BPR: This is Laura Kluvo from Blogging Project Runway and I'm on the
phone with All-Star designer, Alexandria von Bromssen. Hi Alexandria!
AB: Hi. How are you?
BPR: Congratulations on becoming an All-Star!
AB: Thank you!
BPR: I was delighted to see you in the cast, and heartbroken to see
you leave.
AB: Thank you, but it was okay. I'm okay.
BPR: If you could go back, would you do anything differently?
AB: Yes, I would have agreed to do the show a little sooner. The
producers called many times to ask me to do the show. Even when I was in
Paris, they called me every day. I was visiting one of my students in
Paris - she is on a three-year scholarship studying fashion in Paris. She
asked me if I would wear her scarf on the show and honestly that was the
tipping point. I finally agreed to do the show, and you can see her scarf
in the opening montage.
I wanted to design with fabrics, not with plastic and metal and these
unconventional materials. This just wasn't for me.
BPR: Who is your best friend from the cast?
AB: I tried to befriend everyone, but definitely Gunnar is the one I
loved the most from the cast.
BPR: After your elimination, as you waited out the remainder of the
filming, how did you spend your time?
AB: I sewed. I walked home after my elimination and immediately
began work on my collection. I set up a full studio in my
apartment. I created a men's collection, a women's collection and an
accessory collection. I made handbags, I made it all.
BPR: Did Camp Couture continue while you were in New York?
AB: Yes, it did. This is the second summer that I have been away - I have excellent assistants.
BPR: What are you working on now?
AB: I still have my store. I am ready to launch my on-line
store. My line is called "Out of Context." It is very
cool. I am proud of it. I am also preparing for my show, LoveSick
in February.
BPR: What other designers will be showing at LoveSick?
AB: I am still confirming but I hope to have Emily Payne, Gunnar Deatherage, and
Bert Keeter. Please stay tuned.
BPR: Alexandria, we are almost out of time, is there anything else you
would like to say to your fans?
AB: I want to say that I am sorry that I disappointed my
fans...OH! We are creating "UgliDolls" of all of the cast
members in Camp Couture. They are really clever.
BPR: We would love to see them! Please send a photo...And we could post the new dolls each week...
AB: Also, I want to say that I am a designer, and not a
"personality." I believe my work speaks for itself.
BPR: Thank you Alexandria!
AB: Thank you!
