The last time you saw me on "Project Runway," I was wearing a huge-horned Brunhilde outfit with sparkly disco-ball boobs. I was host of the drag challenge on Season 5, one of the most fun things I have ever done! Heidi actually played with my "nipples" backstage! Just one example of some of the incredible things that have come my way thanks to my appearance on "Project Runway" …

People love me to tell the story of how I met my boyfriend, who e-mailed me after accidentally seeing me on the show while changing channels. He sent me a cute, funny picture and a charming, intriguing note on Valentine’s Day. I have gotten hundreds of requests for dates after being on the show (I know, it shocked me too!), but his was the only one I answered. We met, and have been together ever since. Maybe Tim Gunn was my Cupid, shooting an arrow through the TV screen (can you imagine Tim wearing a diaper and sporting a golden bow and arrow?). Like I said on the show, I had no idea the universe would send so much love my way.

I have been working away at my career, which now mostly consists of being “me.” I have taped one TV pilot as the host of a fashion makeover show, and will be taping another one (revolving around me and my workshop) in about a month. I have done designs for Prince, made the costumes for Beyoncé for her current tour, and even made a chandelier covered in blonde Barbie hair for Barbie’s 50th birthday party at a life-sized Malibu Barbie Dream House in Malibu, California. I can’t get away from the hair! One of the things that I am the most proud of is that I have been working on a book, which is a coffee-table book of photographs of my costume, fashion and crazy designs of the last 25 years. Here are just a few photos from inside the book. It is available for pre-order on my website at www.chrismarchdesign.com.)

And then they asked me to saddle up again and return for the “Project Runway” All-Star Challenge, where eight former designers from past seasons scrap it out in one challenge for a $100,000 prize. The two-hour special is chock-full of celebrities, twists, turns, drama and more drama. I can’t believe they talked me into spending another week getting three hours of sleep a night! But how could I turn it down?

To be part of the show that will be a new milestone in PR history and to be included in the move to Lifetime is an honor, and I relish the opportunity to show how I have evolved as a designer. Don’t miss this special two-hour dose of “Project Runway All-Stars” drama to get you in the Mood (pun intended) for Season 6!

And who isn’t excited about the triumphant return of “Project Runway”?!!! I am a junkie for the show just like everyone else (more probably, “Project Runway” blood runs in my veins) … Lay all your worries to rest, because the move to Lifetime is perfectly seamless (pun intended), and the move to Los Angeles is kind of intriguing and plays an important part in the first episode. How fun is the first episode? It is a great one, and all of our favorite elements are firmly in place. Heidi is gorgeous and playfully evil, Tim Gunn is the universally unique and benevolent presence he always is, Michael Kors is orange and bitchy-funny, Nina Garcia is Marie Claire’s new tough mistress of fashion and our guest judge is definitely L.A.-centric. What a fantastic relief to find that the show is blessedly the same, right down to the scary elimination music (that stuff scares the bejesus out of me).

I can’t give too much away, but you will leave Thursday night’s show with that familiar feeling — it’s full of blood, sweat, tears, drama, frustration, beauty, fashion faux pas and fashion fabulousness. A veritable buffet of “Project Runway” delights! Thankfully, it looks like we’re in for a Lifetime of my favorite show (pun intended).

See ya soon, Chris

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