The designers are instructed to put on New Balance clothing sets and meet Heidi and Tim at a track and field center to hear about the latest challenge. There, they learn that they will be competing in teams to design pieces inspired by “Heidi Klum for New Balance” sneakers. But in order to be crowned team captain, they must win a different kind of race—on foot! Model Erin Wasson guest judges.
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson, actor and founder of “Tie the Knot,” challenges the designers to create a garment that incorporates and is inspired by bowties. The drama mounts as one designer proposes to his partner, while another leaves the show for good.
The designers are taken to Coney Island and split into teams of two for the Yoplait Challenge. After asking patrons to describe different flavors of yogurt, they must then use these descriptive words as inspiration for their Runway look. The catch? The only fabric allowed in this challenge are from prizes they win at Coney Island.
The designers are surprised to see armed security guards arrive on the Runway…until their models step out wearing millions of dollars of exquisite jewels. The designers must create a look based around the model, and jewelry, of their choosing.
In the season premiere, we meet 15 brand new designers on an airfield outside of NYC, and learn from Heidi and Tim that Kate (Season 11) will be rejoining the competition. The new designers witness a spectacular skydive that ends with their first challenge: Design a look that represents their aesthetic, but only using parachutes as material.
Tim Gunn introduces everyone to 15 new designers who will be competing against each other on Project Runway Season 12. He also teases the fact that one of three former designers, chosen strictly by the fans, will be rejoining the competition this season. Former alumni Nick Verreos and Michelle Lesniak Franklin provide their personal commentary about the designers. Tim Gunn introduces everyone to 15 new designers who will be competing against each other on Project Runway Season 12. He also teases the fact that one of three former designers, chosen strictly by the fans, will be rejoining the competition this season. Former alumni Nick Verreos and Michelle Lesniak Franklin provide their personal commentary about the designers.
All of the designers get to meet with each other one more time to talk about their experiences while on Project Runway Season 11. The designers seize the opportunity to celebrate the winner and iron out any issues that may need resolving. While their discussion gets heated at times, their time together is revealing and cathartic for everybody.
It's the moment of truth for the remaining designers as they each present their final collections to an eager audience at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. One designer is named the winner of Project Runway Season 11, and the rest are unfortunately out.
Weak and weary from their journey, the few designers left say goodbye to NYC and return to their respective hometowns to begin working on their final collections. Tim Gunn travels to visit the designers and assess their progress. In the end, all four remaining designers must present their three best pieces to the judging panel, as the judges are left to decide who will move on to show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.
The remaining designers are paired with new assistants and each sent to a European fashion capital: Paris, Barcelona, London, and Berlin. One unlucky designer stays in NYC. The designers must draw inspiration from their city, as well as purchase their materials there. Upon returning to NYC, they must create a look for the judges that will prove they have what it takes to design a collection for Fashion Week.
The large teams dissolve, and the designers are now asked to work in pairs. The teams must make two looks—one red carpet and one performance—for country music star Miranda Lambert.
The designers are tasked with the Unconventional Materials Challenge. Two of Project Runway's favorite challenges, the flower store and the hardware store, are combined for the ultimate “hard and soft” challenge. Also, the teams get a bit of a shake-up when two members leave one team and one member leaves another. The legendary Bette Midler serves as a guest judge.
The teams are presented with the challenge and privilege of designing a look for Heidi to wear in her ad campaign and for press events while promoting her new fragrance “Surprise". Two designers win the challenge.
The two teams are tasked with designing new uniforms for the popular nightclub/ping pong club Spin. The winning design will be worn by Spin employees. Susan Sarandon appears as a guest judge.
After just meeting each other for the first time, the designers are placed in two teams of eight and told that they will be designing in teams for the entire season. For the first challenge, the designers must create unique and individual looks inspired by NYC. They are judged on how well they do as a team…and the team is only as strong as it's weakest link.
Zanna Roberts Rassi introduces everyone to 16 new designers who will be competing against each other on Project Runway Season 11.
It's the moment of truth for the remaining designers as they each present their final collections to an eager audience at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. One designer is named the winner of Project Runway Season 10, and the rest are unfortunately out.
Weak and weary from their journey, the few designers left say goodbye to NYC and return to their respective hometowns to begin working on their final collections. Tim Gunn travels to visit the designers and assess their progress. In the end, all four remaining designers must present their three best pieces to the judging panel, as the judges are left to decide who will move on to show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.
In a challenge for L'Oreal, the designers team up with clients whose friends or loved ones are in desperate need of a makeover. The designers must consult and work with their clients to give them a new and flattering look that is also conducive to their lifestyle.
In the Marie Claire Challenge, the designers are once again split off into teams to design a fashion capsule collection for the new magazine Marie Claire at Work. The teams also must direct a fashion shoot for their collection, which is also part of the criteria they are judged on for this challenge.
For the Michael Kors Challenge, the designers are tasked with making an outfit for a woman on the go—something chic and stylish but wearable enough to last throughout the entire day. Also, the designers are left in a state of confusion as two of their fellow competitors abruptly decide to leave Project Runway.
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