Project Runway Season 7: Meet Anna Lynett

Oh, dear.

Anna Lynett
Age: 23
Hometown: Whitefish Bay, WI

Favorite designer(s)?

Don't know if I have a favorite. My top few include Marc Jacobs, Lanvin and Band of Outsiders.

What is a fashion must?

Tights! Skinny jeans! A solid pair of leather boots.

What is your design training?

No formal training. Entirely self-taught as a fashion designer.

What are your strengths as a designer?

I'm good at editing. I have a sense of what I want to design and adhere to that vision.

What's influenced your designs over the years?

My travels, so I can analyze other cultures' answers to what is a dress or a sweater.

What's your favorite material or fabric to work with?

Silk and wool.

Do you prefer patterns or solids?

Patterns! I design patterns and screen-print the fabric for many of my garments.

What are your favorite colors?

Dove gray, ivory and midnight blue.

Favorite designer from past seasons of Project Runway?

Kara Saun.

Project Runway challenge you hope they bring back for your season?

I like the challenges where designers are asked to derive designs from photos or images.

Why do we say "Oh, dear?" Because she comes across so ridiculously sweet that we fear the cage match environment of Project Runway may just chew up PollyAnna here and spit her out. It's interesting to note that she listed Kara Saun as her favorite. Not that we have any problem with that - we loved Kara Saun's work - it's just that, for some reason, her name rarely seems to come up when contestants mention favorites.



Oh, dear. That was just about the shittiest audition video we've ever seen. Honey! They're using farm animals and special effects now! Step it up! You might be asking yourself, "Self, how did this sweet girl get on the show with such a crappy audition video? This is how:

She's been doing this for six months? We're as impressed as Nick, Tim and Zoe were. That's pretty amazing. Check her portfolio:

Simple, streamlined, feminine, and classic. It's not "set the world on fire" innovative, but if this is what she can do after 6 months of self-taught sewing, the girl definitely has a potential career ahead of her. It remains to be seen if someone with such limited experience can keep up the pace in the PR environment, but we're interested to see what she does. Just, honey? Examine other color choices besides gray. That's all we're saying.

More on Anna Lynett at myLifetime.com.

In other Project Runway news, T Lo favorite Alex Cox is selling his original PRG Toons on ebay. If you're hankering for a little bit of PRG fabulosity, now's your chance. We have a couple of originals framed in our TV room and they never fail to get happy comments. We added a few categories to the T Lo Awards for the Lifetime site and just today we saw Alex's illustrations for them. You're gonna love them.

[Photos: modelmayhem.com/myLifetime.com - Videos: myLifetime.com - Q&A: myLifetime.com]


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