The fashion competition series that started it all is back in its original home. “Project Runway” returns to Bravo with 90-minute episodes beginning Thursday, March 14 at 8:00pm ET/PT.
This season, as the fashion industry evolves, so does our runway with a new design aesthetic and additions to the judging panel: supermodel Karlie Kloss joins as host with former “Project Runway” champion and celebrated CFDA fashion designer Christian Siriano as the mentor.
Check out the video of Siriano giving a tour of the Season 17 workroom below:
I started watching Project Runway when I was 11. I start hosting on MARCH 14 @projectrunwaybravo 💥🙊💥 pic.twitter.com/CM4p4U1ize
— Karlie Kloss (@karliekloss) January 29, 2019
ELLE Editor-in-Chief Nina Garcia returns as a judge, along with famed fashion designer Brandon Maxwell and journalist and former Teen Vogue Editor-in-Chief Elaine Welteroth. The new look and feel continues with 16 new designers from across the United States and abroad who will compete for the coveted spot of a lifetime, a chance to show their collection during an exclusive runway show for industry insiders and influencers as well as win the largest cash prize in the show’s history.
With an all-new runway and workroom furnished with sewing and embroidery machines by Brother, a glam room for the models outfitted by TRESemmé and Maybelline, along with challenges that embrace the nuances of the fashion industry—including flash sales, fast fashion, the inclusion of plus-size models, Instagram, a special Elton John challenge inspired by Paramount Pictures’ Rocketman, and so much more. The runway game changes forever beginning now.
In several episodes this season, fans will have a higher stake in the show by getting a chance to own a piece of the Runway by voting on the outfits they like best, with both the judges’ winning look and a fan-favorite look being manufactured in the USA by Nineteenth Amendment, a production platform producing sustainable clothing on-demand, and sold on Bravotv.com/ProjectRunway.
The winning designer will receive the largest prize in the show’s history— $250,000 furnished by the Pilot’s FriXion Erasable Gel Ink Pen —a feature in ELLE, and his or her own featured role in a Bluprint digital series as well as $50,000 to put toward their own design studio also courtesy of Bluprint. Plus, for the first time ever, “Project Runway” is partnering with one of the most prestigious organizations in fashion, CFDA (The Council of Fashion Designers of America) for a one-on-one mentorship including all the tools and connections to create, grow, and sustain a business in fashion.
“Project Runway” Season 17 Designers Are:
· Afa Ah Loo – Lotopa, Samoa
· Rakan Shams Aldeen – Homs, Syria
· Cavanagh Baker – Nashville, TN
· Tessa Clark – Greenville, OH
· Bishme Cromartie – Baltimore, MD
· Venny Etienne – Brooklyn, NY
· Jhoan “Sebastian” Grey – Cali, Colombia
· Renee Hill – Philadelphia, PA
· Sonia Kasparian – Portland, OR
· Kovid Kapoor – Brooklyn, NY
· Frankie Lewis – Louisville, KY
· Lela Orr – Monroe, LA
· Jamall Osterholm – Cranston, RI
· Nadine Ralliford – Stone Mountain, GA
· Gary “Garo Sparo” Spampinato – Bayshore, NY
· Hester Sunshine – Santa Fe, NM
