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00:00Welcome to New York City and Project Runway Season 13.
00:09This is the road to the runway.
00:15We're about to reveal exactly what the designers go through to make it here, to this very stage.
00:21It takes talent and tenacity to snag a coveted spot on Project Runway.
00:26But what you may not realize is that the journey to get here is almost as challenging as making it to New York Fashion Week.
00:34The selection process begins with a nationwide casting call where hundreds of aspiring fashion designers submit their portfolios and home videos.
00:42It's recording!
00:43Project Runway is definitely my next step.
00:46From there, the most promising designers are invited to audition before a panel of judges, including some of our Project Runway alums.
00:53Your shirt is probably my favorite.
00:55I love that you're living near design.
00:58She's perfect, perfect, perfect.
00:59As designers anxiously wait for their name to be called, the room is filled with a mix of excitement and nervous energy.
01:05I am super excited to be here.
01:07I was so pleased and honored to have a hand in selecting the incredibly gifted designers you're about to meet.
01:13They're a very complimentary bunch.
01:15I totally geeked out when I saw Tim Gunn.
01:17I was not expecting to see you.
01:19I'm happy to be here, to see you.
01:21Thanks for being here.
01:22To see him on TV is one way, but to see him in person, it just really got real.
01:26Hello, Alexander.
01:27Hello, get out of here.
01:29He says what he thinks, and he's often quite right, so it was quite nice then to be like, wow, he's critiquing my stuff in a positive manner.
01:37It means so much coming from you.
01:40Thank you so much, guys.
01:42I cannot wait for you to meet this season's designers.
01:45They're a talented and a colorful group, and I know you're going to love them as much as I do.
01:49I've got colored hair, which clearly means I'm a creative type.
01:53And like last season, we gave you, the fans, the opportunity to vote and bring back one of three former designers.
01:59Ken Lawrence and Alexander Pope from season 12, and Amanda Valentine from season 11.
02:05Who was lucky enough to receive a second chance on the runway?
02:08You will find out very soon.
02:10Little wink wink right there.
02:11But first, allow me to introduce you to the 18 new and fabulous fashion designers of season 13.
02:18We begin with a group of resilient designers, no stranger to the casting call.
02:23All of them have auditioned for Project Runway before, but didn't make the cut.
02:27Undeterred, they weren't willing to give up on their fashion or their dreams.
02:31These designers have the moxie it takes to make it in such a tough and unforgiving industry.
02:36Let's meet them now.
02:41Hi, should I just start?
02:43Oh, hi, I'm Karina.
02:45I tried out for Project Runway season seven, back when I was living in Portland.
02:50And then didn't get it because it was right after I graduated college.
02:54And I've just felt like it's been a huge missed opportunity.
02:57So I wanted to come back.
02:59Karina Emmerich.
03:01Hi, Karina.
03:02Hi.
03:03Nice to see you again.
03:04It's been a long time.
03:05Yeah, I'm back.
03:06So what have you been doing?
03:08Last time, I only had black and white.
03:10And then as you can see, I have color this time.
03:13Well, let's see what you have.
03:14This is like a little clutch bag.
03:16Let me see.
03:17It's inspired by a medicine wheel, which is like a Native American symbol.
03:21My father is American Indian.
03:22He also rides a motorcycle.
03:24And his nickname is Lone Hawk.
03:26My recent collection was designed with him as my main influence.
03:29I've been really into fringe lately.
03:32I did a striped fringe over a striped skirt.
03:34So when you move, you can kind of see like all the difference.
03:37That is clever.
03:39Welcome to my home.
03:45This is the first mannequin I ever got.
03:48It's a vintage form from 1972.
03:51This is one of the first things that I probably ever chopped up and redesigned.
03:55This is half Pendleton wool and half deerskin leather.
03:58My dad actually sent me all the Pendleton fabric from Oregon.
04:01The crossroads pattern.
04:02Probably my most favorite coat.
04:05This jacket is like $4.89 wholesale because it's so expensive to make.
04:08But it looks expensive.
04:10Yeah.
04:11All right, I'm just going to say it.
04:12I'm throwing in all the cards.
04:13I love you.
04:14Okay.
04:15You're refreshing and I'm sold.
04:18She has to be on the show.
04:19Yeah.
04:20She has to be.
04:27So I applied for the very first season ever.
04:29You didn't bring enough pieces, so no.
04:31Then I tried out for season seven.
04:33I got really far.
04:35But then they called back and said I was no longer being considered.
04:38Then I tried out for season eight and they like completely ripped me apart.
04:42So that was deflating.
04:43Now I feel like I'm really at this place where I can rock it this time.
04:46She was on the World Wrestling Foundation.
04:49Hi.
04:50My name is Emily Payne.
04:51She was a geisha girl with a sumo wrestler.
04:53I'm 41 years old.
04:54I'm from San Francisco.
04:55Some people think she's mean and aggressive.
04:57She's mean aggressive?
04:58Oh.
04:59Let's say sister.
05:00So tell us about you.
05:01I like minimalism.
05:02Kind of a punk, gothic edge to it.
05:05Inspired by Asian culture.
05:07Talk to us about your work.
05:08You want to start with your model?
05:09This was one of the pieces that actually inspired me to do the whole collection.
05:12It's a laminated basket weave cotton.
05:14The hocks are lined with fur.
05:16I try to pay really great attention to the details like the lining.
05:20That's actually a nice look.
05:21Yeah.
05:22It is.
05:23It's modern.
05:24What's underneath?
05:25A viscous and metal dress.
05:27The inside is lined with silk organza.
05:29I love this vest.
05:30I started getting really into this whole sort of origami thing.
05:35It's polyurethane over wool.
05:38I love the fact that you really invented this textile.
05:41Yeah.
05:42This is my apartment in San Francisco's Chinatown.
05:44I live here with my husband Isaac and my daughter Devin.
05:48This is my fabric stash.
05:51Hologram silk.
05:52Sparkly black.
05:54It matches my hair.
05:56This is your fourth time coming.
05:57Why do you want this?
05:58I want it because I need the exposure.
06:01I need the money.
06:02I've been working like trying to put lines together forever.
06:05Well, I have to tell you, I'm crazy about your work.
06:07Yeah, there's huge potential here.
06:09You have a high taste level.
06:10Yeah.
06:12And a lot of sophistication.
06:13Yes.
06:14Thank you so much.
06:15Awesome.
06:16You can get back to San Francisco with a smile.
06:19Wow.
06:20That's a nice surprise.
06:21Mm-hmm.
06:22Oh, we've seen Kinney before.
06:23Yes.
06:26Hello, Kinney.
06:27Hello.
06:28You're back.
06:29I'm back again to show you what I've been working on.
06:31Great.
06:32I'm trying to make non-luxurious fabric look more luxurious.
06:35I'm all about the fit and making a woman feel right.
06:38Just making a pencil skirt accentuate the curves.
06:41I love working with denim.
06:42May we see you?
06:43Sure.
06:45And we tried to make it more for a business girl that she could use it this way.
06:48What is that textile?
06:49It almost looks like rubber, doesn't it?
06:50Aloha and welcome to Kapolei, Hawaii.
07:01Come inside my house.
07:06Welcome to my room slash work area, bed, and closet.
07:12I'm stepping on my bed.
07:14It gives me inspiration while I'm sleeping.
07:17My style is, I guess, against all the fashion.
07:19I like to just throw colors together that kind of don't match sometimes, but I just like
07:23to do it because it's comfortable.
07:25Sometimes I just close my eyes and just pick out, and if I fit it.
07:30Good?
07:32Simple cocktail dress, again with the detailing with the denim.
07:35It looks short.
07:36Mm-hmm.
07:37It's actually not.
07:38It comes like right above the knee.
07:39Really?
07:40Yeah.
07:41Okay.
07:42Quilted stitch was like my thing that I was kind of working with.
07:44Can we see?
07:45Resources.
07:46Okay.
07:48I have a positive response to the denim.
07:51Mm-hmm.
07:52I fundamentally don't understand the black stretched pleather and how that fits in with
07:57this.
07:58This is like .
07:59Okay.
08:01We're going to take you forward to the next level.
08:03Thank you so much.
08:04Okay.
08:05I'm so excited.
08:06And I won't let you guys down for sure.
08:08Yeah.
08:09Get rid of that pleather.
08:10Yeah.
08:11This is going right up.
08:12We might leave this here.
08:13Don't leave it with us.
08:14Yay!
08:17Hi, my name's Tim Navarro.
08:19I'm 32.
08:20I'm a self-taught tailor from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
08:22When I came here the last time, I felt really disappointed.
08:25I thought I was better than where I was at the time, but I definitely feel stronger
08:30now and that I have a stronger voice.
08:32So tell us about you.
08:33I'm a self-taught tailor.
08:35I was the lead for alterations for Macy's in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
08:40Wow.
08:41Were you working with men and women?
08:42Yep.
08:43I learned a lot.
08:44That's an incredible experience to have.
08:46Since I don't have traditional training, I think that was...
08:48That's graduate school.
08:49Tell us what you brought in.
08:50So this is just a men's tailored piece, which is what I'm more used to working with.
08:55This is a dress that I made.
08:56It's just a really cute backless dress.
08:59I made statement pieces for your everyday person.
09:03I wanted to make clothes that are durable.
09:06This is one of my first, like, lady pieces.
09:10A lady piece?
09:12It's a lady piece, I think.
09:15Right?
09:16So why do you want Project 1-1?
09:19I actually didn't think I would ever apply again.
09:22Out of bitterness or...?
09:23No, I just felt that maybe it wasn't the right venue for me.
09:26Yeah, it was.
09:27And then I started working on the things that I was suggested to work on.
09:30And I found myself getting better and realizing, oh, I could actually do this.
09:34We're moving you forward to the next phase.
09:36Awesome.
09:37Congrats.
09:38Great.
09:40Do well with it.
09:41I would not want to disappoint you.
09:42Up next, designers who come from nothing, but won't stop until they have it all.
09:46My dad was in jail a lot throughout my childhood.
09:49Sometimes I think the biggest challenge is knowing that you are enough.
09:53Welcome back to Project Runway Season 13.
10:03This is The Road to the Runway.
10:05Some people are given a head start in life, while others are not afforded that luxury.
10:10But that hasn't stopped this gutsy group of designers.
10:13They refuse to let difficult circumstances stand in the way of pursuing fashion and realizing
10:18their dream.
10:19Here are their stories.
10:20Detroit is right now going through a financial hardship.
10:28We actually went through a bankruptcy, one of the largest major cities to go through bankruptcy.
10:33You know, so to me that's the hardest thing, to keep this positive attitude, to be hopeful
10:41and say, you know what, I'm going to try out for Project Runway.
10:43I'm a little chocolate girl, you know, from the east side of Detroit, but I deserve a chance.
10:48Sure.
10:50My name is Sharquita Glover.
10:52I'm 37 years old.
10:54I'm from Detroit, Michigan, and I'm self-taught designer.
10:57And?
10:58I make, like, one-of-a-kind pieces for the everyday girl that likes to have stuff with a twist.
11:03Show us what you brought.
11:04Okay.
11:05So this is the peplum, with a sweetheart lining.
11:07and it's short in the front and longer in the back.
11:09Looks really short.
11:11Well, no, it's a shirt.
11:13Oh, it's the shirt?
11:13Yeah, it's a shirt.
11:16Till, wait a minute.
11:17Thank the Lord, baby, too.
11:18Oh, my goodness.
11:20No one wears it.
11:21And this is one of my favorite pieces
11:23because it's a ponce knit and it's stretch.
11:26A lot of my line is kind of vintage-inspired.
11:29With having limited resources,
11:30I would go, like, to the thrift store and reconstruct pieces.
11:32And that's smart, though.
11:33Yeah.
11:34Let's talk a bit about growing up.
11:36My mother gave me to my father
11:37when I was, like, two months old.
11:38My dad was in jail a lot throughout my childhood.
11:42My grandmother raised me.
11:43She sewed, so I grew up in the house with her sewing.
11:46Did you make what you're wearing?
11:46Yes, I did, and I'll turn around so you can see the back.
11:49It's got a good fit.
11:50I'm amazed by your fit talent.
11:52We're moving you forward.
11:54Oh, okay.
11:57Oh, my goodness.
11:58All right, hope I don't fall out of here.
12:00You're in perfect control.
12:02I love her.
12:04Yeah.
12:06Hi, guys.
12:08I'm Emmanuel Tobias.
12:09I'm 29 years old, and I live in Dallas, Texas.
12:13I started my fashion journey 10 years ago.
12:16It's been a struggle.
12:17I've wanted to give up so many times, but I'm still here.
12:20Hashtag the struggle.
12:21Currently, I have three jobs to help me keep following my dream.
12:26Talk about your childhood, like where you grew up, who's in your family.
12:29I come from an immigrant family.
12:31We grew up poor, so we had nothing.
12:34I think right now in my life, I'm at a good place emotionally as a designer, and I'm ready
12:39to take it to the next level.
12:41Here I go.
12:42Laura Kathleen.
12:45I'm a big fan of her.
12:47I design a lot of stuff like what I'm wearing, progressive and edgy, but it's very understandable.
12:54I perspire a lot, so I designed this with a purpose.
12:56The first look I brought is a Silk Lyrics top, and it has snaps.
13:02I like to do a lot of stuff with snaps because it's so easy to take off when you go home from
13:05work.
13:06I paired it with a basic pant, and it's made out of silk.
13:09It's very clean, very simple, easy to wear.
13:12Hey, guys.
13:13Come on in, y'all.
13:17This is Betty, and this is Sue.
13:21This is my closet.
13:22I could try this on for you guys if you want.
13:26My next look, I brought this kimono-style caftan, and I hand-cut each of those little
13:34butterflies, and they're all made out of pleather.
13:37Your shirt is probably my favorite.
13:39My favorite is the little caftan.
13:41The story behind that, I always thought of myself as a cocoon.
13:45I had trouble fitting in with people, and I wanted to showcase butterflies because, to
13:50me, I am blooming, and I am now a butterfly.
13:53My work usually comes from a very deep place in my heart, and all I have to bring is my
14:02best.
14:03My name is Samantha Placencia.
14:05I'm 27 years old, and I'm from Texas.
14:08What would it mean to me to win Project Online?
14:10I'm trying to pursue this to prove that I could do this and make something of myself for this.
14:14How many garments do you have?
14:16I have six.
14:17Hello.
14:18Hi.
14:18How are you?
14:19Good.
14:19I like to say that my girl's very urban.
14:22She's still chic, just like me.
14:23Like, this is how I am every day, but at night, I do like to get dolled up and make my boyfriend
14:27smile, so.
14:28This I did a really cool netting with a bralette that has elastic.
14:32This is a detachable hood, so if you take it off, it actually, you know, makes it into,
14:36like, this really chic cut in the front.
14:38On this one, I did lambskin cutouts and then stitched them on here by hand.
14:43Pretty.
14:44Give me a real short version of your childhood.
14:47We grew up in a trailer home, very poor.
14:50My dad got hurt on the job.
14:52He fell off a ladder from way the heck up there, hurt his back, so my mom was always the one
14:57to provide for us, that I'm trying to pursue this to make everyone's lives better, you know?
15:03I know what you're thinking.
15:04This looks like a boy's closet.
15:06I'm a big tomboy.
15:08That's just me, t-shirt and jeans type of girl.
15:10I love wearing long sleeve with plaid and, you know, just a pair of jeans and my chucks
15:15and we're ready to go.
15:16But, you know, when I do go out, and it's a special occasion.
15:21So, I'm coming out of the closet.
15:23I am a girl.
15:26This was the first time I had worked with me and Preen and I just wanted to do something
15:29crazy with it.
15:30Can we see that?
15:30Did you, you stamped it?
15:32Yeah.
15:32Yeah, I burned it with a burner and did this stamping process and painted it.
15:36I tried it with acrylic, but since it's water-based, it all went crazy.
15:40So, I did another one, but this one has, you know, it just gives it just, like, you have
15:44to look at it twice.
15:45The construction's great.
15:46Great job.
15:47Thank you so much.
15:48Great to see you.
15:49Okay.
15:49All right, cool.
15:50Okay, bye.
15:52Hi, my name's Angela Sum.
15:53I'm 32 years old and right now I'm living in Los Angeles.
15:56Tell us about you.
15:58I'm actually a computer engineer, but I've wanted to do fashion design ever since I was 12,
16:02but growing up, the finances was really tough, so I went into computer engineering instead.
16:07And after first year, I still had my passion for fashion design, and so I started going
16:12to fashion classes, and I made my way to New York, started taking classes at FIT.
16:16I wanted to play around with the idea of a dress shirt.
16:19I put the collars on the bottom.
16:21Did we see that?
16:22Yeah, I love your vest, too.
16:23Good.
16:23Yeah, this I made yesterday.
16:24You made the vest yesterday?
16:26Um, I did the pattern making on Sunday night, and then Monday I sewed it all day.
16:33I was born in Hong Kong, and I got horrible clothes when I was a kid.
16:37I had these, like, sweatpants, and I was an immigrant child, so I looked like an immigrant
16:41child, like, fresh off the boat.
16:43My mom tried to provide us as good life as possible, but we were in a lot of debt.
16:49Growing up, I took care of myself a lot.
16:52My first job was me working at a factory, packaging designer sweaters for three cents a bag.
16:58You stand there all day, and then all day I make, like, $30, $40.
17:02By the time I was 18, I was working 80 hours a week to pay for college.
17:06I think my aesthetic is modern, feminine, ready to wear with a little bit of an edge, but it's
17:11like a soft edge.
17:12I got married last year, and of course, um, me being the fashionista, I made my wedding
17:17into a whole fashion project.
17:18I did my own wedding dress, and I got it into a magazine.
17:22Let me tell you something.
17:23If you don't pursue this, I'm going to come get you.
17:27Because you really have something, and it's very exciting to see.
17:31Up next, you're going to hear from our next two designers, whether you like it or not.
17:35I absolutely have a sassy vibe.
17:37I don't really like to give attitude to people unless they deserve it.
17:46Welcome back to Project Runway Season 13.
17:49This is The Road to the Runway.
17:51Our next two designers have a lot to say.
17:54To everyone.
17:56All the time.
17:57Fashion forward or just plain forward?
17:59You decide.
18:00All my friends call me The Mitchell Perry.
18:07I absolutely have a sassy vibe.
18:09I don't really like to give attitude to people unless they deserve it.
18:13What?
18:14I make my own prints.
18:17The print inspiration came from after I cut myself cooking.
18:21After I bandaged myself up, I went back with watercolors, and I was like, this is going to make a really pretty print.
18:27So this is my first dress.
18:28This is a really cute cocktail number.
18:29My girl's like an edgy female.
18:31I have a really fun, edgy sweater that I put together with safety pins.
18:35Cool.
18:38Welcome to my walk-in closet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
18:40I like to define my style as kind of hobo chic, only because I don't really spend a lot of money on, like, my own clothes.
18:49I like to make them.
18:50I love jumpsuits, and I think men's jumpsuits are so cool and nifty.
18:54I don't know why guys don't wear them more.
18:56I have another one that's a female version.
18:59The last one's my, like, edgy girl's princess gown.
19:02There wouldn't be a Mitchell Perry if there wasn't a ruffle in here somewhere.
19:04I'm going to do one thing.
19:05Oh, my goodness.
19:06Because we're trying to help here.
19:08So, this goes away.
19:10If you brought that to the show, I think this right here, this is what you need to bring.
19:15Okay.
19:15For me, it's a yes.
19:16I like what he's doing to that.
19:18Yeah, I'm going to give you a yes.
19:20I really appreciate it.
19:21For me, it's a maybe.
19:22Jessica, I came all the way from South Florida for a maybe.
19:25That's better than a no.
19:27You're right.
19:27It is better than a no.
19:28Well, thank you.
19:29Thank you guys so much.
19:30You came back from one of us.
19:31I'm supposed to fly out Wednesday, first thing in the morning, so they can be tomorrow, please.
19:36Okay.
19:37Thank you guys so much.
19:41Hi, my name is Carrie Switskaya, and I'm 24 years old, and I'm from Los Angeles.
19:46I just can't take it when somebody says, you don't know how to do this.
19:50I take that as a challenge.
19:51As Tim Gunn says, I make it work.
19:54Tell us about you.
19:55I have my own company called Halcyon.
19:56It is what you see here.
19:58Okay.
19:58I love leather, and I also love it next to soft feminine fabrics like chiffons, jersey knits,
20:05and it makes you look like a tough girl.
20:07Where would you wear those?
20:08Of course, you could wear it to the club if you want.
20:10Probably not the beach, but I would say streetwear in LA and New York.
20:14How did you get into fashion to begin with?
20:16When I was 13, a couple of my friends gave me a birthday present as a Japanese comic series.
20:21Main character happens to have my name, my haircut, and it happened to be a fashion design comic.
20:26I was just like, oh my God, this is amazing.
20:28I want to make this.
20:29I want to draw this.
20:30I want to do this.
20:31That comic book literally changed my life.
20:35Welcome to my little home studio.
20:37This is where I sketch, pattern, make, drape, leather work, tailor.
20:41I am also a mom.
20:43This is my baby.
20:45Hi.
20:46Good girl.
20:48I also love architecture.
20:51I'm inspired by all the angles.
20:52These are very popular leggings of mine.
20:54If you turn around.
20:56I love emphasizing the muscle structure and basically flattering the body as much as possible.
21:02I love the hard versus soft.
21:05Yeah.
21:05The fact that you can do the leather so well with the triplante stitching.
21:08Yeah.
21:08And then the draping of the jersey.
21:10Yeah.
21:10It's sensual yet masculine at the same time.
21:14Carrie, we're moving you forward.
21:15Yes.
21:18Congrats.
21:19You deserve it.
21:20Have a great day.
21:22Bye, Magic Runway.
21:23Up next, straight laced and strictly business.
21:27Women are going to see the clothes and they're going to be like, maybe I don't have to walk
21:31around half-naked in order for somebody to think that I'm pretty.
21:42Welcome back to Project Runway Season 13.
21:45This is the road to the runway.
21:46On the opposite end of the spectrum are a few designers who are more reserved.
21:50They might appear quiet by comparison, but make no mistake, they bring a no-nonsense attitude
21:56to this competition that comes across loud and clear.
22:02Hi, my name's Alexander Knox.
22:04I'm 22 years old and I live in Chicago, Illinois.
22:08Being in design, I've become so, like, focused on things, I forget to eat.
22:13Oh, it's 8 o'clock in the morning, like, you know, I have it in my coffee, I'm going.
22:16Next thing I know, holy crap, it's 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
22:20Hello, Alexander.
22:21Hello, get out of here.
22:24Oh, my Lord.
22:25Well, don't you get out of here.
22:27For real.
22:28So, show us what you have.
22:29For this look, I was inspired by the process of metamorphosis and I find this fascination
22:34with bugs.
22:35Hence the cocoon coat.
22:37I wanted to really emulate the process of metamorphosis on the runway.
22:41So, the coat fully closes.
22:44Underneath is a larva-inspired dress stuffed with a taffeta.
22:50You know, it doesn't look forced.
22:52Right.
22:52It has a visual ease about it and a polish.
22:56The third piece to this look was this vest.
22:59It's art mesh, hand-sewn onto this leather bolero-style vest.
23:04I like sinister.
23:05I like it to be dark and that woman with an edge that you can look at, but you can't touch
23:11her.
23:11You can't have her.
23:12The next one is my coat and it's actually one of my favorite pieces.
23:18I was born and raised in Kankakee, which is an hour south of Chicago.
23:22My mother's been like the constant support system of my life.
23:26She was also really the reason that I got started in fashion.
23:29She would just buy all these magazines for me and I would sit there and I would try and sketch
23:33like these beautiful dresses by Galeano and like Yoji Yamamoto.
23:37What else do you have?
23:38So, this is another one.
23:39It's my little black dress.
23:41I like things to look sexy.
23:43That's my woman.
23:44She's sexy, but she's a little off.
23:46I just hope you know how profoundly good this is.
23:50It means so much coming from you.
23:53I haven't been this excited since I'll be blunt.
23:56Christian Siriano, his audition, and since I taught the Proenza School of Boys.
24:01Wow.
24:04I got chills.
24:05Literally, I'm a studio.
24:06You too.
24:07That's so.
24:09My name is Nzinga Knight.
24:11I'm 32 years old and I'm from Brooklyn, New York.
24:15I pray five times a day and I feel like that really balances me.
24:20It allows my work to feel graceful and more like beautiful and I feel like women are going
24:26to see the clothes and they're going to be like, you know what, maybe I don't have to
24:30walk around half naked in order for somebody to think that I'm pretty.
24:34How are you?
24:36I'm great.
24:36How are you?
24:37Excellent.
24:37We're good.
24:38So, tell us about you.
24:39I studied at Pride Institute.
24:41From there, I interned and worked for some different companies, including Marc Jacobs,
24:46Jones New York, I'm Muslim, and I really infuse a lot of who I am into my work.
24:52So, tell us about your work.
24:53This one is called the Fjord Gown, so chiffon and nylon mesh.
24:57It has flow and it has lines.
25:00I grew up in a family where my mom and dad converted to Islam.
25:04I could dress the way that I wanted to when I was a kid, but when I started to become
25:08a young woman, choosing to dress in a way that was more modest was like a real struggle.
25:15But when I started studying fashion design, then I realized that I could use my creativity
25:21as a problem-solving mechanism, which I think great design is mostly about.
25:25This gown here, I call this the Tuareg.
25:28The woman can wear this hanging to the back, or she could take it and she could wrap it
25:32around her head, bring it around, or just like swing it around to the front.
25:36I'm so pleased you're thinking about these options.
25:38It's smart.
25:39Yeah, yeah, thank you.
25:40Like, what if you're designing for Heidi?
25:42Mm-hmm.
25:42Who, everyone knows Heidi likes short and tight, you know?
25:46I have pieces that is so great, and it's covered that Heidi's like, I just need that dress.
25:52I love that dress.
25:53I'm intrigued, but we're going to move you forward.
25:55Thank you so much.
25:56It was a pleasure.
25:58My name is Christine Geico.
25:59I am 26, and I live in Brooklyn, New York.
26:03Tell me about the cooking call.
26:04So I was kind of researching these times of when people would start lining up.
26:08So I went over there at, like, 5, and I went over there at 6, and there was no one there.
26:12So I was like, okay.
26:12In the morning.
26:13Yeah, in the morning.
26:14So I was kind of prepared.
26:16So it was around 7.30 that I went back, and there were people there.
26:19And I was the third rack in.
26:20I'm like, they better pick me, because I believe that I can do this.
26:24You're lost if you don't.
26:27Hi, Christine.
26:28Hello.
26:29So tell us about you.
26:30I came here to New York for fashion design.
26:33I went to FIT.
26:34Can we see the first jacket?
26:36This one?
26:36Yeah.
26:37Awesome.
26:38And what is that made out of?
26:39The sleeves are silk organza.
26:41It's lined in silk charmeuse.
26:43Who is your customer?
26:44She's a more fashion-forward woman who likes to invest in high-end clothing.
26:49Welcome to Brooklyn.
26:50Let's check out my apartment.
26:58Outfit time.
27:01Crop top, skater skirt, motorcycle jacket.
27:04This is my summery date outfit.
27:06I kind of like mixing the modern and sleek with vintage and cozy.
27:13This is quilted, and it has, like, yarn stuffing inside.
27:17Can I see it?
27:18This is cool.
27:19This is awesome.
27:21I want it.
27:23Do you think you have what it takes to win Project Runway?
27:27Of course.
27:28I'm a hard worker.
27:30When I watch the show, I feel like that was me in school.
27:32I would literally sleep at school.
27:34I'm ready for it.
27:36Rolling on Jefferson and Usanda.
27:39Tell us a little bit about yourself.
27:41Okay, so I'm from Boston, Massachusetts,
27:43and I moved to Brooklyn to go to Pratt Institute.
27:45I was a dancer for about, like, eight years.
27:48Show us a good move.
27:50Show you a good move?
27:52Yeah.
27:52You used to be a hip-hop.
27:53One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
27:57One, two, three, one, hip-hop.
27:59And again, five, six, and ten.
28:02Good job.
28:04Yeah, so that's kind of where, like, I shined and I became my own.
28:07And when I got to Pratt, I was able to incorporate that dance into my fashion.
28:12Cool.
28:13These pants come with these little spandex inserts in the knee.
28:17You made these that you have on?
28:19Yeah.
28:19There's elastic.
28:20So when I bend my knee, it kind of, like, snaps back.
28:23When I started this collection, I was 40 pounds heavier.
28:26When I would run, I'd feel these pains, like, oh, my knees are...
28:30And those are kind of the places that kind of June get attention to.
28:34This collection really had a lot to do with finding out who I was as a designer.
28:38What makes Jefferson Jefferson, the collection I'm working on now,
28:41is called Hip-Hop Has Saved My Life.
28:44This is, like, a nylon Gore-Tex.
28:46And then in the back here, I have the wax nylon here.
28:50This is probably, like, one of my favorite pieces.
28:52I'm going to invite you into my closet.
29:00Don't laugh.
29:00My door doesn't work.
29:03I have quite a collection of drop crotch joggers.
29:07Here's another.
29:08Here's another.
29:09I have one up here right now.
29:11Ah!
29:11Ah!
29:12Ah!
29:12Ah!
29:12Ah!
29:12Ah!
29:12Ah!
29:13Ah!
29:13Ah!
29:13Ah!
29:14Ah!
29:15Ah!
29:15Ah!
29:16Another thing that I experimented with is this detached waistband.
29:19So I bring the sexy hip bones, or, you know, in the midriff here.
29:24I love that you're living near design, because you are an extension of your collection.
29:29Great dancer, too.
29:30Yes, good job.
29:32Bring your own music next time.
29:33Thanks!
29:34Coming up, our international designers infuse Project Runway with their own unique brand of sophistication.
29:41My client would be a misfit for the message, man, woman, alien.
29:49Our next group of fashionistas hail from the four corners of the world.
29:56They share a desire to make it in this country as a fashion designer.
29:59It's the American dream, and Project Runway is the ultimate platform.
30:03Hi, my name is Sandhya Garg.
30:10I live in Birmingham, Alabama, and I'm 29 years old.
30:14Oh, I'm 28.
30:15I'm sorry.
30:17What are you doing?
30:19I grew up in India.
30:21I was born in a very small town, and we moved to Delhi.
30:25Tell me about how you met your husband.
30:26It was an arranged marriage.
30:28So we saw his details in the newspaper clipping, called his parents, and he liked my details.
30:34We met for five minutes, and he said, yeah, I want to marry this girl.
30:39It was like shopping.
30:40Like, you go for a dress and pick a dress.
30:42And he said he wanted to get me married.
30:44We were engaged the very next day, and then in a month and a half, we got married.
30:49And that's when I moved to States.
30:50Tell us a little bit about yourself.
30:52I have been in the U.S. for more than a year now, and I've launched my label here.
30:57This collection was inspired by Morocco.
31:00A lot of my collection inspiration comes from how humans feel in general, and I think all
31:06of us are a bit sacred.
31:07We are superstitious.
31:09In Morocco, people paint their houses this turquoise blue to keep the evil eye out.
31:14Wear your own talisman on you, and the collection's called talisman.
31:17It's your lucky evil eye.
31:19So I wear my luck on me.
31:22Welcome to my home.
31:24Let me show you around.
31:26This is my studio space, my idea board.
31:30This is one of my hand-painted silk, you know, hand-sketching, scribbling on it.
31:35This is my bedroom, where my husband is pretending to work.
31:39Hi, I'm pretending.
31:40Let me take you to my closet.
31:46And that's my label.
31:47Look out for Sandhya Garg.
31:50We're going to cut to the chains.
31:51For me, I love, love, love, love.
31:54Um, I want to see you on the show, period.
31:57Oh, thank you so much.
31:58All right.
31:58She's perfect.
31:59Perfect, perfect, perfect.
32:01She's probably my favorite I've ever seen her in the last thing I've done.
32:05Yeah.
32:05Just look right into the camera and introduce yourself.
32:09Your name, your age, and where you're from.
32:11Not my age.
32:12Hello.
32:13I don't want to people to notice.
32:16Okay, I'm going to say 29.
32:18Okay, and that's it.
32:19Okay, my name is Hernan Lander.
32:22I'm from the Dominican Republic.
32:25I'm 29 years old and living in New York.
32:29So tell us about you.
32:31I went to Parson School of Design.
32:33First, I went to Autos de Chabon in the Dominican Republic.
32:35I went to Parson School of Design to come to United States, to come to Parson.
32:40And you showed at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week?
32:42Yes, I did.
32:43I haven't shown it twice.
32:44Tell us about this work.
32:45I made all this by hand.
32:47What are the materials you use?
32:49This is wool and beading.
32:51This one was leather that I created, but it's print.
32:55It's a print?
32:56Yes, it's a print.
32:56On the leather?
32:57Yeah.
32:58How interesting.
32:59I created a print and I put them in that material.
33:02It's a beautiful effect.
33:04Beautiful.
33:05I love what I do.
33:08I don't do this because I want to be famous or I want to be rich.
33:12Of course, that can be cool.
33:14But I'm more about how much I enjoy this.
33:19You asked guys asking me for a couple of pieces for menswear.
33:22This one I did for myself.
33:26It's like wearing this all the time.
33:27So you do both menswear as well?
33:29Yeah.
33:30It's just two I made.
33:32Very YouTube.
33:33All that pattern mixing?
33:36Yeah.
33:37I also love the leather jacket.
33:39Even the leather is denim.
33:41It's denim.
33:41It's denim.
33:42It's denim.
33:43It's denim.
33:43It's denim.
33:43It's denim.
33:44Yeah.
33:44Wow.
33:44Yeah.
33:45Yeah.
33:45I like it more.
33:46Do you think you can win?
33:48I will.
33:49How are you so sure?
33:50I know myself.
33:52Welcome to the world of Faitsugrard.
33:55Hello.
33:59That's me.
34:01I'm an artist in Coral Gables, Florida.
34:04I'm originally from Germany.
34:07I escaped to East Germany when I was 19.
34:10That was before the wall came down.
34:13Because you grew up in East Germany, what was that like to be the artist?
34:18Anybody who wanted to express themselves in East Germany was just hopeless.
34:22It was hopeless.
34:23It was really, I don't know, like every day I was thinking about it somehow to get out.
34:28Describe who your client is.
34:32My client would be a misfit.
34:36A misfit with a message.
34:38A man, a woman, alien.
34:40It doesn't matter.
34:42Anybody.
34:43Mostly I'm doing men's designs.
34:45I think it's all easily translated into women's designs.
34:49I'm doing a lot of t-shirts where everything is out of like hundreds of pieces and then I
34:55print on top of it and they all have some kind of a thing, some kind of a statement.
35:01This is an old shoe I ripped apart and then stained and put on the shirt.
35:09Being on Project Runway would mean that I finally can explode onto the creativity-starved
35:16earth.
35:17So choose wisely, people.
35:20The world is in your hands.
35:23Tell us about you.
35:28I'm from New Zealand originally.
35:30I just moved to New York two months ago.
35:33I decided to come make it in the Big Apple.
35:36So talk to us about what you brought with you.
35:38This piece here is a tailored jacket with an inserted lapel in it with pleat pockets.
35:45It's inserted lapel?
35:46So the lapel sits inside.
35:49It's like inverted.
35:50I'm intrigued.
35:51I specialised at Alexander McQueen in menswear.
35:56That really taught me about tailoring.
35:57In London?
35:58Yes.
35:58That's an experience.
36:00My school training was 100% womenswear.
36:03I just chose to go on a menswear path because I felt like I could connect with the audience.
36:09My menswear isn't traditional.
36:10It's being a little bit more androgynous.
36:13The next piece that I have is a knitwear piece.
36:17I did the space dyeing myself so this could be an awesome womenswear piece I think as well.
36:21It could be.
36:21This is all hand cut like all these stripes.
36:25This fabric is then overlocked together.
36:27Good God.
36:28Beautiful work.
36:31And completely fresh and different.
36:33Completely.
36:34It's from New Zealand that's why.
36:36We've seen designers from New Zealand.
36:38Have you?
36:38And they're excellent but you stand out.
36:41Thank you very much.
36:43See you.
36:43Bye.
36:44Up next, 18 designers in less than four minutes.
36:48Your final recap before Project Runway Season 13 begins.
36:51Welcome back to Project Runway Season 13.
37:01This year we also decided to give one former Project Runway designer a second chance to compete on the show.
37:07A runway redemption if you will.
37:09We invited you to cast your vote for either Amanda Valentine from Season 11, Ken Lawrence from Season 12, or Alexander Pope from Season 12.
37:18Which lucky designer will be backed by popular demand?
37:21The answer when Project Runway Season 13 begins.
37:25But before we leave you, here is a brief recap of each designer.
37:28Who will be in, who will be out, and which one of these talented people will win Project Runway Season 13.
37:44I'm very competitive.
37:45I love challenges.
37:47I love leather.
37:48And I also love it next to soft feminine fabrics like chiffons, jersey knits, charmeuses.
37:54I can't help but be confident.
37:55The collection I'm working on now is called Hip Hop Has Saved My Life.
37:59I was just thinking about range of motion, mobility, minimalistic, a deviation from like all of the fuss.
38:06Fashion, it like helps you become who you want to be.
38:10It's something that is beautiful, glamorous, edgy, and uplifting for women.
38:15I make statement pieces for your everyday person, clothes that are durable, easy, and interchangeable.
38:23I'm really confident.
38:24I really think that like I would win.
38:26I feel like I have an edge over other designers.
38:29I have all this sewing experience.
38:30I have life experience.
38:31I like minimalism, kind of a punk, gothic edge to it.
38:35And everything feels right right now, and I know I'm on the right path.
38:38I can't stand being average.
38:39My client would be a misfit, no matter man, woman, alien, anybody.
38:46I want to be respected as for like having your vision, but also having very high quality.
38:50I kind of like mixing the modern and sleek with vintage and cozy.
38:55I believe that I can do this, so I was like, you're lost if you don't.
38:59My personal direction with my design aesthetic is going into more of like an edgy or urban girl.
39:03She's kind of like a warrior princess.
39:05I'm talented, and I'm prepared to go into battle and come out victorious.
39:10When it comes to competing, I know what I can do.
39:12I'm all about the fit and making a woman feel right.
39:15I'm trying to make non-luxurious fabric look more luxurious.
39:19I know I could go very far in this competition.
39:22The first thing I ever made was my jingle dress.
39:24I used to be a power dancer when I was in high school.
39:26My father's Native American, so that's where a lot of the inspiration came from.
39:31If I want something, the only person who's going to get it for me is me.
39:35I'm very, very detail-oriented.
39:37I think my aesthetic is modern, feminine, ready to wear with a bit of a soft edge,
39:41and there's a bit of a romantic feeling.
39:44To be a designer, you have to be passionate.
39:46I would describe my style as modern, vintage chic.
39:51I might come across a little strong, but I'm literally a goofball.
39:55But know that you're going to have to really work hard to beat me.
39:58I'm not settling for second best.
40:00My menswear isn't traditional, but I'm always interested in, like,
40:03a little bit more androgynous perspective.
40:06I have nothing to lose.
40:07I love color, and I have the ability to put them together in a very nice manner.
40:12I have the skills.
40:13I have the determination.
40:15I think I practice my winning speech sometimes.
40:19My design aesthetic is very forward, but understandable.
40:23I've progressed from couture to evening to now ready to wear.
40:27If there's one thing holding me back, it's nothing right now.
40:31I love what I do.
40:33I have a lot of detail, and I do a lot of the patty making and the draping.
40:36I don't do this because I want to be famous or I want to be fresh.
40:39I'm more about, like, how much I enjoy this.
40:43When I design, I look at the silhouette.
40:44I like it to be dark, sinister, that woman with an edge that you can look at,
40:49but you can't touch her.
40:50You can't have her.
40:51I like to do very urban but still chic,
40:53so a lot of the pieces I do can transform from day to night,
40:56like tomboy by day, but at night I want to look nice,
40:59and that's just how I see myself as a designer.
41:02Project Runway.
41:05Many thanks for joining me.
41:07Project Runway Season 13 starts now.
41:21Project Runway Season 13 starts now.
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