Project Runway Season 6: Ra’mon-Lawrence Coleman

Posted on Aug 3, 2009 in Fashion

Ooohh, another cute one!

Ra’mon-Lawrence Coleman
Age: 31
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Current Home: Minneapolis, MN
Favorite Designer: Marc Jacobs
Style Icon: Diahann Carroll
Favorite Past Project Runway Designer: Daniel Vosovic, Season 2

Graduating high school and attending college at the young age of 15, Ra’mon’s (then a pre-med major) discovered his passion for fashion when he signed up for a performance art class and was tasked with creating costumes. Ra’mon went on to study at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and at SAGA Industries in Denmark. Ra’mon’s body of work includes stints as a bridal designer for Linda Campisano, designer for PriceWalton Couture, assistant designer for Gary Graham and designer for International Fur Trade Federation. Ra’mon currently designs for Target’s Massimo Black line and is working on designs for his own label, Ra’mon-Lawrence.

Why he’ll win?
Ra’mon believes he’ll win because he has a distinct point of view that appeals to a wide market and plans to bring a modern aesthetic with an avant garde twist to his clothes.

Tim Gunn: “He’s someone who in my view thinks entirely too much. I was constantly surprised in the workroom – suddenly, there’s a new design.”

TimSpeak: Uhh… we actually have no idea what Tim’s saying here. The first sentence sounds like a criticism but the second sentence sounds like praise.

So let’s look at the goods:

Survey says…GORGEOUS. Gorgeous with a side of WOW. Seriously, bitches. This stuff is PERFECT. The draping, the pleating, the color treatments, the use of prints – it all speaks of a highly talented designer. This is absolutely the best pre-show portfolio we’ve seen yet.

Personality-wise…

…he seems sweet, but we’re also getting the distinct whiff of “diva.” Fine by us. As far as we’re concerned, talent+personality=the perfect reality show contestant. Ra’mon, we are expecting great things from you this season.

Seriously, doesn’t it look like they knocked it out of the park in picking the contestants this year? Well, actually last year, but you know what we mean.

Find out more about Ra’mon at his myLifetime.com page and as always, if you want to speculate as to whether he’s one of the finalists, save that for the finale collections posts which can be found via the pulldown menu at the bottom of the page.

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