Crowned Fan Favorite during sixth season of Project Runway in 2009, self-taught designer Christopher Straub didn’t put on airs, he just went back home to Shakopee, Minnesota, and put on his Midwestern work ethic. Straub’s passions embraced not only apparel, but drawing, as well. With a background in art and illustration, Straub began to publish children's storybooks in 2014 and design the accompanying toys. Now a father, Christopher and his husband, Ronnie Cooper, adopted two sons in the summer of 2016.