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PASSION FOR FASHION: Hillside Man Competing On Project Runway PASSION FOR FASHION: Hillside Man Competing On Project Runway
Passion FOR Fashion: Hillside Man Competing On Project Runway Season 18 of Bravo's fashion competition "Project Runway" boasts a cast of contestants with a diverse range of backgrounds and talents -- among them a 33-year-old from Hillside who was inspired by his grandmother to pursue a career in fashion.  Shavi Lewis, one of 16 contestants this season,  grew up in a creative family that included a mom with theater training and a musician father. But when his grandmother made a sequined jacket for him when he was seven -- he'd wanted it for a choir concert -- Lewis discovered his career.  Creating his own clothes from a young age, Lewis …