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.
As the designers face their final challenge before Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, they are tasked with their most difficult and creative challenge yet: making an avant-garde look inspired by L'Oreal's new line of makeup called “Electric Fantasie".
The designers are broken into teams of two, where they are tasked to design a red carpet look to be worn at the Emmys. Each team is assigned a client to design for, and this client is one of several past contestants on Project Runway. Each outfit is also inspired by a different color Lexus, which serves as their mode of transportation in the beginning of this episode.
The designers participate in the always-anticipated Unconventional Materials Challenge of the season. This time around, the designers are tasked with making a garment entirely from items that are found in Dylan's Candy Bar.
For the 10th Anniversary of Project Runway, 16 new designers arrive in NYC with big dreams and a homework assignment: bring a garment that best represents their aesthetic. Upon arrival, they learn that for their first challenge they will have to create a companion piece to that look, and they will only have one day before they are presenting on the biggest stage in Project Runway history: the middle of Times Square!
In this “Project Runway” Season 9 wrap-up special, beloved mentor Tim Gunn reveals some of the show's biggest secrets and gives his unedited thoughts.
Things get off to a bumpy start for the final designers as they frantically get ready to show at Fashion Week. With fair warning to step up their game, the designers make every minute of preparation count. Fashion designer L'Wren Scott guest judges, weighing in on who should be the winner during the intense debate at the final judging.
Tim Gunn travels to the finalists' homes to check in on their progress before they head back to NYC.
The judges challenge the designers to each create a mini-collection. Actress Zoe Saldana guest judges.
Exotic birds serve as the inspiration for this week's L'Oreal Challenge. The designers must really step up their game when Tim groups them into pairs and then tasks them to compete against each other. Francisco Costa guest judges.
The designers quickly realize they are in for a tough challenge when it is revealed that Nina Garcia is their client! The stakes are raised as Nina tells them that she will wear the winning look to an important industry event. Editor in Chief of Marie Claire magazine, Joanna Coles, and actress Kerry Washington guest judge.
The designers are broken into teams of two to create larger-than-life designs for stilt walkers! In the first-ever outdoor challenge, the runway show is held for all to see. Kim Kardashian guest judges.
This year's Unconventional Materials Challenge lives up to its name when the designers arrive at a pet store. When Tim informs them that they will find all the materials they need inside, they quickly realize that this is their opportunity to show the judges how they can think outside the box. Stacey Bendet (Alice + Olivia) guest judges.
20 designers must go in front of Heidi, Michael, Nina, and Tim to make a case for why they deserve one of the 16 coveted spots this season. Once they are chosen, the 16 designers barely have a chance to celebrate before being awoken at the crack of dawn with one of the toughest first challenges in the series' history. Tim wakes up the designers and tells them to grab their bedsheets and come as they are. Their PJ's and bedsheets are their fabric for the first challenge! Actress Christina Ricci guest judges.
In the conclusion of the finale, one designer is named the winner of Project Runway Season 8.