Another collection of my favorite looks from Project Runway seasons 7 and 8. Although I didn’t love season 7, I did enjoy Seth Aaron’s style and Anthony’s hilarious attitude. So many of the designers were boring and forgettable. Season 8 was one of my very favorites. Mondo won me over the second I saw him. His own style was so dorky and endearing, while his designs were stunning, colorful, and whimsical. For the other seasons, see: seasons 1 and 2, seasons 3 and 4, seasons 5 and 6.

Seth Aaron Henderson - episode Back to New York

Amy Sarabi - episode The Fashion Farm

Jay Nicholas Sario - episode The Fashion Farm

Jay Nicholas Sario - episode Run for Cover

Jesse LeNoir - episode A Little Bit of Fashion

Seth Aaron Henderson - episode Hey, That’s My Fabric

Seth Aaron Henderson - episode Finale Collection

Mondo Guerra - episode Larger Than Life

Andy South - episode It’s a Party

Mondo Guerra - episode A Rough Day on the Runway

April Johnston - episode Race to the Finish

Mondo Guerra - episode There’s a Pattern Here

Mondo Guerra - episode Finale Collection

The Oscars are this weekend. I gave up on the Oscars for a while, as none of my favorites ever won. I’m hoping this year proves different. Here are the few categories I care about and the films/actors I hope win in the end.

Best Picture - Inception

Best Actor in a Leading Role - Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)

Best Actress in a Leading Role - Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)

Best Animated Feature Film - Toy Story 3

from I Believe in Advertising

One of my very favorite cities in the whole world is Paris, and my very favorite part of Paris is Montmartre. The hill is topped by the beautiful and iconic dome of Sacré Cœur overlooking the city below. Montmartre is best known for the many incredible artists who gathered, worked, and partied in its restaurants and cabarets. Matisse, van Gogh, Renoir, Degas, Toulouse-Latrec, and Picasso found inspiration here and drank plenty of Absinthe under the stars. When I visited the area, I was enamored with the collection of beautiful spaces. I spent hours there, pretending I was in a Renoir painting at the Moulin de la Galette, sipping drinks at the Lapin Agile, and admiring surrealist sculpture at Espace Dalí. Especially wonderful was the crème brulée at Les Deux Moulins café, made famous in Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain, my very favorite film. Around every corner is an artist at an easel, a couple in an embrace, or a scene right out of an impressionist painting. It’s the kind of place of which artists dream.