Project Runway Australia
2008
📺 4 Seasons
🎬 45 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
Project Runway Australia is a reality television show based on the American program Project Runway, wherein fashion designers residing in Australia compete by making specific garments for weekly challenges. The show features Megan Gale as the host, and Peter Morrissey and Claudia Navone as judges. Alex Perry acts as a mentor to the contestants, as Tim Gunn does in the American version. Production began in May 2008, and the show premiered on Arena 8.30 p.m. Monday 7 July 2008.
The prizes for the winner of Project Runway Australia included what is described as "$100,000 opportunity" to create their own fashion line to show in Melbourne Fashion Week, a new car, the model of which changes throughout the seasons, and having their clothes displayed in a six-page spread in Madison magazine.
Seasons
Season 1
The premiere episode of Project Runway Australia kicked off with the twelve designers introducing themselves.
Season 2
All 12 contestants meet for the first time at their apartments and are issued their first challenge by Kristy and Henry on the rooftop of Crown Casino in Melbourne. They need to create a glamorous evening gown worthy of the red carpet that reflects who they are as designers. The catch is all the fabric and trims they will be using are draped around the marquee they are standing under and with only three minutes to snare what they can, it’s instant mayhem!
On the runway, the twelve designers face their first judgment. Who will be in, and who will be out?
Season 3
The first challenge of the season required the designers to create a cocktail dress utilizing three different fabrics of the same colour. The designers did not get to choose their own fabrics, and their colour scheme was based on the colour of the dress their model was wearing.
Season 4
The first challenge of the season required the designers to create garment of their choosing to showcase who they are as a designer. No one was sent home, however Natalie and William (the bottom two) were required to compete head-to-head in the next challenge, with one of the two going home.
Cast
Network
Arena
Production
Fremantle Australia