The new season of Project Runway is supposed to begin in March, and it was shot right here at FIDM in Los Angeles? My first quarter here they had one floor of one of the buildings sectioned off just for the show, and on one day they had an outdoor set-up in the park outside the main building. Unfortunately, I never saw Heidi, Tim or Michael, but it’s going to be exciting seeing our school suddenly gain in reputation once the season starts!

Oh, and Mood Designer Fabrics also opened a branch in L.A., which I happened to go and visit a couple of weeks ago to source fabrics for a class project. They definately had some nice stuff, but it had absolutely nothing on Tongdaemun Market!

Speaking of Project Runway, who should have been my substitute teacher the first two weeks of my Creative Design Theory class but Season 2 contestant Andre Gonzolo (of ‘What ever happened to Andre?’ fame)! He is a part-time instructor at the school and is a fantastically sweet man who is very knowledgable. He was also generous enough to pose for a picture with me so I could send it to my daughter so she could see her mother hobnobbing with celeb designers (Andre was one of her two favorites on all of the seasons, the other being Nick Verreos, who is also an instructor at FIDM, coincidentally). I would post the pic here, but since his look has completely changed, he might be trying to go incognito, and I wouldn’t want to spoil that for him!