Jason Troisi

After leaving 'Runway,' Cos Cob's Troisi looks to future
2010-08-19 / Greenwich Time
...Fashion designer Jason Troisi, posed in the studio of his Cos Cob home, with two of his dresses, August 17, 2010. Photo: Bob Luckey / Greenwich Time Fashion designer Jason Troisi, works in the studio of his Cos Cob home...Project Runway," the reality competition series in which participants vie for a chance to launch their own fashion line and other prizes. The show, which is in its eighth season, previously aired on Bravo Television. Although Troisi had cleared the first challenge in the show...In an earlier interview, Troisi thanked the ...lost, misplaced after his final show. But, fortunately, ...

Fashion Me Fabulous: Interview with Project Runway Contestant ...
2010-08-17 / Fashion Me Fabulous
Season 8 of Project Runway started off with plenty of surprises including the shortest challenge ever and the most disappointing first elimination yet. Somehow, a cute blue dress with a fun bubble skirt sent McKell Maddox home while a backwards kimono with staples kept Jason in the competition. I was able to chat with McKell about her time on Project Runway...just a bash to all the other designers out there who tried out the show [that he made it on]. I'm just extremely disappointed in the whole Jason situation. McKell: Oh! I love fashion and the art of it and just the beauty that you get from it...

DURANGO TV: Project Runway : Odd Boys, Normal Girls, Except ...
2010-08-16 / DURANGO TV
Project Runway expanded this season to 90 minute episodes. This seems to allow for showing more of the interacting between the designers. And a longer period of the judges critiquing. A reality show really is only as good as ...in their bios, all the clothesmakers say, in the "Profession" part, some variation of "Designer." Jason Troisi's says "Landscape designer (glorified lawn cutter)". So, far this girl from Portland, Gretchen Jones, has... Last week she made a goofy polka dot dress. This week she fared better. The winner this week was Andy. From Hawaii. Andy South. Odd little guy. This week they...

Live Blogging Project Runway, Week 3
2010-08-12 / Gawker
...machine. Why not celebrate this auspicious date by joining our cyber-sewing-circle known as the live blog? For the sake of any newcomers out there, the live blog happens in the ... asked folks to vote on the best "Kors-style runway put-down" from three nominees I selected from the previous week's live blog comments. Not many folks voted, but we still had a clear winner-this description of Jason's dress from commenter ... passed out in a hallway and was taken to the hospital. I really hope she doesn't leave the show-mainly because I like that "Poison Ivy" nickname, and I don't want to give it up so ...

Project Runway season 8 episode 2: Wrong winner?
2010-08-06 / Small Screen Scoop
...blink-and-you-miss-them Tim Gunn camera interview moments) and I know that we didn’t get them. Project Runway, Season 8, Week 2 Larger Than Life Photo: Lifetime...Valerie and Mondo . I agreed with all of these! The bottom three were Nicholas, Jason and Peach . Again, I agreed. Additionally, I didn’t have much love ...’t see her as a threat! The obvious winner was Valerie, but the judges picked Gretchen to win. I liked both designs, I just liked Valerie&#...; I like him a lot. I hope he makes some friends on the show! He has a very great brain, and he makes copious notes about things ...

'Project Runway' Recap: Designs Evoke Barbie's Sofa and the Walk of Shame
2010-08-06 / CafeMom Daily Buzz
...supremely jealous. I wish I could picture something in my head and draw it... the photo shoot, the fashion show began. I love how ...wins! However, I did like Valerie's dress and photo better. But what do I know? The winner... of the first two challenges, Gretchen is the designer to beat. Check out the Bottom 3: Peach had a terrible time with indecision. She was confident she would be going home...finally come back with their decision. Bye, creepy Jason. Thank goodness the judges didn't keep you around for the ratings. And hold the phone -- oops, there goes Nicholas, too! It's a double elimination...

Ten Questions for Project Runway
2010-08-06 / Fashionista (blog)
... be in a rap video"? 5) If you are from Chicago and no longer living there, isn't Peach's accent a little slice of home? 6) How many more little sharp cap sleeves are we going to see this season? 7) Is anyone else having trouble keeping everyone straight? Are there like six Michaels on the show? (BTW, the Michael... Tyra when you need her? 10) Is Gretchen going to be the obvious winner or is she peaking too early? And how cute was that jumpsuit? And how gorgeous was Coco Rocha in it? And how pissed was Gretchen's Project Runway model that she didn't get to be on a Times Square billboard? I agree...

'Project Runway' - 'Larger than Life' Recap
2010-08-06 / TV Squad
...a well-informed designer -- create an outfit that defines the Marie Claire woman. The winner's dress would be used in a Marie Claire billboard campaign. The contestants got the ... on extremes, Stepford Wife), Jason (Not Marie Claire, horrid picture) and Nicolas (complicated, too ambitious). Peach was safe for another week. Jason was eliminated; he didn't even decide ...New York City to celebrate. While I was a bit surprised about Nicolas' elimination, Jason's was obvious. Since Seth Aaron won, it was unlikely that another straight guy would win 'Project Runway' again. Jason's strength was menswear....

Project Runway Season 8: Conference Call with Jason Troisi and Nicholas D'Aurizio
2010-08-06 / Realitywanted
...Project Runway , not one-but two-designers were told to leave the competition after a long and stressful day of work. Today, designers Jason Troisi and Nicholas D'Aurizio spoke with reporters about their time on the show....time to go? Were you surprised they were sending home two people? A. Nicholas : I was completely and utterly shocked that I was sent home. What really made me feel that I was safe ...the same. Q. Do you have a favorite fashion resource for inspiration? A. Nicholas: Anything that is kind of old. I know a lot of what's happening in fashion has already been redone and remade. I go...

Project Runway Recap: Who Is the Marie Claire Woman?
2010-08-06 / Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine
...fashion-forward and practical? This lady blows our minds. It's a good thing all the contestants are now "officially" on the show, since we were worried that last week (since the show hadn't actually started), we'd maybe dreamed the whole thing. But here we are, in official Project Runway...the first time , which means she's either going to win or lose; Peach is stuck with polka dots and is pretty prickly; and Jason freaks out when Tim says he's "concerned" about his... while. Anyway, let's get to the runway, which saw the elimination of not one, but two aspiring designers. And it was way harsh, Tai.

Jason Crafts Another 'Unfinished Mess' on 'Project Runway' (VIDEO)
2010-08-06 / TV Squad
...Jason Troisi on this week's 'Project Runway' (Thu., 9PM on LIFETIME). During this week's Marie Claire challenge, the hat-wearing reprobate employed "user-friendly" safety pins instead of buckles on his spacey silver "infinity" dress and left gaping holes both in his outfit and in the audience's confidence in his sense of fashion... have to look past these little closures because I'm not prototype Jack," Jason maintained. "I can't pop things out." Nevertheless, Jason landed in a poorly-constructed heap down at the bottom two, and ...If you're seeing a different video here, it's because the correct...

Two more designers leave 'Project Runway'
2010-08-06 / All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
... Jason Troisi and Nicholas D'Aurizo have become the latest two designers to be sent home from Project Runway . The pair were booted from the Lifetime competition in a double-elimination last night. The designers had been instructed to create an outfit that would fit a Marie Claire magazine reader, with the winning ... Kristin, Sarah and April granted a place in the next round. Gretchen, Jason, Mondo, Nicholas, Peach and Valerie were the six designers taking up the top three and bottom three places. Gretchen was named the winner for the second week in a row, with the judges praising her black,...

Recap: 'Project Runway' - 'Larger Than Life'
2010-08-05 / HitFix
..."Project Runway" after the break...] So, Sarah informs us that she’s dead tired and feels the show is...have a bad feeling about the season, but if this is the ..., someone at Lifetime must have naked pictures of Nina and Michael, that’s... thinks this is great, but only Jason seems to realize it means less time...who kind of blows as a designer. Finally, it’s the end of the...’s sure she’s going home. It’s all the usual ...can’t take direction from the fashion editor of Marie Claire , he just... the winner of last week’s challenge to design it for you. Runway time...

'Project Runway' Recap - Season Premiere!
2010-07-30 / ChicagoNow
... kind of how it felt last night on the season premiere of Project Runway when we saw two designers get away with doing .... Hideous pants, at that. Jason is straight. Jason likes boobs. Jason likes to wear a bowler hat and a designer's corset. Jason took a kimono, turned it ...the shortest amount of time ever allotted on Project Runway - and a fact that special guest former-celebrity judge Selma Blair (Who had previously won ...final piece of the Project Runway audition. There were 17 designers, but only 16 beds. So they weren't even technically on the show yet. Even though they were on the show...

'Project Runway': Can Casanova bring the drama?
2010-07-30 / Los Angeles Times
...eliminated without the glory of being able to claim a bed in the group apartment or to tell their friends they were officially a "Project Runway" contestant. That didn't keep a few of the designers from posturing-- but not very convincingly. "I know this sounds totally vain, but I think 'Project Runway' is the Ivy show... Center (the new home of Fashion Week) and asked the...runway show was endless and the results all over the place. Faux-hippie Gretchen was announced as "the clear winner...Jason and his hat into the fold of official candidates. Instead, McKell was sent packing from this "audition...

Project Runway Season 8: Episode 1 Recap
2010-07-30 / Realitywanted
...Project Runway returns for its 8th season...another audition to eliminate the...fashionable and would wear it myself. However, I'm not a huge fan of Mondo's dress because of the awkward patterning. Christopher's dress was probably one of my favorites of the night because of the way he incorporated his personal style. April's dress looked unfinished and had awkward angles all over the place. Jason...runway, the judges choose A.J., Andy, Valerie, Sarah, Peach, Kristin, Michael C., Mondo, Michael D and Christopher as safe to unpack their bags and officially become part of the competition. Next, the winner...

WOW! 'Project Runway' Is Back & It's Better Than Ever! Sorry To Say Designer ...
2010-07-30 / Hollywood Life (blog)
... Was Eliminated! Courtesy of Lifetime McKell may have been kicked off, but designers Casanova, Jason Troisi and Iva Higa still need to watch their backs — they could be sent home next! It wasn’t just a regular premiere July 29 for the eighth season of Project Runway. It was still audition time ...change. After seeing these three designers’ work, I think all three should have been sent home — but the judges seemed more forgiving since it was the first episode. The winner of the first challenge was 28-year-old Gretchen Jones . HollywoodLifers, who is YOUR favorite designer...

'Project Runway' Season 8: Portland designer off to stylish start
2010-07-30 / OregonLive.com
...lotta mess. Let's recap! Since last season ended, the gang at "Project Runway" obviously put on their thinking caps ...the dullsville companion show, "Models of the Runway," otherwise known as Insomnia Cure 101. But "Project Runway" episodes are now... and awkward silences (Gretchen's puzzled-seeming reaction to Jason -- aka the guy in the hat -- asking ...home of Fashion Week. and Tim Gunn swivel up in their typically chic fashion to say hello and drop the bomb -- this challenge is actually the last stage of the audition. And one -- or more -- of them will be eliminated, depending on their performance...

'Project Runway' - 'And Sew It Begins' Recap
2010-07-29 / TV Squad
...on 'Project Runway' unless the people are stand-out caricatures. I already know that I will grow tired of Ivy Higa's interviews, ...fashion and eventually the contestants end up at Lincoln Center. Heidi and Tim announce that the 17 contestants are in the last round of auditions, similar to the season 2 semi-finals...Jason breeze by. McKell is eliminated. I was a bit shocked seeing both Ivy and Casanova in the bottom two; watching their interviews were at least memorable. Both are saved, in the hopes that one of the two could be a Santino for the rest of the season. Ivy wonders if 'The Ivy Show...

Greenwich man seeks to sew up a win on 'Project Runway'
2010-07-28 / Greenwich Time
...Project Runway' designers A.J. Thouvenot of St. Louis and Jason Troisi of Greenwich learn about their first challenge. The show's eighth season premiered luly 29 at 9 p.m. on Lifetime TV. This year boasts the most designers, 17, who are all competing for a chance to start his or her own fashion line and to win...high school, Jason Troisi would often go from one pattern to the next -- the first required scissors, the second required cleats. "I would go to sewing class and then I would go play football," the 1995 Greenwich High School graduate recalled during a recent telephone interview. The ...