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Runway's Jeffrey digs deep for a comeback

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You remember Jeffrey Sebelia. He was the winner of the last Project Runway, the spoiled ex-druggie punk villain with the neck tattoos who made people cry-- until the end, when producers turned the tables and exposed him as a son-loving blubbering softie. Jeffrey already had a successful clothing line when he went into the series, but since he slid out, it's been all downhill. The last we'd heard, he'd gone through the prize money, lost his girlfriend, lost touch with the Runway producers-- and even lost his only major gig, designing for the live-action Bratz movie, after he called them "slutty dolls" in a magazine article. (Actually it was the snaky reporter who introduced the term. Jeffrey repeated it.)

But Jeffrey Sebelia is making a comeback. He's about to debut the fall fashion collection from his Cosa Nostra company-- and the theme is not revenge, anger, bitterness, regret or second attempts at suicide--but true love.

Now, knowing what you do about Jeffrey Sebelia, where do you think he found his inspiration?

Hint: It was in the news about a month ago.

The answer... after the jump...

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Too easy? Jeffrey says he was inspired by those two 5,000- to 6,000-year-old hugging skeletons that were discovered in Italy last month.

"Just the thought of them embracing one another at the time of their death, it touched me. It seemed like the eternal love people keep searching for. They've been hugging for several thousand years."

The skeletons also made him think of the color of bones and dust and dirt, all of which suggested a color palette for the designs, and also inspired simplified, stripped-down pieces.

"I know it sounds trite to say this out loud," Jeffrey adds, "but I wanted to get to the skeleton of the pieces, the skeleton of fashion."

Ah, you sentimental old fool, up until there, you almost had us...

--Tabloid Baby

Posted in Project Runway by Tabloid Baby at 1:00 PM | | Comments (4)
Last Comment: Rock Star on Apr 23, 2007 09:28 PM.

Comments (4)

GIFFORDSAZ [TypeKey Profile Page]:

What Jeff is not understanding is they were not hugging for eternity... they were fighting over the last beer in the cooler.

1 of 4 | Posted by GIFFORDSAZ [TypeKey Profile Page] | Posted on March 24, 2007 10:33 PM

MeshGearFox [TypeKey Profile Page]:

I hate that stupid tattoo for so many reasons, not the least of which is that Jeffrey is stupid enough to believe its written in Italian when it's really written in Spanish.

2 of 4 | Posted by MeshGearFox [TypeKey Profile Page] | Posted on March 25, 2007 5:08 AM

GiadaFan [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Yeah, he's an idiot. Oooooohhh, look how hard core I am because I have a tattoo on my neck.

He needs a chin implant; reminds me of Glass Joe from Mike Tyson's Punch out.

3 of 4 | Posted by GiadaFan [TypeKey Profile Page] | Posted on March 26, 2007 7:07 PM

Rock Star [TypeKey Profile Page]:

Wait...those slutty dolls make movies?

4 of 4 | Posted by Rock Star [TypeKey Profile Page] | Posted on April 23, 2007 9:28 PM

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