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‘Fashion Star’ debuts with Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie, and John Varvatos

By Christopher Muther

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 08, 2012

The problem with “Project Runway’’ knockoffs is exactly that - they have all been unmemorable imitations. Like a discount store copy of an orginal design, these cancelled messes (remember “The Fashion Show’’? “Launch My Line’’?) felt like a poorly constructed, off-the-rack fake without the je ne sais quoi or charm of the original. However, “Fashion Star’’ not only dispenses with the “Runway’’ formula, it makes it look like a home-economics class.

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