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Project Runway
Season 1 DVD cover
Host Heidi Klum of Project Runway.
Created byHarvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein
StarringHeidi Klum
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes26 (as of July 19, 2006)
Production
Running time60 minutes (including commercials)
Original release
NetworkBravo
ReleaseDecember 1, 2004 –
present

Project Runway is an American competitive reality television series focusing on fashion design, on the Bravo cable television network. Designers compete against each other. Their designs are judged and one or more designers are eliminated each week.

Format

Project Runway is hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum, and judged by a panel that usually includes American designer Michael Kors and ELLE magazine fashion director Nina Garcia and a third judge - typically a fashion designer, model or celebrity from the fashion industry. However, the show's ending credits state that the judges act on the basis of producer input. Tim Gunn, Fashion Chair at Parsons The New School for Design, acts as the mentor to the designers. Project Runway takes place in New York City with designers using a workroom at Parsons, shopping for materials at a large fabric store in New York's garment district (many times it is Mood Designer Fabrics on W. 37th Street), and living together in a nearby apartment building.

Models who work with the designers throughout the season are also in competition. Each week as the number of designers dwindle, the number of models also is reduced, with one model remaining at the end. Included in the prize package for the winning model is coverage in the American edition of ELLE magazine.

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Season 1

Further information: Project Runway (season 1)

In its first season, Project Runway received critical acclaim including an Emmy nomination for outstanding competitive reality series. Growth in audience popularity was also dramatic from its debut to the season finale, making it a sleeper hit. Project Runway gave Bravo one of its most successful series since Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

The winning designer of the first season was Pennsylvania-based designer Jay McCarroll. As his prize for winning the competition among 12 designers, McCarroll won $100,000, a mentorship with Banana Republic to aid in developing his own fashion label (which he turned down), and display of his work in the American edition of ELLE magazine. The winning model of the first season, selected by McCarroll, was Julia Beynon.

Season 2

Further information: Project Runway (season 2)

The series' second season began airing on December 7, 2005. Following a nationwide search earlier in the year, sixteen designers were chosen as semi-finalists and brought to New York City in June, 2005. After the first challenge, called Road To The Runway, fourteen went on to compete as finalists. The winning designer, Chloe Dao, received $100,000 in seed money to help launch her own line, a 2007 Saturn Sky roadster, a spread in ELLE magazine, and a mentorship with the Banana Republic Design Team. Michael Kors and Nina Garcia returned as judges for the second season. The third judging seat rotated each week, based on the challenge. Tim Gunn, fashion chair at Parsons The New School for Design, returned as a mentor for the designers.

Season 3

Main article: Project Runway (season 3)

Klum, Gunn, Kors, and Garcia all returned for season three, which began airing on July 12, 2006. This broke tradition from the previous two seasons, as seasons one and two premiered in December, with the finales taking place at Olympus Fashion Week in February. Presumably, the three finalists will show their collections at the Fall Fashion Week.[1] This gives the final three designers only a few weeks to create a 13-piece collection as opposed to the several months given to previous finalists.

Season 3 also brings in a new set of sponsors, notably Macy's replacing Banana Republic.

International Versions

See also

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