- Christina Scarbo
Project Runway contestant
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birthdate =1981
location =Los Angeles, California
training =Fashion Institute of Technology Polimonda Institute of Fashion Design and Marketing
season = Season 4
el_challenge = Episode 8: En Garde!
finish = 8th placeChristina "Kit Pistol" Scarbo is a freelance wardrobe stylist and fashion designer. She designs her own line, Kit Pistol, in Los Angeles. Scarbo was most notably a contestant on the fourth season of "Project Runway".
Childhood and education
Scarbo first attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, but graduated Magna Cum Laude from Polimoda Institute of Fashion Design and Marketing with a B.F.A. in fashion design. cite web | last = Bravo | first = | title = "Project Runway" Official Biography | publisher = Bravo | date = November 2007 | url = http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/season/4/bios/index.php?cat=designer&p=kit_christina
accessdate = 2008-01-23 ]Career
While in Italy, Scarbo worked as a trend analyst for Mauro Taliani Design Studio. Inspired by her studies in Italy, Scarbo began her own clothing line, Kit Pistol, in 2004. She showed a design house in the 2006 GenARt New Guarde exhibition. Her other exhibitions were shown at Redbull Ascension F05, Beautiful Fighter Gallery Instillation S06 and BoxEight Collective @ LA Theater F07.
Scarbo's current accessories collection sells at Fred Segal and Studio starting January 10, 2008 cite web| last= Kit Pistol| first = | title = Kit Pistol | publisher = Kit Pistol, Inc. | date = 2007 | url = http://www.kitpistol.com/blog/index.html | accessdate = 2008-01-23 ]
In 2007 Scarbo was a contestant on the fourth season of "
Project Runway ", a reality show on Bravo in which designers compete against each other in various fashion challenges to win $100,000 to create their own fashion line and other prizes. Scarbo was eliminated in the show's eighth episode.References
External links
* [http://www.kitpistol.com Official Web site]
* [http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/season/4/bios/index.php?cat=designer&p=kit_christina Biography on Bravo Official Web site]
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