
Project Runway (2004)
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Andy Cohen — Executive Producer
Episodes 57
Road to the Runway
After auditions in New York, Houston, Miami, and Los Angeles, the 16 contestants being considered for this season's cast were given six yards of plain white muslin, $20, and one week to create an outfit that best represents who they are as a fashion designer. After arriving, the 16 contestants find that only 14 positions were available in the Parsons workroom and thus two will be eliminated at the runway judging.
Read MoreClothes Off Your Back
Heidi throws a roof-top party for the designers. At the party, she announces their next challenge: each must create an outfit using nothing besides the clothes he or she has worn to the party. They have one day to complete their designs.
Read MoreAll Dolled Up
The contestants are asked to design for a global star… Barbie. The winning designer's outfit will be duplicated for the My Scene Barbie collection. The designers have a budget of $150 and two days to complete their designs.
Read MoreTeam Lingerie
The remaining designers must design a lingerie line consisting of three looks. The twist is they have to do it as teams, each with a lead designer and two assistants. The designers have a budget of $200 and one day to complete their collections.
Read MoreSocial Scene
The remaining designers must each create a dress for prominent socialite Nicky Hilton. The designers have a budget of $150 and two days to complete the designs.
Read MoreWindow Shopping
The designers, in five teams of two, must create a day-to-evening ensemble for Banana Republic, as well as a compelling and successful window display advertising the clothing. Each team has to finish their garment in one day.
Read MoreOn Thin Ice
The designers have to get sporty to create a garment for 2006 Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen. The designers have a budget of $150 and two days to complete the design.
Read MoreInspiration
The contestants have to draw inspiration from their surroundings while outside in New York. The designers have a budget of $100 and one day to complete the outfit.
Read MoreFlower Power
Designers must create a look using only natural materials purchased in the flower district. The designers have a budget of $100 and one day to create the garment.
Read MoreWhat's Your Line
The contestants face off in the final competition before the Olympus Fashion Week finale. They must design an evening gown that will be worn by supermodel Iman. The designers have a budget of $300 and two days to complete the outfit.
Read MoreFinale: Part 1
In Part 1 of the season finale, the finalists return to their homes to create the line that will be shown at Olympus Fashion Week. The episode includes a look at the contestants' personal lives as Tim Gunn makes a visit to each of their homes. Back in New York, they have to complete one final challenge: each will make an additional garment that they'll design with the aid of one eliminated contestant.
Read MoreFinale: Part 2
In the conclusion of the finale, the remaining contestants complete their 13th look and polish the rest of their collection. Then they present their lines to industry insiders at Olympus Fashion Week.
Read MoreRoad to the Runway (Season 3)
Tim Gunn takes a group of fashion industry professionals in search of the next great designer. They interview thousands of applicants, and narrow them down to the 15 contestants for the third season of Project Runway.
Read MoreWall to Wall
Fifteen designers arrive in New York and are asked to create an outfit in just two days using only materials found in their apartments.
Read MoreFit For A Queen
The designers are paired into groups to design and create a gown for Miss USA, Tara Conner, to wear for the Miss Universe pageant. The designers have $300 and two days to complete their designs.
Read MoreDesigner's Best Friend
The designers are informed that they'll be creating an evening outfit based on a story inspired by a tiny dog. The designers must also design outfits for the dogs to wear. They have $150 and two days to complete their looks.
Read MoreReap What You Sew
The designers, in teams of three, are asked to design a three-piece look that embraces the INC (International Concepts) brand. The winning design will be manufactured, produced, and sold at Macy's stores. The teams have $100 and two days to complete the challenge.
Read MoreIconic Statement
The designers face the challenge of modernizing a look for a famous "fashion icon:" Cher, Farrah Fawcett, Pam Grier, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Onassis, Diana Ross, or Twiggy. They have $150 and two days to complete their designs.
Read MoreWaste Not, Want Not
At the Waste Management Recycle America Center, each designer is given 30 minutes to fill as many bins as they desire with recyclable materials. They must create an outfit from these materials, in one day, with an additional $25 for art supplies.
Read MoreEveryday Woman
The designers are asked to create an outfit for an "everyday woman" …each other's mothers and sisters. They have $150 and one day to complete the challenge.
Read MoreHigh Flying Fashion
The designers are tasked to create an "international jet-set" outfit. They will then be flown to Paris to model the wearability of the garments. They have $75 and one day to complete the look.
Read MoreCouture Du Jour
While in Paris, the designers' next challenge is to make a gown employing haute couture techniques. They have 300€ and two days to complete the challenge.
Read MoreBlack and White
Eliminated designers who have won at least one previous challenge are given a chance to get back into the competition. The designers are asked to create a cocktail dress using only black and white fabrics. They have $100 and one day to complete their design, with the stipulation that they must use all of their purchased fabric.
Read MoreWhat the Elle?
The designers are asked to create an outfit that expresses "their specific point of view." They must also stage a photo-shoot with their models and find three words that best express who they are as designers. They have $250 and two days to complete the challenge.
Read MoreFinale: Part 1
Each of the remaining designers is given two months and $8000 to design a 12-piece collection for Olympus Fashion Week. In the interim, each gets a special visit in their hometown from Tim Gunn.
Read MoreFinale: Part 2
In the conclusion of the finale, the remaining contestants ready their collections for the runway. Then they present their lines to industry insiders at Olympus Fashion Week.
Read MoreSew Me What You Got
In the fourth-season opener, the new crop of designers invades New York City. It's pins-and-needles time when the first challenge finds the newbies racing to design whatever they want. They are given 10 minutes to grab from $50,000 worth of fabric in three tents set up in Bryant Park to create a garment that best reflects who they are as a designer.
Read MoreI Started Crying
The designers are asked to create a two-piece garment for Sarah Jessica Parker's "Bitten" line. After pitching their designs, Parker chooses seven who will be team leaders, working in teams of two to create the design. They have $15 and one day to complete their look.
Read MoreFashion Giant
The designers are asked to create a menswear outfit for Tiki Barber to wear on The Today Show. They have $150 and two days to complete their looks.
Read MoreTrendsetter
Each designer must pick one of 12 outdated fashion trends. Then, working in teams of three, they must incorporate all three trends into a cohesive mini-collection of three looks. They have $225 and two days to complete their outfits.
Read MoreWhat's the Skinny?
Each designer must create an outfit for a woman who has recently lost weight. The new outfit must incorporate aspects of the now-thin woman's personality, as well as the designer's own style. They are given one of the woman's outfits from before her weight loss as raw material for the new design, $10 to use for additional materials, and one day to complete the challenge.
Read MoreWhat a Girl Wants
The designers are challenged to create prom dresses for a group of 16 and 17 year old girls. They have $250 and two days to finish the garments.
Read MoreEn Garde!
After designers are randomly paired the teams are asked to create an avant-garde outfit based on inspiration from their models' hairstyles. They have $300 and two days to create this look. Later, each team is asked to create a ready-to-wear outfit which embodies the essence of their avant-garde look. For the second piece, the designers have an additional $50.
Read MoreEven Designers Get the Blues
The designers are tasked with creating an iconic look using deconstructed denim while also showing off the Levi's 501 legacy. They are given three minutes to collect provided denim (jeans, jackets, and cotton fabric) and one day to complete their designs.
Read MoreRaw Talent
The designers must design an outfit for a WWE Diva that matches her attitude and can be worn in the wrestling ring. They have $100 and two days to complete the looks.
Read MoreThe Art of Fashion
Given 45 minutes in three galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the designers must select a piece to use as inspiration for an outfit. They have $300 and two days to complete their designs.
Read MoreFinale: Part 1
The finalists are given five months and $8000 to design a 12-piece collection for Fashion Week. In the interim, each gets a special visit in their hometown from Tim Gunn. Upon returning to New York City, two designers will go head-to-head for the chance to show their collection.
Read MoreFinale: Part 2
In the conclusion of the finale, the remaining contestants ready their collections for the runway. Then they present their lines to industry insiders at Fashion Week.
Read MoreLet's Start From the Beginning
The 16 new contestants are introduced and face their first challenge. The designers are asked to create a look using only materials purchased from a grocery store. They have $75 and one day to complete their outfits.
Read MoreGrass Is Always Greener
The designers are asked to create a cocktail dress, using environmentally friendly or conscious fabrics, with their models as their clients. They have $75 and one day to finish their garments.
Read MoreBright Lights/Big City
The designers are tasked to create a look inspired by the nightlife of New York City. They have $100 and one day to complete their designs.
Read MoreRings of Glory
The designers must create a women's wear look for the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremonies. They have $150 and one day to complete their designs.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jungle
Brooke Shields gives the designers their next challenge, to make an outfit she will wear on her television show Lipstick Jungle. They pitch their ideas to Shields, who chooses half of them as team leaders to be paired randomly with the remaining contestants. The designers have $150 and one day to complete their looks.
Read MoreGood Queen Fun
Former contestant Chris March returns to give the designers their next challenge: make an outfit for a drag queen. They have $200 and two days to complete their designs.
Read MoreFashion That Drives You
The designers are asked to make an outfit from the spare parts and raw materials of a Saturn hybrid car. They have four minutes to collect their materials and one day to complete their outfits.
Read MoreDouble 0 Fashion
The designers are taken to the offices and design showroom of fashion living-legend Diane von Fürstenberg. Their challenge is to create a look for her Fall 2008 collection, inspired by the movie A Foreign Affair. They have 15 minutes inside von Fürstenberg's sample room to select fabrics and one day to complete the outfit.
Read MoreWhat's Your Sign?
The designers are paired up with eliminated contestants and asked to create an avant-garde garment inspired by one of their two astrological signs. They have $250 and one day to complete the look.
Read MoreTransformation
The designers are assigned recent college graduates and are tasked to give them a fashion makeover to help them enter the workforce. Each designer was to gear their look to their client's specific profession, while keeping their individual style. They have $100 and two days to complete their look.
Read MoreRock N' Runway
The contestants are given the task of designing for each other, inspired by different genres of music. They have $150 and one day to complete the challenge.
Read MoreNature Calls
The contestants head to the New York Botanical Garden to design an evening gown inspired by nature. They have $250 and two days to complete their dress.
Read MoreFinale: Part I
The remaining designers are given two months and $8000 to design a 10-piece collection, plus a wedding gown, for Fashion Week. In the interim, each gets a special visit in their hometown from Tim Gunn. Back in New York City, the designers are given one more task, create a bridesmaid dress to go with their wedding gown.
Read MoreFinale: Part II
In the conclusion of the finale, the remaining contestants pare their 12-piece collections down to ten. Then they present their lines to industry insiders at Fashion Week.
Read MoreProject Jay
Bravo follows Jay McCarroll, the winner of the first "Project Runway," as he moves to New York and begins to create and market his very own fashion line in the one-hour documentary, "Project Jay."
Read MoreAll-Star Challenge
Eight popular designers from past seasons return to compete for $100,000. The clothiers are Daniel Vosovic, Santino Rice, Jeffrey Sebelia, Uli Herzner, Mychael Knight, Chris March, Sweet P and Korto Momolu. Nicole Kidman makes an appearance. Originally aired between seasons five and six.
Read MoreReunion Special
Nina Garcia and Tim Gunn host this special reunion show with the designers and models from season seven of Project Runway.
Read MoreRoad to the Runway (Season 9)
Hosted by Tim Gunn, this hour-long special offers an in-depth look at the selection process and the inside scoop on the 20 designers chosen to be the semi-finalists for season 9.
Read MoreAfter the Runway: Project Drama
After The Runway will broadcast interviews with each week's eliminated designer and behind-the-scenes bonus features, including "in depth, roundtable debates" with the show's "standout designers" about the episode.
Read MoreAfter the Runway: Let's Hear It for the Girls
A post-show roundup featuring interviews and anecdotes.
Read MoreAfter the Runway: Designers in Stitches
A post-show review featuring interviews and anecdotes.
Read MoreAfter the Runway: Tying Up Loose Ends
A post-show review featuring interviews and anecdotes.
Read MoreBehind the Seams (Season 9)
In this Project Runway Season 9 wrap-up special, beloved mentor Tim Gunn reveals some of the show's biggest secrets and gives audiences his unedited thoughts.
Read MoreRoad to the Runway (Season 10)
Zanna Roberts Rassi hosts the behind-the-scenes look at how the Season 10 designers were cast. Also includes a look at how the Season 9 winner is doing.
Read MoreAfter the Runway: Candy Couture
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After the Runway: Welcome Back (or not) to the Runway
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After the Runway: It's All About Me
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After the Runway: It's Fashion Baby
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After the Runway: In A Place Far, Far Away
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Spotlight: Marchesa
A behind-the-seams look at Marchesa, a fashion house founded by designers Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig. Halle Berry and Eva Longoria are among those sharing perspective.
Read MoreRoad to the Runway (Season 11)
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Reunion Special (Season 11)
Zanna Roberts Rassi hosts this special reunion show with the designers from season 11 of Project Runway.
Read MoreRoad to the Runway (Season 12)
The Season 12 designers are introduced.
Read MoreReunion Special (Season 12)
The designers return to reminisce about their experiences on the show.
Read MoreDesigner Home Tours (Season 13)
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Road to the Runway (Season 13)
Hosted by Tim Gunn, this special offers an in-depth look at the selection process for the designers chosen to be semi-finalists for Project Runway's season 13.
Read MoreReunion Special (Season 13)
The season's designers take care of unfinished business and reflect on the harsh things they said about each other.
Read MoreDesigner Home Tours (Season 14)
Meet the Season 14 designers and get a tour of their homes before the premiere of Project Runway!
Read MoreRoad to the Runway (Season 14)
Tim Gunn provides a look into the lives and designs of the upcoming cast.
Read MoreReunion Special (Season 14)
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Tim Gunn's Ultimate Throwback Thursday
Tim Gunn reveals the most explosive moments from the past 14 seasons of "Project Runway."
Read MoreDesigner Home Tours (Season 15)
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Road to the Runway (Season 15)
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Reunion Special (Season 15)
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Road to the Runway (Season 16)
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Reunion Special (Season 16)
Tim Gunn hosts this special reunion show with the designers and models from season 16 of Project Runway.
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