runways-leanne-marshall-wows/26233477.
[edit] External links
Website
- Interviews
- EW.com, October 16, 2008
- BuddyTV.com, October 16, 2008
- CurrentVine.com, September 24, 2008
- Etsy.com, August 13, 2008
| Preceded by Christian Siriano |
Project Runway winner Leanne Marshall |
Succeeded by Irina Shabayeva |
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