Project Runway Season 6: Meet Louise Black

Posted on Jul 23, 2009 in Fashion

Moving right along…

Louise Black
Age: 32
Birthplace: Temple, TX
Current Home: Dallas, TX
Favorite Designer: Christian Lacroix
Style Icon: Isabella Blow
Favorite Past Project Runway Designer: Jay McCarroll, Season 1

Louise began her professional career as a pharmacy technician and clinical lab tech before moving into the world of design and fashion. A self-taught designer, the first garment Louise ever made was her own wedding dress! Louise is now a self-employed fashion and accessories designer, who first began her business by selling her hand-sewn pieces on ebay. Her corsets and clothes have a distinct retro flair from the Victorian and Flapper eras. Louise is currently attending El Centro College for formal design training, which she feels has boosted her technical skills and advanced her design vision. Her designs are influenced by history, as she loves to mix fashions from past decades to come up with new styles. She also finds inspiration in modern architecture, shapes and volume.

Why she’ll win?
Louise believes she’s a little insane, and the fashion world is ready for a shake-down!

Tim Gunn: “Thoughtful, contemplative, and never a hair out of place.”

Timspeak: “She’s got a stick up her ass.”

We kid! Because she definitely does not give that impression:

Cute! And great personal style.

And we have to say, her designs are really something else:

Like we said, it’s definitely something. We realize that it’s a highly specific aesthetic and we realize that there may not be a lot of women out there who want to wear Victorian underwear, but we kind of love her work. If nothing else, she has amazing technical skills, not to mention a great sense of showmanship. Could you imagine what a potential Bryant Park collection from her would look like?

And as always, to learn more, head on over to myLifetime.com for the rest of the story.

Tim Gunn’s Quotes: Meet Project Runway’s Newest Designers! [People]
[Photos: Louise Black on Etsy/myLifetime.com - Videos: myLifetime.com]