"[Upbeat music]" "Project Runway 10x00 Road to the Runway Season 10 Original Air Date on July 19, 2012" "== sync, corrected by elderman ==" "WelcometoProjectRunway" "Season Ten." "♪ ♪" "This is the road to the runway." "♪ ♪" "Tonight kicks off Project" "Runway's tenth anniversary and one of the most exciting seasons in the history of the show." "I'm here to give you a sneak peek at the workroom." "This space is designed to celebrate and pay homage to the ten great seasons of designers and the drama on Project Runway." "Many designers' lives have changed because of the work they did in this very room." "Behind me, you see the nine previous winners." "Tonight, you will meet 16 talented hopefuls, one of whom will take the tenth title." "So how does an aspiring designer get here to this very room?" "The selections process begins with a nationwide casting call, where thousands of aspiring fashion designers submit their portfolios and home videos." "Hey,what'sup ?" "Fromthere,themost promising designers are invited to an audition for a coveted spot on the show." "The panel of judges have their work cut out for them." "Thankfully, there are moments of pure comic relief." "G-o,goNewYork." "G-o, let's go." "[Applause and laughter]" "Igotrejectedfromevery school that I applied to in, um, in New York." "Myaestheticis--it'slike" "oh." "Comeon." "Iforgotmy-- mygirlnameisFrancesca." "Uh-huh." "Okay." "Myboy'snameisRaul ." "Itryto liftyou up, get  your chi flowing, you know what" "I mean?" "Right.[ Laughs]" "'Causewhenyourchi isfree , you know." "Youknow?" "Thisisnotprojectlingerie." "Whowouldyoufit that thong on?" "ProjectBootyCall." "[Upbeat music]" "♪ ♪" "Happily,ontheoppositeend of the spectrum are 16 incredibly gifted designers that stood out from the crowd." "Who are they and who has the best chance of winning?" "Two former Project Runway designers, Nick Verreos and" "Mondo Guerra will tell us exactly what they think." "We'llevendebatewho our  top three of the entire season are." "Nick,wouldyouliketosee my top three?" "I'llshowyoumineifyou show me yours." "Ooh, what's that about?" "Youknow." "Firstup,designerswitha flair for drama." "They're gifted and they really seem to know it." "Is their bravado due to a healthy dose of confidence or is it just cockiness?" "You decide." "Hi,andwelcome." "Is that stupid?" "[Laughter]" "Hi." "My name Christopher Palu and I'm 24 years and I currently live in" "Astoria Queens." "Fashion is my life." "I'm constantly thinking of designing and pulling things from inspiration, from everywhere." "Nothing feels more amazing to me than seeing my clothes on a woman and making her look like a ferocious bitch." "I love rendering fur." "I love just holding fur." "I wanna die laying on fur." "Christopher." "Nicetoseeyou guys." "Oh,thisis--thisiscool , though." "Tellmeaboutthisdress." "Theseillustrationsare wonderful." "Thisisblackorganza." "Thank you." "I had a dream of this dress." "Ilovethisblackdressby" "Christopher." "His execution of the dress coming from a dream into reality just was really beautiful." "Iwasmadefun ofmyentire life for being gay and being, you know, flamboyant." "I have severe asthma, and I actually had a heart attack in senior year of high school." "Wild." "It was called myocarditis." "I caught it as a virus." "So hopefully I don't have a heart attack on set." "[Laughs]" "This is my--my gown." "[Laughs]" "I'mreallydiggingyour gowns." "So is evening wear, would you say, your strong suit?" "Do you do" "Idopants,like ready-to-wear, yeah." "Yeah, and I just wanna be a designer." "Heseemslikeone ofthose designers that's very confident, very self-aware, and self-assured." "I'msoready." "I-I'm so competitive." "I have a great personality." "This is, like, my time to shine." "[Upbeat music]" "♪ ♪" "Hey,guys." "I'm Dmitry." "Welcome to my house." "I'm definitely a leader." "Like, it's in my blood." "I'm an alpha." "Hi,Dmitry." "Hi,Dmitry,howare you  doing?" "Oh,youknowmyname already." "That's cool." "Yeah." "Uh,I wasborninBelarus." "It's Eastern Europe." "It's a post Soviet Union country." "And I was a very happy child." "And since I was a little kid, I knew I wanted to be a designer." "I moved to the United States and then I actually started modeling a little bit." "But it wasn't for me because if you wanna be a model, you have to be a girl, and I knew that I wanted to do something else, and here I am." "I'm so ready for the next stage." "Allright,cool." "So let's talk about your clothes." "Show us what you--what you brought us today." "Ibroughtthiscoat,andit has a surprise element to it." "So the lining, it becomes a separate piece." "Dmitry,DmitryfromBelarus." "All I could think of was Paris" "Fashion Week." "That coat that then turned into a short-cropped bolero jacket, a lining underneath." "I thought, yes, it was conceptual, but at the same time, it was modern." "He reminds me a lot of Albert" "Elbaz of Lanvin." "Ithinkthispiece,it's , um, the best representation of me, who I am as a designer." "Ihaveto say,the clothes themselves don't have a lot of hanger appeal." "What's selling me is seeing it on the model in your portfolio." "There's a sort of lack of excitement for me." "Areyouserious?" "I'msorry." "There's a lack of excitement, but I have to say, you clearly know how to make a garment." "Ifyou'reagooddesigner, you can make a piece of [bleep] look like candy." "I'ma maybe." "I'm a maybe for you." "Maybe?" "Come on, guys, give me a chance." "Well,andyoumadethis ." "Yes,andthisis- - thepantsandthe sweaterand the--that's all you." "Yes." "That'swhatsellingme." "Mm-hmm." "Iwouldwearthat." "It'skindaelegantbut  casual." "Iloveit ." "Ihavebigtalent." "I have a lot of experience." "I have personality." "I'm so ready to be on the show, and I think the show would be so much more better with me." "[Laughs]" "Hi,howareyou ?" "I'm Lantie Foster." "Come on in." "This is my studio." "I just recently opened up a 180-square-foot office here in the garment center, and I want to take over the whole floor." "Soyoumakeyourlivingasa designer?" "Inthegarmentcenter." "How'sitdoing?" "It'sdoingreallywell." "Since I Feng Shuied my desk, even better." "Some girls might think I'm pretty or something." "If I see, like, somebody who's really talented and pretty across the room, like, you're instantly part of our group." "Come here." "[Laughs]" "You're gonna join our pretty girl group." "I grew up in Northern" "California, and my father wanted me to go to law school, that I could get any car I wanted, but when I told him that I wanted to, uh, go to art school, he called it basket" "weaving and he, like, cut me off." "[Camera shutter clicking]" "But I went anyway." "I like to take the basic classic shapes and, like, really ramp them up with unusual textures and things." "The front of this, it has spikes here, detailed and pleating, and this is metallic stretch elastic." "So this is real python, and this is water snake." "Again, one of my favorites." "This actually has, like, silk, wool, and linen combined, and then leather trim accent here." "Youknow,Ithinkthat some  of them are a little over-designed." "They're not for me." "Iunderstandyouropinion." "I appreciate it." "I really like the spikes and and then the bow." "To me, that's, like, one of my favorite parts." "Lantie'sclothes,Ithought they were pretty." "The--you know, what she had on, the dress she showed with the cut-out." "You can see that there's talent there, for sure." "Whenitcomestomydesigns," "I get really, like, protective." "Kind of like I'm, you know, like a mommy bird, you know, like those are my babies, and I don't really think you know you're talking about." "[Laughs]" "[Upbeat music]" "♪ ♪" "Forme,it 'slike,Ithink the reason why I'm competitive is why I don't have too many friends." "My name is Ven Sekhar Budhu." "I was born in a third world country." "Like, no one even knows where it is when I say it sometimes." "It's Guyana." "It's in South America." "I came to New York at age four." "I grew up in Queens, New York." "When I was about five or six years old, the famous movie" "Beauty and the Beast, I used to watch the cover and draw Belle's gown on the [indistinct]." "I think, from that point, my family really saw that there was potential there." "It was always fashion, and I pursued my dream." "But for me, I really do think that I would really stand out, not just because of my ethnicity or the way I look, but I think the work." "It'sbeautiful." "It'sgorgeous." "Thankyou." "Absolutelygorgeous." "Thankyou." "My work is more geared towards that modern, sophisticated glamorous look, but it still can be young." "Soyouobviouslyhavea favorite color palette here." "Obviously,redis my favorite color." "Red?" "But--red." "But I wanted to, um, create a look that was very romantic but als--at the same time, it had very strong lines." "Mm-hmm." "ThisiswhereIsew,  and these are photographs of the looks." "My aesthetic is definitely sexy but it's sophisticated." "My customer, if she walks into a room, she owns it." "Ven,I 'mreallyimpressed." "You're probably one of the best we've seen." "Verystrong." "Thankyouverymuch." "WhenVenwalkedintothe room, I was like, "Who is this guy?"" "Beautiful seam work and piece and piece and piece and just-- just simple silhouettes." "Tone on tone, and it's just beautiful." "TheminuteNinaGarcia sees Ven and his designs, she's gonna have a fashion Colombian orgasm." "Everybodywantsto be a designer, but the reality is, you either have it or you don't." "Lastyear,we didthingsa little differently on" "Project Runway." "We started off with 20 designers and sent four of them home on the first day." "Gunnar Deatherage was one of them..." "Itwasdevastating, devastating." "Whichisexactlywhy this feisty designer has returned this season with a vengeance." "Welcomeback,Gunnar." "Hello,Gunnar." "Hey,howareyou ?" "I'mgood." "Thiseyebrowgoesup, I'm  a bitch." "Nobody wants--nobody wants to be around me when this brow is up." "I'm very competitive." "I don't like to lose." "That's why going home last time was like--it blew." "I'm really on this vintage kick right now." "I think that there's a lot to learn from the vintage categories in fashion." "WithGunnar,youknow,he walked into the room, I thought he was very energetic." "His personality really filled the room." "FirstthingIwannapoint out, and this is kind of my pride and joy, is I handmade all my buttons." "I sawed branches through, sanded them, stained them, polyurethaned them, so..." "Wow." "Themostmemorablepiecethat" "Gunnar brought in, for me, was the capelet." "His clothes really speak for themselves." "SoI didthisequestrienne jacket." "It just curves in on the girl's body that wore it." "It'sa greatshape." "ItalianVogueactuallyput  this look--they chose it as one of their photos for the day really recently, so that was kind of like" "Amazing." "Aprideandjoy moment." "Yeah." "SoI alsomadetheselittle jockey hats." "Thosearecute." "Idon'twannatoputiton because it will mess my hair up." "It's kind of my take on the jockey hat kind of meets the aviation." "I'm trying to incorporate that equestrian style meets that kind of Amelia Earhart kind of machine gun." "That'sexactlywhatfeltfrom  this whole collection." "Awesome." "I'm pretty quirky." "Like, I have a thousand different things going on my head all the time." "Like, right now, I'm thinking about, I want another Starbucks mocha." "I mean, but that's just, like, kind of, like, in the space somewhere in my head." "Well,I 'mnotgonnawaste any more time here." "You're a definite yes for me, and I think that, like, this is so much different than what you showed last year." "Thankyou." "AndI reallyrespectand  appreciate that." "It'sa yesforme, Gunnar." "Thankyou,guys,somuch ." "Reallygoodjob." "Thankyouso much." "Goodjob." "Okay,cool." "I guess I will see you guys someplace here." "AndI wantoneofthose little hats." "Well,youcontactme." "You Facebook me, and I'll get you one." "Iwill,Iwill." "I'llevenletyou pickwhat  you want on the inside." "Okay,andIwantoneofthose wooden buttons, a big one." "Okay,I 'llworkon that." "[Laughs]" "Upnext,fourno-nonsense women who may just give our more flamboyant and dramatic designers a good old run for their money." "Whatkindof fashioncrack are you smoking?" "'Cause I want it." "[Laughs]" "[Upbeat music]" "♪ ♪" "Welcomebackto Roadto the Runway." "I'm here in the season ten designers' lounge." "Looking around at all of these amazing moments is like a trip down memory lane, a Project" "Runway scrapbook of sorts." "[Upbeat music]" "♪ ♪" "Now, let's catch up with last year's winner." "I sat down with Anya to see what she's been up to since winning" "Project Runway." "Now, tell us, what have you been up to since all the excitement of winning Project Runway?" "Well,it'sbeenquitea whirlwind." "I'm now living in New York." "I'm working on my line." "What'sthenameoftheline?" "Anya." "[Laughs]" "Ofcourse." "Itseemedobvious." "Now,I can'thelpbut  notice, there's something blinding me on your finger over there." "[Laughs]" "I got engaged, um," "January of this year." "Congratulations." "Is there any advice that you took from the show that you would be giving the contestants of this season?" "Justreallyenjoyitbecause, otherwise, it will just disappear." "Winning--I was really as shocked as anybody else." "Andexhibitone." "[Laughter]" "Thatwasin thefinale." "I look exhausted, and I think that's because we really hadn't slept in days." "But you know what?" "When I look back on it, I have great memories about it, and" "I have great friendships that have come from it." "Thankyouso muchfor coming." "Thankyouso muchfor having me." "Now,I 'dliketo introduce you to four spirited women." "Their designs are a direct reflection of their individuality." "Be it casual, avant-garde or just plain unconventional, they are not afraid to express themselves." "[Upbeat music]" "Well,hello." "I'm Sonjia, and this is my home in Boston, Massachusetts." "I'm gonna make it to fashion week, I'm going to make it to fashion week." "I just--I keep telling myself that I'm going to make it to fashion week." "I actually don't have a job right now, so I don't wanna do anything for money." "There's nothing else in the world that matters to me but designing clothes." "It's very much my style to make pieces that are structured." "I'm all about lines and mixing colors and patterns and fabrics." "I have something special to offer as a designer that, you know, I'll hopefully be able to show while I'm on the show." "Goodmorning." "Hi." "Goodmorning." "Ilovethelittledressthat you're wearing now." "Thankyou." "Yes, this was one of my pieces." "Andisit lambskinshoulder?" "Actually, we were getting rid of this chair, and it was all leather, so I took" "Yeah." "Thewholeleatheroff the  couch." "It'sa gooduseofrepurpose." "Exactly." "Especially, when you're on a budget." "A lot of people do think about their budget, and so they want a piece that's not something that, "okay, I could only wear this if I'm going to a gala."" "Yeah, like, who goes to galas?" "Like, you know?" "Thispiecerighthere,it has, like, these pleats in it that, uh, give it a really nice detail." "I'm very excited." "I'm very bubbly, and I think my clothes show that." "I made all these pieces in the past week, um, so I wanted to show something very new and current." "Smart." "Ilovethesepants." "Iknow,thesepantsare like" "Ilovethispattern." "Over-sizedbowand" "Iloveit withthe croptop." "That's beautiful." "It looks great." "They'reabsolutelygorgeous." "Yep." "I really thought that she was fun." "She's not afraid of color." "She works it in classic silhouettes." "SonjiaisveryTracyReese meets Trina Turk, and I was very happy that she mitered all her prints." "Those pants were so well made." "I'mgonnamakeit, I'm gonna make it." "I just--I'm gonna be--I see myself going down this runway." "[Upbeat music]" "Hi,I 'mElena." "Welcome to my house." "My favorite things to do is avant-garde." "I'm a junkie for the dramatics, and it shows through in a lot of my designs." "Whatareyouinspiredby?" "Ihaveverydarkthemes." "What'syourfavoritepiece?" "Myfavoriteoneisthis one." "Youmadethis?" "Yeah." "Sewedit?" "Yeah." "Lookatme ,straightinthe eye." "Isewedit ." "Mm-hmm." "Where are you getting these ideas?" "Youknow,sometimes,Iget 'em in my dreams." "My stuff breaks the barriers of female/male." "You'll never see any flowers or any butterflies." "That's not me." "This is a corset." "Okay,Elena." "Andthisis justa" "Ican'tbreathe." "We might need CPR soon." "[Laughter]" "Ialwaystakemyinspirations from very masculine, almost, things--video games, anything futuristic." "Oh,myGod." "Oh, are you kidding me?" "Youneedtwopeopletoputit  on, though." "Youdo?" "Youdo." "Okay,I gotit ." "I got it, okay." "What kind of fashion crack are you smoking?" "[Laughs]" "'CauseI wantit ." "You're going to get people in the Midwest to start to shake, and that's where I get excited." "[Accordion music]" "Igrewup in Ukraine." "My immediate family moved here when I was ten years old." "It was really hard to adjust to this culture, and kids were really cruel." "The language, the culture, what" "I wore--we didn't come here, like, rich." "I wore the same thing almost every day sometimes, and I got teased a lot of about that." "My parents did sacrifice a lot for us to come here." "[Techno music]" "It'shardto do futuristic or modern without being gimmicky." "Hank you." "Oh!" "You're--wow." "All I could think of was Thierry" "Mugler meets Claude Montana," "Lady Gaga." "She sculpted some things that" "I've never seen before." "IfI couldshowatfashion week, it's my dream come true." "It's any designer's dream come true." "If anybody says otherwise, it's bull crap." "[Upbeat music]" "Hi." "Howareyou?" "Good." "Good." "Reallynervous." "[Laughs]" "My name is Beatrice Guapo." "I'm 29, and I live in" "Los Angeles." "I would say my aesthetic is mixed knits." "I do like linen, and I'll mix it with, like, a different fabric." "I always loved clothes." "My mom said I wouldn't leave the house until I felt like it was perfect." "[Guitar music]" "Since losing my father, it was really hard." "It's so unfathomable to really grasp that you are really never ever gonna talk to this person ever again." "We're all trying to manage life without him." "He was very supportive." "I've gone through a lot of things in my life so far and, uh, I think it's definitely given me that kind of strength, that really you can do anything you want to do." "These are all different colored jerseys." "Mm-hmm." "AndI blockedthemtogether." "Pretty." "That's really pretty." "It'sslimming,youknow." "Yes." "Comfyandfabulous,all at the same time." "IloveBeatrice." "I think everything on her rack would sell out in a second." "Thisisanotherone ofmine ." "I did the scarf as well." "I designed all these scarves." "They can change your outfit in a second." "I'm on the go constantly, and that's my girl." "Like, she's on the go, she wants to look great, and she doesn't want to think about it." "I like to make things that can do more than one thing." "It can be a poncho, and now it's a vest." "Andyousewall these samples?" "Yes." "It'scute." "I like this a lot." "Thanks." "Theyweremodern,theywere  directional, but at the same time, young and fresh." "Goodjob,thankyou somuch ." "Yeah,goodjob." "Thank you." "Yay." "You just made my world." "[Laughter]" "[Upbeat music]" "Hi,welcome." "I'm Andrea Katz." "Welcome to my apartment in downtown Manhattan." "Hey,Andrea." "How are you doing?" "Good,good." "Tellusaboutyourselfand what you think your point of view as a designer is." "Well,I thinkI'malittle different than other designers." "[Upbeat music]" "♪ ♪" "I call myself an anti-fashionista fashionista." "I don't go for conventional." "I don't look to be totally trendy." "I really don't fit in." "I am progressive politically." "I'm a radical feminist." "My values are just very different." "[Cat meows]" "I call my collection architectural objects for the body, and they're about structure." "I want my garments to look good on the body." "I want a woman to be attractive in them." "I love vintage fabric, so I try to find as many fabrics that I could use that reminded me of, you know, your mother's tablecloth or my mother's tablecloth, okay?" "Ilikeyoualot." "You remind me a lot of my mentor." "Oh,I thoughtyouweregonna say your mother." "No,mymentor." "IthinkIhaveanadvantage." "I'm older." "I'm more confident." "And I--and I have brass balls." "I have been up against the business already." "I had my own design studio and retail store, and then the economy tanked and so did my business, and I lost everything." "I was in debt up to my eyeballs." "I was homeless for a year." "I lost my savings, credit cards--you name it, everything, and so now I'm in the process of pretty much putting my life back together." "This is Gaston and this uncooperative cat is Gielle, and they're brothers." "They were so cute, and I had to have them." "And now I'm an old woman with cats, which I never thought I would ever be." "[Upbeat music]" "Thisselectionhas experience." "Right." "It'scolorful,it has character, and you look at it and you want to know more." "WhatAndreais givingusis wearable art." "She had taken poetry that she had written and she applied it." "She actually silk-screened it onto her garments, and I thought that was really cool." "That's something I have never seen." "Ihavethis,Idon'tgivea  flying [bleep] attitude." "If you don't get it, you don't get it, you know?" "Upnext,agroupofdesigners who embody the true heart, soul, and spirit of an artist." "Myuniformis sequinedshorts with ripped up leggings." "I wear these in the winter," "I wear these in summer," "I wear these to bed." "[Upbeat music]" "♪ ♪" "Welcomebackto Project" "Runway Season 10 casting special, the Road to the" "Runway." "Weird, wacky, and wonderful-- these designers tend to zig when you think they're gonna zag, they're unpredictable, and they're offbeat." "But the one thing you can always depend on--their personalities are just as colorful as the garments they design." "[Upbeat music]" "Mynameis KooanKosuke." "[Camera shutter clicking]" "Not everybody in Japan is like me, just so you know." "Hi." "[Laughter]" "I'm from Japan." "Mm-hmm." "Icamehere,2001, and I learned English and I went to a school here, graduated." "And now I work as a freelance designer." "[Camera lens clicking]" "I like jumpsuits that they can just wear." "Verycute." "What's next?" "Ihave"a stagefrightening."" "I have to go to the bathroom, so the whole time when I was in front of the judges, I was like," ""I want to go to the bathroom." "I want to go," so I didn't think about trying to be shy at all." "My thing is more about fun." "Also this is not a costume." "It's--I like something that is movable." "You can dance in the club." "It's sparkly." "It's just really a traditional kimono." "I wanted to bring something that would represent my culture." "Is my English understandable?" "Yes." "Okay,that'sgood." "IlikedKooan'sstyle." "I liked his sort of hip, cool, young fashion artsy kid in" "Tokyo." "I think that he'll do well in the kooky challenge, you know?" "Or maybe avant-garde." "He might surprise you." "It might be like a samurai warrior goddess couture." "Thisisin Queens." "Come on in." "[Asian-sounding music]" "Ta-da." "Rice cooker." "Eeehh." "My father's side is mad conservative." "My mother's side is kind of crazy." "And my mother is a graphic designer, but my mother died." "I got the notice by email because my phone was dead." "It's really weird, but now that" "I say "we," but I really feel like she's in me right now." "I like mixing fabric because it's like mixing cultures." "Camouflageleopard." "It's interesting." "Almost looks liquid." "Oh,oh,oh ." "[Laughter]" "Ireallylikeyourstuff." "I think it really has a fun sense of humor and a lot of spirit." "He has a really strong point of view, and it's a different point of view that we've ever seen from any of the contestants." "I don't think we've seen this kind of aesthetic walk down the final runway, and I think that he has a really good shot to make it to fashion week." "'CauseI cameallthe way  from Japan to learn this [bleep]" "English, you know what I mean?" "Oh, I shouldn't curse." "Thank you so much." "Thankyouso much." "Ehhh,I haveto go to the bathroom." "Ah-ah!" "Nnn-mmm, hmm hmm hmm." "[Gong sound effect] #makeitwork,Kooan,Ilove you." "[Upbeat music]" "Hi,I 'mBuffi,andI'm going to walk you through my wardrobe." "I love mixing prints together." "You're thinking right now, sequins, animal, skulls, big no-no." "Big yes, actually." "My uniform is sequined shorts with ripped-up leggings." "I wear these in the winter." "I wear these in the summer." "I wear these to bed." "I don't think you can ever have too many tutus." "Hi." "Hi,Buffi." "Myclothesare,you know, fun, entertaining." "I like to wear things that make me happy." "Shouldwegetintoit?" "Um,I broughtmy famous--it's gonna be famous--famous circle top." "It's reversible." "It can be belted." "It can be loose." "This is fitted along the bottom like this." "Startrek,huh?" "Yeah,it'slike,um," "Barbarella." "Itkinda--itkindalooks like that on the hanger, but when you see it on, it" "Itlooks" "Doesn'tlookso techy." "Andtheproblemwithmy clothes is, they don't hang well on a hanger, which is, like, a bit of an issue." "[Laughter]" "Slightly." "SoI broughtthese,whichare called angry mittens." "They're little, uh, gloves." "Mm-hmm." "AndI likemixingin- - that'scool." "Somecolorsandstufflike  that." "I'mnotcrazyaboutallthe metallic fabrics." "Youaren't?" "Becausetheycaneasilyread  as sort of cheap." "Idoagreethatthemetallic does kind of look tacky but, you know, I am a little bit tacky, like, you know?" "I am half-Indian, half-Australian." "I was born in England just so I got the passport." "Such a good passport." "I grew up in Dubai in the" "Middle East." "MTV followed me around for Dubai" "Fashion Week." "So everyone on the show will be like, "Buffi think she's a big deal in Dubai."" "I'm so single." "I have a really bad habit of dating the same guy over and over again." "I'ma hugefanofBuffi." "We had a lot of hopefuls come into that room with this kind of kooky, kitschy kind of aesthetic, but Buffi did it really well." "Ireallylikedher look." "She impressed me by her presentation." "She looked funky." "She looked cool." "It was sort of like, "oh, look at pat field 20 years ago."" "Thisisn'tan actualoutfit." "Please do not be horrified." "AndI wouldgiveyou ayes." "Ilikethefactthat you're wanting to send out a signature." ""This is my thing." "This is what I want to be known for."" "No one we've seen has that, so I applaud you for that." "I'mgonnasaynojust because he said yes." "[Laughter]" "No, it's a yes for me too." "Oh,God,don'tfreakmeout." "[Laughter]" "You know, I said I was famous in Dubai, didn't I?" "[Laughs]" "Okay." "[Upbeat music]" "Hey,guys." "My name is Fabio Costa, and I live in New York City." "I have frames on my wall that don't have any image in them." "An empty space means that I can put whatever I want in it." "I wear hats almost every day." "I am a freegan." "Being a freegan means that you, um, do your grocery shopping at dumpsters at any supermarket." "I'm gonna wear this on the show for sure." "I love wearing dresses." "I love wearing skirts." "And I love the shape of this." "[Upbeat music]" "Hey,Fabio." "Myinfluencesarevery" "Japanese, and I like the structure, and I like the way of pleating, and I like juxtapositions and contrasting proportions, so if it's short, it's wide, and if it's long, it's slim." "And then, for the top bodice, I call it dissecting, so it's almost like you dissect the back piece so it's not like typically joined at the front." "With this piece, I like to play a lot with, like, seaming." "Itlooksbeautiful." "It looks almost very come what may, you know, but, you know-- oh,thankyou." "That's a great compliment." "Iwouldtotallyagreewith  that." "Ireallylikedhis designs,I have to say." "It looked intellectual, a little conceptual, but at the same time, elegant." "Iwouldlovetogetinto" "Fabio's head for a day while he's working in the workroom." "He has so many great ideas, and he's so fearless, and he has a very distinct voice." "Ifyoubringthe neckpiece down, it gives you a very monastic feel about it, you know?" "WhatI likeaboutyou is--and your clothes say it too, is that you're not afraid to get really involved in your process and experiment and really approach it in an organic, artistic way." "I'mfromthissmalltown in the southeast of Brazil, and my family, being very" "Catholic and very, like, narrow-minded, and being that" "I wanted to go to fashion school, but my mom is like-- she's like, "I'll pay for it, as long as you don't turn gay on me."" "I'm like, "Well, I--you can't be turned any more 'cause" "I'm already gay."" "And then the phone dropped on the floor." ""What did you just tell your mother?" "She just fainted."" "I was like, "oh, I just came out."" "If I make it to fashion week and if I have a fashion show, if I get on that runway before" "I have to, like, explain my collection, I would faint." "Upnext,theout-of-towners take on New York." "You know what they say." "If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere." "I'mnotscaredof, like,any other designer." "Like, I just wanna kick some ass, and that's my biggest goal." "[Upbeat music]" "♪ ♪" "NewYorkCityhas aspecial kind of energy." "You will not find it anywhere else in the world." "Making your mark here as a fashion designer really does mean you've arrived." "This next group of talented designers hail from the" "Midwest, but don't let their small town charm fool you." "They are in it to win it." "Takeone." "[Board clacks]" "Hey,ProjectRunwayfans." "My name is Alicia." "I'm originally from Kentucky." "I grew up there." "I was always really creative as a kid." "I liked to draw and color, and now I'm working on my thing." "Alicia?" "Yes,I 'mAlicia." "I think where my aesthetic comes in to make it different is the silhouette, is the shapes." "I think all of that comes together and creates something different." "Isthisoneofyours?" "Yes." "It's called original tomboy." "IlovedwhatAliciawas wearing." "It was practical, it was functional." "That's really cool." "That'scool." "Iwouldwearthat." "It'sgroovy." "Yeah." "Thisshirt,Iactually designed for a company not too long ago." "We have the zipper trims here." "This piece here is sort of emblematic of my style-- a long-sleeved knit top." "It's simple but modern with a fresh new take." "I've actually been telling my family since I was young that I didn't want to get married and have kids, and then it wasn't till college that I figured out why." "[Laughs]" "This is my girlfriend Lauren." "We've been together, I think it's been four years." "♪ ♪" "Thejeansareamazing." "I love them." "Yeah,thosearereallycute ." "Alicia'sdesignaestheticwas  very Williamsburg lesbian chic." "Ilovethelittlewell pocket on the inside." "Oh,yeah,it 'slike" "Youcouldcarryyourknifein there." "Exactly,lipstick,knife." "Everythingthatshewas  showing was her lifestyle." "There'sa tomboylookin fashion that comes in and out, you know, and I think right now is a good time for it to hit big." "[Upbeat music]" "♪ ♪" "Hi." "I'm Melissa, and welcome to my flat in San Francisco." "♪ ♪" "I was born and raised in" "Michigan." "I remember my mother, uh, growing up." "She saved all her clothes from the '60s, um, so I would dress up in her clothes, just go around in my house." "Hi." "Hi." "Hi,Melissa." "Hi." "Tellusaboutyourself." "Well,I justfinishedmyMFA at the Academy of Art in" "December." "Okay,andwhoisyour girl ?" "She'sindependent." "She likes to travel." "Shelikesto wearalotof black?" "Yeah." "[Upbeat music]" "♪ ♪" "This is my closet." "My favorite color is black, and" "I wear it almost every day." "I would say my look has somewhat of a Gothic edge to it without being too Gothic in a way." "So this is my prized possession." "This is my--it's called the" ""vute" perfecto." "Mm-hmm." "Herecomesthisblonde,sweet girl." "You almost expect leggings and" "Southern California Boho chic, but then you look at her rack, and it was all black, and it was like, "who are you?"" "♪ ♪" "Your rack is--I love it." "You've got a definite style." "AndI wouldwearyourown clothes." "Insteadofthatvest,put that vest on." "See?" "Yeah." "Hi." "Better." "'Causeyou'reselling yourself, you're selling your line." "No one's gonna sell you better than you sell you." "Thisisnow--thisis believable." "Like, I get it." "It was a simple, "take off that vest and put on that vest that you made," and it completely changed the entire picture." "She really does have a shot to make to fashion week." "Theuniversehasspoken." "It's my time." "This kind of fell in my lap and" "I'm ready to do it." "Hello." "Welcome, come in please." "[Thud]" "Oh." "Hey, what's up?" "Welcome to my New York apartment." "I'm Nathan, come on in." "My name is Nathan Paul McDonald" "II." "I was born in Zanesville, Ohio, and it's this very small, small, kind of backwards, I think, kind of town." "There's around 40,000 people there." "Hi, how are you all?" "Good." "Good,howareyou ?" "I'mgood,thankyou ." "Tellusaboutyourself." "Iwouldclassifymyselfasa social occasion designer." "This is actually a square piece of fabric that I've taken and pleated and tucked so that it's just one piece that wraps around the body." "IreallylikedNathan." "You could just feel it that he loves what he does and that he's born to do fashion." "[Laughter]" "I was raised in Ohio." "My father, being a pastor, he always had this notion of how we were supposed to look." "I wore suits to school." "And so it was good growing up in a big family." "We went to school, we came home, we ate dinner, and we went to church." "You go to the bowling alley, you're going to hell." "You go roller skating, you're going to hell." "We had to wear a full--go to the beach fully clothed." "My father didn't really understand fashion and all of that." "I had moved away, and Project" "Runway actually came on TV, and he called me up and, for the first time in my life, he's like, "Nate, this fashion industry is a real thing." "This is like a real business."" "Project Runway restored my relationship with my father, and now he's like my number one supporter." "[Upbeat music]" "♪ ♪" "I'm designing to win, and so I don't think it's always about who is the best designer but who plays the game the smartest." "I think I could definitely win." "Ithinkhe wasthe whole package, and he designs really well." "He doesn't over-think and he doesn't under-think, and he doesn't underestimate himself or his work." "Tell dad I said hi." "Iwill." "[Laughter]" "He'll probably know who you are." "[Laughs]" "You'vegotthatattitude." "[Laughs]" "Yourbitchyattitude." "[Upbeat music]" "Hey,I amRaul,and this is my house." "Um, welcome." "So this is my place." "It's in Minneapolis, Minnesota." "This is my closet." "My style is a little bit, um-- like I said, there's an influence of midwestern." "I made this one." "This shirt is just fun to wear." "Every time that I wear it, people ask me where I got it from, and I'm like," ""made by me."" "Hello." "Hi." "Howareyou?" "Thisisaverysimple,hot dress, some front slits." "I try to keep things a little provocative, but also I want it to be classy." "I don't want it to be vulgar." "This is a part of a show that I did called, "the little black dress."" "[Laughter]" "Um, and, uh, we were supposed to, like, have our own interpretation of what the little black dress should be." "Right." "Peoplearefreetohave their own opinion." "I'm not designing for the whole world." "I'm designing for a very vain woman." "Like, she doesn't care." "She's very secure." "She will go to the grocery store wearing it." "Like, she doesn't care people will think that she's overdressed." "♪ ♪" "Years ago, I used to be very shy." "From a previous relationship, I felt, like, very tiny." "You know, like, very little." "After that was done, I decided that I was gonna concentrate on making myself the best designer that I could be, 'cause this is the only thing that I actually have is my, you know, the" "talent." "I'm not scared of, like, any other designer." "Like, I just want to kick some ass, and that's my biggest goal." "IthinkthatRauldefinitely has a good chance in the competition." "He talks, his clothes talk, and that's what we need walking down the runway." "Thefashionworldishuge , but this is Raul's world, and" "I'm the one who's doing it." "Upnext,16 designersinless  than five minutes--your final recap before Project Runway" "Season Ten begins." "[Upbeat music]" "♪ ♪" "Sonowyou'reprivytoall 16 Project Runway finalists." "To help you keep track, we leave you with a brief recap of each designer." "But first, Nick and Mondo have some very definite opinions about which designers will be placed in the top three." "Herearemy topthree." "Okay." "Areyouready?" "I'mready." "Ven." "Okay." "Dmitry." "No." "Melissa." "Eehh." "Oh." "Mytopthree,Iagree with you, Ven." "Technically, I think he's the strongest designer here." "Yes." "IloveFabio." "Thankyou." "That's a great compliment." "Who'syourthird?" "Beatrice." "I know." "Really?" "Yes." "Butdon'tyouthinkthat  she's a one-note knit girl?" "One-noteknitgirl?" "Yeah." "[Laughter]" "I just made that up right now." "Well,maybe." "Listen, they all have their point of view." "Right." "It'sreallyjustabout getting the challenges done." "That'strue." "All right, now, that we've completely confused you guys, here's a scorecard to get you back on track." "[Upbeat music]" "♪ ♪" "Iwannado my best and I wanna win." "I wanna show Nina Garcia," "Michael Kors, and Heidi Klum, and Tim Gunn that I am the next big thing." "I'minfluenceddefinitelyby the '80s, and I love putting together, like, prints in different loud, fun colors, and I do think outside of the box." "Iloveclothes." "I live for it." "I breathe for it." "I'm on the go constantly, and that's my girl." "Like, she's on the go, she wants to look great, and she doesn't wanna think about it." "IthinkIcan totallywin" "Project Runway." "[Laughs]" "I have big talent." "I have lot of experience." "I have personality." "I have what it takes." "Icallmyselfan anti-fashionista fashionista." "I think I have an advantage." "I'm older, I'm more confident, and I--and I have brass balls." "I'vealwaysbeenalittle, you know, a little bit of a black sheep in terms of fashion, so I've been used to, like, going against the grain, you know, pretty much since high" "school." "I think I could produce some really cool stuff." "Itmakesme emotional,and  it makes me, like, choke up a little bit when I think of the possibility of, like, showing on fashion week, 'cause it's something that every designer dreams of." "Mywholeresumeisjust  winning." "My aesthetic is sexy but it's sophisticated." "I feel like the talent is there, and I've worked really hard to be where I am." "Iliketo takethe basic classic shapes and ramp them up with unusual textures and things that people wouldn't normally even consider doing." "I definitely think I'll be one of the top three to finish, for sure." "Attheendoftheday,I 'man  evening wear designer." "I view fashion as an art, and I feel that I have a voice, I have a message to give to the world, and I want to have a platform to do that." "Ihaveauniquepointof view that, you know, honestly, not to toot my own horn, I haven't seen before." "If somebody is trying to sabotage me in a way, my claws will come out, and they will feel the wrath of Elena." "Yeah,I canbecome,like, that kind of crazy artist," "I think, sometimes, where I just start pacing and getting in the zone and trying to problem solve, and I guess it just becomes my life in a way." "The universe has spoken." "It's my time." "Clothesisagreatwayto, like, empower people, and that's what I like, I work to do." "The fashion world is huge, but this is Raul's world." "Youknow,Imadeeverything that I did in a week." "I did--you know, there wasn't much sleeping, there wasn't much eating." "There was a lot of coffee, you know, and a lot of cigarettes, and a lot of tears." "Sometimes it's a fight to death." "I'm coming back." "This is my year for redemption." "WhatI wannado is ,uh ,make clothing that makes people happy when they wear." "So I make some love, right?" "That's what I think I do." "I made a love." "There'snothingelseinthe world that matters to me but designing clothes." "I see myself going down this runway." "Like, my clothes are gonna go down the runway." "I'm going to make it to fashion week." "I just--I keep telling myself that I'm going to make it to fashion week." "Whata diverseand fascinating group." "I cannot wait to see how they do on the show." "Happy tenth anniversary," "Project Runway." "== sync, corrected by elderman =="