If you follow my blog, you must notice a small addiction to fashion focused reality tv shows. So you can only imagine the excitement when I was invited to the taping of The Fashion Show finale this past Friday at Cipriani ballroom in NYC. The early morning show was attended by industry insiders, stylists, designers, the one and only Betsey Johnson (who I think was the guest judge) and... the entire cast of The Real Housewives (and I mean both NY AND NJ)...

Although less extravagant than a Project Runway finale usually taped at the Bryant Park tents during NY fashion week, the runway show provided much excitement. I was pleasantly surprised by some of the collections. 6 finalists presented at the runway show finale (to avoid spoilers), but only 3 were the actual finalists. I think it was pretty easy to spot who those are...

Read the reviews of other finalists collections: 

Daniella Kallmeyer

Reco Chapple

Anna McCraney

Johnny Rodriguez

Merlin Castell

James-Paul Ancheta