Project Runway Season 6: Meet Shirin Askari

Posted on Aug 13, 2009 in Fashion

Poodles, the premiere is almost upon us! One week! We need to get our shit together!

Shirin Askari
Age: 24
Birthplace: Tulsa, OK
Current Home: Garland, TX
Favorite Designers: Elie Saab, Jaques Fath, Christian Dior, Hussein Chalayan
Style Icon: Katherine Hepburn
Favorite Past Project Runway Designers:
Rami Kashou, Season 4; Leanne Marshall, Season 5

While other little girls were playing with their dolls and changing their clothes, Shirin was busy making the clothes! She was taught how to sew at four years old by her mother, and, by the age of seven, she was designing and making her own dresses. She went on to design and sew headscarves in middle school before she received formal training at the University of North Texas where she earned a BFA in Fashion Design. Shirin is currently a freelance designer and previously served as an assistant tech designer for Fossil. She often draws her inspiration from the fabric; she creates the garment after seeing how it feels and drapes. She is also influenced by classic movies starring Fred Astaire, Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant.

Why she’ll win?
Shirin believes she has an eye for fashion, an unbelievable drive and a strong knowledge of how to give the client what he/she wants, while still being creative.

Tim Gunn: “She’s young, she’s pretty, she’s articulate. I’m not sure what is distinctive about her, other than the fact that she’s good.”

TimSpeak: “Who?“

Well isn’t she just as perky as a newborn kitten on a sugar high! Honey? Here’s a bit of advice: if you want to be on television, try not to use loaded terms like “cripple,” even if you use airquotes around it. We know, right? People are just so gay and retarded about stuff like that!

Portfolio:

Not bad. We can see her personality in her work: flirty and feminine and young. Thing is, designers like this rarely catch and hold the judges’ attention. We would even go so far as to say Michael and Nina have a bias against solid work like this if they feel there’s no edge to it.

Check out more on Shirin at her myLifetime.com page.

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