Project Runway Season 7: Meet Pamela Ptak

Freakshow alert!

Pamela Ptak

Age: 47

Hometown: Pittsfield, MA

Favorite designer(s)?

God. Because looking at God's creations in nature teaches such perfections.
Current occupation?

Full-time fashion designer and part-time college fashion design instructor.

What is a fashion must?

While working, I love wearing a black turtleneck and dark jeans.

What is your design training?

BFA from Pratt. I studied couture methods at the Maison Sapho School and also studied at FIT.

What's influenced your designs over the years?

Modern architectural shapes, huge metal sculptures, and the works of Brancusi and Louise Nevelson.

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

Stiff and crisp with architectural potentialities or extremely delicate and sheer.

Any more specific favorites?

Denim and the stiffer types of Ultrasuede for architectural dresses. Soft jerseys and silk chiffon.

Do you prefer patterns or solids?

Love solids because of how light and shadow playing across them can reveal their sculptural forms.

What are your favorite colors?

Black, lime green, fuchsia, orange, red, robin's egg blue.

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

The redesign-a-uniform challenge!

What's your biggest fear as a designer?

I don't fear much except disappointing God.

Darlings, have you ever found yourself thinking "Wow, I wonder what season 4 designer Elisa would be like if she found Jesus?" Well, now you know, or you will after you watch these:

We are, of course, being very flippant when we say "freakshow," but come on, she certainly gives off that "oblivious to the cameras/people around her/reality" vibe that some of the most entertaining contestants had. We kind of love her and hope she stays in the game a long time and drives all the other designers crazy by bringing Jesus into the workroom every chance she gets. In fact, we hope she brings Jesus along to Mood with her to pick out fabrics and we hope Jesus is standing next to her on the runway when she has to defend her work to an annoyed Nina. Because Nina wouldn't care if Jesus was standing on the runway if he was standing next to a poorly made garment.

Clearly, her personality played a big part in her casting, but she does have an interesting portfolio and a strong point of view. It's all a little boxy for our tastes but she does some interesting things.

More on Pamela Ptak on myLifetime.com.


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


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