“Project Runway” is down to five designers, but are they the right five? All of the eliminations are decided by judges Karlie Kloss, Elaine Welteroth, Brandon Maxwell and a number of guest judges who have cycled through over the course of the season. But while mentor Christian Siriano is able to guide the designers over the course of each challenge, he wasn’t given a Save like his predecessor Tim Gunn. Was that a mistake? Scroll down to vote in our poll at the bottom of this post.
Gunn didn’t get to critique the designers’ finished looks or decide the eliminations either. But he had something just as valuable: the Tim Gunn Save. Given his expertise and his close working relationships with the designers, he was given the power to overrule a judges’ decision and rescue one contestant from elimination, starting in season 12. And some of those saves turned out to be quite fruitful.
Gunn didn’t get to critique the designers’ finished looks or decide the eliminations either. But he had something just as valuable: the Tim Gunn Save. Given his expertise and his close working relationships with the designers, he was given the power to overrule a judges’ decision and rescue one contestant from elimination, starting in season 12. And some of those saves turned out to be quite fruitful.
- 5/28/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Spoilers Ahead! The winner of Project Runway Season 16 was finally revealed in the finale last night — and it wasn’t who the public expected. While Brandon Kee went into the second part of the finale as favorite, Kentaro Kameyama eventually won. It came after he wowed Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Zac Posen and guest judge Jessica Alba with his final 10-look collections at New York Fashion week. Ayana Ife finished as runner up in second place while Brandon was in third and Margarita Alvarez was in fourth. The general consensus was that Kentaro had shown a high standard all...read more...
- 11/17/2017
- by Julian Cheatle
- Monsters and Critics
Warning: The following contains spoilers from the season 16 finale of Project Runway. If you haven't tuned in yet, you may want to bookmark this page and return once you have. Proceed with caution. We finally have a Project Runway winner! Season 16 of the Lifetime reality series saw Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Zac Posen and guest judge Jessica Alba crown "the next great American designer" after finalists Brandon Kee, Ayana Ife, Margarita Alvarez and Kentaro Kameyama arrived at New York Fashion Week ready to show off their final collections. And in a season full of firsts—with models ranging in size from 0 to 22 for the first time, celebrating body diversity—the passed up the opportunity to...
- 11/17/2017
- E! Online
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