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Questions & Answers: Nicolas' Take
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What was the first garment you made?
A pleather tube-top dress for my 12-year-old sister.
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What’s your music of choice when designing?
Placebo is my music of choice.
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When did you realize you had designer potential?
Age 15.
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Who’s your favorite past “Project Runway” designer?
Rami Kashou is my favorite.
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Can you describe past jobs you’ve had?
Exotic bird attendant.
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What is a fashion must?
Denim is a must.
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What is your design training?
FIT and training at the Izquierdo Studio.
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What are your strengths as a designer?
Fabric manipulation is my strength.
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What are your weaknesses as a designer?
Men’s tailoring is my weakness.
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What’s influenced your designs over the years?
Architecture and nature.
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What’s your favorite material or fabric to work with?
Silk is my favorite.
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Questions & Answers: Nicolas' Take
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What’s the item you’re most proud of designing?
Victoria’s Secret wings.
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Do you prefer sketching or draping?
Both.
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Do you prefer patterns or solids?
Both.
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What are your favorite colors?
White, black and gray.
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What fashion faux pas drives you crazy?
Low-rise jeans on women.
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What’s the ugliest thing you’ve ever worn?
Bicycle shorts and a fluorescent belly shirt.
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What’s your biggest fear as a designer?
Being booed after my collection walks down the runway.
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Who is your favorite style icon?
Marlene Dietrich is my icon.
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What celebrity would you like to design for?
Asia Argento, Christina Ricci and Tilda Swinton.
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Who’s your favorite supermodel muse?
I don’t have one yet.
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If you had to name your label, you’d call it …
Blue Diamond.
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If you weren’t designing, you’d be …
Working in the film industry.
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How would you describe your family?
Energetic.
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How were you described as a kid?
Imaginative.
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How are you described now?
Wacky.
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What is your sign?
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Why are you (or aren’t you) easy to live with?
I’m easy to live with because I love people.
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What are your hobbies besides designing?
Walking on the pier.
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What are your favorite movies and TV shows?
Favorite shows are Project Runway, Charmed and Ghost Whisperer.
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What are your favorite books and authors?
Christopher Rice and Whitley Strieber.
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What are your favorite websites?
Perez Hilton.
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Do you prefer fast food or gourmet?
Home cooking.
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Do you prefer cooking or getting takeout?
Cooking.
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What’s your favorite food?
Salmon.
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What’s your guiltiest pleasure?
Sandwiches.
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Do you prefer beer or wine?
Wine.
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What past “Project Runway” challenge would you want to do?
The couture challenge in Paris.
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What past “Project Runway” challenge wouldn’t you want to do?
The challenge where designers dress up their mothers.
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Why are you going to win?
I’m innovative, know fabric manipulation, work well under time restraints and have a fab personality.