Daniel Vosovic

Daniel Vosovic Jr. (born March 25, 1981) is an American fashion designer best known as the first runner-up in the second season of the American reality television series Project Runway.

Early life and education Daniel Vosovic Jr., born to his parents Daniel Vosovic Sr. and Sharon, had grown up in Lowell from age thirteen onward. Also, he worked at the Woodland Mall location of Banana Republic for several years. where he made his first challenge win, Vosovic was the leader of his winning three-person team for the team lingerie challenge. In the challenge, a team must design three pieces under one "vision"; his team's "vision" was Lederhosen-based. His second challenge win occurred in the sixth episode: creating "a day-to-evening ensemble for Banana Republic." Required by the challenge, Vosovic partnered with Andrae Gonzalo, who shared Vosovic's second challenge win.

Vosovic's third challenge win occurred in the eighth episode: creating photos of whatever inspired a contestant and then selecting only one for a dress to base upon. He selected a photo of a Japanese orchid as his inspiration. He then won the fourth time a challenge where he was required to use "real plants and flowers", Before Vosovic became a finalist, the series's very first winner Jay McCarroll found all the four remaining contestants, including Vosovic himself, "kind of boring". (This would include the fourth-place contestant Kara Janx.) Nonetheless, Jay McCarroll enjoyed Santino Rice's "arrogant and funny" personality and somewhat "weird" works for being the only works of the season with "a clear point of view." He named Oscar De La Renta and Narciso Rodriguez his inspirations due to their "calm and organized" runway shows.

For the more recently assigned thirteenth outfit—a "sleeveless shift dress in cream mohair"—to complete the collection, Vosovic chose an eliminated contestant Nick Verreos as his assistant. A Boston Globe critic found all three finalists' collections shown in the Fashion Week "disappointing" and further wrote that Vosovic's collection was " meets a tassel."

Timothy Gunatilaka of Entertainment Weekly was "glad Daniel didn't win," noting Vosovic's "overconfiden[ce]", use of his age as an excuse when he "lost ground". Gunatilaka further criticized Vosovic's "serviceable but uninspiring" finale collection, whose most of pieces were "pedestrian" and incoherent but few others Gunatilaka praised.

Post-Project Runway fashion design career After the taping of Project Runway concluded, Vosovic established and then developed his own eponymous official website, uploading photos of his thirteen-piece collection before the Fashion Show finale aired. He created a twenty-outfit collection for the employees of Nylo: dresses for females; button-down dress or polo shirts underneath sophisticated blazers for males. The collection was also sold publicly in gift shops of Nylo's locations. For Nylo's gift shops, he also designed other accessories, like "luggage, handbags, Dopp kits for men, robes, [and] jewelry".

Vosovic further worked anonymously and low-profile for fashion companies. In 2012, he was accepted into the Fashion Incubator program, sponsored by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), so he was able to improve his business skills. By 2014, he completed his two-year Fashion Incubator program.

Nina Garin of The San Diego Union-Tribune scored the "usefulness" of the book zero points out of ten, writing that it "does not help the average woman", despite "its pretty exterior". As Garin noted, the book is more of an autobiography about Vosovic himself and "a ridiculous vanity project" but well suited for Project Runway fans, "fashion students", and "Vosovic's parents."

Project Runway All-Star Challenge (2009) Vosovic re-competed on the two-hour Project Runway All-Star Challenge special, which aired on August 20, 2009, on Lifetime network, the same day when the sixth season of Project Runway premiered. (The second runner-up Santino Rice from the second season also competed in the All-Star Challenge special.) Then, to complete it, the fourth one made from materials of a restaurant that the returnees dined in. Vosovic was crowned the winner, earning $100,000 for him to establish his clothing line.