Project Runway Episode 11 - The Final Four

PROJECT RUNWAY SEASON 3 : EPISODE 11

I think that this challenge was one of the most higly anticipated of the three seasons of Project Runway. PR3 had obviously talented designers, all with a different style and aesthetic than the other.

We have Ulrike Herzner the very vibrant and in some ways spunky designer that LOVES HOT WEATHER and HALTERS! She made it thus far because of her ability to give you a perspective that no other designer touched with prints and colors that really represented the woman who was HOT, FUN & FLIRTY! But the question is can she go away from the prints or is she stuck on the colors and prints?

Then we have Laura Bennett! Can we talk about utter class and sophistication! She gave the runway some needed LUXURY that many of the other designers did not give as consistently as she did. Laura is Pregnant and is still fitting into her little black dresses and her 4 inch Jimmy Choo's! We have seen elegance and sophistication from her challenge after challenge. The question that everyone has on their tongues is can Laura give Elegance and Sophistication with a different Silhouette and a little more youthful?

Next we have Jeffrey Sebelia! I must say a great designer and a definite contender for the Title of Season 3 WINNER! He has edge, funkiness and this overall "I don't give a flyin flip what you want me to do...I am gonna do what I want to do!" And honestly you really can't hate him for it. I love how he refuses to conform to the rules of Project Runway and he continually does his own thing and could care less about what anyone thinks of his personality or his design aesthetic! He designs for the woman with edge, a contemporary attitude and a personality all her own! The question for Jeffrey is can he give a refined elegant look as well?

Rounding up the Final Four we have Michael Knight! Michael was in the very beginning the LONG SHOT! Tim definitely was not willing to take a chance on his design aesthetic and if it wasn't for Chloe Dao (Season Two Winner) Michael might not have even been granted the chance to be on the show! Which would have been a SHAME, because he has won 2 challenges and CONSISTENTLY brought a chic and current look that every designer on the runway envied! Considered to be along the lines of a Daniel Vosovic or Kara Saun of this season having won challenges and being in the TOP more than any other designer

MY TAKE ON THIS EPISODE...

Uli…What the hell? Sometimes I sit in front of my television drinking Red Zin and I ask myself….I say…"Self am I watching the same show that these judges are judging?" Because I did not think that Uli’s garment was the best out of that bunch! It was nice, but not the winner. I thought it was still a print as every other dress she has done has been (outside of the couture challenge and the first challenge), it was still halter with the exception of the high neck that she did and it was a short dress which she did last week in the black and white challenge. So when the judges said it was new and an innovative look from Uli I felt that was inaccurate because it was the same dress that I have been seeing for weeks upon weeks from her. Also did you check the shade on Miss Ulrike, stealing Michael’s model Nazri, and leaving the one who was with her from almost the beginning out to dry. I do NOT think she deserved a chance to show at Bryant Park, and I do not think she deserved to win this past challenge. Oh, and so help me God if I see a bunch of plunging necklines, halters, prints, backless, tube dresses…I’ll just fall out! But CONGRATS Uli on making it into the Final Four!

I thought Jeffrey’s take on Romance might have been touching the hem of being very literal. I say that because when you think of romance you get the mindset of Shakespearean romance…and I got a real medieval vibe from his garment. The blue velvet, the satin belt, the romantic white milk maid skirt J all was very quintessential to how one would view romance. It also makes me laugh at how the designers who have given this ‘Kiss my Grits’ attitude try to give what they consider beautiful garments but it always backfires on them (i.e. Santino from Season 2 in his Final Runway Show at Bryant Park). Jeffrey said to Tim that “I did something like this design before and it almost made people cry, it was so beautiful…”, so my expectation for the garment was definitely set high because I saw what he was constructing in the beginning and I thought it was looking good. However, when I saw Marilinda put that dress on I wasn’t completely upset…I saw the romance he was going for, it just was not fully realized the way I would have hoped or I believe he would have hoped for either. He definitely needed that extra 5 hours, because He was ‘Giving it to that skirt with the Glue Gun…OKKAAY!!!’ LOL! Consequently, if I had to choose a top 3 to show at Bryant Park I would have Jeffrey in the mix. He gives some needed diversity with his edgy, risky and dramatic designs. I just hope he stops it with the empire dresses he has done enough of them, Congrats Jeffrey on making it to the Final Four!


GLAMOUR HONEY…GLAMOUR!!!! Laura Bennett is the sophisticated mother of the runway! WERQ MOTHA WERQ! LOL! I preface my statements by saying that I LOVE LAURA, however, what is she thinking??? I mean I love the designs Laura comes up with, but I can not help but feel that she is indeed a ONE-NOTE! I swear I have seen her wear that dress before. I haven't seen diversity in her designs to date. Lace, High Waist, Beading, Sparkles and Feathers….Laura give me something new! I think that she truly knows what she can do and what she can do well, and she doesn’t fight that, but I want to see a different side of Laura. I love the Glamour, I love the assertive woman that she conveys and I love the touch of sparkle but can she give that while giving (if nothing less) a different silhouette? I think that for purposes of construction and tailoring Laura has got it! Yet, when it comes to originality, new ideas and the ability to give many different looks she loses. If I had to pick a Top 3 for this competition I would have Laura in there, but I would strongly advise her to think outside of the box…do something that is totally unexpected and change the way that the judges view you! But still I send my CONGRATULATIONS TO LAURA for making it into the Final Four!

Rounding up the Final Four, we have Michael Knight! I just LOVE this guy’s design style! He has been the MOST consistent out of the bunch, and he has been at the TOP of the Bunch more than any other designer in the entire competition! This last challenge was great, and I actually liked Michael’s design the best! I thought that his top was a little seductive, but I think that is what he was going for and thought it was a great! I LOVED THE WEAVING at waist and hip, I loved the fit and I thought the design as a whole was really nice. HOWEVER, I think that he is no evening wear designer, and I also agree with Michael Kors when he said that essentially Michael Knight is a Sportswear designer. I think he would have done better if he would have done something not so out of the box (which is strange because most of the other designer needed to stretch their box). I think that he gave so much diversity throughout the season that he really didn’t have to give something so extreme. I think that when it comes to talent, diversity in design, construction ability and taste level Michael Knight is definitely the most talented designer on the runway this season! Yet, I worry because those who I have thought were the best for the previous seasons have not won and in some cases have not even made it to Fashion week (i.e. Nick Verreos, Kara Saun & Kevin John). So I worry about him getting his WELL DESERVED WIN, but I also think that regardless of whether he wins the competition or loses he will excel! Also, winning is not always the best thing…I mean look at Jay and Chloe they are both doing well, but let’s face it some of the losers are doing better!!! So I ENTHUSIASTICALLY Congratulate Michael on making it to the Top 4 and if I had to pick a winner it would definitely be him!

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8 SIMPLE RULES!

What you need to know about SPRING 2007 Fashion

1.
The Little White Dress is BACK! We saw many designers start their collections off with White, and it was done beautifully with the myriad of variations it took...from sheer to flowly to Sweet to a little edgy. The LWD (little white dress) has made its place in fashion this season!

From left: Proenza Schouler, Badgley Mischka, Lela Rose, Anna Sui, and Calvin Klein

2.
You are going to have the Blues for the Spring! With its versatility and ability to switch the modern lady from day to evening with much ease it is going to be a SIGNATURE in your wardrobe for the Spring. It can be dressed up or dressed down and the color should lay comfortablly between cobalt and royal! So get the Blues this season!!!

From left: DKNY, Derek Lam, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Oscar de la Renta, and Zero Maria Cornejo

3.
YELLOW!!!! What an interesting twist of Yellow being a trend in olor for spring...I mean people have worn yellow for springs and summers for years but more so as a color that symbolized whimsy and bright character now it is a TREND! HOWEVER, yellow can not be done by everybody...If you are already pastey and dull in the face...either get a tan or get out of shop, boutique or store immediately because that will work for you!

From left: Thakoon, Diane von Furstenberg, Tory Burch, Sari Gueron, and Calvin Klein

4.
I love zee prints for zee hot weather! Prints are a MUST! There were lots of motifs, mostly in botanic themes. But it is being done in all different types of ways BIG FORCEFUL PRINTS, Subtle Rich and Romantic garments....Whether it is powerful or demure Black and White is the Color and PRINTS are the mood!

From Left: Sari Guerin, Tuleh, Vera Wang, Ralph Lauren, and Diane von Furstenberg

5.
There were many fluttery 3-D blooms, but among the best were Thakoon’s long gown with delicate petal sleeves and hem, Rodarte’s nostalgic white cocktail dress, and Phillip Lim’s versatile white tunic dress. You will be in Roses this season...Are you ready!?!!??!!!?

From left: Thakoon, Marchesa, Rodarte, 3.1 Phillip Lim, and Zac Posen

6.

You'll be SPOTTED this season! Polka Dots and and other arrangements of dots and spots will be all over the chicest wardrobes this season! If you love standing out for the right reasons this is one way to make it HAPPEN!!!

From left: Marc Jacobs, Tuleh, Behnaz Sarafpour, Zac Posen, and Zero Maria Cornejo

7.

If you keep in mind that trends exist on a pendulum, then you know the clock is ticking on those skinny pants. Trousers were floppy and flappy, especially in the crotch. A very Slouchy and Relaxed pant is what we are seeing this year! Yet surprisingly still a little tailored, but the idea is to look super comfortable, yet very fashionable.

From left: Vera Wang, Marc Jacobs, Sass & Bide, Derek Lam, and Marc by Marc Jacobs

8.


Start playing with Volume! BIG POOFY SKIRTS...Exaggerated Tops...>Big Shoulders. Go for the Hill! Big is not over yet. Last season’s layers stuck around, but they’ve lightened up in spirit and hue.

From left: Ruffian, Marc Jacobs, Vera Wang, Thakoon, and Erin Fetherston

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WORD OF THE DAY - OSTENSIBLE

ostensible \ah-STEN-suh-bul\, adjective:Represented or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.

The credibility of the energy-trading sector has been severely damaged by disclosures of sham transactions in energy trading, designed to build up ostensible sales and profits and therefore share prices of the trading companies.-- James Flanigan, "Dynegy CEO Quits as Probe of Sham Trades Intensifies", Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2002

Aspects of environmentalism have long been criticized as using ostensible concerns about nature to serve private purposes such as property values.-- Gregg Easterbrook, "The case for sprawl", The New Republic, March 15, 1999
After an epidemic of yellow fever in 1798, in which coffins had been sold by itinerant vendors on street corners, Burr established the Manhattan Company, with the ostensible aim of bringing clean water to the city from the Bronx River but in fact designed as a front for the creation of New York's second bank, rivalling Hamilton's Bank of New York.-- "Soaking the poor", The Economist, March 16, 2000

We might define play as pleasurable activity in which the means is more important than the ostensible end.-- Karl Meninger, Love Against Hate


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Bill Clinton Gets GULLY!!!

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BILLY DON'T PLAY DAT....

OK! Former President Bill Clinton goes ape shit on the Fox News Sunday with anchor Chris Wallace. Questions of his involvement or lack there of in regards to 9/11 and Bin Laden/Al-Qiada were questioned and Mr. Clinton found fault in those questions. He said that it was funny that he was being asked these types of questions on FOX NEWS after ABC said that he was

too involved. He also made mention to the fact that he has done "More than others have" (I think he was referring to Bush). But by far my favor part was when FMR. President Bill Clinton said; 'You Got That Little Smirk on Your Face and You Think You're So Clever'. I have enclosed some video and a report from AOL NEWS done by Karen Matthews of the Associated Press, so you make your decision on what is what and who was was wrong or right. However, my conclusion on this story is DO NOT COME FOR BILL BECAUSE HE WILL BE ALL OVER YOUR A$$ IN A MINUTE JACK! :)

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NEW YORK (Sept. 25) -- In a combative interview on "Fox News Sunday," former President Clinton defended his handling of the threat posed by Osama bin Laden, saying he tried to have bin Laden killed and was attacked for his efforts by the same people who now criticize him for not doing enough.

"That's the difference in me and some, including all of the right-wingers who are attacking me now," Clinton said in the interview. "They ridiculed me for trying. They had eight months to try, they did not try."

Clinton accused host Chris Wallace of a "conservative hit job" and asked: "I want to know how many people in the Bush administration you asked, 'Why didn't you do anything about the Cole?' I want to know how many people you asked, 'Why did you fire Dick Clarke?'"

He was referring to the USS Cole, attacked by terrorists in Yemen in 2000, and former White House anti-terrorism chief Richard A. Clarke.

Wallace said Sunday he was surprised by Clinton's "conspiratorial view" of "a very non-confrontational question, 'Did you do enough to connect the dots and go after al-Qaida?'"

"All I did was ask him a question, and I think it was a legitimate news question. I was surprised that he would conjure up that this was a hit job," Wallace said in a telephone interview.

Clinton said he "worked hard" to try to kill bin Laden.

"We contracted with people to kill him. I got closer to killing him than anybody's gotten since," he said.

He told Wallace, "And you got that little smirk on your face and you think you're so clever, but I had responsibility for trying to protect this country. I tried and I failed to get bin Laden. I regret it, but I did try and I did everything I thought I responsibly could."

The interview was taped Friday during Clinton's three-day Global Initiative conference.

On NBC's "Meet the Press," also taped Friday and aired Sunday, Clinton told interviewer Tim Russert that the biggest problem confronting the world today is "the illusion that our differences matter more than our common humanity."

"That's what's driving the terrorism," he said. "It's not just that there's an unresolved Arab-Israeli conflict. Osama Bin Laden and Dr. al-Zawahiri can convince young Sunni Arab men, who have _ and some women _ who have despairing conditions in their lives, that they get a one-way ticket to heaven in a hurry if they kill a lot of innocent people who don't share their reality."


09-25-06 03:35 EDT






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BREAKING NEWS: Jeffrey From Project Runway Accused of Cheating!

Wow! Murder on the Runway!

It seems that Project Runway Season 3 contestant Jeffrey Sebelia was accused of the cardinal sin of designing. It seems that some of his fellow competitors (namely Laura Bennett) think that Jeffrey outsourced his sewing and designing to someone else! In other words, that MothaF*$%A Cheated ya'll....But I am not really surprised, because I saw the collection previously and I thought to myself WOW it is very well-done and in some ways almost immaculate in its construction, and not like Jeffrey at all, or at least the Jeffrey I saw on the show. So if this is True I am totally Replused by the findings. I have enclosed a FULL REPORT from WWW.NYMAG.COM So please review it and leave your comments!

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Internal Investigation Rocks ‘Runway’

How bad at sewing is Project Runway final-four contestant Jeffrey Sebelia? A few months ago, the show’s uneliminated contestants left the supervision of the producers to go home and work on their collections. But when they returned for their group show at Bryant Park, fellow contestant Laura Bennett accused Sebelia of cheating. Three weeks earlier, Tim Gunn, Parsons fashion design chair and the show’s mentor, had visited Sebelia in L.A. and declared, “He had a lot of work to do.” Word reached Bennett, whose mother had met and become friendly with Sebelia’s mother. Upon seeing Sebelia’s miraculously finished collection, Bennett told the producers she believed Sebelia had outsourced his sewing—which would disqualify him. “His collection was very ambitious,” says Gunn. “I wasn’t born yesterday.” Adding fuel to the fire was Sebelia’s rather unfinished style of construction throughout the show. “We took the accusation very seriously, and we did a very intense and thorough investigation,” says Gunn. Bravo would not allow him to reveal the resolution. The three finalists will be revealed September 27, and the winner October 18. Sebelia didn’t return calls.

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Jeffrey Sebelia presenting his (now in question) collection at NY Fashion Week 2006

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I HAD TO TAKE YOU BACK

Hey Remember this song?

"316 Dollas aint worth ya soul..."

CHECK IT OUT

Common ft. Lauryn Hill - Retrospect for Life

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ELMO TMX

TICKLE ME ELMO IS BACK!

back and better than ever is tickle me Elmo! Remember the craze around 2001... Everybody had to have one and Madonna spent over $10,000.00 for one for her daughter!!! Well Elmo TMX (Tickle Me Extreme) is shaping up to be that next craze that will have your child, god child, nephew, neice, little sister, brother and even some adults swooning this holiday season. The Product Producers of Elmo TMX have said that they have only made a limited amount, but more are coming! So if you have a special little child or someone with a child's heart this is a great toy to get for them. Check it out!



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Time Flies When You're Living - Personal Observation

It is so funny to look at how much we grow and we don't even see it. I mean I remember my first day of day of school...My first day in High school....and all of that is slowly becoming more and more of a DISTANT MEMORY! At 23 people that I have known for years are getting married, they have kids, they have Masters Degrees' and are really shaping up to be beatufiul people. However, what happened to the OLD DAYS! The days when we would cut Chemistry class to see a movie....The days when we would run around the streets aimlessly with no destination in sight and surprisingly it was OK....The days when we used to talk about what we were going to be and what accomplishments we were going to make....The days when we were just talking about Pledging...LOL! I miss that...and I am just astonished at how quick life moves, and if you are not with it...It will move on without you! I just went to one of my best friends Wedding and she looked GEORGOUS and when I saw her I automatically got a vision of what I remember people looking like when they got married when I was younger...Like I remember thinking about how GROWN and SOPHISTICATED they looked and I looked at her and her husband and felt that feeling again....then it hit me! Dennis you are not a child anymore!!! I mean I have known for sometime now that I am a Grown MAN, but it really hit me that I am an adult...I have education under my belt....I work....I pay my own bills....I am responsible for my own failure and SUCCESS! WOW...I had not yet got it into my head that I was no longer my mother and father's child I was their Son...if that makes any sense to anyone. What I mean is that when we are young people refer to you as the baby, the child, that boy :), etc. and that description is now inaccurate...I have received my lesson, I have matriculated from child into son. I am now the one they look at for my ACCOMPLISHMENTS, I am not the one they pray will ACCOMPLISH. Basically life is crazyyyyyy and we only here for a moment so we have to take in all of our lessons and make them work for our benefit when we are GROWN!

Look at me! a few months ago. Carefree and STILL not

aware of what I have to do! WOW!

This is my High School Vice-Principal and the LADY that FIRED

me from my first job! :)...She taught me so much and

I was listening and I didn't even notice!

My BEST Buddy from Elementary School, Daycare, High School....A Married woman...Can you believe it?

I mean I remember our biggest concern being whether we would be able

to make 8 dollars an hour during Summer Work! LOL....Isn't GEORGOUS!!!!!!!

Syrita and her husband Aaron after the wedding!!! I was crying taking this picture,

because this is where it hit me....Like we are really ADULTS

and we have work to do! WOW!

My BEST FRIEND SINCE HIGH SCHOOL!!!! Shakira!!!! We used to call her Lil Gurl,

but now she is a grown woman with education, a job, and a baby boy!!!

All this happened in less than 5 years....Talk about time FLYING!!!

So Basically all I am saying is that Time Flies When you're Living...so take it and make it...Work for you! WE GROWN NOW!!!!!!!LOL

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Dennis

PROJECT RUNWAY SPOOF! FUNNY!!!!!

I THOUGHT THIS WAS SOOOO FUNNY!!! GOTTA LOVE PROJECT RUNWAY!!!!

FLAVOR....FLAVVVV!!!!

Why am I sooo obsessed with this show???? I just can't take it!

NEW YORK IS IN THE MUTHAF****N' BUILDING....AND IS ALREADY BACK TO HER OLD TRICKS! Sh tried to start an argument with Delisshis and she know that girl is a HEAVY WEIGHT and that ASS WILL KNOCK NEW YORK ASS OUT!LMAO!

BUCKEEY & KRAZY - Buckeey was trying to kill that little rican boy in drag...LMAO...She pushed her hard as hell like she wanted to prove something (I ain't gonna be No Punk!). Clearly that was the fastest way to get her ass kicked out the house, and just think she kissed Flavor Flav for nothing and he was groping her ass..then kicked her out! DAMN, what a way to go!

RIDDLE ME THIS - How can they kiss this man on his mouth.

1st - The girl they call Beautiful had a cold sore on her lip and he was kissing her all deep...I actually spit in my stomach...really I did...I felt it!

2nd - Check out the MOUTH! OH NOOOOO....Why they let him come on TV looking like that. His mouth looks like inside of an air conditioner just dusty!

3rd - Last but Certainly not least these girls kiss him one after the other. Now maybe it's just me, but if one girls kisses you all deep and long then this next check does the same and then someone else does it....You kissing all those people....So I have come to the Conclusion that they are all LESBIANS or BI-CURIOUS! Because they are all kissing one another. ANNNDDD I have come to the conclusion that they all suffer from SEVERE DEPRESSION, because they are KISSING FLAVA FLAV!

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Well I gotta go now! I just spit up in my intestine again....DAMN!

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Dennis

I am SOOOO OVER SPINACH....

Now we can't eat Spinach...what is the world coming too???

Soooo...I am catching up on current events & News and I read that people are dying from eating spinach...due to HIGH levels of E. Coli Bacteria. Now, I'm not saying don't eat it, but I'm just saying I'm not touching the shit....lol

And it is sooooo close to me geographically (MARYLAND). WOW! I just pray that they find a remedy for the Ecoli spread, and hopefully we will be able to get over this, because REAL TALK people are DYING!!!!! So now is not the time to sleep on it! Below you will see a report I got from AOL News and some Info on E. Coli and Symptoms! PANDEMIC IS REAL! AND OBVIOUSLY FAMINE CAN BE "REALER" THAN WE THINK

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(Sept. 22) - Health officials were investigating Friday whether the death of a Maryland woman who was infected with E. coli is linked to the national spinach-related outbreak of the bacteria.

Meanwhile, an Idaho toddler died from a kidney disease associated with E. coli infection, but health officials did not know if it was connected to contaminated spinach.

Tissue samples of the Maryland woman and some of the spinach she ate just before she became ill were submitted to state labs for testing, Washington County Health Department spokesman Rod MacRae said. Results could take days, he said.

He said it was not clear whether the woman's E. coli was the same type as the one blamed on tainted spinach. But, he said, "this is a very suspicious association at this point, there's no question about it."

MacRae would not identify the woman beyond saying she was a Washington County resident in her 80s who died Sept. 13 at a Hagerstown hospital.

Kyle Algood, 2, of Chubbuck, Idaho, died Wednesday at a Salt Lake City hospital from hemolytic-uremic syndrome, said Dr. Christine Hahn, epidemiologist at the Idaho Department of Health.
Kyle had bloody diarrhea, and family members told hospital officials that he had eaten packaged spinach, Hahn said.

Kyle had bloody diarrhea, and family members told hospital officials that he had eaten packaged spinach, Hahn said.

"We know that if he had that kidney disease, it makes it very probable that he had E. coli," Hahn said.

Test results will probably be available next week, Hahn said.

Kyle's mother, Robyn Algood, said the family has "been through all the range of emotions: the grief, the sadness, the guilt, some anger. ... We know God called him home," she told KSL-TV.
E. coli is often spread by human or animal waste. The bacteria is known to have killed one person and sickened at least 158 others in 24 states since last month. The infection total includes Tennessee's first case, announced Friday.

Federal and state officials have traced the outbreak to contaminated spinach from at least one of nine farms and several processing plants in California's Monterey, San Benito and Santa Clara counties. The region produces more than half of the nation's spinach crop.

What is Ecoli?

· A form of bacteria that lives in the human body; one strain can cause severe illness.· Present in uncooked beef, unpasteurized milk and juice, and on raw sprouts and lettuce.

What are some symptoms?

· Abdominal cramps· Severe, often bloody, diarrhea· Kidney failure in the young, elderly or people with weak immune systems

What are the treatment Options?

· Antibiotics aren't needed.· The infection will probably go away in five to 10 days.· Hospitalization is necessary in the event of kidney failure.

Is E. Coli really as deadly as people are making it seem?

· Approximately 73,000 people contract E. coli annually in the U.S.· The infection kills 61 Americans a year.

What can I do to prevent this from occuring or am I just doomed to get E. Coli if I eat some carrots?

· Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly.· Cook all ground beef and meat.· Drink only pasteurized milk and juice.· Don't swallow water in lakes or public pools.· Infected people shouldn't prepare food for others, bathe with others or swim.



BE CAREFUL!!!!! BE SAFE!!!!! BE AWARE!!!!

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Dennis

Project Runway!

NEVER! has there been a show that has touched the very inner being of my soul...PROJECT RUNWAY is not just Reality TV....It is a Way of Life!!! This Season we were given the BEST DESIGNERS this show has ever seen in its Three Seasons.

Bradley Baumkirchner
Bonnie Dominguez
Alison Kelly
Vincent Libretti
Kayne Gillaspie
Stacey Estrella
Malan Breton
Keith Michael
Robert Best
Katherine Gerdes
Angela Keslar

AND OF COURSE THE FINAL FOUR
Laura Bennett
Jeffrey Sebelia
Ulrike Herzner
Michael Knight

So...I am so interested to see who will be the FINAL 3!!!! I mean we all know that all four compete in NY Fashion Week, but who are the 3 that will really matter???? It is going to be hard because COLLECTIVELY this is the best talent in design that Project Runway has seen. My personal FAVORITE is MICHAEL KNIGHT!!!! He is a GREAT DESIGNER!!!Laura Bennett...she has been CLASSIC and REDFINED for the length of the challenge!!! And I respect her because she is SELF-TAUGHT, and for her to be able to design so well with no formal/classical training is GREAT!!!! My bottom TWO Jeffrey Sebelia and Uli Herzner...Jeff is arogant and has no right because he is not a GREAT designer and I can think of 4 people that could easily take his place on the show and in Fashion Week. Uli, she does the same outfit show after show after show...I am personally sick and I am OVER HER!

Anywho! I am SOOOOO EXCITED the Final 3 are revealed this coming Wednesday and we will be able to finally give a crown to the 3 who have made it to Fashion Week!!!! I have seen the collections from all four and here they are:

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More PR TALK SOON!!!! I PROMISE

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Dennis

OLYMPUS FASHION WEEK

Olympus Fashion Week

Olympus Fashion Week in New York is over *tears fall uncontollably*! We now know what the deigners are saying are the "MUST HAVES" for Spring 07, so get ya credit card arm strong because you gonna need it!

My Absolute Favorite Showings in NY Fashion week were:

Baby Phat - Urban Chic...I LOVED IT!

Jay McCarroll - His Aesthetic is so original...Gotta Love JAY!

Michael Kors - Classic, Elegant, Clean and Sophisticated...You can't Go Wrong!

Monique Lhuillier - Stunning! I mean she gave everything you need for the season from the Tailored pant to the Romantic Gown! LOVED IT!

Ralph Lauren - As usual...STUNNING...STUNNING....STUNNING! Ralph you are my HERO!!! Clean, TAILORED TO PERFECTION...NOBODY ELSE TAILORS LIKE HE DOES!!!

Oscar De La Renta - Fashion Forward and it gave me chills!!!LOL...VERY NOW!!!

Duckie Brown for Menswear!!! I really liked how he did this whole RELAXED, SLOUCHY LOOK....I thought it was really nice for men...Comfortable not so tailored!

Derek Lam...Romantic, Ethereal, Suggestion of Sexy not OVERTLY sexy, Great Collection!!!



I LOVED THESE COLLECTIONS!!!! They all had a clear view and perspective...they were all clean and the collections really spoke to what I want to see women and men in for the Spring of 2007!

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Dennis

Savant Noir Defined....

Greetings to Everyone!

I come before you new to the whole Blogging craze. I was inspired to do this blog because of my LOVE for all things ethereal and fashionable. So let's get started!

Question: What will I be talking about on this blog?

Answer: Everything I love! Fashion, Entertainment, GOSSIP!!!!!, Religion, Controversy, Television (Especially Reality TV!), Politics, Sexuality, Tradition, Culture, Trends, Beauty, Design, Music, Theatre and eveything else that comes up that is interesting. I am going to give you what you've been waiting for and what I have been wanting to say!

Question: What is Savant Noir?

Answer: Well A savant is a scholar or one who excels in a field and noir is simply BLACK in french. I am a scholar and I love all things ethereal and rich and BLACK is simply the most classic color one can have. Also I am Black so that is another reason for it. So Plainly put it means (for me) Black Scholar. However, this is for all people who love what I love whether you are white, black, asian, hispanic or whatever we all will be able to relate to this one!

Question: Who is behind the blog?

Answer: I am a man who has a love for popular culture and the finer things in life. My name is Dennis, I reign from PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA THE MECCA FOR ORIGINALITY! In addition, I am what some would call the FLYEST FAT MAN ON THE PLANET!!! I have two collegiate degrees and professionally I am the Creative Mind behind my company Empyreon Noir, Inc. and I work in event planning/production. Besides all of that I design clothes in my freetime and I would be nothing without GOD, FAMILY, FRIENDS and FASHION!!! That is basically me, not too much too me I am just ME and LOVING IT!

So in short, this is the beginning of something GREAT and I am hoping you tune in to see what new and exciting issues and topics I bring in front of you.

BE ON THE LOOK OUT!!!! I AM HERE, AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME!!!


CIAO!

DENNIS