Project Runway - Designer

Meet the Designer

Marion

AGE: 39

HOMETOWN: Tyler, TX

EDUCATION: Parsons The New School for Design, New York

FAVORITE DESIGNERS: Viktor & Rolf and Hussein Chalayan

FASHION MUST: Thin stretch suspenders.

Marion, 39, was born and raised in Tyler, Texas. He attended Parsons The New School for Design in New York where he received the silver and gold thimble awards. After graduating, Marion returned to Texas and took a job as visual director of Stanley Korshak and it was there he started producing custom work for the retailer as well as producing his own line.

Marion has shown his collection for several seasons in New York City and his clothing has been featured in "Harper’s Bazaar" and "Cosmopolitan." Marion's designs are favorites of New York stylists and used for editorial work with Nikki Taylor, Lenny Kravitz, Gisele, and Jade Jagger.

Marion has recently opened a retail store in Dallas, and he refers to his shop as an oversized curiosity cabinet with a mad sense of whimsy. This is also the site of his new fashion and art laboratory.

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Get Off My Runway - When Marion gets on the runway he owns it!

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Which designers most inspire you?
YSL, Hussein Chalayan, and Balenciaga.

If you could design for anyone, who would it be?
Madonna. She is a pioneer. She is strong. She is a foreshadower. She is on the pulse of the next.