...Well, not really, I was Invited!
NYC Project Runway Finale Party: Logan Neitzel, Irina Shabayeva and Nick Verreos at Tenjune
I am finally back home in Los Angeles--after traveling across the country for the last five days. First I went to Miami to shoot a LIVE
Despierta America (the Spanish-language "Good Morning America") fashion segment for
Sears, and then headed off to NYC for the
2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (more on both those trips in later posts). Since I am in a Project Runway "mood" (
make sure to check out my final recap for this season), I wanted to show you guys all the great photos I took (well, thank my trusty partner and "Nick Verreos Blog" staff photographer, David Paul for that!) at
Irina Shabayeva's After Party celebrating being the
Season 6 Winner of Project Runway.
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Uncle Nick and his Angels: Finalists Carol Hannah and Althea pose with Nick Verreos @ Tenjune
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was on the same night as the
Finale of Project Runway but of course, I wanted to come by and celebrate Irina's win. At around midnight, after finishing my
"OMG, look at how gorgeous Marissa Miller and Chanel Iman look!" Livestream shoot for Modelinia.com and saying my Goodbye's to Heidi Klum, I headed for
Tenjune, the hot Meatpacking nightclub located beneath the luxury steakhouse STK, the location of Irina's celebratory After Party.
Hearts around my Head: Logan Neitzel and Nick Verreos at Tenjune
I immediately spotted Irina, who was holding court in the back of the nightclub, and congratulated her with a big hug and an "Uncle Nick" scream. She was all smiles, finally thankful that it was all over. I also ran into everyone's boyfriend, cutie
Logan Neitzel. If Project Runway ever had a Hottie Calendar, he would be the cover model, shirtless and with those silver skinny jeans of his (sorry Logan!).
Nick Verreos and Season 6 designer Epperson at Tenjune
Logan recently moved all the way from Seattle to NYC and is setting up shop with
Carol Hannah and
Epperson, from what I hear. Sounds like a
"Season Six Commune" to me--and a possible new Lifetime Show (Note to self: Contact Lifetime Execs). Speaking of
Carol Hannah, she was also there as well as Finalist
Althea Harper (she's so tall!) and I even got to say "Hello" to Epperson, who was very "Sporty Elegant" in blazer, blue dress shirt and sweater with an over-the-shoulder leather messenger bag (yes, I don't miss the details!).
Model Happy: Nick Verreos and Season 6 Winning Model Kalyn Hemphill
Finally, I was happy to meet Irina's winning model from
Models of The Runway, the lovely
Kalyn. She was wearing a pretty red dress (Irina's design, of course). I had a lot of fun
and I'm very thankful to
Irina for inviting me. The bonus was seeing everyone else who was also there and were so generous with their super-kind words of support for me. Part of me did feel like a
"Project Runway Grandpa" amongst all of them (I was the ONLY Project Runway Alumn there!) but I will gladly take that crown.
Last week was the final episode of Season 6 Project Runway and for the last time (this season, at least), both Andrae and I drove to the fabulous Century City high rise offices of Lifetime Network's West Coast Digital Department. 
Nick Verreos, Mike (THE Lifetime cutie!) and Andrae Gonzalo, Lifetime Network offices
First, we actually viewed the super-guarded Final Episode and then we were whisked to their "digital studio" to shoot our final thoughts on the season and Miss Irina Shabayeva, the winner of Season 6 Project Runway. 
All Smiles: Andrae Gonzalo, Tamara (Lifetime Digital Diva) and Nick Verreos, Lifetime Network offices
I wore a very special bow tie (it's my dad's from the 1960's) for the occasion and I took a lot of notes (since I knew I would have to write my recap for MyLifetime.com without being able to continually pause the episode like I usually do! ). Andrae and I had a really fun time--as you will see from our video. We also really enjoyed hanging out with our Lifetime Digital "family", Tamara, Mike and Rachel. Auf Widersehen!
Click BELOW for our fun Final Nick-and-Andrae Video:
