Project Runway is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on December 1, 2004. The series focuses on fashion design. It was created by Eli Holzman and was hosted by Heidi Klum from 2004 to 2017. It has a varied airing history, with Bravo originating the first five seasons, followed by Lifetime for eleven more. The show has had over 30 international adaptations.
The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted by time, materials and theme. Their designs are judged by a panel, and one or more designers are typically eliminated from the show each week. During each season, contestants are progressively eliminated until only a few contestants remain. These finalists prepare complete fashion collections for New York Fashion Week. After the runway shows, the judges choose the winner.
In 2008, the show won a Peabody Award "for using the 'television reality contest' genre to engage, inform, enlighten and entertain."
In 2018, during the wake of The Weinstein Company's bankruptcy, the show then returned to Bravo. Klum and the designers' mentor Tim Gunn both left the show in 2018 to helm another fashion competition show, Making the Cut on Amazon Prime Video. American model Karlie Kloss followed Klum as the new host, with season four winner Christian Siriano replacing Gunn as mentor.
Series overview[]
| Season | Originally aired | Network | Winner | Host(s) | Mentor | Judges | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | December 1, 2004 – February 23, 2005 | Bravo | Jay McCarroll | Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn | Tim Gunn | Heidi Klum | Nina Garcia | Michael Kors | N/A |
| 2 | December 7, 2005 – March 8, 2006 | Chloe Dao | |||||||
| 3 | July 12 – October 18, 2006 | Jeffrey Sebelia | |||||||
| 4 | November 14, 2007 – March 5, 2008 | Christian Siriano | |||||||
| 5 | July 16 – October 15, 2008 | Leanne Marshall | |||||||
| 6 | August 20 – November 19, 2009 | Lifetime | Irina Shabayeva | ||||||
| 7 | January 14 – April 22, 2010 | Seth Aaron Henderson | |||||||
| 8 | July 29 – October 28, 2010 | Gretchen Jones | |||||||
| 9 | July 28 – October 27, 2011 | Anya Ayoung-Chee | |||||||
| 10 | July 19 – October 18, 2012 | Dmitry Sholokhov | |||||||
| 11 | January 24 – April 25, 2013 | Michelle Lesniak Franklin | Zac Posen | ||||||
| 12 | July 18 – October 17, 2013 | Dom Streater | |||||||
| 13 | July 24 – October 23, 2014 | Sean Kelly | |||||||
| 14 | August 6 – November 5, 2015 | Ashley Nell Tipton | |||||||
| 15 | September 15 – December 22, 2016 | Erin Robertson | |||||||
| 16 | August 17 – November 16, 2017 | Kentaro Kameyama | |||||||
| 17 | March 14 – June 13, 2019 | Bravo | Sebastian Grey | Karlie Kloss | Christian Siriano | Karlie Kloss | Brandon Maxwell | Elaine Welteroth | |
| 18 | December 5, 2019 – March 12, 2020 | Geoffrey Mac | |||||||
| 19 | October 14, 2021 – February 3, 2022 | Shantall Lacayo | Christian Siriano | N/A | |||||
| 20 | June 15 – September 7, 2023 | Bishme Cromartie | |||||||
International versions[]
| Country | Local Name | Network | Host(s) | Mentor(s) | Judges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Project Runway Algeria | Echorouk TV | Maroua The Doll Beauty | Rayan Atlas | Karim Akrouf, Meriem Abdellatif |
| Arab World | Project Fashion: El Musamim El Arabi | Future TV | Norma Naoum | Rabih Keyrouz | Norma Naoum, Maria Aziz |
| Project Runway Middle East | MBC 1, MBC Masr 2, LBC, LBCI 2 | Jessica Kahawaty, Valerie Abou Chacra | Faris Al Shehri | Elie Saab, Afef Jnifen | |
| Australia | Project Runway Australia | Arena | Kristy Hinze, Megan Gale | Henry Roth, Alex Perry | Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon, Jarrad Clark, Kirrily Johnston, Claudia Navone, Peter Morrissey |
| Belgium | De Designers | VTM | Evi Hanssen | Erik Verdonck | Christophe Coppens, Veerle Windels, Ann Claes |
| Brazil | Projeto Fashion | Rede Bandeirantes | Adriane Galisteu | Alexandre Herchcovitch | Susana Barbosa, Reinaldo Lourenço |
| Canada | Project Runway Canada | Slice, Global | Iman | Brian Bailey | Shawn Henson, Rita Silvan |
| Finland | Muodin huipulle | MTV3 | Current: Nora Vilva Former: Minna Cheung |
Current: none Former: Jaakko Selin, Janne Renvall |
Current: Nora Vilva, Miisa Grekov, Sofia Järnefelt Former: Minna Cheung, Anssi Tuupainen, Jaakko Selin |
| France | Projet Fashion | D8 | Hapsatou Sy | Donald Potard | Catherine Baba, Roland Mouret, Alexandra Senes |
| Greece | Project Runway | Open TV | Evangelia Aravani | Apostolos Mitropoulos | Roula Revi, Dimitris Petrou, Mihalis Pantos |
| Israel | פרויקט מסלול Proyekt Maslul |
Channel 2 (Reshet) | Shiraz Tal | Sason Kedem | Vivi Bleish, Gal Afel |
| Italy | Project Runway Italia | Fox Life | Eva Herzigová | Ildo Damiano | Alberta Ferretti, Tomaso Trussardi |
| Jamaica | Mission Catwalk | TVJ | Keneea Linton-George | Current: Kay Davitian Former: Sandra Kennedy, Keneea Linton-George |
Current: Novia McDonald-Whyte, Carlton Brown Former: Keneea Linton-George |
| Latin America | Project Runway Latin America | Fashion TV | Rebecca De Alba | Mariano Toledo | Claudia Pandolfo, Ángel Sánchez |
| Glitz* | Rebecca De Alba, Eglantina Zingg | Mariano Toledo, Jorge Duque Velez | Claudia Pandolfo, Ángel Sánchez, Ariadne Grant | ||
| Mongolia | Project Runway Mongolia | Star TV | Tserendolgor Battsengel | Khuslen Ganhuu | Michel Choigaalaa, Ovdogmid Delgerdalai, Zorig Tumennasan |
| Malaysia | Project Runway Malaysia | 8TV | Bernie Chan | none | Bernie Chan, Datuk Bernard Chandran |
| Netherlands | Project Catwalk | RTL 5 | Renate Verbaan, Stacey Rookhuizen | none | Simone Dernee, Cecile Narinx, Daryl van Wouw, Olcay Gulsen, Jan Taminiau |
| New Zealand | Project Runway New Zealand | TVNZ 2 | Georgia Fowler | Andreas Mikellis | Benny Castles, Sally-Ann Mullin |
| Norway | Designerspirene | TV3 | Vendela Kirsebom | William Jensen | Vendela Kirsebom, Peter Løchstøer, Petra Middelthon |
| Philippines | Project Runway Philippines | ETC | Teresa Herrera, Tweetie de Leon-Gonzalez | Jojie Lloren | Apples Aberin, Rajo Laurel |
| Poland | Project Runway | TVN | Anja Rubik | Tomasz Ossoliński | Anja Rubik, Joanna Przetakiewicz, Marcin Tyszka, Mariusz Przybylski |
| Portugal | Projecto Moda | RTP1 | Nayma Mingas | Paulo Gomes | Manuel Alves, Fátima Cotta, Cristina Pino |
| Russia | Project Runway Russia | MTV Russia | Anna Sedokova | Pavel Kaplevich | Elena Sotnikova, Leonid Alexeyev |
| Friday! | Maria Minogarova | Tim Ilyasov | Valentin Yudashkin | ||
| South Africa | Project Runway South Africa | Mzansi Magic | Lerato Kganyago | Gert-Johan Coetzee | Noni Gasa, Rahim Rawjee |
| South Korea | Project Runway Korea | OnStyle | Lee So-ra | Kan Ho-sup | Shin Yoo-jin, Kim Seok-won |
| Sweden | Project Runway Sverige | TV3 | Sofi Fahrman | Rohdi Heintz | Rossana Mariano, Marcel Marongiu |
| Thailand | Project Runway Thailand | JKN18 | Anne Jakrajutatip | Tawn Chatchawanwong | Ek Thongprasert, Kwankao Svetavimala, various guest judges |
| Turkey | Proje Moda | Star TV | Güzide Duran | none | Cemil İpekçi, Işın Görmüş, Barbarossa |
| Ukraine | Подіум Podium |
Novyi Kanal | Nataliya Gotsiy | Jean Gritsfeldt | Olha Slon, Ivan Suprun, Lilya Liykovska |
| United Kingdom | Project Catwalk | Sky One | Elizabeth Hurley, Kelly Osbourne | Ben de Lisi | Julien Macdonald, Lorraine Candy, Paula Reed |
| Vietnam | Project Runway: Nhà thiết kế thời trang Việt Nam | VTV3 | Ngô Thanh Vân, Trương Ngọc Ánh | Nguyễn Thanh Tùng | Đỗ Mạnh Cường, Chloe Dao, Trần Nguyễn Thiên Hương, Nguyễn Công Trí |