page_title: Christopher Straub
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Christopher Straub / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: Christopher Straub - Project Runway Season 6 designer
context_page_description: Christopher Straub is a fashion designer who was a contestant on season 6 of the competitive reality show Project Runway and also appeared on season 1 of the competitive reality show Models of the Runway as the designer for the model Katie Sticksel, Celine Chua, and Matar Cohen. Both shows appeared on the Lifetime Network with new episodes aired on Thursday evenings.
context_section_description: Christopher Michael Straub was born January 5, 1979, in St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota, the son of Michael Steven Straub and Carole Jean Weckman. He grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis/St Paul, graduated from Edina High School in Edina, Minnesota, and currently lives in Shakopee, Minnesota. Straub is a self-taught designer with no formal training.
  Straub won the first challenge of the sixth season of Project Runway titled 'Welcome to Los Angeles' with guest judge Lindsay Lohan. Straub was 'in' with the second, third and fourth challenge, in the 'top 3' with the fifth and sixth challenge, in the 'bottom 3' with the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh challenges, and eliminated from the competition in the twelfth challenge.
  The models for the designers are selected during the spin-off show Models of the Runway. Straub selected to work with his original model Katie Sticksel for the first six challenges. On the sixth episode of Models of the Runway, the designers were required to select a different model which resulted in Straub selecting Celine Chua.  Straub returned to Katie Sticksel when selecting during the seventh episode and continued to work with her by selecting her in the eighth episode.  In the ninth episode of Models of the Runway, the designers were required to select a different model which resulted in Straub selecting Matar Cohen.  In the tenth episode of Models of the Runway, Straub again chose to work with Katie Sticksel and continued to work with her by selecting her again in the eleventh episode.
  Since the premiere of the sixth season of Project Runway Straub has released a line of accessories through his personal website and projectrunway.com.  This is Straub's second clothing line as he had previously launched (and later terminated in June 2010) his Cricket Syndicate line, which used vintage T-shirts to construct boxer briefs.
caption: Straub in 2009
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