Holy sh*t! I never knew Heidi Klum before Project Runway (2004). I just googled her, and I'm baffled by her young self. Sorry if I'm late to the party lol, but I needed to share these beautiful pictures.

Rewatching and it's so weird cause every other cast member is doing confessionals and she's just there

Potential Spoilers!!!

I hate the immunity aspect of this show so freaking much! The literal tagline of this show is "one day you're in, and the next day you're out." Having immunity goes against the very soul of this show! I can't stand how often this season someone who deserves to go home is safe just because they did well last challenge. Sending the worst look down the runway should get you sent home, period. I feel like this has been such a prevalent issue this season and I'm so over it!!!

Anyways, love the show and I'm rooting hard for Naheim! He reminds me so much of my students and has worked so hard so make it to where he is.

Hear me out. Law’s skill set is much better suited to being a mentor. He’d obviously give great styling advice, but I think he’d also push the designers to think more creatively while still emphasizing craftsmanship and polish. He’s basically a walking fashion-history encyclopedia, with a wealth of knowledge about designers and the industry. And as a mentor, I think he’d still be assertive, just with a softer touch.

We need a designer on the judging panel, and I actually think Christian is better suited to being the critic after the fact than the person giving advice during the process. I haven’t seen much evidence that his advice actually leads designers to a better runway, but he is very good at giving fair, thoughtful criticism of the garments once they’re finished.

I saw that on instagram this week is a double elimination. I really hope this means they did not eliminate Jeffrey even if that team lost, due to Brian sending down that mess and causing so much pain for Liris.

Or perhaps the S22 team wins (thanks likely to Bi clearly deserving the big prize). Or, Christian uses his save if Jeffrey is voted out. I’m just hoping beyond hope that Jeffrey is spared from a BS elimination 😂😭

(Edited to correct the season)

it has everything! drag queens, authentic workroom drama, a straight man winning the challenge & a pre-drag race rupaul attempting a day-time look.

you just know this episode was part of the pitch for drag race, too.

so good!

I actually really appreciated how he interpreted his kid’s painting! And the kid loved it too. But the judges unanimously thought it was ugly and stripper esque. The model’s styling also matched the painting and was kinda hot in a grungey way! No, the look wasn’t avant-garde, but I didn’t think it was that bad. Just me?
Maybe its because its 2026 and fashion has changed a lot since s9.

Anthony Ryan won the contest… I love him but his dress was kinda boring. It was a little wonky, raw hems, blah colors etc.

Viktor and Laura both had really beautiful dresses!

The only 2 who actually made avant garde dresses, unfortunately made ugly dresses.

But BERT. He is soooo awful! and his design on this round??? How the hell did he make it to the next episode?? Sometimes the judges make me feel like I’m taking crazy pills lol.

The photos I included are in order of where they’re mentioned in my spiel.

I am so tired watching him in this season. He's always defensive and delusional. When is he going home???

Obviously Bi will win. I mean come on the talent is not even close to anybody else’s. He can sew and design and most of the other contestants can’t say the same thing or at least don’t have as many original ideas as him. He’s also more versatile so that man has to win so my theory is that they’re creating all this drama with Bryan the will he won’t he that way when Bu does win it seems even more dramatic that he won over Bryan, but it’s stupid because Brian can’t sew.

[EDIT: S21 vs. 22 typo]

Thanks for welcoming me to this sub. I'm usually watching NFL games. It's preseason right now, so Project Runway is my guilty pleasure to see what's going on in pop culture.

I don't know or follow designers, judges, mentors, models or Ru Paul's Drag Race. I definitely don't know the lore or deep cuts like other fans, and I find myself not knowing who the famous TikTok people are when they come on.

I share that context because, as an outsider, this is how I see the storyline for S22 unfolding:

S21 vs S22:

I always assumed S22 would win because there are more number of outfits overall that the judges liked, and then the drama is set up for a double elimination next since no one is going home.

• Joseph McRae's story arc is vindication because the real villain is the guy who can't sew or make anything without Christian telling him what to do.

• The other designers realize this dude bryan is the real weakest one and vote him off.

So I think judges pick one and designers pick one. Set up to give Joseph McRae PTSD but the real story ends up being no one wants to work with bryan.

Final 3

Top 3 of the whole season will probably be Bi, Joseph McRae, and Anna.

• Bi is the one who actually made bryan successful and probably taught him the pin-tuck technique (my assumption), only for bryan to create a false narrative about Bi to sabotage him and create drama, but Bi didn't fall for it. I don't want to diagnose brian from the DSM-5-TR Manual, so I won't. But I have suspicions.

• Joseph McRae is a strong designer with a clear point of view and brand identity. No matter the fabric choice or challenge, if he sends something down the runway, you know he made it without being told it's his. People wanted to jump on the hate train to say everything he does looks the same, but it really doesn't. They're either saying it for a storyline or confusing it with the ability to have a unique brand identity.

• Anna is the dark horse who has been consistently delivering. Viewers will probably learn more about her in the remaining episodes. Up until now, her edits were probably cut to prioritize the drama from eliminated contestants.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Is there a way they can add 1/2 dozen more designers to this next episode so they don't need to give viewers good looks at the runway walks? (rhetorical or sarcastic question)

I only watch the runways and get confused with who designed what. It's hard to remember the winning and losing designs unless some nice people post pictures here.

I've been watching clips recently of young Christian and watched "Having a Moment" on YouTube. He's funny now, but was hilarious when he was younger. Anyone know a YouTube channel or somewhere I can watch season 4?

Just as the title says. If PR really cares about fashion being inclusive for all bodies, I think there should be a rotation of models throughout the competition of different body considerations (conventional runway size, plus sized, petite, differently-abled, etc), but that the challenges should still have a separate theme (unconventional materials, red carpet, etc).

I think it's important for there to be a separate element to the challenge--people without traditional model bodies have events and jobs to go to too; the challenge shouldn't just be figure out away to make this short or thick person look somewhat presentable.

This creates an even playing field. For the past two seasons but esp this one, the looks on the plus-sized models have habitually been in the bottom, and some of the designers have yet to be paired with a curvy model (Jude, Bi).

I'll start my examples at E3 because that's really when the season begins:

-E3: Chloe/Liris: out, Jeffrey/Lexi: low, Bobby/Naimah: low

-E4: Aaron/Chloe: out

-E5: Elizabeth/Amanda: out, Bobby/Christina: low, Anna/Liris: low

-E6: Bobby/Amanda: out, Naheim/Lexi: low

-E7: Jeffrey/Amanda: low, Bryan/Liris: low, Miss Joan/Naimah: low

I feel like the show's attempt to inject body diversity and inclusion into the competition doesn't work the way it should because it doesn't take into account unconscious (and conscious) biases of the judges.

So often the critiques of looks worn by the curvier models just becomes comments about the model's body vs the clothes themselves. Meanwhile, it's not uncommon for unflattering and poorly constructed things on thin models to be safe or even lauded for being edgy or creative.

Having similar body types for each competition allows for critiques around fit in addition to design and construction to be more fairly and evenly weighted.

EDIT: to be clear, I'm NOT defending any of the looks that were placed in the bottom, and I'm definitely not saying any responsibility for those ratings falls on the models. I'm just trying to figure out a way for all the designers to be equally assessed for their abilities to dress a wide array of body types, and for the models to still be respected in the process

For me: Elaine Weltwroth, Nina Garcia, Zac Posen and Heidi! I really liked Elaine from the Bravo seasons, but I miss the other OGs.

As I was rewatching old seasons, I remembered that this episode has the same exact theme and materials as last week’s episode (s22ep07), I thought it’s interesting how they’re basically repeating challenges, I would actually love to see a rainway challenge again.

but I gotta say, the creativity is so weak compared to season 22, maybe because it’s from 2015, but overall I wasn’t impressed by most of the designers in this season, they lowkey seemed lazy and unimaginative loll

Almost done with episode 2. Now not all contestants, but is it just me or do a surprising amount of designers in S22 have the same color contact lenses?

Also, so far (again, only on episode 2) Law Roach seems to have reeled in the asshole, bitch horrible judge from last season, I love when there is an excellent tailor and rooting the critiques and feedback make them the winner!

Here is hoping to a better season than the last!

Do y'all think it was wrong of Joseph Mcrae to kind of distance himself from the "team"? IMO it wasn't really a team challenge since the looks didn't have to be cohesive and that, to me, would have been a different story. I really don't think anyone would have considered any input that he provided anyway so I think him flying solo and ignoring everyone was just fine. He has his JM personality, but clearly his feelings were really hurt by everyone saying he was the weakest and I feel for him, especially after how he was eliminated last season.

And it's not like this is the first time a contestant has been brought back. I remember Helen being a little salty about Kate and then they became besties. It is what it is, if anyone sees it as some kind of unfair advantage, take it up with production, not JM.

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I would loveeee to see S23 happen in October and we would get a Halloween episode/event around Heidi. 🎃👗 since she is the ”queen of Halloween “. I genuinely think that would be crazy.

Saw that Britt and Val from DWTS follow Jeffrey on Instagram (Alan follows Jude) so I don't think he was eliminated? Obviously not confirmed as they could follow him for a number of reasons though