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00:00This season on Project Runway.
00:04I'm back!
00:07Your look walk out.
00:08I was like, the cervix is dilated and she's crowning.
00:12No tea, no shade, no pink lemonade.
00:15It's fashion's pierces competition.
00:18You have to bring it.
00:19It really is pushing the boundaries of fashion.
00:22She's badass and flirty at the same time.
00:25This is special.
00:26You have done something that a lot of people cannot do.
00:31And that is to shut me up.
00:33With designers that will stop at nothing to win.
00:36You're the most untalented designer.
00:41Done.
00:42Shut up.
00:42Oh shit.
00:43We're in fashion, supposed to be competitive.
00:45I'm gonna fight to be here.
00:46She is drama.
00:48It's gonna be cutthroat.
00:50Judges who aren't afraid to be brutally honest.
00:52No one would wear that outfit.
00:54The dress was a complete mess.
00:57Is that inspiring?
00:58I don't know how to handle this.
01:00Ugh!
01:00I'm not gonna do.
01:01I do not come to look at a bunch of ugly clothes.
01:04This is unwearable.
01:05This is so weird.
01:06It's a new house with new rules.
01:09Alright designers, that's time.
01:11You are still sewing?
01:12Mmm.
01:13I wanna go home.
01:14Are you nuts?
01:15I want this so bad.
01:16Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
01:19Ah!
01:20I wanna be on top.
01:21In fashion, one day you're in, and the next day, you're out.
01:27For 12 designers, this is a chance of a lifetime.
01:31At stake for the winner is $200,000.
01:34Six months of representation from Agent 3 PR.
01:38A spread in Elle magazine.
01:40And a life-changing mentorship with the CFDA.
01:43This is Project Runway.
01:45And it's on me.
01:47Woo!
01:49Wow!
01:50Yeah!
01:51Let me spell it out.
01:52W-O-W-E-A.
01:54Let me spell it out.
01:56W-O-W-E-A.
01:58Wow.
01:59Oh, shit.
02:01Yo, uh...
02:03Yo, we on Project Runway for real.
02:05Welcome to Project Runway,
02:07a.k.a. The Joseph McCray Show.
02:09Ooh!
02:10I'm so cool!
02:10Listen, it's Joseph McCrae, it's one word,
02:13do not break it up, first and last together,
02:16and that's it.
02:19Uh-oh, you got a designer and a model.
02:24I'm a tall bitch.
02:32Hey Ziva.
02:33How are you, I'm Joseph McCrae.
02:34I'm Ethan, but you may recognize me as Utica
02:38from RuPaul's Drag Race.
02:39You think I can eat that?
02:40Yeah, you can cue on it.
02:42Girl, this is Crystals.
02:43Oh, we got another one.
02:45Hey, Ziva.
02:46How are you?
02:47Hello, Ethan, nice to meet you, Vijay.
02:49I'm Joseph McCrae.
02:50Hi, Joseph, nice to meet you.
02:51No, no, no, you got to say that person that's all.
02:53Hi.
02:54If I want, hold on, Vijay is Joseph McCrae.
02:56Okay, Joseph, right?
02:57Joseph McCrae.
02:58Joseph Mac.
02:59McCrae.
02:59McCrae.
03:00Don't even split it.
03:01Okay, Joseph McCrae.
03:02Boom, easy, right?
03:05Hola.
03:06Hola.
03:07Hi.
03:08I'm Joseph McCrae.
03:09Hey.
03:10Madeline, nice to meet you.
03:11Madeline, pleasure.
03:12Hey.
03:13Hola.
03:14Hi.
03:15Bitches, I am back.
03:17Jesus, nice to meet you.
03:19I'm Jesus Estrada from Project Runway season seven.
03:22I'm so excited.
03:23Jesus, we are concerned about your taste level.
03:27I was a baby.
03:29I was 21 years old.
03:30I'm 36 now.
03:31Hola.
03:32Back then, I didn't know who I was as a designer.
03:35Now coming back, I know my DNA.
03:37I have a very successful business.
03:39So Heidi has nothing to worry about this time around, about my taste level.
03:44I'm going to win, just so you know.
03:46So I hope you bitches are ready.
03:48Yeah.
03:49What is going on?
03:50I'm VJ.
03:52I'm Joan.
03:53Nice to meet you.
03:54Joan.
03:55Nice to meet you, Joan.
03:56Hey, guys.
03:57Hey, what's up?
03:58Hi.
03:59My name is Yuchen.
04:00Hi.
04:01Hi.
04:02My name is Kasey Black.
04:05I was on season 19 of Project Runway, and I left on episode one.
04:13I'm like cry laughing.
04:15Kasey, you are out.
04:17Being eliminated in the first challenge, I didn't get to show who I was as a person, as
04:22a designer, as an artist.
04:24So I'm just hoping to prove who I am.
04:26Hi.
04:27Hi.
04:28Hi.
04:29Hi.
04:30Hi.
04:31Hey.
04:32Honey, you look like you're ready.
04:34I mean, born ready, baby.
04:35Yeah.
04:36Oh shit, bitch.
04:37Are you guys ready to double the travel?
04:42Is that my twin brother?
04:44Oh.
04:45Oh, no to mine.
04:50There's another one.
04:52The estrada did not come to plan.
04:54Let them meet the winner.
04:55Wait, this one's my side, no?
05:00They want me here, though.
05:01You want to tell them that you want this side?
05:03Yeah.
05:04That's my side.
05:05Is that going to be a fight?
05:06Hi.
05:07I'm Antonio Estrada.
05:08I'm the winner of Project Runway season 21, and this is the first runner-up.
05:11No, I'm kidding.
05:12What's the year on season 21?
05:13No.
05:14Okay.
05:15This is his first time.
05:16I waited 15 years.
05:17We're here.
05:18Yes.
05:19I'm going to win.
05:20There you go.
05:21I'm going to win.
05:22I always knew I wanted to do fashion.
05:23It was my dream to be on Project Runway, not my brother.
05:26My brother went in before me, but I never felt like I was living in his shadow.
05:31I'm talented.
05:32I'm excited to showcase my own creation.
05:35It's going to be my own vision, my own style, outside of my brother.
05:38And I'm here to win.
05:396, 7, 8, 9, 10.
05:40We're done.
05:41We're done.
05:42This is the best.
05:43We're done.
05:44Yeah, 12.
05:45There you go.
05:46Yeah.
05:47Welcome home, mama.
05:48Yes.
05:49Yes.
05:50Designers, welcome to Project Runway.
05:51I can't believe I'm saying this again.
05:52This is so exciting.
05:53I'm your host, Heidi Klum.
05:54Yes.
05:55This is truly a magical place where dreams do come true.
06:10And no one knows this more than the world-renowned designer and icon next to me, Christian Siriano.
06:17Yes.
06:18Come on.
06:19Yes.
06:20I'm good.
06:23So you want to know your first challenge?
06:26Absolutely.
06:27Okay, if you ask any designer where they first fell in love with fashion, I think one answer
06:33comes up more than any other.
06:35The Disney princess.
06:36Ooh!
06:37The princesses have inspired so many designers for decades.
06:42And as you know, behind every powerful princess, there's something lurking.
06:47Ooh!
06:49The Disney villains.
06:51Yes.
06:52Not only were they scary, but they were fabulously evil.
06:57Okay, designers, we're in a new home with new rules.
07:01So for your first challenge, you will be forming fashion houses.
07:06Woo!
07:07Heidi, what are you doing to us?
07:09One house will be house of princess, while the other will be the house of villains.
07:16Mwah!
07:17I know.
07:18Please stand on the side that your work is on.
07:20Right here.
07:21Right here.
07:22Oh my God.
07:23Your house is the house of princess.
07:25Okay!
07:26Okay!
07:27No, I don't want to sew in all black.
07:28Yeah, me neither.
07:29That makes you house a villain.
07:31Each house must create a cohesive collection.
07:34Mm, that's C word.
07:36For the very first runway show at the Enchanted United Palace.
07:41Ooh!
07:42Ooh!
07:43We only have one day to create this look.
07:47Whew!
07:48You guys have 45 minutes to brainstorm, to sketch.
07:52And then you run off to Mood to get your fabric.
07:54Woo!
07:55Oh, God.
07:56Believe that.
07:57I'm so happy to be here, and I can't believe I'm saying this again.
08:00I'll see you on the runway!
08:01Yeah!
08:02Mwah!
08:03Love you, Heidi.
08:05It's happening.
08:07I am having a moment of PTSD because my first challenge in Season 19 was a group challenge.
08:18And now I'm in Season 21, and it's also a group challenge.
08:22I'm getting hives.
08:24I'm sweating.
08:25I'm, like, having panic attacks.
08:28I cannot be eliminated first.
08:31Not again.
08:32Ah!
08:37Okay.
08:38Here we go, guys.
08:39Okay.
08:40All right.
08:41Our first challenge is a group challenge, so we have to sketch and figure out what we're
08:45gonna have going on so we can bring these princess looks to life.
08:48It is game on.
08:50Let's go.
08:51What's that one thing that can thread all the collection?
08:54I think it's gonna come down to the fabric selection.
08:57Fabric.
08:58I definitely got inspired by Ursula, and since I have a delicious, curvaceous girl as a
09:05model, I wanna do a powerful suit, fit it all the way below the knee, and then it's
09:09gonna go out.
09:10I wanna make sure her body looks, like, snatched.
09:13I think a villain has a good cape, and if I can switch up the idea of having a cape,
09:19would we like that?
09:20Yes.
09:21I grew up on a farm.
09:22When I created Utica, it was a conduit for my queer artistic energy, because back on the
09:28farm, I am the gay community.
09:31I'm the mayor of Queerville.
09:33I mostly do these one-of-a-kind bespoke pieces for my community, but not everybody wants
09:40to ready-to-wear drag outfit, so I'm worried about that.
09:44It could get too costumey if I don't do it right.
09:51It has to be cohesive.
09:52We should think of a theme, like a color palette.
09:55I work with my brother 24-7, so if I can win this for myself, it's proving myself.
10:01I'm excited to intimidate the other designers, and I'm excited to intimidate my brother.
10:08The fabric that I brought from home, it's literally that fabric, the butterfly, but it's
10:13in pink, and it has orange-y tones.
10:16The butterflies are blue.
10:18So let's have the inspiration of our collection be butterfly.
10:23They're so butterfly.
10:25Butterfly, yes.
10:26Cool with that?
10:27Yes.
10:28Um, okay.
10:29Butterfly fabric is not going on my design.
10:32I'm really sorry.
10:33I don't know if it's Giving Princess.
10:35It's just not my style.
10:37So show me how you do it.
10:39My name is Madeline.
10:41My design point of view is inspired by historical fashion.
10:45I like collars.
10:46I like poofy sleeves.
10:48I like pants.
10:51I gotta see this fabric, because if it doesn't speak to me, I'm not using it.
10:55That's fine.
10:56It's crazy.
10:57We're agreeing to this fabric that we've never seen.
11:00All right, guys.
11:01Here we go.
11:02What do you think?
11:04I am not feeling it.
11:06She's ice cold.
11:07My name is Joan Madison.
11:09I'm years old.
11:12I'm a seasoned designer.
11:13I've worked in the garment industry.
11:15I've owned and operated my own bridal shop for the last 20 years.
11:19So this is my time, and I'm not here to use basic butterfly fabric.
11:24You know, I'm here to show them who's the queen.
11:28I feel like I want brighter.
11:29I want brighter, too.
11:30Yeah.
11:31Yeah.
11:32Antonio's butterfly fabric, it was pretty cool to me.
11:35But I already knew that I was going to do what I wanted to do.
11:37Anyway, so.
11:40Are you going to pull something from here?
11:42I don't even know.
11:44For me, the butterflies reprincess.
11:46But if they don't yet, they're crazy.
11:49All right, designer, $600 each, 45 minutes to shop.
11:58Okay, go.
12:01Joseph McCray.
12:02Joseph McCray, you got to say the first with the last.
12:04Joseph McCray, you got to say the first with the last.
12:06No, this is too purple.
12:13Everybody's using this print.
12:15No, I'm the only one.
12:16But they all make sense.
12:17We got sequin.
12:18We have velvet.
12:19We've got your print.
12:20We have tulle.
12:21Our team had a plan coming into this.
12:23But now we're running around the store.
12:26Chicken with his head cut off.
12:27I'm like.
12:28And now we've got tweed.
12:30I don't know what's happening.
12:31Patricia, this is 2025, baby.
12:33Okay.
12:34Listen, I work in 2025.
12:36I'm doing okay.
12:38Come, come, come, come.
12:39Villain team, can I please have you and beat it, please?
12:42We have to have a meeting right now.
12:43I played this game before, and I think at this point,
12:46I know what it takes, and if someone has to take control,
12:49I think that person's going to be me.
12:51Great idea.
12:52Let's meet and make sure it makes sense together.
12:55I need to get lining, so I'll be back, okay?
12:58Lining?
12:59Lining.
13:00Okay.
13:01Yeah.
13:02Okay.
13:03Vijay is in her own bubble.
13:04She needs to be a team player.
13:06I don't know.
13:07My team is going everywhere, so I haven't been able to get them here.
13:10No meeting.
13:11Hope it looks good.
13:16Fiddling, fiddling.
13:17Here we go.
13:20Did I cut enough?
13:22Can we sing Disney songs?
13:23It's a good thing that's not her day job.
13:37That fabric is gorgeous.
13:39Take it, take off the file.
13:40Yeah, right?
13:41Don't you think?
13:42Yeah.
13:43That's gorgeous.
13:44I know.
13:45I think so, too.
13:46In season 19, I had a lot of ideas.
13:49It was really hard for me to edit down, and I lost track of time.
13:53I don't want that to happen again.
13:54So this challenge, I just think Sleeping Beauty and tulle ball gown.
13:59I'm going to play with layers of tulle that I'm pamphleting.
14:04Casey, I remember her from season 19.
14:08Her aesthetic is very loud, and yeah, it's pretty.
14:18Welcome to Project Runway season 21.
14:22My name is Vijay Floresca.
14:24Aside from being a fashion designer, I used to be a beauty queen.
14:31Here's my pageant wave.
14:33I was second runner-up in Project Runway Philippines season 1.
14:38And first runner-up in Dress My Tour.
14:41Being in those competitions will help me to finally win this competition.
14:46No more runner-ups, but to win the competition.
14:50How's it going, Diva?
14:52This one.
14:53This one.
14:54I can't really get a read on Vijay.
14:59This is a team challenge, and you have to be a little grist.
15:02You have to be a little receptive to other people's critique and interest in what you're doing.
15:06She really is in her own zone.
15:08And to us, it seems like she's being an asshole.
15:24Let's do it!
15:26Let's get this party!
15:28Got back to work.
15:30Color palette's coming together.
15:32Yeah.
15:33And that transition couldn't be any more perfect.
15:35I'm feeling like my team is a winning team.
15:38And I guess you can call me the team leader, just because they actually fell in love with the fabric that I wanted to use for this challenge.
15:44But you know, I'm a Turner Strata. I can make anyone fall in love with anything.
15:48I think we're doing it, you guys.
15:50I think we're doing it, you guys.
15:51House of Princess.
15:52It's a lot of pink.
15:53It's a lot of ruffles.
15:54And there's some butterflies in there.
15:57It's not my flavor.
15:58I'm glad I'm not on Team Princess.
16:00Yeah, I hate it as well.
16:03Hey, BJ, how you doing?
16:06Huh?
16:07I think there's some people in my team that are not being team players.
16:12BJ's energy is very standoffish. It's a bit cheap.
16:15Why you don't have a machine? Where's your machine?
16:17Girl, these are all of our machines.
16:18No, I mean, like, that was the one that I'm using.
16:21Okay, well, I can use it too.
16:22Which one is the one that you were using?
16:23I'm using all of them because we're all using all of them.
16:25I'm almost done.
16:26So you don't have, like, one of them.
16:27No, like, everybody's using all of them. Come on, girl.
16:30You just decide to be lazy and not thread your own machine.
16:33This girl, the fight for the machine begins.
16:36Girl, relax.
16:37Like, you don't own nothing.
16:38You just decide to be lazy and not thread your own machine.
16:41This girl, the fight for the machine begins.
16:44Girl, relax.
16:46Like, you don't own the machines.
16:48You're using black thread, honey? I am as well.
16:50So, my bitch better not start.
16:53I don't like that shit.
16:55This is a competition.
16:56We're not here to meet friends.
16:58We're here to win this.
16:59And I think maybe Jesus wants to distract me.
17:02I'm not gonna give him that power.
17:04I'm just gonna ignore it.
17:06So this is my villain-in-law.
17:07Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
17:09You don't want to be in our bed tight, you know, bitch.
17:17Hello.
17:18Martini!
17:19How are you?
17:20Hey!
17:21There's a lot going on in here.
17:23Yes, it is.
17:27Casey.
17:28Yes.
17:29Hi.
17:30Hi.
17:31We meet again.
17:32I know.
17:33I already need a martini.
17:34All right.
17:35What's happening?
17:36She'll be like a cake dress and the flowers.
17:37She's a cake.
17:38I'm just thinking, you know, there's ways to make this feel a bit more modern and cool.
17:44Okay.
17:45Maybe this tool is in here and it's more of a tool overlay somewhere.
17:49The proportions and the fit will be important here.
17:53Yeah.
17:54The waist.
17:55Okay.
17:56For sure.
17:57There's just so many things you could do to make this feel really cool and interesting.
17:59Oh, no.
18:00I have done a waist like this before and I love asymmetrical.
18:04I do a lot of asymmetrical, so I don't want to give that up.
18:08I think it's going to be gorgeous.
18:09Okay.
18:10Good luck.
18:14Wow.
18:15This is a little number.
18:17The Joseph McCray puffer.
18:18Beautiful shape.
18:19I like to play with shape a lot.
18:21I have a degree in electrical engineering.
18:23I think the engineering has very heavily influenced my design aesthetic.
18:26And you look at the structure and you look at the like silhouettes.
18:29So I'm going to create a mean puffer jacket along with a wrap satin skirt in this midnight
18:36periwinkle repulsory fabric.
18:38People may not directly relate it to a princess, but listen, every princess need a jacket.
18:42I'm feeling low key Tinkerbell for real, for real.
18:44Making these cohesive is still part of the challenge.
18:47Don't just make a fabulous look for you.
18:49I know you don't want to listen.
18:51This is a skin situation, but.
18:53Wait, that's all out?
18:55No, it's not.
18:56Wait.
18:59This is Disney.
19:00I know.
19:01I know.
19:02Where are my pearls?
19:07Antonio.
19:08What is happening over here?
19:10So what I'm going to do is I'm going to do this bubble dress laced up in the back.
19:13And then I want to do a coat over it with these two different colored tools all over the coat.
19:19So it will be like a reveal.
19:21You're making kind of two dresses that you might not finish.
19:26Why can't this piece just be the moment?
19:28But this one's done already.
19:29I'm just waiting for my model.
19:30It's done because literally like my intern could sew that in 30 minutes.
19:34Yeah.
19:35Like that's not hard.
19:37What?
19:38What the ?
19:39Don't lose it completely.
19:41But like what else could this be?
19:43Could it have sculpture?
19:44Could it have some other element that anyone else has?
19:47Something's got to be cohesive.
19:48Like don't you think the butterfly thing is because of you, right?
19:53Yeah.
19:54Okay.
19:55So then you got to be amazing.
19:57I won't let you down.
19:58I feel like he kind of just like slapped me in the face.
20:02He was like, my intern can make that in 30 minutes.
20:05I'm like, okay.
20:06I'm a Gemini.
20:07I don't take critiques.
20:08I take critiques very like, don't tell me what to do.
20:11But I'm going to step it up.
20:13Step me up.
20:14No.
20:20Yuchun, what is your work normally like?
20:22My work is more like very futuristic.
20:24Okay.
20:25It's very energy and very avant-garde.
20:27So I think you should do that.
20:28Because this doesn't feel very futuristic.
20:30Okay.
20:31It doesn't feel that avant-garde.
20:32To be honest, I haven't made garments like this before.
20:35For my brand, I always like, you know, making ready to wear.
20:37It's always very futuristic.
20:39It's very powerful.
20:40I'm here to challenge myself.
20:42My inspiration for this look is from Taka.
20:45So I'm making this like tulle and lace dress with flowers and veins
20:50growing all over and with a veil.
20:53Please don't be ugly.
20:54Okay.
20:55Thank you, Christian.
20:56Jesus.
20:57Yes.
20:58What's happening?
20:59I'm basically doing a powerful coat dress.
21:01All right.
21:02I also have another dress underneath.
21:04Right.
21:05So I think the challenge for you is how to make this feel more fashion, like something forward-thinking.
21:12I know in my head how the final product's gonna look and I think it's elegant.
21:17Now it's about how to make this feel like really modern, you know?
21:22Yeah, yeah.
21:24Okay. I would love a tour of the brain.
21:27Well, we know that a villain loves a cape.
21:30I'm doing my version of a cape where the cape is gonna connect to the top of the head.
21:36Love it.
21:37And then clean, simple, classic underneath.
21:40Mm-hmm.
21:41So this is a pant and a top.
21:43Yep.
21:44Pant and a top.
21:45Then the twist.
21:46Oh, I love a twist.
21:47I will pattern in a curve glove pattern.
21:50I don't think they want it to feel too costumey.
21:53So I do think that that is important with your look because you have such a dramatic moment.
22:01Try not to get in my head about it.
22:03I'm used to grand drag on the stage.
22:07So I am trying to edit.
22:09How's the team going?
22:11We've got some independent creatures.
22:13We do, of course.
22:14On our team.
22:15We have a bitchy one in here.
22:16You have a sassy one?
22:17Yeah.
22:18This thing over there in the corner.
22:19Ooh.
22:20Vijay?
22:21Oh, yeah.
22:22She's what we call the business.
22:24A .
22:25Mm-hmm.
22:26Interesting.
22:27Wow.
22:28I don't think there's a problem with being old .
22:32But when it's your own team, come on.
22:34We just have a rectangle and fabric draped on the mannequin.
22:38I don't know what, like, the vibe is.
22:40You have four more hours to finish everything.
22:42And then you will be sending your models to the Ulta Beauty Salon.
22:46And I'll see you guys in a little bit for model fittings.
22:49Don't turn into a pumpkin.
22:51Bye.
22:52Bye.
22:54We are meeting right now.
22:56I think the House of Villains didn't get enough great feedback from Christian Suriano.
23:01So I must demand a team meeting right now because I cannot go home on the first challenge.
23:06Let's step back.
23:07It doesn't look cohesive.
23:10We need to add an element.
23:12I think the cohesiveness is all about the flowers that we have.
23:15It is floral, right?
23:16You're also the only one with lace, so we have to incorporate lace somewhere.
23:20I don't have more lace at all.
23:21Well, you need to cut a little piece, so it needs to be cohesive.
23:25Have you ever made a collection?
23:26Yeah.
23:28Being cohesive is making it that it looks like it's from the same collection and same design.
23:33I know, but why lace?
23:35No one has lace.
23:36That's what I'm saying.
23:37No one has this leather.
23:38No one has this velvet.
23:39I'm adding velvet on mine.
23:40I'm adding your flower as well.
23:42Mr. Yushin, this is a team challenge.
23:45I'm not meaning taking his lace to, like, sabotage him.
23:48I'm just trying to do the best that I can.
23:49But the red, I mean, it's beautiful, but it seems like we don't have red for any other looks.
23:53I think it's okay.
23:54Yeah, yeah.
23:55I think if you do, like, a red pop of color in there.
23:58I also, I'm very confused.
23:59I want to hold back.
24:00I don't really understand why I have to devote my lace.
24:02Why he's doing this to me?
24:03Well, he's the biggest problem in the team.
24:05I'm just saying, if we want to make the collection cohesive, you're the only one with lace.
24:13Wow, Yushin, he's definitely being a little shady bitch.
24:17If you're not here to be a team player, there's going to be a problem throughout this whole competition.
24:22Today's the first runway, and I'm just so scared what's going to happen.
24:30Not myself, but for other designers.
24:34She's part of Team Villain, so it's just slicked back.
24:37I want something like, you know, crying, smoky.
24:39Okay, thank you.
24:40You stand right here.
24:42This is great.
24:43Look at the proportions.
24:44Look, you can't see her waist.
24:45You've got nothing.
24:46But I'm not going to make her look like a pinata.
24:48But that's kind of what it looks like.
24:50Oh, my God.
24:52I'm running out of time, and then I have to do a belt for this coat dress.
24:55I didn't want to have her look like a loofah.
24:57Silence!
24:58It's on the model!
25:05Where's the model?
25:06Oh, my God.
25:07This is more stressful than Cinderella at the ball.
25:10You are still sewing?
25:12No, this one, like...
25:14I'm doing Heidi in three, two...
25:21Hi, everybody!
25:22Hi!
25:25All right, designers, that's it.
25:26That's time.
25:27You are coming.
25:28Come on.
25:29Please meet our Project Runway judges.
25:31My longtime friend, editor-in-chief of Elle magazine, Nina Garcia.
25:35Woo!
25:36Serious.
25:37Baby, that woman is powerful.
25:41I hope Nina Garcia sees my look, and she, like, sees me in my princess.
25:46CFDA award-winning stylist and image architect, La Roche.
25:52I'm thrilled.
25:53La Roche, incredible celebrity stylist.
25:56He's worked with Zendaya.
25:58La Roche can tear me a new one whenever the man wants, okay?
26:02And please meet again our mentor, Christian Siriano.
26:07Welcome to our first show of the season of Project Runway.
26:10As you know, in fashion, one day you're in, and the next day, you're out.
26:14And in my case, you're back in again.
26:19For our first challenge, our designers formed Fashion Houses.
26:23Two teams of six designers creating cohesive collections inspired by Disney princesses or Disney villains.
26:32Let's start the show!
26:42I feel so confident.
26:43This dress is really giving me a vibe of cool, modern.
26:48I would walk out of here with that, happy.
26:50I'm telling you, that girl is a villain.
26:54You can wear it now.
26:55It's not so customy.
26:56I think it's beautiful.
27:01Seeing my look go down the runway, I'm really happy.
27:03I'm proud of it.
27:08Just to see the scarf dragging, so it gave some kind of sense of elegance and dramatic effect.
27:13The shape of my gown looks so clean and elegant.
27:19I love the way the light hits the velvet.
27:22The collar is exciting.
27:24It gives drama.
27:25It's very well, too.
27:26I couldn't be more pleased that this is the first piece that the judges see for me.
27:34I am so happy.
27:36She's giving me a villain vibe.
27:39The leather is moving.
27:40The pants is well made.
27:43Perfectly tailored for her.
27:45It's like I'm so speechless.
27:49Wow.
27:50I'm pinching myself, seeing my look going down the runway.
27:53It's perfect, chic, and I feel like she looks like the villain.
27:58Mom, don't put your curse on me.
27:59Don't put your curse on me.
28:00I know.
28:08This look is the magnum opus of my mix between grand and sophisticated.
28:14Look at the detail of the glove.
28:16It's so witchy.
28:18It's harnessing wind, and it just feels like I have created something that is truly special.
28:24I hope that they get a good meal from what I'm serving.
28:29Yes!
28:36I feel the Joseph McCray princess gracing the space.
28:41I just cannot take my eyes off with my clothes, because she is so beautiful.
28:45And I did that.
28:47Did you say a daytime princess?
28:48Daytime. You're going to lunch.
28:50I think it looks cute. I think she looks good.
28:56I feel good, actually.
28:58I just am not the kind of person to be like, oh, my God.
29:01Whoever did this knows how to sew.
29:03The construction is really great.
29:06When my model walks down the runway, it's definitely giving modern Jasmine for sure.
29:12And I see emotions being provoked when she's walking, and that's what I want.
29:16So I'm feeling confident about my look. It's a vibe.
29:21I'm feeling emotional and happy of the work.
29:24Seeing my model in my beautiful butterfly fabric that I brought from home makes me feel so nurtured, love, and accomplished.
29:32Is that camouflage?
29:34It's like a butterfly print.
29:35She is just floating in my gown, and it's exactly the feeling I wanted.
29:46It is modern princess feeling.
29:48I love how the tool floats.
29:52It's like a little dance happening on the fabric.
29:55I feel very proud.
29:56Seeing my princess slash queen garment, whoo, I think she definitely owned the space.
30:06I knew that it was over.
30:11Designers, congratulations.
30:13That was a very special first show.
30:15Well done.
30:16Now we have to see which house has a fairytale ending, and which one just ends.
30:23My heart is racing, and I love my look.
30:26I'm sure the judges want to see more of me.
30:28I mean, what is there not to love of Antonio, right?
30:31But you never know. It's anyone's game.
30:39Welcome to your home away from home, the runway.
30:42Amazing.
30:43This was a great first challenge, and applause to all of you guys, because really everyone did a great job.
30:51But we're gonna start nitpicking now.
30:54Yeah.
30:56We have scored your designs, and only one house has risen to the top.
31:01The best look will come from the winning house, while the eliminated designer will come from the losing house.
31:08The winning house for this challenge is...
31:13House of Villains.
31:15Whoa!
31:19This team was a hard one to work with.
31:22But we won. We won.
31:24We won.
31:26Congratulations.
31:28Unfortunately, that means House of Princes. You were the losing house.
31:32You can leave the runway. We'll talk to you later.
31:36Oh, my God. I didn't think I belonged here. I am shocked.
31:44What just happened?
31:46This feels horrible.
31:50So, congratulations. You guys are winning a house.
31:52Your clothes really spoke to the challenge, but also did in a way that felt really modern, that separated you from the other team.
32:02Your collection, at least, looked cohesive.
32:07All right. Let's talk to the top three of our favorite looks.
32:13Ethan.
32:15Tada!
32:17We also love Yuchin.
32:22And we had a little bit of a debate over the third spot.
32:28It is Jesus.
32:31Yes!
32:33Alex, Angelo, BJ, you're safe. And you can leave the runway.
32:38Thank you so much.
32:40Thank you, baby. Thank you.
32:42Thank you, guys.
32:44All right. Let's bring out your models.
32:45You were our three favorite looks tonight.
32:50All right, Yuchin. Let's talk about your looks.
32:54To me, this is now.
32:55I love this, especially now. Everything is about sheer.
32:58And so, I feel like you're right on what's happening right now.
33:01And she looks beautiful. I would wear this, too. Gorgeous.
33:04I really like your dress.
33:06It's young. It's sexy. It's gothic. It's evil.
33:10I can definitely see Jenna Ortega in this dress at a premiere of when you're in this dress.
33:14This is the premiere of Wednesday Addams.
33:16A slight change. I would have switched the styling with the boots, but I think it is a really, really great dress.
33:21And I think it is very commercial.
33:24The flower in the back is curious, but I love the ruching that you did on the bodice.
33:30If we change this black into pink, you could be in the princess.
33:35Yeah. Thank you.
33:37I'm versatile.
33:39Oh, me, too.
33:40Ethan, we're going to talk to you next.
33:45Hello, distinguished panel of judges.
33:48Your model is actually quite petite. However, she felt grandiose.
33:54It was like this dark shadow had just slithered through this stage. It wasn't just the clothes. It was a feeling.
34:04The construction was really, really good.
34:07The velvet was a great idea.
34:09Velvet always looked so rich. There was a little things that I noticed on the cape. There was a seam that I wish I didn't see. And a little bit of the hem is puckering, but you did such a beautiful job. Bravo, my love.
34:20It's giving me villain, but it's not giving me costume. I feel like if you don't have this cape on, you wear this jumpsuit underneath. It's like modern. It's cool. I would want to wear it.
34:30I love the nails because this little detail, I was like, yes. And she looks stunning. All right, Jesus.
34:38Jesus, it's so lovely to see you again. It was bold of you to choose a color when everybody else stuck to black.
34:50I think that's why you're up here is because in a sea of black, to have this fabrication that feels really rich and really luxe was really important.
34:58For me, it was very important to make her feel sexy. And I think that I embody that.
35:03I love the coat. I think it's fabulous.
35:05I hated it. I was the only one I was out judged.
35:10Hate is such a big word.
35:11It's a short word. It's only four letters.
35:15I'm sorry if you hate the coat.
35:17I hate the whole look.
35:21Aw, don't get emotional.
35:25We liked it.
35:26I love how your model looks. She feels regal.
35:30We need ambitious designers.
35:32Guys.
35:34I have to disagree with everything Nina said.
35:37To me, she doesn't look cool. She doesn't look young. She looks like a Nigerian auntie.
35:43I have clients of all different sizes, ages. And one thing you have to care about is the placement of the breast.
35:50Then you could have done something to lift the breast a little bit more.
35:55If you're going to say that you want to make a curvy woman feel beautiful and powerful and all those things, do you have to do it in your design?
36:02Does anyone disagree with any of that?
36:05Yeah.
36:06A lot of the times I feel like designers put a curvy girl into something so loose that we can't see the beautiful curves.
36:13Then I think you look beautiful.
36:14Okay.
36:16All right. Now it's time to name our winner.
36:18Congratulations, Ethan. You're the winner of this challenge.
36:32Yes. Shut up.
36:35Crown me, baby, because the queen is on top this week.
36:39Yurika won.
36:42Ethan, Ethan.
36:45Ethan, Ethan, Ethan, Ethan.
36:49Feels right.
36:51La Roche was rocked.
36:53I'm so shocked right now.
36:54Shocked, shocked, shocked.
36:56It feels like I'm not on the top, even though I should be celebrating being on the top.
37:01I feel a little attacked.
37:04I'm gagged.
37:05But, and I think it's very critical for me moving forward to really listen to what the judges have to say.
37:12All I have to do is prove him wrong.
37:15What was the feedback for yours? What did they have to say? Yeah?
37:18And does it really get some, like, you know, very good advices, you know?
37:22But my advice to you is through this challenge, like, every time I would be like, oh, can we do this?
37:27You're like, no, no, no. Just, sometimes you do have, sometimes you have to listen.
37:31But, girl, I have to say what I'm saying. So, remember you talking about my lace? You're saying everyone take a piece of the lace from your chest.
37:38Did I say that? Everybody take a piece of his lace?
37:41We have the camera on there.
37:43Okay, bro. It was a team challenge and that was just a request.
37:47I have my own opinion. I'm a very mature designer, so nobody needs to tell me anything unless I want to take it, okay?
37:52You're getting really offended, really is throwing me off.
37:57Wait, wait, wait, wait, guys. Like, seriously?
37:59You know what you're doing, girl.
38:00No, I don't know what I'm doing.
38:02You don't know. You don't know.
38:05Child.
38:08All right, let's bring out House of Princess.
38:16House of Princess, you made our least favorite collection.
38:19It was not cohesive. Unfortunately, there were three looks that were less Disney and more dismal.
38:28Balania, Madeline, Joan, you're safe and you can leave the runway.
38:35Thank you so much.
38:37Woo!
38:38Unfortunately, that means Casey, Joseph, and Antonio. You had the three bottom looks.
38:53Am I being punk?
39:02Am I being punk?
39:04No.
39:05Okay.
39:07All right, let's bring out your models.
39:16Joseph, we're going to start with you first.
39:18Like, I did not see the inspo.
39:20I knew that that was you, but I just don't get Princess from this thing.
39:23I wish that you would have picked Elaine. You have volume, but then you have her wrapped up in this skirt that seems to be strangling her. It's a question of proportions. You're playing with too many.
39:37I disagree. I enjoy the way you play with proportions. I like the coat. He popped that coat off and it was a sweetheart bodice dress.
39:45But it isn't.
39:47I like it. I think she looks really cool. I can see some of my clients wearing this.
39:52To me...
39:53We agreed to disagree.
39:54Yeah, we agreed to disagree.
39:56Can she turn around?
39:58Yeah.
40:00Now the back isn't great.
40:02This is not. I'm sorry.
40:03The back is a couch cushion.
40:05Okay, Antonio.
40:07If you had asked ChatGBT to help you make a John Batista Valley for $100, then that's what that look was.
40:14After Christian's critiques, I did change my look a few times. And there is another dress underneath.
40:21Is the dress still underneath?
40:22Yeah.
40:23Let's see it.
40:24Oh, yeah.
40:25Yeah.
40:26Well, Christian told me his intern can make that dress in 30 minutes.
40:28Blame it on everything on Christian.
40:31I just think this dress underneath an intern could make it in 30 minutes. It's a tube dress.
40:35You couldn't have shown that by itself.
40:37But, you know, why didn't you let it be open? I don't know why you put the belt on it.
40:42I didn't know you were going to cover up the butterflies completely.
40:45It's better this way.
40:46Yeah, because with that cute little mini dress under it, at least you see her body.
40:50It's charming.
40:52This is not how we saw it. She just looked like a big loofah.
40:55When Christian was criticized, I was like, don't think it's going to be a pinata.
40:59Stop blaming it on Christian. You're here now.
41:01No, we're not blaming Christian.
41:02I wrote...
41:03He knows.
41:04I'm a Gemini, and I don't like people telling me what to do.
41:07And I was like, you're an adult. You're going to listen to Christian. He's here for a reason.
41:11He's your mentor. And I did listen to him. And that's why I changed my look three times.
41:14And, you know, you pushed me to be better.
41:17Oh, he's spicy.
41:18The inspo of the butterfly comes from which princess?
41:21Which princess? I mean, every princess.
41:24Antonio, but you're being so defensive.
41:27No, I'm not.
41:28I'm trying to understand your work.
41:30I'm trying to explain myself. I'm sorry.
41:31Right.
41:32But I don't think there's any reason to be defensive.
41:34No, I'm not being defensive at all. I'm just explaining myself. Sorry about coming out.
41:37No, I think Nina's right to call that out. I think you are being defensive and also a little bit rude.
41:43It's okay to be criticized and to be, you know, let down by the criticism, but to kind of, like, throw it back.
41:53Your response has really been really quite nasty. I'm just letting you know.
41:57Okay.
41:58One girl to another.
41:59Maybe it's my Latina side.
42:00Maybe.
42:05Next.
42:07Casey, let's talk about your look.
42:09I really love this jacquard. And I wish that all this other stuff would disappear.
42:16I don't know. To me, it looks like a nightgown. You know, it's very lackluster in terms of, like, shape and everything. And what you then wrapped around, to me, looks like an afterthought.
42:26Can she turn around?
42:27Yes.
42:28The ribbon is what I hated.
42:30Yeah.
42:31A hundred percent. I want to see, like, more design. It's not inspiring.
42:36I love the deep plunge. I just think it was a miss because you had everything to make something so beautiful and so fairytale-like. And you kind of missed it.
42:47I hear you. All right, designers, we have to make a decision. You can leave the runway. Thank you.
42:56This is so much fun. I love this job.
43:01Yeah, well, I can tell. I don't know if they're going to make it out alive at the end.
43:09Can you see?
43:11What's happening?
43:12You're good.
43:13But you know what?
43:14I'm still willing to drive.
43:15I know.
43:16I hate that.
43:17I guess we can all agree that Joseph is not going home, right?
43:22There's so much going on, but the color was really beautiful.
43:25The combination of fabrics were very wonderful.
43:29He's like, I'm making what I make. Couches.
43:32Casey, Nina, what did you think?
43:35The dress was a complete mess.
43:37It was horrible.
43:38It was a mess.
43:39And boring, too.
43:40It literally, like, she took a staple gun. It was just like...
43:42No, it was awful.
43:43I'm an adult, and I'm going to take criticism about bitch. When you're putting words in my mouth, like...
43:47Antonio, what were your thoughts?
43:49That dress, when he opened it up, was really cute.
43:52Like 30 minutes to make that dress.
43:54Yeah, but the coat made. I like that it was a coat.
43:56I know.
43:57But what if he didn't have that coat?
43:58Yeah.
43:59No, he needed that kind of.
44:00He's like, whoa, your attitude. I'm like, oh, bitch.
44:03That attitude is so bad.
44:06Then he said, it's probably just the Latina in me.
44:09Girl.
44:10I was like, yeah, all right.
44:12That's not an excuse.
44:13So with my Nina, baby.
44:14Yeah.
44:15You could be very talented, but if you have a bad attitude, and you can't work with others in this industry, we have seen it.
44:24Bad attitude is a problem.
44:26I'm so proud of myself.
44:29It's just very emotional, you know, and intense.
44:34Like, it's just intense.
44:37I just feel like I'm in shock a bit.
44:40Right now, like, I actually really loved my dress.
44:44Being in this position again.
44:46Never thought I'd be in the bottom three.
44:48At this stage of the competition again, like, after being eliminated on episode one of another season, like, it just feels like a bad joke.
44:55I don't want to go home.
44:59They're so mean.
45:01I'm like, no.
45:02Why am I here?
45:04I didn't think my design was the worst.
45:08But being in the bottom three, I feel, like, shattered.
45:11Do I really need to be here?
45:12Do I really need this?
45:13It's like, let's just go home.
45:15So do we say home the bad dress or the bad attitude?
45:19I want to go home.
45:22Ooh.
45:23If I say my attitude's gonna be worse.
45:28Oh.
45:29But it's just...
45:31Just aaineble.
45:32завис会ver.
45:33I'm not.
45:34Yeah.
45:35Cir일� Type�.
45:36In response to the third level, Olha,
45:38a bit of spaghetti and the structure don't know what the sun was too.
45:39How do you lose it?
45:40Do you lose this?
45:42Let me see a little.
45:43Let me see you inPMult.
45:44For anyone who knew who runs the river and ADD are in,

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