Fantasy Project Runway Challenge, episode 7: the one with fabric patterns

What's going on here? HP [1] invited me to play along with the current season of Project Runway [2] and sent me a TouchSmart [3] computer to create my own designs. Along with creating designs I decided to write myself into the show. I am not doing well.

This episode was the one where the designers create their own fabric design, get it printed and then use that to create a look. And this one was where they used HP computers like the TouchSmart [3] I have! My design is above and my swatch is here:



Here is what I had to say about what inspired my swatch: "In high school I was a bit of a misfit geek and loved the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series of books by Douglas Adams (I even had the set of original radio show recordings!). The number 42 plays an important role in the stories and I still note when it pops up around me. I wanted to use it as a symbol but didn't want to slap 42 all over my fabric so I translated it into binary, cranked the kerning really tight so the numbers overlapped and then used that as a stripe. The sexy librarian look was inspired by my high school job as a page at my local library."

And here are the accessories from the Piper Lime accessories wall [5] that I chose:



Those shoes are almost exactly like the ones I wore to my very first job interview. That was the place where I ended up learning how to build websites. Ah, memories.

I'm going to have to skip the storytelling today my lovelies, we are dealing with this situation [6]. I went from Fashion Week to a flooded basement in less than 24 hours! It could have been far worse though, knock on wood (or Ikea particle board).

[1] http://www.hp.com/
[2] http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway
[3] http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/series_can.do;HHOJSID=LqJvTdGZsVn948NxhqsDD2fngLTCcQnKkyWlXGjDS2F02Q4MGQyQ!532057686?storeName=computer_store&landing=desktops&a1=Category&v1=TouchSmart+PCs&jumpid=in_R329_prodexp/hhoslp/psg/desktops/TouchSmart_PCs
[4] http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/series_can.do;HHOJSID=LqJvTdGZsVn948NxhqsDD2fngLTCcQnKkyWlXGjDS2F02Q4MGQyQ!532057686?storeName=computer_store&landing=desktops&a1=Category&v1=TouchSmart+PCs&jumpid=in_R329_prodexp/hhoslp/psg/desktops/TouchSmart_PCs
[5] http://piperlime.gap.com/browse/category.do?cid=70711&mlink=15956,3568784,imgLinkProjectRunway&clink=3568784
[6] http://www.flickr.com/photos/notmartha/6147666854/in/photostream

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