Jhoan “Sebastian” Grey still remembers the design advice he got from one of his favorite teachers at Miami’s Istituto Marangoni.
“She told me, ‘Why do you always do these shapes, these flowy skirts and flowy arms?’ She was always pushing me to learn new things and get out of my comfort zone,” he says.
Though she was tough — Grey would sometimes leave her class in tears — he was grateful she challenged him. And he’s certainly taken her advice: Earlier this month, Grey became the winner of season 17 of Project Runway, rising to the top of a group of 16 contestants and earning the largest prize in the show’s history.
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