Anna Lynett

OUT 02/11/2010

Age: 23

Hometown: Whitefish Bay, WI

Profession: Printmaker and designer

Favorite Designer: Marc Jacobs, Lanvin and Band of Outsiders

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Exit Interview: Episode 5

Designer exit interview: episode 5. See which designer failed to impress the judges in the challenge to create a look worn by Heidi Klum on the cover of Marie Claire, and was voted off on "Project Runway" Season 7 episode 5.

ANNA'S DESIGN IN EPISODE 5: Run for Cover

The designers must create a look to be worn by Heidi Klum on the cover of Marie Claire. Guest Judge: Joanna Coles. Aired February at 11 pm et/pt

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What was the first garment you ever made?

I remember making some pretty ugly skirts out of single pieces of fabric wrapped around my legs.
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What is your music of choice when designing?

Radiohead, Tallahassee and Elliott Smith.
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When did you realize you had designer potential?

I've known I had creative potential since I as a little kid. Loved to draw. Still do.
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Favorite designer(s)?

Don't know if I have a favorite. My top few include Marc Jacobs, Lanvin and Band of Outsiders.
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Current occupation?

Printmaker and designer.
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Can you describe past jobs you've had?

Printmaker at Gemini G.E.L., hostess at JAR restaurant, freelance seamstress.
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What is a fashion must?

Tights! Skinny jeans! A solid pair of leather boots.
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What is your design training?

No formal training. Entirely self-taught as a fashion designer.
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What are your strengths as a designer?

I'm good at editing. I have a sense of what I want to design and adhere to that vision.
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What are your weaknesses as a designer?

Still learning a lot of the rules to the business. I have to learn them before I can break them!
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What's influenced your designs over the years?

My travels, so I can analyze other cultures' answers to what is a dress or a sweater.
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What's your favorite material or fabric to work with?

Silk and wool.
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What's the item you're most proud of designing?

My boyfriend is the gracious recipient of some of my experiments. Proud he can be out in them.
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Do you prefer sketching or draping?

Draping.
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Do you prefer patterns or solids?

Patterns! I design patterns and screen-print the fabric for many of my garments.
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What are your favorite colors?

Dove gray, ivory and midnight blue.
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What's your biggest fear as a designer?

Failure to challenge myself to push my continuous growth. Creating garments based on a formula.
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What fashion faux pas drives you crazy?

UGGs.
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What's the ugliest thing you've ever worn?

My clothing choices growing up in Wisconsin were rough, but I can chalk it up to lack of selection.
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Who are your favorite style icons?

I appreciate Carla Bruni Sarkozy.
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How would you dress first lady Michelle Obama?

I'd put her in a charcoal-gray wool shift dress and maybe a cape with a printed lining.
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What celebrity would you like to design for?

Hilary Swank. Great intuitive sense of style. I'd put her in a minidress in black or gray wool.
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Who's your supermodel muse?

I don't think I have one.
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What do you look for in a model?

An air of sophistication. Poise is 1,000 times more important to me than physical characteristics.
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If you had to name your label, you'd call it . . .

Upholstery. It reflects the qualities of being utilitarian and refined that I hope to express
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If you weren't designing, you'd be . . .

Making lithographs or etching. Actually, I'd be at the beach.
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Dream place to set up your design business?

When I get big I'll be in Milan or France.
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Any other cultures or places you wish you could design for?

It's hard for me to imagine designing for any customer other than American women.
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How were you described as a kid?

Agreeable. I just wanted to please everyone all the time.
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How are you described now?

Easy to get along with and committed to my creative work. I'm an idealist.
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Can you describe your family?

Warm and supportive. Folks embody that Midwestern quality: pragmatic, unpretentious and unhurried.
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Why are you (or aren't you) easy to live with?

Don't have smelly, weird habits. But I'm useless at taking out the trash. My boyfriend does it!
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What's your favorite hangout back home?

My friend Lauren's living room or otherwise the Rochambo on Brady Street.
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What are your hobbies besides designing?

Drawing, baking bread and hiking with my boyfriend.
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What are your favorite movies?

The Graduate, and Harold and Maude.
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What are your favorite TV shows?

30 Rock and The Office.
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What are your favorite websites?

NY Times, Artslant (to see exhibition openings in L.A.) and Wikipedia.
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What are your favorite books and authors?

Italo Calvino, T.S. Eliot, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
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iPhone or BlackBerry?

Neither. When I have more than a dime in my pocket, I'll upgrade my dino phone!
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Fast food or gourmet?

Gourmet.
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Cooking or takeout?

Cooking.
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Favorite food?

Baked macaroni and cheese.
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Beer or wine?

Whiskey.
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Guiltiest pleasure?

Ben and Jerry's Oatmeal Cookie Chunk.
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Biggest pet peeve?

Mean people. Ugh!
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Favorite designer from past seasons of Project Runway?

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

I like the challenges where designers are asked to derive designs from photos or images.
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Project Runway challenge you hope they don't bring back for your season?

Menswear. That would be a nightmare.
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Your take on team challenges?

Love them. It forces people to balance their work a little more than they would on their own.
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How did you end up auditioning for Project Runway?

Friend encouraged me. I made the garments, had it shot and did my bio video in just two weeks!