Leanne Marshall
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Leanne Marshall is a fashion designer from Portland, Oregon
. She was the winner of season 5
of Project Runway
.
Marshall is a graduate of The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
in San Francisco and a recipient of their Levi’s Dockers Fashion Designer of Tomorrow award.
Continuing through the remaining episodes with some tougher challenges, Marshall was able to gain a spot in the top 3 and showed her collection in the finale competing against Kenley Collins and Korto Momolu. Leanne's final collection in the competition was well-received by the judges, and she was crowned the winner of Season 5.
Marshall created an eco-friendly line for bluefly.com that debuted in July 2009. She also designed a maternity dress for Heidi Klum
.
Marshall showed her Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010 and Fall 2011 collections at New York Fashion Week. She also creates one of a kind and custom wedding gowns for clients and has a design studio located in Brooklyn, NY.
Marshall has most recently designed a series of dresses for Paula Abdul
.
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Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
. She was the winner of season 5
Project Runway (season 5)
Project Runway season 5 began filming the first week of June 2008 and premiered July 16, 2008 at 9:00 p.m. It was the final season of Project Runway that aired on Bravo. Subsequent seasons were shown on Lifetime....
of Project Runway
Project Runway
Project Runway is an American reality television series on Lifetime Television, previously on the Bravo network, which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by model Heidi Klum. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme...
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Marshall is a graduate of The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
FIDM, Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, is a specialized for-profit private college located in California dedicated to educating students for the Fashion, Entertainment, Beauty, Interior Design, and Graphic Design industries....
in San Francisco and a recipient of their Levi’s Dockers Fashion Designer of Tomorrow award.
Project Runway
Marshall started the show being in the bottom two in Episode 2, "The Grass Is Always Greener," along with Wesley Nault. She went to the top 3, however, in the next episode, "Bright Lights, Big City," and began to hit her stride midway through the competition. She won two challenges consecutively while having immunity: "Fashion that Drives You" and "Double 0 Fashion."Continuing through the remaining episodes with some tougher challenges, Marshall was able to gain a spot in the top 3 and showed her collection in the finale competing against Kenley Collins and Korto Momolu. Leanne's final collection in the competition was well-received by the judges, and she was crowned the winner of Season 5.
Design career
Marshall began her runway fashion career in 2006 and 2007 at Portland Fashion Week in Portland, Oregon.Marshall created an eco-friendly line for bluefly.com that debuted in July 2009. She also designed a maternity dress for Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum
Heidi Samuel , better known by her birth name Heidi Klum, is a German model, actress, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and occasional singer. In 2008 she became an American citizen while maintaining her native German citizenship...
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Marshall showed her Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010 and Fall 2011 collections at New York Fashion Week. She also creates one of a kind and custom wedding gowns for clients and has a design studio located in Brooklyn, NY.
Marshall has most recently designed a series of dresses for Paula Abdul
Paula Abdul
Paula Julie Abdul is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.In the 1980s, Abdul rose from cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era before scoring a string of pop music-R&B hits...
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