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Time for "Nick's Looks"--my weekly blog on my Mentor fashion. For this past week's Episode 6--we visited the beautiful Getty Villa/J. Paul Getty Museum in Pacific Palisades, where the designers had a challenge to create looks inspired by the Getty Villa and new film "Pompeii". On the morning of this episode, of course we had no idea where we were going, we were only told the night before that the Challenge introduction would not be at FIDM but instead "off site". We drove and drove until we arrived at the Getty Villa. It was a very windy and slightly cold (for Southern California standards) morning--as you can see from our coats/jackets above.




Thurston Nick III: I wore a vintage navy blue double breasted jacket I found in a thrift store ages ago, a Zara blue striped dress shirt with white French cuffs and collar, jeans, a Robert Talbott orange printed silk scarf and my Marc Jacobs cuff links. It was my "Thurston Howell III of Gilligan's Island" look, or at least that's how I made fun of myself. I should have also brought a swimsuit to go into that pool--but I'm sure I might have gotten kicked off the premises, only to be "black-listed" from the Getty Villa!




Twinsies: When we arrived at the Getty Villa, and waited and waited to begin filming, I noticed that two of the "Project Runway: Under The Gunn" designers--Sam Donovan (left) and Shan Keith Oliver (right) were almost identically dressed: khaki pants and jean jacket. I had to capture a pic of them! We asked them if they had planned this, and according to them, they had not (yeah right!).



The Following Day/Runway Day:










For judging/runway day, I wore an ASOS wine colored suit, Topman skinny tie, a scarf I made out of silk fabric that I had (from my dress line)...




Zara patent leather shoes and my favorite accessory, very colorful polka dot printed Jay McCarroll (Project Runway Season 1 Winner) socks!




Finally, for some "direct to camera" interviews, I wore a lime green sweater from Canadian brand Joe Fresh, a dark blue jacket from British designer Hardy Amies that once belonged to my uncle, and a red and green bow tie from Countess Mara. 

For this past week's Project Runway "Under The Gunn" episode--as stressful as it was--I still found time to dress up.  The theme was "Make a Stage Look for Zendaya". In case you missed my "Nick's Take" on the episode, click HERE. This post is about my fashion/looks, of course.




Nick Workroom Check-In Style: For this first day--when the challenge was announced and the designers had to create their look for Zendaya, I wore a pink striped "seersucker"-style jacket from Topman, a blue dress shirt with white collar from U.S. Polo Assn., Zara jeans, and silk pocket scarf from Etro:



















Thanks to my one-and-only NIKOLAKI design partner and unofficial stylist, David Paul, for styling me!

Every week I do a "Nick's Looks" blog post here of what I wear on this season's Lifetime TV's Prpoject Runway "Under The Gunn" and so here's the one for this past week. This 4th episode was titled "Unconventional Vampire" and I talked about my "Nick's Take/Inside Dish" of the episode HERE in case you missed it. Now, it's time to talk about my "Mentor" style:







Nick and Tim: For the "Mentor Check-In" filming with Tim Gunn (above), I wore a gray jacket with black piping shawl collared Topman jacket , my lilac dress shirt from H&M, purple satin skinny tie and black pants from Zara, and Etro silk pocket scarf...













For the Runway/Judging, here's my ensemble:

On this week's episode of Lifetime Network's "Under The Gunn"--the challenge was to design a red carpet-worthy look based on "Hollywood Glamour". I gave some "Inside Dish" on the episode in my "Nick's Take" HERE. This post is about the fashion that I--as well as my fellow mentors--wore for that episode. For the first part of the episode, I donned a denim and satin lapel jacket from Zara, light purple dress shirt from H & M, purple skinny trousers from Topman, an Hermes silk pocket hankie and yes, my YSL "Johnny" boots.










"Under The Gunn" Side Tracked--during the filming of this episode--on THE SAME DAY!--I had an appearance scheduled at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM in Downtown L.A. for an "Open House"--when students and their parents visit the campus to get to know a little more about the college...




FIDM Los Angeles Open House November 2013--As you can see, I am wearing the same outfit that I wore on this last episode of "Under The Gunn", and that is because I was filming the entire "Hollywood Tour Bus" portion the morning of my MC'ing appearance at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM.











I literally drove from Hollywood Blvd., (after our "Under The Gunn Hollywood Tour") to Downtown L.A. to make my scheduled appearance. Besides hosting an Alunni Panel Discussion, I also did a "Dad Fashion Show" plus took a bunch of photos with the attendees. And the whole time, I couldn't say ANYTHING about what I was filming. You can read my Recap of the FIDM Los Angeles Open House HERE.



The following day of filming "Under the Gunn"...


Mentors at FIDM/Grand Hope Park--(left to right) Anya Ayoung-Chee, Nick Verreos and Mondo Guerra. The following day, I wore a wine-red velvet tuxedo blazer from H & M, Topman shiny skinny trousers and...








Mentor Mondo Guerra was in his Shorty-Shorts Tuxedo-esque Ensemble...

Nick's Looks Episode 2 "Under the Gunn"--I began this "style blog" here on NICKVERREOS.COM last week documenting what I wore on Lifetime's "Under the Gunn". If you missed the "Episode 1 Nick's Looks", click HERE. For this second week, here are images of not just what I wore, but also my two other co-mentors, Anya Ayoung-Chee and Mondo Guerra. Check it out:




Mentor Suiting: For the intro of the episode--when the remaining designers get their "challenge", I wore a Zara silver suit, H & M light blue dress shirt and Topman baby blue satin skinny tie. The pocket scarf is from Etro, of course!

Every week I will try and do a "Nick's Looks" Fashion Take and show you what I wore--all bought and not borrowed--and all styled by my partner-for-life and NIKOLAKI/NV Nick Verreos co-designer David Paul. David worked as a Wardrobe Stylist, Costumer on many TV shows, films and commercials for NBC, MTV, ABC, etc. so I was happy I had him to style me for the show!



Here's my "Nick's Looks" for this week's "Premiere/Episode 1":








My blue sateen jacket with black shawl collar, my skinny black trousers and skinny black tie were from Topman, and my silk printed pocket hankie/scarf was from Etro. My boots are YSL "Johnny Boots"








For the Mentor Picking session of Episode 1, I wore my favorite pinstripe double-breasted jacket as well as denim skinny jeans, both from Zara. The lavender dress shirt is from H&M and pocket scarf from Etro. My chocolate brown boots are YSL "Johnny Boots".



**Stay Tuned here for more "Nick's Looks" Fashion Take throughout this season of "Under The Gunn"