Will She be a 'Fashion Star'? Local Designer to Compete on New NBC Show

Islander Lisa Vian Hunter is a contestant on NBC's new design competition show "Fashion Star", which debuts on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. The weekly primetime show will feature fourteen designers participating in tasks where they will be mentored by Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie, and John Varvatos.

Supermodel and fashion entrepreneur Elle Macpherson is the host and executive producer of Fashion Star. At the end of each episode, America shoppers will have the chance to purchase the week’s winning designs at Macys, H&M, and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Hunter is a women's wear designer, mother of two, and lover of all things vintage. She is particularly inspired by fashions from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, and started designing original fashions in 2003. She is a graduate of Washington, D.C.-based Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. By 2006, Lisa had launched her retail collection, Vian Hunter House of Fashion, in Palo Alto, California, and debuted a Seattle store in 2009.

She says that women are desperate for gorgeous, affordable clothing made in the USA, and that is what she intends to give them. She is competing for the chance to win a multi-million dollar prize to launch her collection at America's largest retailers.

— Information from PR Newswire