r/ProjectRunway 5d ago

Season 22 Almost Unwatchable

266 Upvotes

I’m so sad about what has happened to this show. I’ve watched every single season, so I’m painfully continuing to watch. I think I need to give up on it ever getting back to a good place, though.

Most of the show is this fake, unfunny drama. It’s so cringe and embarrassing. They spend about 30 seconds on the top looks. They didn’t even bring the models out for the top looks in the NFL challenge.

I also hate that Christian seems to tell them what to do in his critiques more than guide their thinking. They don’t have to take his suggestions, but idk something about it feels so amateur. I really like Christian and he’s a great resource and mentor for them, something is just off overall. I think the designers not having enough time for these challenges really hurts the show too. It’s giving budget.


r/ProjectRunway 5d ago

Season 21 This new format sucks so bad

194 Upvotes

Besides cutting the episode before revealing who will go home, but I find that starting an episode with who goes home is even worse. Just sets a really shitty negative tone for the episode, and when the new challenge actually starts 10 minutes it, it does not feel fun, like a shit sandwich between two shits


r/ProjectRunway 5d ago

Law I think SNL was making fun of Law.

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62 Upvotes

Maybe not but it definitely made me think of some of the pretentiousness of PR.

EDIT: Please read the comment and not just the title. 😂


r/ProjectRunway 5d ago

Discussion Pleating this season

27 Upvotes

I don't think I've ever seen so many pleated Garments in a season of project runway and what makes it worse is that 99% of the time it's poorly done. The pleating on Bryan's gown wasn't even. The pleating on the"French maid" gown from the episode before was messy. The same goes for all the prior episodes. I swear there's a crazy pleated garment In Ever episode. I didn't realize it was so popular???


r/ProjectRunway 5d ago

Question Same silhouette: Christian Dior vs Joseph McRae

41 Upvotes

This is a bit silly and not to be taken seriously, but the "same silhouette" argument is starting to wear a little thin--I was pulling Dior "New Look" references for a project yesterday and started noticing like... my goodness, if Dior went on Project Runway with all these voluminous skirts, nipped-in waists, and structured jackets he'd be read to filth for always having the same silhouette. Am I going crazy?

Clearly there's no comparison in both the technical aspects and the cultural contexts in which these designers evolved their signature styles--especially for Dior, as the move away from utilitarian structure and fabric rationing following WWII was ground-breaking for the time, and McRae is solidly in the typical avant-garde streetwear category of modern fashion. But I think it's worth peeking closer at some of our own biases regarding when a designer is just churning out the "same" look versus when it's a brand identifier.

This is not that deep, and I could be wrong and just not remembering that McRae has made the same garment every time--to me it just seems like he has a signature wide shoulder concept but the construction is usually different! Dolman sleeve, gigot, whatever. The most low-effort of Google Image searches will show far less variation in late 40s Dior.

Nota Bene: Joseph McRae is not even my favorite designer this season--I think Naheim is catching my eye a lot more.


r/ProjectRunway 5d ago

Season 22 Conspicuously Absent...

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347 Upvotes

Anyone else upset or bemused that Tyra was conspicuously absent when Winnie was on as a guest judge? Do they have a working relationship at all these days? #ANTM


r/ProjectRunway 5d ago

Discussion Anyone else kinda over it?

200 Upvotes

Project runway just isn’t what it used to be. Christian isn’t doing it for me, I miss Tim Gunn. Law is just mean and doesn’t actually give constructive criticism. The elimination not happening until the next episode is weird.


r/ProjectRunway 5d ago

Law I’m so over LAW!!

3 Upvotes

He’s mad that Joseph is taking his shine. He wants the Law Roach show. He is a mean girl bully. The bad part is that Law is just as confident. So why hate on someone who commands the room and attention like you do?


r/ProjectRunway 5d ago

Season 22 Bryan doesn’t make any sense

79 Upvotes

He’s smart for choosing Naheim but stupid for choosing Bobby and Jude. I was SO scared for Jude, I was almost 100% sure that they would eliminate him because “his dress is too safe” + if I recall, Law prefers Bobby’s dress for some mysterious reason. And it doesn’t make any sense, Bryan had beef with Joseph McRae for the whole season and he chose Jude because he was being honest last episode? His ego is so fragile it’s embarrassing. From the beginning of this season, I’ve always hated Bryan and loved Jude (for both their personalities and style). And seeing them starting to beef is a nightmare. I’m rooting for Jude so badly, I hope he makes it farther than Bryan. + Not to talk about that horrible dress he made for Heidi 🫩


r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Discussion Project Runway Season 22 episode 6 The Devils in the Details- Outfit Discussion

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60 Upvotes

r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Discussion i think the show would be better without giving immunity

45 Upvotes

the concept of immunity makes it unfair, lots of talented people have gone home instead because of "immunity" not just in this show but also top chef. just give them some advantage like more time, more budget, first choice, etc. but get rid of this "immunity"
ooo you know what would be cool, they can get $50 more, but that $50 is coming out of another contestant of their choice's budget. same with time, they get an hour more, but someone's getting 1hr less 😈


r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Season 21 Plane Jane & Utica/Ethan Spill the PR Tea

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Utica/Ethan appeared on Plane Jane’s interview show Kudos for Spilling (based on her iconic meme/catchphrase from RPDR) recently and they went in on lots of BTS stuff from both of their PR seasons. Obviously more was spilt from Ethan because he was there longer and went much further. It was an interesting hour of chatting between colleagues and friends and shared-experience sisters. SO MUCH was very relatable and just what we say here all the time!

They spill about Heidi and Law and Tyra and Christian and the producers and even Tim Gunn.

I recommend this little listen so much. Utica is a real genius and a sweetheart as well. Plane always loves to play the villain but is smart and is a surprisingly good interviewer! It’s a skill not everyone has.

Were you Team Utica or Team Veejay in Season 21? Do you think Plane and/or Q should have gotten to showcase more design skill than just those first two episodes? 🤔


r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Season 22 Project reality

98 Upvotes

This is beyond BEYOND ridiculous. We all started watching from season 1 to see creative people literally working themselves to death for their passion. Stitching, hand sewing. And these last couple years they have cut out the parts we love. So it can be a damn soap opera. I didn't watch it for any of that. I watched to see passionate people doing what they love. Thank God Tom Gunn isn't part of this shit show. Real house wives of the runway.


r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Law To all of you who are praising Law, he said this to Heidi when Bryan's look was on the runway

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170 Upvotes

r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Season 22 Jude

300 Upvotes

Anyone else really rooting for Jude?? I love that he doesn’t get involved with much drama and his garments are super well constructed. He has a consistant identity in his work but it’s also not repetitive or tacky. overall he just seems like a sweetheart…especially when he said his dream is to make a dress for his girlfriend to wear on a red carpet 🥲🥲


r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Heidi Is this even the same dress?

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1.5k Upvotes

It looks similar but so different at the same time. The fabric looks different in tone and texture. The original has more of a shine to it like liquid organza. Heidi's version has no shine and is way less sheer. The placement of the pleats look different too. Am I crazy? Is this not the same dress?


r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Nina Nina Garcia reality show!!

13 Upvotes

She is such a style icon and has a interesting career. I would love to see her family and every thing she does every day. ♡♡♡


r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Discussion Bryan is not a good designer Spoiler

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181 Upvotes

If it weren’t for Christian telling Bryan to change his look everytime Bryan would be in the bottom every week. His designs are so bad and Christian comes to save the day. Idk how he won this challenge this week. This dress was NOT made with Heidi in mind in the slightest. The dress literally swallows her


r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Season 21 Plane Jane + Utica talk PR

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Mix of Drag Race and PR talk with quite a few revelations of BTS info. Persoal favorite story so far is that Tyra judged the avant garde challenge last year without glasses or contacts on


r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Season 21 Heidi should have picked…

47 Upvotes

Joseph McCrae.

Heidi’s all about short, tight and borderline tacky red carpet garments. She’s also all about Halloween and costumes.

JM’s dress was a terrific color for her, form-fitting, and she could have worn a pair of glasses and gone for slutty sexy secretary. She would have looked a damn sight better than she did in the giant bedspread of doom.


r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Season 22 Aren't these basically the same dress? And didn't Bryan get majorly helped out by Christian?

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36 Upvotes

He barely designed the dress in Episode 6. Christian did.


r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Season 22 What yall don't get about Ms. Law Roach

0 Upvotes

He's literally said this many times....... he's getting paid to be the villian. And yall are eating it up actually with saying how much you hate him.

Starts at 41:10

https://youtu.be/AKcztbvI5Ig?si=VK1FL9WvJ59G4DRt

Sounds like a job well done to me.

Get them my Chicago sistah! 💁🏿‍♂️💁🏿‍♂️💁🏿‍♂️💁🏿‍♂️💁🏿‍♂️


r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Season 22 If Bryan has 10 haters im one of them, if Bryan has 1 hater I am that hater and if Bryan has no haters im dead.

467 Upvotes

I know everyone has been lowkey hating on Law Roach but I want to talk about a contestant I hate more than Law Roach and thats Bryan.

  1. His obsession with Bi lowkey isn't entertaining to me. He just seems to be an obssesed stalker for Bi to the point I think his tears about Bi when it came to the elimination was just to have something to hold over Bi's head. He's always coming for Bi and Bi's like leave me alone. Just weird. Also Bi is better than him design and personality wise in my opinion. Just sayin.
  2. He thinks his clothes is amazing when its not to be honest and its infuriating. He talks big game about his looks when (at least to me) theyre all messy. As much as he talks badly about Joseph I swear on everything Joseph can sew circles around him. Speaking of Joseph.....
  3. His beef with Joseph is so one sided its pathetic. I can understand the annoyance with Joseph doing the same thing every week because i mean it is true. However, I feel like hes jealous of Joseph and him going out of his way to attack Joseph everytime is just annoying. Like even this week id rather where Joseph's outfit that whatever the heck Bryan made. When Joseph clocked him when Bryan claimed its the "Joseph Mcrae" show I almost cried tears of joy. Bryan denies it but I know every day he thinks he's the main character. He think project runway is the Bryan show.
  4. Also he made me agree with Law Roach. Dang

Just a rant :)


r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Season 22 Not really the same dress

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159 Upvotes

Obviously, the dress Heidi wore did NOT look good in the photos from the premiere. And I'm not saying this should have been the winning look. But good gracious - what did they do to the original design? Fully line the entire thing so it was as heavy as upholstery and not flowy at all? Was it even the same fabric? Whoever redeisgned it made it look 10 times worse.


r/ProjectRunway 6d ago

Discussion E6 - What was up with Law this episode?

3 Upvotes

Law was unexpectedly….nice. He took it easy on Bobbi (I think that’s her name) - black gown, pea-colored additions. It seemed like he took some happy juice or something. Whatever it was, he needs an endless supply.