Diana Eng
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Diana Eng is an American
fashion designer and was a contestant on the second season
of the reality television
program Project Runway
. She attended Stanton College Preparatory School
and later the Rhode Island School of Design
. Eng's work has been featured on the cover of i-D magazine and in the Boston Globe. Eng held a major fashion show after the success of Project Runway
and had model Diana Georgie as the opening catwalker.
During the fifth episode, in which designers had to create a party dress for Nicky Hilton
, Daniel Vosovic referred to her as "Dirty Diana
" because of the way she danced at the party.
In the finale, Chloe Dao
picked Diana to help with the final challenge of designing an additional garment. Chloe was selected as the winner of Project Runway Season 2.
"Hack Day"
Her book, Fashion Geek: Clothes Accessories Tech is a DIY book that teaches how to make electronic fashions published by North Light Books.
Diana holds a Amateur Radio licence with the call-sign KC2UHB and has made instructional ham-radio videos. In March 2010 she joined the ARRL Public Relations committee.
In February 2010 she held a one-woman fashion show at Eyebeam
entitled "The Fairytale Fashion Collection" featuring garments with EL wire, LED
s and various sensors.
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fashion designer and was a contestant on the second season
Project Runway (season 2)
Project Runway Season 2 was the second season of Bravo's successful Project Runway, a reality competition for fashion designers. Season 2 began airing on December 7, 2005. Following a nationwide search earlier in the year, sixteen designers were chosen as semi-finalists and brought to New York...
of the reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
program Project Runway
Project Runway
Project Runway is an American reality television series on Lifetime Television, previously on the Bravo network, which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by model Heidi Klum. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme...
. She attended Stanton College Preparatory School
Stanton College Preparatory School
Stanton College Preparatory School is an academically renowned American high school located in Jacksonville, Florida, whose history dates to the 1860s, when it was begun as an elementary school serving the African-American population under the then-segregated education system. It now serves...
and later the Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...
. Eng's work has been featured on the cover of i-D magazine and in the Boston Globe. Eng held a major fashion show after the success of Project Runway
Project Runway
Project Runway is an American reality television series on Lifetime Television, previously on the Bravo network, which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by model Heidi Klum. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme...
and had model Diana Georgie as the opening catwalker.
Project Runway
Eng was eliminated in the sixth episode, the Banana Republic challenge, along with fellow contestant Marla Duran.During the fifth episode, in which designers had to create a party dress for Nicky Hilton
Nicky Hilton
Nicholai Olivia "Nicky" Hilton is an American businesswoman, fashion model, socialite, celebutante, heiress and fashion designer. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton and younger sister of Paris Hilton....
, Daniel Vosovic referred to her as "Dirty Diana
Dirty Diana
"Dirty Diana" is a song by American songwriter and recording artist Michael Jackson that is featured on Jackson's seventh studio album, Bad. The song was released by Epic Records on April 18, 1988 as the fifth single from Bad. The song presented a harder rock sound similar to that of "Beat It" from...
" because of the way she danced at the party.
In the finale, Chloe Dao
Chloe Dao
Chloe Dao , is an American fashion designer of Vietnamese ancestry who lives and works in Houston, Texas. She was the winner of the second season of the reality show Project Runway with a collection of women's evening wear...
picked Diana to help with the final challenge of designing an additional garment. Chloe was selected as the winner of Project Runway Season 2.
Recent news
Diana, who helped popularize the term "Fashion Nerd," earned top honors at Yahoo!'sYahoo!
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"Hack Day"
Her book, Fashion Geek: Clothes Accessories Tech is a DIY book that teaches how to make electronic fashions published by North Light Books.
Diana holds a Amateur Radio licence with the call-sign KC2UHB and has made instructional ham-radio videos. In March 2010 she joined the ARRL Public Relations committee.
In February 2010 she held a one-woman fashion show at Eyebeam
Eyebeam
Eyebeam may refer to:*I-beam, a beam with an I- or H-shaped cross-section* Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, a not-for-profit arts and technology center based in New York City* Eyebeam , a daily comic strip written and illustrated by Sam Hurt...
entitled "The Fairytale Fashion Collection" featuring garments with EL wire, LED
LEd
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s and various sensors.