Christina Scarbo
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| Project Runway contestant | |
| Christina Scarbo | |
| Date of birth: | 1981 |
| Training: | Fashion Institute of Technology Polimonda Institute of Fashion Design and Marketing |
| Resides: | Los Angeles, California |
| Season: | Season 4 |
| Placed: | 8th place |
| Eliminating Challenge : | Episode 8: En Garde! |
Christina "Kit Pistol" Scarbo is a freelance wardrobe stylist and fashion designer. She designs her own line, Kit Pistol, in Los Angeles. Scarbo was most notably a contestant on the fourth season of Project Runway.
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[edit] Childhood and education
Scarbo first attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, but graduated Magna Cum Laude from Polimoda Institute of Fashion Design and Marketing with a B.F.A. in fashion design.[1]
[edit] Career
While in Italy, Scarbo worked as a trend analyst for Mauro Taliani Design Studio.[1] Inspired by her studies in Italy, Scarbo began her own clothing line, Kit Pistol, in 2004.[1] She showed a design house in the 2006 GenARt New Guarde exhibition.[1] Her other exhibitions were shown at Redbull Ascension F05, Beautiful Fighter Gallery Instillation S06 and BoxEight Collective @ LA Theater F07.[1]
Scarbo's current accessories collection sells at Fred Segal and Studio starting January 10, 2008 [2]
In 2007 Scarbo was a contestant on the fourth season of Project Runway, a reality show on Bravo in which designers compete against each other in various fashion challenges to win $100,000 to create their own fashion line and other prizes. Scarbo was eliminated in the show's eighth episode.
