Uli Herzner
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Project Runway contestant | |
Uli Herzner | |
Dress designed by Herzner for Project Runway |
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Date of birth: | April 23, 1971 |
Training: | Trained as a physical therapist |
Resides: | Miami Beach, Florida |
Season: | Season 3 |
Placed: | 2nd |
Eliminating Challenge : | Fashion week |
Ulrike "Uli" Herzner (born 23 April 1971) is a fashion designer originally from East Germany, currently living in Miami Beach, Florida. She was a contestant on the third season of the Bravo network reality television series Project Runway, where she finshed runner-up to Jeffrey Sebelia.
[edit] Biography
Trained as a physical therapist, Herzner eventually decided that she wanted to enter the world of fashion. She cites designers Kenzo and Roberto Cavalli as her inspirations.{{fact|date=April 2008
Growing up in East Germany, Uli says she dreamed of coming to the United States long before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Herzner garners her inspiration from the beaches and climate of Miami, as well as from fellow designers Kenzo and Roberto Cavalli. She designed a collection for Olympus Fashion Week, finishing in the runner-up spot.