[News/People] [Australia] Lifting The Skirt On Project Runway Winner
Stephanie Stevens
Lifting The Skirt On Project Runway Winner
Local News, By Tim D, 18th September, 2009
The gayest show on Australian television had its climax this week when
flamboyant Melbourne designer Anthony Capon took out the title as the
winner of the second season of Project Runway Australia.
Capon turned heads from the start with his penchant for wearing
women’s clothes, his outrageous designs and his out-of-the-box
thinking. Capon often wore high heels and skirts on the show, talking
up the benefits of wearing skirt . “They’re more comfortable, they
have more movement in the legs, and if you’ve got good legs you might
as well show them off,” he told the Herald Sun. “For me, you still
have to have hairy legs, you don’t do it to look feminine, I think
that’s the whole thing about it.”
Capon beat out Sydney designer William Lazootin. Lazootin will be
applying his design expertise when he leads the judging panel at this
year’s Project Sleazeway at Sleaze Ball on Saturday October 3.
Capon told the Daily Telegraph that he has become accustomed to abuse
by passers-by based on his androgynous look. “I always get a bit (of
abuse) on the street,” he said.
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