Kara Saun

Project Runway contestant


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caption = Kara Saun in August 2007
birthdate = Birth year and age|1967
location = Hollywood, California
training = self taught
season = Season 1

el_challenge = Final runway challenge
finish = 2nd place

Kara Saun, née Saunders, (born 1967) is a fashion designer who participated in the first season of American reality show "Project Runway".

Biography

Saun dreamed about becoming a designer since she was a small girl. In 1988, she graduated from Rutgers University, after which she became involved with the Air Force. Saun claims no city in particular as her hometown because of her travel with the Air Force. In 1994, however, she moved to New York City, in search of better opportunities in the fashion designing world.

Saun later moved to Hollywood, California, where she made many celebrity contacts; she was chosen by Queen Latifah to design Latifah's dress for the 2000 Oscars.

Despite her many contacts in the entertainment world, Saun went mostly unnoticed until she was chosen to participate on the first season of the reality show "Project Runway", which debuted in the United States on December 1, 2004. On the show, Saun described her designs as rock-star like.

For the final competition of "Project Runway" at New York's 2005 Olympus Fashion Week, Kara Saun came in second. During the Bryant Park finale, Kara Saun came under fire from producers for accepting shoes to use in her designs without paying for them per the Project Runway contract. Despite presenting a receipt for the shoes at a discounted price, Saun was told that producers were giving her the option of having the models wear the shoes but not having them included as a component of the design or having the models walk barefoot. Some fans pointed out a supposed hypocrisy in her justification for using the shoes given Saun's criticism of her fellow competitor Wendy Pepper.

In 2005, Saun became costume designer for the UPN sitcom "Eve" as well as for the The WB series "What I Like About You", starring Amanda Bynes and Jennie Garth. Saun created gold dresses for an "America's Next Top Model" campaign, and designed for Chilli and T-Boz's UPN show "R U the Girl". Kara Saun was also on the Style Network's show "How Do I Look?" as a guest stylist in the episode Emelia Stuart.

External links

* [http://www.karasaun.com/ Kara Saun's] official website