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Heidi Klum takes us on an exclusive tour of the ‘Project Runway’ set on the day of the Season 22 finale. As she, Christian Siriano, Law Roach, their fellow judges and contestants get ready to shoot, Heidi gives a look behind the scenes at how the hit fashion competition comes together. From last-minute changes fans would never guess (like why Christian made Heidi change her finale look that morning) to the surprisingly fast pace of production, Heidi reveals just how much the designers pull off under pressure.

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00:07Hi everybody! Hi, I'm Heidi Klum and today we're shooting Project Runway.
00:14Hi Christian Siriano. Hi Heidi Klum. How are you? He doesn't look me in the face. First he
00:21looks me up and down. He's like, what are you wearing? This season was really fast. To be
00:28honest, it's always really fast. I think we did this a total of five weeks. The
00:33designers every year also get confused when we say, okay you have one day
00:37challenge. They always think this is TV time and actually means four days. No, it
00:40actually only meant that one day. Are you serious? That's why we can film a whole
00:45season so fast. It also puts the designers under a lot of pressure because you know
00:50they have to make a fabulous outfit in one day. Most designers with a big team, they
00:55spend weeks and months on something like that. You know, it really showcases how
01:00very talented they all are.
01:07How's it going?
01:10This is Fritz.
01:12Actually, when we were shooting Project Runway in a neighbor's studio, there was an
01:16adoption place right next to where we were filming and obviously I had to look
01:20inside and check out all the puppies and I walked home with a puppy.
01:24Happy finale day. Good morning.
01:28How's it going?
01:29Well, I was not really supposed to wear this today. You know, I have a stylist in Los Angeles.
01:34I live in Los Angeles. So when I do a show like this, I go in for a day and
01:39there's racks
01:40and racks and racks and racks of clothes. Basically, I try on all the clothes and pick all the different
01:45outfits that I pick for the entire season. And usually I pick things, you know, that are interesting,
01:50obviously, in terms of shape, color, designer. And so I had a beautiful blue hobart dress and
01:57Christian came in and he said, you have to wear one of my dresses. And because he's a little baby
02:02and he would cry all day, I was like, okay, fine. I wear one of yours and here it is.
02:06But I wasn't
02:06prepared. So I didn't have the right jewelry for it. I didn't know my underwear would be on display all
02:11day. But here we are. Every time we're together, we have a kiki and then I'm like, oh, try on
02:15my
02:15dresses and hurry up.
02:19When we started Project Runway, people were kind of surprised why anyone would want to watch designers
02:25who are sewing and creating and making clothes. 22 seasons later, people are still interested to see, you
02:31know, how these incredible people can make beautiful clothes. So I think that's why, you know, people
02:37love it so much. And for me, I think it is important to shine a light on people who are
02:42not seen and
02:43deserve to be seen because they're super talented. So really, Project Runway is a platform for them to
02:49be seen by so many people. Their art can be seen by so many people and hopefully bought by so
02:54many
02:54people one day with Freeform, Hulu, Disney+, you know, thousands of people around the world can see
03:01them. It's amazing to be on so many streaming platforms. So it really elevates the show, but
03:07also, you know, showcases their work to so many more people out there. Fashion is art, you know,
03:12it is something how we express ourselves. If I look at you or you and me, we're already so different.
03:17Everyone has like a different taste and a different way they want to express themselves. Some are
03:22butterflies, they're very colorful, others a little bit more subdued, you know, everyone has a little bit
03:28of their style. So I think it's so important for us as humans to show on the outside kind of
03:33also how we feel on the inside a little bit, you know, clothes are very important because we can
03:38really play, we can play different characters and be different people. I do many different TV shows, I do
03:44many different red carpets. So I have opportunities to wear so many different beautiful outfits. I don't
03:50like to play very safe silhouettes because I am in fashion. And because I have so many eyeballs on me,
03:55I like to
03:55show the people who are not in fashion what is out there because I have the opportunity because I feel
04:00like
04:00there's someone somewhere in the middle of nowhere and I can inspire them with something that they maybe haven't
04:06seen yet. So I feel like it's my duty as a model or someone also who's on television to turn
04:11up the volume a little
04:11bit more on what I wear, how I do my hair and makeup. I feel like it's my job a
04:16little bit. Obviously, Christian is my
04:19Project Runway baby. He was the winner of season four of Project Runway and we've become friends
04:23since then. He's dressed me many times for many red carpet events, for the Emmys, but also for
04:29smaller events or for photo shoots. I've done his whole entire lookbook I've done one day, like it was
04:34so much fun. We were playing around and he is really one of the most creative people. Already when we
04:39found
04:39him, you know, in season four, he was immediately a star in the making. And he is, he dresses everybody,
04:46from Michelle Obama to Oprah to Ariana Grande. I mean, you name it, he dresses everybody. So I'm so
04:55excited for him because he's super successful, but he also works so very hard. And speaking of working
05:00very hard, so does law. He has so many clients. He's everywhere. He dresses the biggest celebrities
05:06and he has a great eye and it's fun to work with people who are in the industry for so
05:11long and really
05:11know what they're doing. We have commodity, but also we do fight a lot because we do have all
05:16different point of views and everyone has their favorite. So sometimes we do get the boxing gloves
05:21out and, you know, we want to fight for who we believe in that should win, for example, if it
05:26is
05:27just a challenge or even, you know, at the finale, at the end. So this season, season 22, we're bringing
05:33back 22 designers. We have never had a beginning with so many designers. We're also bringing someone back
05:38from the past, from last season, from season 21, which I think is like a big wow. It was a
05:46big wow
05:46also for the judges because obviously we didn't tell anyone. And I mean, I knew, but Nina didn't know
05:53and Law didn't know. And all of a sudden there was like, wait a minute. I was like, yes, it
05:58was fun. Each
05:59season is special because people come from many different walks of life and backgrounds and ideas. And so
06:06it's interesting again with this new designer group, what they bring to the table. Thank you
06:11for following me on Saturday in Steyr. Until next time. Auf Wiedersehen.
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