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On October 1, 2006 at the Fake Gallery in Hollywood, I threw myself a birthday blow-out inspired by the show, Project Runway.
Project Hensley came complete with A nervewracking design challenge, brooding models and tart-tongued judges. Guests were put into 'Design Teams' of four and asked to craft two T-shirts for the birthday boy, one 'Couture' and one for the 'Everyday Guy.' The results were spectacular and a fashion-forward time was had by all. It was a birthday I won't soon forget.
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Judges(clockwise from left) Evie Harris (Jack Plotnick) Tim Gunn (Tony Tripoli) Dennis Hensley, Heidi Klum (Tom Lenk), Robert Best (as himself) and Michael Kors (Sam Pancake) |
Season 3 contestant Robert Best
with hostess Heidi Klum
and birthday boy Dennis Hensley
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Dennis Hensley and BF John-Michael Beck
in front of the beautiful banner
designed by Doug Prinzivalli |
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A poster greets the guests |
Terence rocks the duct tape |
Kate Smeal provides musical accompaniment |
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Denise Taylor and friend |
Tony Nichols and headbanded friend |
John-Michael, Dennis and Jermaine Taylor |
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Vanitymark makeup artist Brett Freedman works magic on John Cantwell while Shannon Olds looks on |
Gilles Wheeler, Evan Koursh and Red Savage
enjoy drinking from red and blue cups
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Simon Petrie, Doug Prinzivalli, John Carrozza, Zachary Scott and John-Michael Beck strike a pose |
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Professional canoodlers Dennis Smeal
and Terence McFarland |
Dennis with Lee Straus who
served up the slamming party tunes |
A design straight from the Fringe Festival.
The moustache is a nice touch. |
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Heidi Klum gets the news that Elle's Nina Garcia is stuck in traffic and will be replaced by Evie Harris |
Laurence Duschessi, Dennis and Brett Freedman, who provided the models with makeup styling |
Heidi realizes that not only is Evie Harris
here to stay, she's slightly hammered |
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Simon Petrie takes to the runway |
Tony Nichols gives us midriff |
David Pevsner says 'Don't Bore Nina' |
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| John Cantwell shows why he was chosen top model |
Terence McFarland gives us chest hair |
John Carrozza proves it's easy being green |
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Jim Cude bedazzles us |
John Carrozza takes a load off after modeling |
The judges aren't afraid to ask the tough questions |
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Xanadu meets Flashdance and they sleep together |
Isn't that Terence behind those Foster-Grants? |
John Cantwell happened to have heels in his car |
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The judges strive to make sense of the
wardrobe wonders before them |
The Couture designers and their
models/muses await their fates |
Heidi and the final two Everyday designers,
Bryan Fuller and Doug Prinzivalli |
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Doug Prinzivalli tries to explain his lazy model,
John Carrozza to the judges |
Nino Alicea looks on while his model, Eddie Stanley, gives the judges a back view |
Jim Cude laughs at the outfit that
Doug
Prinzivalli made him wear |
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Scott Williams, Dennis and Peter Ray go way back |
Tony Cusamano and Augie support designer Doug |
John-Michael with his SF pal Kathleen and friend |
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David Pevsner, Bryan Fuller and John Cantwell laugh at their inability to understand Heidi's accent |
Terence McFarland, Tony Tripoli and Shannon Olds bask in the Project Hensley afterglow |
Dennis Smeal, who baked the delicious birthday cakes, with his favorite model, Terence |
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The winning Couture team shows off
their Everyday Shirt |
Danny Casillas, fresh from a performance of Chica's Angels shows the birthday boy how to work it |
Shannon Olds, Robert Best and Terence McFarland shows us their white and pearlies |
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John-Michael Beck does a little smoldering |
Dennis with John Kobzeff just before Dennis convinced him to help carry crap out to the car |
Dennis Hensley works the winning
Everyday shirt in San Francisco |
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