'Project Runway' Taps Karlie Kloss as Its Host | THR News - video Dailymotion

They will fill the void created when Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn and Zac Posen departed the series.

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00:00Karlie Kloss and more huge names in fashion are joining the revamped Project Runway.

00:04The series has tapped supermodel and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss as its host taking over for Heidi Klum.

00:10And former Project Runway champion and CFDA fashion designer Christian Siriano will be the mentor

00:16on the rebooted franchise, replacing Tim Gunn.

00:19They will be joined by fashion designer Brandon Maxwell and former Teen Vogue editor-in-chief

00:24Elaine Welteroth, who will serve as judges, replacing Zach Posen.

00:28But Nina Garcia will return as a judge.

00:31Kloss will also executive produce the series.

00:33Klum & Gunn left Project Runway in September following a salary renegotiation that saw the Emmy-winning

00:39duo who have been with the series for all its previous 16 seasons eventually exit for a lucrative

00:45fashion TV show at Amazon.

00:47The revamped Project Runway is currently in pre-production and will premiere in 2019.

00:52The show returns to Bravo in May.

00:55The fashion design competition series aired its first five seasons on the network before moving to Lifetime in 2008.

01:01A premiere date for season 17 has yet to be determined.

01:04For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:07Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.