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ELLE Interview: Kelly Osbourne talks about fashion and her new show Project Catwalk.
No stranger to reality TV, Kelly Osbourne makes a different turn and takes on hosting duties for the UK hit Project Catwalk.
By Jennifer Weatherhead
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Image courtesy of Alliance Atlantis
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Kelly Osbourne is wrapped in a blanket, wearing sweats and a button down shirt -- her hair reminiscent of a sixties bob, red lips and thick eyeliner. The feisty fashionista curls up in a chair and dishes to ELLE Canada about her latest TV endeavor, hosting Project Catwalk (the UK version of Project Runway) geared to find the next hot UK fashion designer, and her idea of beauty and style.
On the show
"Every show has to have a winner, but for me this is just a great opportunity for 12 young designers to get their name out there and show what they can really do. And with every challenge sadly someone does have to leave until there are the three finalists and they get to do a 20-piece collection. The winner wins a contract to be a designer for a company in London. It's such a great opportunity for all those designers that were on the show because they have all gone on to great things."
On hosting
"Elizabeth Hurley was the previous host and I was really nervous because I'm not a model and I'm not a part of the fashion world until I did this show. And I thought, 'Why would they want me to host it when they could get Kate Moss or another British model?' It ended really working out and it was really fun, and I loved it. I think they wanted to soften the show up a little bit, target a younger audience. I don't worry about people not liking me because I see it as I'm not the whole show. I'm a small part, the designers are what the show's about. "
On bitchiness and cattiness
"There's so much bitchiness and I love it! The main differences between Project Runway and Project Catwalk is most of the time the contestants are drunk and so bitchy. A lot would get jealous, they were always bickering. That's why I watch it because I see the stuff I missed!"
On the contestants
"The longer the show went on the people who were left I became closest with. I probably had about four favourites. It would be light and fun at the beginning of the day, but then you have to send someone home. Sometimes I'd wind them up and say 'I know who's leaving!' I hated doing the last part. You're stomping on someone's dreams and it's me who's telling them they have to go home."
On the judges
"The judges always disagree with each other. Even though I wasn't a judge, I'd still put my two cents in. The producers would have to come in and work things out, but I believe they always made the right decision. They weren't too harsh because they're just giving them a small idea of what it's really like out there. It's every man for themselves and they need to realize that."
Read ELLE Canada's exclusive Q&A with Hilary Duff!
Check out Project Catwalk and Kelly Osbourne Monday nights at 10pm ET/PT on the Slice Network (formerly the Life Network).
Sit front row at all the major Spring fashion shows with our NEW live runway videos. Check out the trends here!
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