Irina Shabayeva
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Irina Shabayeva is the winner of the sixth season
of Project Runway
along with her model, Kalyn Hemphill. Shabayeva is originally from the Republic of Georgia
and is of Russian
heritage. She has stated her favorite designer is Jean Paul Gaultier.
and gray to express her ideas. She integrated knitting
and t-shirt
and incorporated accessories
into her collection, and finally was crowned the winner of sixth season of Project Runway.
's butterfly dress for the 2011 People's Choice Awards.
Project Runway (season 6)
The sixth season of Project Runway, a reality competition show about fashion design, premiered on Lifetime Television on August 20, 2009, the first season to be aired on that network. The production of this season started in September 2008 and finished the pre-finale filming on October 17, 2008...
of Project Runway
Project Runway
Project Runway is an American reality television series on Lifetime Television, previously on the Bravo network, which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by model Heidi Klum. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme...
along with her model, Kalyn Hemphill. Shabayeva is originally from the Republic of Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
and is of Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
heritage. She has stated her favorite designer is Jean Paul Gaultier.
Project Runway
During Irina's time in Project Runway, she won three challenges, in Episode 5, "Fashion Headliners", Episode 7 "The Sky is the Limit", and Episode 10 "Around the World in Two Days." She is one of three contestants who never got any low scores throughout the season (the others being first runner-up Althea Harper and second runner-up Carol Hannah Whitfield). In the final fashion week challenge, Irina used the concept of "modern warrior women in New York City"; she cohesively showed the manipulation of the texture and used the colors blackBlack
Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light...
and gray to express her ideas. She integrated knitting
Knitting
Knitting is a method by which thread or yarn may be turned into cloth or other fine crafts. Knitted fabric consists of consecutive rows of loops, called stitches. As each row progresses, a new loop is pulled through an existing loop. The active stitches are held on a needle until another loop can...
and t-shirt
T-shirt
A T-shirt is a style of shirt. A T-shirt is buttonless and collarless, with short sleeves and frequently a round neck line....
and incorporated accessories
Fashion accessory
Fashion accessories are decorative items that supplement and complement clothes, such as jewelery, gloves, handbags, hats, belts, scarves, wigs, watches, sunglasses, pins, stockings, bow ties, hand fans, leg warmers, leggings, neckties, suspenders, and tights....
into her collection, and finally was crowned the winner of sixth season of Project Runway.
After Project Runway
Irina has created several collections from which some are available in her website. She designed Selena GomezSelena Gomez
Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place...
's butterfly dress for the 2011 People's Choice Awards.