Johnathan Kayne of Project Runway All Stars fame talks to E! astir his brand, however beingness has changed since his past quality connected the show, and more.
Project Runway All Stars is successful full-swing, bringing unneurotic 14 contestants from bid (and occasionally, decades) past for different changeable astatine the title. We caught up with a fewer stars who person flourished since their archetypal crook to larn much astir what they've been up to — and of course, their namesake brands.
E!: How has beingness changed for you since your past quality connected Project Runway?
So overmuch has changed successful my beingness since I past appeared connected Project Runway All Stars Season 2 connected Lifetime successful 2012! On a idiosyncratic note, I met my spouse Ian (of present 9 1/2 years), and we purchased a home. Last year, I besides purchased onshore successful Nashville, TN to physique a caller office for my business, and that task is underway.
I've besides grown my marque to implicit 450 retail stores passim the satellite and person go the go-to reddish carpet designer. My squad has grown from 3 employees to eleven and needs to adhd more, but is constricted connected abstraction until we determination into our caller headquarters.
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E!: When it comes to your brand, what aspects are you the proudest of?
I americium proudest of my brand's estimation successful our industry. We are known for our fantabulous fit, superior construction, and unsocial designs. Our customers cognize that we privation them to look and consciousness their implicit champion for life's peculiar events. Additionally, my retailers cognize my integrity and that I ever effort to bash the close thing.
E!: Where bash you spot your marque evolving, short- and long-term?
We precocious launched our archetypal ready-to-wear collection, which has been a extremity of excavation for respective years now. I spot my marque increasing that postulation truthful that much of our customers tin deterioration Johnathan Kayne day-to-day. I person plans to turn our marque to beryllium the number-one prom and evening deterioration marque successful our industry. I spot our marque becoming much of a household sanction by dressing much and much celebrities connected large reddish carpets and successful movie arsenic well.
E!: This is the first-ever "All Stars" Season connected Bravo. What sets you isolated arsenic a Project Runway All Star?
Ultimately, I deliberation it tin beryllium summed up successful 2 words...sweat equity! I person been designing and sewing garments for 26 years and person learned thing with each garment I person created. I besides cognize precisely who I americium arsenic a decorator and my strengths. My aesthetic is sexy and dramatic. I person a bosom for my clients and the passionateness to assistance them consciousness beautiful.
E!: Is determination thing other you'd similar fans to know?
You ever perceive the connection "Dream Big", but it has go truthful cliché that I deliberation radical place the message. My biggest extremity was to plan for Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton. Once I deed those goals, I was near feeling, like, what's next? I realized that I needed to "Dream Bigger" and person acceptable immoderate beauteous audacious goals [as a result]. I privation fans to cognize that if you enactment hard and support a affirmative attitude, you tin execute great things. Evaluate your goals and propulsion yourself to Dream Bigger.
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