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"John Varvatos has said that he will be an &amp;quot;honest&amp;quot; mentor on NBC&amp;#039;s Fashion Star.  The designer will join fellow mentors Nicole Richie and Jessica Simpson in offering help and advice to the contestants on Fashion Star when it premieres Tuesday, March 13 on NBC.  Elle Macpherson will host and executive produce. Fashion Star will see 14 designers battling to impress the mentors and representatives from three of America&amp;#039;s top retailers in order to win a multi-million dollar contract that will allow them to showcase their designs in stores across the country. Varvatos said: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m always looking for the next great designer whether it&amp;#039;s in my design team or people I meet. I will be very honest, I won&amp;#039;t be their daddy. The whole thing for me is finding the sparks in these designers that we can help ignite and turn into a flame and they can ignite and turn into a blow torch.&amp;quot; Watch John Varvatos talking about Fashion Star below:    Each episode of Fashion Star will begin with a fashion show based around a weekly challenge, where the retailers will be able to bid on designs that they want to buy and exclusively carry in their stores.  Designers who do not sell any designs that week could face elimination, although the celebrity mentors will have the chance to save one designer. Viewers will be able to buy the winning designs as soon as each episode ends. Fashion Star premieres Tuesday, February 13 at 9.30/8.30c on NBC  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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