Season 8 Designers: Bios/Stats

AJ Thouvenot







Andy South
Freelance designer, and personal assistant to another designer


April Johnston
Times @ Bottom: 2
Casanova
Age: 33
Hometown: Astoria, NY
Profession: Fashion Designer
Favorite Designer: John Galliano
Times @ Bottom: 2
ELIMINATED Episode 7


Christopher Collins
Age: 30
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Profession: Fashion Designer
Favorite Designer: Dior and Lanvin
Wins: 0
Times @ Bottom: 3




Gretchen Jones
Age: 28
Hometown: Portland, OR
Profession: Designer/Director of MothLove
Favorite Designer: Vena Cava, Halston, Rachel Comey, Chloe,
Isabel Marant, Vanessa Bruno
Wins: 2
Times @ Bottom: 1


Ivy Higa
Age: 30
Hometown: Kailua-Kona, HI/New York, NY
Profession: Fashion Designer, Ivy h.
Favorite Designer: Marc Jacobs, Consuelo Castiglioni,
Stella McCartney, Issey Miyake
Wins: 0
Times @ Bottom: 3


Jason Troisi
Age: 33
Hometown: Greenwich, CT
Profession:  Landscape designer "glorified lawn cutter"
Favorite Designer: "Can I say myself?" (O I can't wait to see this guy)
Wins: 0
ELIMINATED Episode 2



Kristin Haskins Simms
Age: 39
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Profession: Apparel designer, freelance graphic designer
and adjunct professor in graphic design
Favorite Designer: Ann Demeuelemeester
Wins: 0
Times @ Bottom: 0
ELIMINATED Episode 4



McKell Maddox
Age: 29
Hometown: Layton, UT
Profession: Fashion Designer
Favorite Designer: Coco Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier
Wins: 0
ELIMINATED Episode 1



Michael Costello
Age: 27
Hometown: Palm Springs, CA
Profession: Fashion Designer
Favorite Designer: Elie Saab, Tom Ford, Valentino,
Donatella Versace, Basil Soda
Wins: 2
Times @ Bottom: 1


Michael Drummond
Age: 31
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Profession: Knitwear designer/freelance stylist
Favorite Designer: Issey Miyake, Alexander McQueen (R.I.P.)
and Viktor & Rolf
Wins: 0
Times @ Bottom: 1


Mondo Guerra (Love the bow tie)
Age: 32
Hometown: Denver, CO
Profession: Freelance designer
Favorite Designer: Paco Rabanne, Schiaparelli, Marc Jacobs
Karl Lagerfeld, Edith Head
Wins: 0
Times @ Bottom: 1


Nicholas D'Aurizio
Age: 32
Hometown: New York City
Profession: Handbag Designer\
Favorite Designer: Yeohlee, Alexander McQueen, Chanel
Dolce and Gabbana, Prada
Wins: 0
ELIMINATED Episode 2


Peach Carr
Age: 50
Hometown: Lake Forest, IL
Profession: Freelance Designer
Favorite Designer: Valentino, McQueen and Balenciaga
Wins: 0
Times @ Bottom: 1
ELIMINATED Episode 6



Sarah Frost
Age: 27
Hometown: Toluca Lake, CA
Profession: Costume Designer
Favorite Designer: Adrian, Nudie Cohn, Bill Belew, Gaultier
Schiaparelli, old-school Dior
Wins: 0
Times @ Bottom: 0
ELIMINATED Episode 3


Valerie Mayen
Age: 29
Hometown; Cleveland, OH
Profession: Fashion designer, educator, illustrator
Favorite Designer:  Rudi Gernreich, Stefano Pilati, Leanne Marshall
Wins: 0
Times @ Bottom: 0
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