Kelly Dempsey

ABOUT KELLY DEMPSEY

Founder and creative director of the streetwear clothing line Rack Addik. She first rose to fame as a competitor on the 14th season of Lifetime's Project Runway.

She is a self-taught fashion designer and had artistic inclinations even as a child.

Her unique style and love of unconventional accessories have earned her more than 110,000 fans on Instagram.

She grew up in a tight-knit Italian family. As a child, her mother ran a craft store out of their home in Monson, Massachusetts.

Competing on the 14th season of Project Runway, she became runner up to Ashley Nell Tipton .