Project Runway’s Chris March On Madonna, Youth and Newfound Fame

This week, Season 4 of Project Runway finished, with the delightfully coquettish Christian Siriano winning the Grand Prize. And while his collection was no doubt stunning, perhaps 1,000 times more memorable was the collection created by fellow contestant Chris March, whose innovative designs combined human hair, black safety pins, crushed velvet and hours and hours of hard work. I was able to sit down with Chris this week and discuss his experience on America's favorite design show, working with Madonna, getting awoken by Tim Gunn, and many more questions you all had on your minds. Let's begin! On His Newfound Fame Michelle: Chris, congratulations on all your success. You were fan favorite, everyone loved you. Have you made a million friends since you got off the show? Chris: Ummm… the amount of people come up to me, everyday, all day long is really amazing. They smile, they beam, they say they love me, they loved me on the show, they love my laugh… MC: You do have a lovely laugh… Chris: Thank you… (laughs adorably) MC: Bottle that up; send it to me for my birthday… I love it. Chris: It’s just kind of like having a cheering section everyday when I leave the house every day. It’s really nice. MC: You live in the city, right? Chris: I live in Chelsea. MC: Well that is like Project Runway Mecca. The streets are veritable runways. Chris: 8th avenue is known as the catwalk. MC: How is the fame weird for you? Chris: It’s a little bit weird in the fact that people think they know me. A lot of people come up and touch me without saying hello. MC: Like I did when I met you? Chris: Yes, exactly. MC: So… that was wrong? Chris: For some reason they need to touch me. They need to make sure I’m real. MC: They did it to Clooney too. Chris: They don’t touch me like they touch George Clooney though. MC: Really, who ever gets touched like Clooney? Chris: When people come up to me on the street, they look like they have just seen a unicorn. It’s just like [gasp] it’s you… you are rea
Picture: Project Runway’s Chris March On Madonna, Youth and Newfound Fame Published: 2008-03-07
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