![]() ![]() ![]() One of the show’s big new twists is that many challenges will include a capitalistic new outcome in which both the winning design and a fan favorite (determined by an online vote) will be manufactured and sold through Bravo’s website. The workroom, runway, and even the designers’ apartments are revamped for optimal glossiness as if to reassure the viewer just how thorough the show’s makeover really is.īut the biggest differences in how the latest of iteration of “Project Runway” wants to present itself aren’t, in fact, its new faces. In fact, the only holdover on the judge’s panel is “Elle” editor-in-chief Nina Garcia new faces include designer Brandon Maxwell and former “Teen Vogue” EIC Elaine Welteroth. Supermodel host Heidi Klum has been replaced with the Instagram friendlier Karlie Kloss, while designer and former contestant Christian Siriano steps in for mentor Tim Gunn. Season 17 of “Project Runway,” which premieres tonight on Bravo (thus ending the show’s stint on Lifetime), looks and feels much like the show of old, with a few key changes. Now, 15(!) years later, “Project Runway” is making some calculated adjustments to stay ahead of the times. ![]() In retrospect, it was a truly bold move to premiere a show about fashion in such uncertain (read: tacky) times. Pop culture was ruled by rude boys and stumbling starlets - the messier, the better. It was a time of low-rise jeans and chunky highlights, trucker hats and skinny scarves, body glitter and “accidental” nip slips. When “ Project Runway” first premiered in 2004, it premiered in a different world. ![]()
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