"This is Project Runway." "I want to be a fashion icon at the level of Dior, Tom Ford, or Karl Lagerfeld." "I want to be a household name." "Hello?" "Sweet." "But if I'm not having fun, I don't want to do it." "How's that?" " [Thud, creaking] - [Beep]" "I'm really drawn to the vintage feel, but I add in my elements to create a very sophisticated but edgy modern look." "My name's Janeane." "I'm 27 years old, and I'm from Portland, Oregon." "This is so exciting to be in New York." "I've never been here, and I'm kind of dorking out about it a little bit." "Oh, my God." "[Chuckles] Wow." "I like things that are not specific to a time and not attached to any sort of, like, trend." "But to show at Bryant Park..." "Oh, my God." "The thought of that almost, like, obviously makes me want to cry." "That would be the beginning of everything." "It would change my life." " Wow!" "Oh, my God!" " Hi." "Hi." "I'm Janeane." "I'm Ping." "Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you, too." "I'm American-trained physical therapist and Italian-trained fashion designer." "I work as a physical therapist from 9 to 5, so I know how body moves and functions." "I'm always searching for the simplest cut to liberate the body movement." " Hey." " Seth Aaron." " Ben." "Good to meet you." " Ben, nice to meet you." " Is this the whole place?" " Yeah." "You don't want that first one." "We'll talk about it later." "I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama." "Honey..." "[laughing] ...it is hell being black, gay in the ghetto." " Hello." " [Seth Aaron, Ben] Hey." "Wow." "That's quite a suitcase." "Honey, I brought Georgia with me." "I'm Anthony." "My ultimate goal is to be one of the gown designers for Miss USA and Miss Universe." "I don't really care for Miss America." "But I feel like if life has called me for such a time as now, then Anthony needs to rise to the occasion, period." "I'm Jay." "I'm 31, and I'm from San Francisco." "My design aesthetic is very eclectic." "I like things to be dramatic." "I don't want to make a lot of money." "I don't want to be a millionaire." "It's about doing what I love." " Which bed is broken?" " The first one." "Jay, That's your bed." "So not so special." "I'm the skinniest amongst the four of us, so I think I should be fine there." " I'm 180." " I'm 145." "152." " And I'm thirsty." " [Laughter]" " Hi." " [Ping, Janeane] Hi." " I'm Pamela." " Hi." "I had a complete different career before this." "So the last few years have been my main starting point for fashion." "I worked in advertising and went as far as I could with it." "I got to the top position that I wanted, and then I was like, "Okay, more challenge." "What's new?"" "I have my own small design business where I do custom work for private clients." "I'm totally a type A personality." "I like to be at the top constantly." " Oh!" " Somebody new." " Hi." "My name is Anna." " Hello." "Oh, wow." "I can't believe this." "I'm kind of an animal when it comes to competition." "[Growls] I'll do anything to win." "I recently started to try taking designs... maybe a pretty dress or a pretty cocktail coat... and hand painting on them, splatter painting on them." "I'm trying to discover the place where gritty meets pretty." "Hey." "Hey." "Jesse." "I'm Jesse Lenoir." "I'm 24 years old, from Orlando, Florida." "Uh, I actually was an actor." "I work at Disney World." "I work there as a pirate." "Sort of the most famous pirate you could probably think of." "But along the way, learning to be an actor," "I learned how to sew, and I then expanded upon that and taught myself how to design." "I'm self-taught, too." " We gotta stick together." " Yeah, exactly." "I took a little detour from fashion design, and for the last 12 to 13 years, I've been a costume designer, mostly for television and film." "I actually think that my experience has made me see fashion from different angles." "I feel so ready to show the world what I can do." " How are you?" " Good." "How are you?" "I'm Maya." "I like fashion that takes risks." "When I was in high school, I was really inspired by punk rock and rock and roll." "I do collect vinyl." "I love music." "Music and fashion go hand in hand." "I like your haircut." "High five for bangs." "High five." "I didn't know my little sister was gonna be on the show." "Really?" " How are you?" " I'm Maya." " Nice to meet you." " Christiane." " It's so nice." " I know." "It smells good, too." "My name's Jesus." "I'm 21 years old." "I am young, but I'm ready for it because I am very confident, and I feel like I'm a very talented person." " Hey." " What's up?" "I think I have a really, really big sense of imagination that's guiding me towards being a great designer." " What's your specialty?" " Evening and couture." " Cool." " So you guys better watch out." " Bring it on." " Hi." " Hey." " Hi." "My name is Emilio." "What's your name?" " I'm Jonathan." " [Jesus] Emilio." "[Spanish]" "[Laughter]" "We'll teach you guys Spanish." "My name is Amy Sarabi." "I'm 25 years old, from Oakland, California." "[Women] Hi." "I think that my Iranian background has definitely affected my design aesthetic." "The visual motifs and things are always around my house." "But I really love innovation." "I like being different." ""Dear Designers, welcome to New York and to Project Runway." ""I look forward to meeting all of you, so please join Tim and me on the rooftop"..." ""For a celebratory toast."" "[All] "Love, Heidi"!" "You were supposed to read that in German." " In German." " In German." "[Janeane] All of a sudden, it's happening." "Project Runway's starting." "Hi, everybody." "Welcome to Project Runway." "[Cheering]" "As you can see, we have returned to our original New York home, the Atlas," "Gotham's luxury apartment building here in Manhattan's Fashion District." "And now I would like to introduce you to the one and only Tim Gunn." "[Cheering]" "He's the chief creative officer of Liz Claiborne, and he will be your mentor during your time here on Project Runway." "Welcome, designers." "Never before have we had a group of designers who possess such a strong spirit of innovation, so many different creative points of view, and who know how to create clothes that can navigate the real world." "And we will see a lot of each other because we'll be together in the workroom at Parsons the New School for Design." "It will be hard, and you will have to work a lot." "So before we get started, let's have a little champagne." "I'm a little pregnant, so I'm gonna have a little apple cider." "[Tim] Come forward, everybody." "Come forward." "Grab a glass." " I'm Anthony." " Anthony." " Good to meet you." " Nice to be meeting you, ladies." " Chicago." "But originally from China." " Chicago." " What's this down here?" " That's Lower Manhattan." " And this is, uh, the crazy Em..." "Em..." " The Empire State Building." " That's the Empire State Building?" " Yeah." " Oh, my God." " My name is Emilio Sosa." "I am 43 years old, and I am from New York City." "See, this used to be my town, too." "Yes." "I'm representing." "I ended up working in costumes because I needed a job." "But I'm still designing fashion." "It just happens to fit the framework of the show that I'm working in." "It's great to design beautiful showstoppers." "But my goal is to have my clothing on people's back that I ride the subways with." "[Heidi] And what's your style like?" "[Ben]" "My style is not always, like, extremely feminine, pretty." "I still have that kind of comic book sensibility." "I like to see somebody evolve into another personality when they put something on of mine." "I use a lot of textures, a lot of layers, a lot of colors." "I lived in the Ivory Coast for about 21 years." "It's a place where color is 24/7." "I think it makes women look beautiful." "I have received an award for best haute couture." "I have had a few dresses worn on the red carpet very recently." "I mean, I'm good." "[Laughter]" "What about you?" "I would say that I sort of define myself as an artist, and I'm working in the direction of fashion design." "I just spent four years at the Rhode Island School of Design studying printmaking." "It taught me to scrutinize my work, and it taught me to have a really clear design process." "I am so excited to get started." "Would you all please gather around?" "I just want to start now." "I want to start." "Tomorrow morning, you will meet me in Central Park and learn the details of your first challenge." " Cheers." " To season seven." " [Cheering] - [Heidi] To Project Runway!" "Cheers!" "Wow." "[Whooping]" "[Christiane] So we arrive at Central Park, and we see tons and tons of fabrics laying around." "[Anthony] And I'm thinking to myself, "Lord, have mercy." "Mood Fabrics has come out here and hanged their fabrics to dry."" "Good morning, designers, and welcome to Central Park." "[Designers] Good morning." "As you look around, you'll see that Mood Fabrics has generously donated hundreds of yards of textiles in myriad colors, textures and patterns." "And as beautiful as the textiles are, they are missing something, and that something is you..." "your vision." "For this first challenge, it's critically important that your look embody who you are as a designer." "We get to design our own thing that represents us." "When I say "go,"" "you will have three minutes to gather as much fabric as you can, and then I'm gonna take you to the workroom at Parsons." "Oh, smack." "Three minutes." " Mad dash." " Grab it." "Ready, set," " go!" " [Squealing]" "[Emilio] Tim says "go,"" "and we are like fat people at an open buffet in Vegas." "[Screams]" "You can't stop anyone." "[Squealing]" "I automatically thought, "Okay, go for the colors,"" "because I'm all about colors." "[Designers yelling]" "All right, designers." "Time is up." "I need you to gather around here." "As you know, in fashion, an editing eye is critically important, and I'm giving you your first opportunity to edit." "Out of all these fabrics that you've gathered, you are to select five to take back to the workroom." "Edit away." "[Woman] Oh, no." "I have to pick one to give up?" "No, I don't want to give anything up." "What if I need that one?" "It's like your leg." "You don't want to cut it off." "Everybody, you have two minutes..." "two minutes to finish editing." "Oh, my God." "I like your fabric." "I think I grabbed all the ugliest fabric among the group." "Oh, no!" "I have no idea." "No idea." " We have less than a minute." " One, two..." " These the ones that you're taking?" " Yeah." " Okay." "You need to unfurl it, too..." " Oh." " 'Cause it has to go into your Mood bag." " It doesn't wrap." "Designers, you have 30 seconds remaining." " [Laughter]" " I don't know how to do this." " It doesn't fold." " [Chanting] Go, Ping." "Go, Ping." "Go, Ping." " [Anthony] Ping." " [Cheering]" "Ping-Pong." "[Applause]" "All right, designers." "Let me take you to the workroom." "Follow me." "[Seth Aaron] The first challenge..." "If you don't pick your vision and shove it in the judges' face, right down their throat and say, "This is who I am,"" "I think you might be in trouble." "Coming up on Project Runway..." " Oh, honey." " Are you doing a whole new dress right now?" "I can't send it down the runway." "We've never had anyone just not finish." "I'm scared that this could be really devastating." "[Designers whooping]" " Are we neighbors?" " We are neighbors." " Welcome home." " Thank you." " Hi, everybody." " [Designers] Hi, Tim." "So you found your space." "And next door is the Brother sewing room which is fully equipped with Brother sewing machines." "I want you to know that you have until midnight tonight and a little bit of time tomorrow to finish your look." "And I'm very excited to introduce the HP TouchSmart Notebooks." "There's one for each of you." "This new technology will allow you to work in a creative and innovative way that's greatly enhanced from a regular sketchbook." "So if you choose to use them, please do." "For this first challenge, we've pre-assigned a model for each of you, and that card contains her measurements." "This will be very important to your look." "And the winner of this challenge will have immunity and cannot be eliminated in the next challenge." " [Cheering]" " Thank you." "This is such an important challenge because this is your only chance to show the judges what makes you different from the other designers." "So I'm going over the top, full Seth Aaron, in your face, day one." "Hopefully it pays off." "My design is a black cocktail dress with an inset panel of angled pleats and a pleated cap sleeve." "Did you get fabrics that you liked, or..." "Um, I got one piece that I liked, so I'm just using that." "Does anybody know how to make your form stop rolling?" "My first design... color, style, and fit." "I think this one little dress encompasses all that." "My designs look the best if you put on a human body." "So why not just drape fabric on myself?" "Oh, I love this mirror, really." "It make me look so nice." "I'm kind of anticipated my working style will be different than normal approach." "Right now, I think the major challenges people are having is with the time constraint." "[Emilio] Is everyone in the sewing room?" " [Anthony] Everyone's sewing." " [Laughs]" "Shut up." "Don't even remind me." " Hi, everybody." " [Designers] Hi, Tim." "Designers, I'm sending in your models." "I'm not even halfway through the pieces that I'm working on." "You will have 30 minutes with them, so use your time well, okay?" "[Imitating Tim] Time to make it work." " Elizaveta." " You're so cute." "It's too tight." "That's okay." "Easy fix." "This would be up over the bust here." "[No audible dialogue]" "[Ping] Oh, this is so me!" " [Snaps fingers]" " I really love it." "The train's gonna be that long." "[Jesus] After I fit Brittany, I realized that she was 5'11", so I need to make this long." "So exciting." "Kind of like a mermaid-style evening gown with a chiffon train." "We're definitely gonna win." "Oh, God." "This thing is so big." "I think I like it shorter, actually." " I'll see you tomorrow." "Be good." " See you." "Okay, okay." "I gotta get to work." "So enough about sewing." "Let's talk about the important stuff." "What are you guys gonna wear to the runway show tomorrow?" "What are you wearing?" "Something that I can look dignified going home in." "Ohh." " That's a lot of pins." " Well, 'cause I appliqué each stripe." "If I have the time, I'll do a jacket that'll come over this so the red will peek out in the same shape with the jacket." " Hi, everybody." " Hi." "Just here to check in with you and see how you're doing." "Christiane." " Hi, Tim." " Talk to me." "Okay." "So, for my look," "I decided to go with a dress 'cause it's what I do best." "My only concern is that, is it out there enough?" "You need to ask yourself whether not having something hurts it." " Mm-hmm." " From my point of view, finish this impeccably, and stand there with confidence." " Okay." " All right." "Thank you." "Thank you." " Ping?" " Yes?" "Are you cold?" " No." " [Laughing]" "You're all enshrouded." "Well, these are the fabric I got." " This is your look?" " Yes." "Tell me why this is on you." "I do things on me because I don't have dress form at home." "Doing it on you..." "Does it allow you to be objective?" "I would only give it to customers whatever I want to wear myself." "All right." " Not bad, no?" " [Laughing]" "All right." "Go, go, go." "Seth Aaron." "How confident are you in this zipper?" "I love to see zippers." "Does it become cartoonish?" "This challenge is to represent, who is Seth Aaron?" " Yeah." " That's what I'm doing." " All right." "Go for it." " All right." " Hi, Tim." " Talk to me." "Well, this is my little black dress that I'm working on." "Here's my difficulty." " This fabric shows everything." " Yeah." "I'm so distracted by how it puckers" " and how those seams don't lay flat." " Yeah." "My heart is just sinking slowly." "Just clean it up as much as you can." "At this point, I'm realizing I can't send it down the runway." "I cannot send it down the runway." "But I think I can fix it." "I'm gonna fix this." "I have to fix this." " So how's Anthony doing?" " Anthony's wonderfully well." "Talk to me." "I didn't want to do just an all-over green floral-print dress, but none of this is working for me." " It's not working for me, either." " It's not working for me at all." " This is the starring actress." " [Chuckles]" "Why would you introduce a poor supporting player?" "Well, I didn't introduce her." "I just introduced her to you." "But obviously you just decided you don't want to meet her, so we're gonna put her out." "[Tim] Thanks, Anthony." "It went better than I thought it would." "Hello, Jesus." "Was this a need to put the seam in here, or was this a design plan?" " It was a need..." " A need." "...because originally it was gonna be short." " Oh, I see." " Then when I saw my model," " I said I'm gonna make it..." " Ohhh." "...into a mermaid long-train dress." "I'm just looking at how it's constructed, and I find it disturbing." "In a manner of speaking, it was an afterthought." "Yeah." "I'm not confident that it wouldn't have been just as successful, if not more, as a short dress." " This don't bother me at all." " All right." "Make it work." " I will." " All right?" "Thank you." " Emilio." " I wanted to create an ombré, but using fabric..." "All right." "I have one comment to make." " And I think this is fabulously done." " Yeah." "I'm just looking at a top that's still very unfinished." "We've never had anyone in the whole history of this show just not finish, ever." "My knees buckled." "[Beep]" "My skirt is still in pieces on the table." "All right." "Designers, I'm thrilled that you're being as ambitious as you're being." "At the same time, some of you may have to recalibrate your ambitions according to the time frame, because I am seriously worried about it." "So, for the rest of the night, sew, cut, drape, do whatever you need to do to finish this." "Thank you." "Have a good night." " Bye, Tim." " I'll see you tomorrow." "Oh, honey." "This is the last thing I can handle right now." "I just want to be finished." "This is, like, high level of stress." "I think my dress very well could get me the win." "I'm just crossing my fingers that it fits perfectly when Kelly tries it on tomorrow." "[Janeane] I'm seeing these amazing pieces people have spent all day doing, and less than two hours to go, I started over, completely." "Now, are you doing a whole new dress right now?" "Yeah." "I'm hoping that Janeane's gonna pull some tricks out of her big old designer bag, because I'm scared that this could be really devastating." "I only have the top half of the dress done." "[Jonathan] Come on, guys." "Time to go." "Why, why, why me?" "Coming up on Project Runway..." "Oh, [beep]." "[Tim] Designers, in five minutes, we're walking down to the runway." "For some reason, my zipper won't go up." "[Whooshing]" "My work is just so different." "Ping may go home." "It's a mix of anticipation, fear..." " Like, already starting to sweat." "...excitement, uncertainty, exhaustion." "[Seth Aaron] I can see some panic in people's faces." "Do as much as you can until they say "Runway time."" "I'm thinking about getting as much done as possible, because I know there's still a lot to do, having restarted my entire design at the last minute." "I have not even put my garment on my model yet." "That's my biggest concern right now." "It's not, like, crazy chiffon" " that's gonna be ridiculous." " Yeah." "Yeah." "Yeah." " I would take the time to roll it." " Yeah." "Yeah, 'cause it looks messy." "I do think Christiane could've pushed her design a little further." "Her lack of construction skills are really going to be detrimental to her." "You have time, you know?" "[Whooshing]" "My work is just so different." "The judges may either like it or hate it." "Ping's outfit is... very Ping." "Ping may go home." " Good morning, everyone." " [Designers] Good morning, Tim." "Designers, it's your first runway day." " [Whooping, applause]" " This is a very big moment." "Yes, yes." "It's exciting, and it's a little terrifying at the same time." "I'm about to send in your models." "You will have an hour to send them to the Garnier hair salon and the L'Oréal Paris makeup room, okay? very thoughtfully, very strategically." "It's the source for your accessories." "All right." "I'm sending in your models." "[Whooping, applause]" "Ooh!" "Hi!" "Hello!" "Hello!" " How you doing?" " Take off." "Take off." "[Model] I'll take it off." "Brittany comes in, and I put her in the dress, and she looks fabulous, and my first feeling is I'm gonna be one of the top three." " So here's the top, and this is the skirt." " It's perfect." "Well, I'm nervous because there's a great deal of work to be done to my garment." "Time..." "Let's just say time is not officially on my side." "This dress was missing me." "I'm really, really anxious to see what the judges will say about the designs." "I'm feeling pretty good about my dress." "[Jonathan]" "Yeah, I'm feeling good now that I, like, saw it on her, and it fits." "Don't touch it." "Let's stroke it a little." "Miraculously, the dress..." "it's really, really good." "Minor adjustments, and we're good to go." "Oh, [beep]." "I'm going off." "I'm thinking I will finish it on time." "The little pinhole of light at the end of the tunnel has been blooming over the past few hours, and I'm seeing her coming down the runway in a finished look, and I'm very happy with that." "Bangs like needles." "Hair just up, off of her head." "I think we should just go with a classic, beautiful smoky eye." "Thank you." "[Chattering]" "Designers and models, in five minutes, we're walking down to the runway." " Five minutes." " Thank you, Tim." "Thank you, Tim." " Is that okay?" " Oh, absolutely, yeah." "[Seth Aaron] My garment's complete." "It's on." "I'm feeling good." "Could I win?" "Absolutely." "For some reason, my zipper won't go up." "The tensions I have..." "I'm sweating like a Baptist preacher." "The reality of it is I still have to produce a garment." "And right now, failure is not an option." "[Tim] Designers and models, this is it." "Your first runway show." " [Whooping, applause]" " Yay!" "This first one is gonna be an eye-opener for everyone." "It's gonna be, like, a reality check." " It's a record." " Done." "Coming up on Project Runway..." "I think it looks like you glued a few different dresses together." "To be honest, I don't know how fashionable it is." "Welcome to the runway." "As you know, in fashion, one day you're in, and the next day you're out." "The winner of Project Runway will receive a fashion spread in marie claire magazine, an opportunity to sell your line on Bluefly." "Com, a $50,000 technology suite to create, design and run your business from HP and Intel, and $100,000 from L'Oréal Paris to launch your line." "All right." "Let's meet the judges." "First, we have top American designer" " Michael Kors." " Hey, guys." "Fashion director for marie claire magazine, Nina Garcia, and TV personality and designer of House of Harlow 1960, who'll be launching her own apparel line this spring," " Nicole Richie." " [Whooping, applause]" "We will score your designs as they come down the runway." "One of you will be named the winner, and one of you will be out." "Let's start the show." "My garment looks amazing, smart, unique, thoughtful, but it wasn't a costume." "It was as perfect as it could get." "The dress looks better than it did in the workroom." "I don't have a doubt in my mind that all the judges are gonna look at it and totally get what I am about." "As Brittany is walking down the runway," "I think it shows it fits her perfect." "And it's very glamour/evening." "I think the chiffon train looks beautiful." "So I'm confident." "I feel this dress represents me as a designer." "It has this futuristic appeal, but also a little bit of retro." "This is a good first impression for the judges." "I definitely felt great about my garment." "It's something that I believe in." "It's me." "It's a Jay Nicolas Sario signature." "Sarah walking down the runway is totally amazing." "The pink color of it and the youthful quality of the dress," "I think, shows them that I'm happy." "As the dress comes down to the runway," "I realize that I hit it right on the head... fit, construction." "The dress moves like a dream." "It is the perfect dress." "My garment looks great up there on the runway." "The amount of detail that I put into this and the amount of tailoring that I put into this and the way it fits her, I think, shows that I've got a lot of skill there." "And that's really what my goal was." "It looks fantastic on her." "And the overall look is really what I designed." "There's no way I would do any changes." "It feels great to see my dress walk down the runway." "I'm hoping to show the judges what my design philosophy's all about... the draping and the texture and the color that I use." "Seeing my piece come down the runway is really exciting." "It's creative, and it's innovative." "Well done for one day's time." "I'm so happy I somehow found it in me to start from the top at the last second and create something that looked really lovely." "I'm staring at it." "I'm obsessing about every little wrinkle in it." "But for me, the most important thing was the silhouette, and I think that that definitely reflected me as a designer." "My dress gives some voice to who I am as a designer." "I love the actual fabric, the colors." "I like the volume on the side." "I like all of those aspects about my dress." "I feel pretty proud of myself, actually, considering that I'm new to creating rapidly." "So I felt like I did pretty well." "It still feels like a dream to be here." "I feel very accomplished to be here with my peers, even though I do want to beat them." "If I call your name, please step forward." "Amy." "Anna." "Ben." "Janeane." "Jay." "Jesse." "Jonathan, please step forward." "Maya." "Mila." "Pamela." "If I have called your name, congratulations." "Your scores have qualified you to move on to the next challenge." "You can leave the runway." "Thank you." "The remaining designers have the highest and the lowest scores." "Let's bring out your models." "I'm gonna start with Anthony." "Tell us about your look." "I just wanted to do a different shape, and I wanted to do something that was very functional and very fun and feminine." "I personally like the bottom part of it, but I don't love the top part of it." "I think it looks like you glued a few different dresses together." "And frankly, not a lot of women are gonna wear that appendage on their hips." "I mean, she could go to a garden party" " and steal champagne bottles." " [Snickers]" "My biggest problem is that the fabric and the silhouette... they're very conflicting." "I did write down, "It doesn't fit so great in the back."" "It's a little too short and a little too tight." "It's not straight, and over the butt, it makes these bubbles, right?" "But I actually do think that it's very beautiful, and I think you did really great under pressure." "Thank you." "I actually wasn't expecting..." "You all were actually very nice." "I thought I was literally going to disintegrate standing here." "So thank you." "I survived your words." "Thank you." "Seth Aaron, tell us about your look." "I call this Little Tokyo." "She's going to the MTV Music Awards." "She's rocking it New Wave-punk style." "I think that, from head to toe, you really made everything work." "You understand who you're aiming towards, and you really go for it." "And I think that you really committed." "I think that it's fun." " It shows a point of view." " Thank you." "Can you turn around?" "I really appreciated the back." "I actually loved it." "I love the back." "I actually think a lot of young girls would love to own that dress." "It's pretty commercial." "Ping, tell us about your look." "My garment look just like fabric if you just hang on the hanger." "When you move, the shape changes, the form changes." "I have to say, when your model walked out, she immediately got my attention." "You could create a whole fashion show round this." "This was really a show within itself." "And it's definitely something that I would wear." " I love it." " Oh, thank you." "Clothes have to have some degree of hanger appeal." "When you're presenting your clothes..." "You're presenting it here on a model that looks slightly uncomfortable with your clothes." "No." "I think, though, this is a great opening project." "It really shows who you are as a designer and what you believe in." "Jesus, tell us about your look." "Okay, as you can see, my specialty is evening gown." "The fabric choice, I think, was perfect." "I wanted to show the woman's body." "And my model's beautiful, so it worked perfect." "To be honest, I don't know how fashionable it is." "I don't know." "It's like a huge crocodile trunk exploded on an evening gown." "It's, um..." "I think it's unwieldy, and it's not sexy." "It looks almost as if it was short, and then you decided to make it long, because it has this very unflattering..." " [Michael] The seam." "...seam for it to be a miniskirt." " It was supposed to be originally short." " Aha!" " [Laughter]" " She looks like a Hershey chocolate bar." " She needs some lightness to her." " Okay." "I think that it has potential to be a really great dress if you put a little bit more thought into it." "Christiane, tell us about your look." "I like to make sophisticated, elegant, sexy dresses." "Lots of layers and textures to really complement a woman's body." "I really like the draping that you have on this dress, but I'm not really crazy about this combination of fabrics." "I think you can see every single detail, including the hem, that is not completely finished." "I think there's something about drapery that should look like she just tossed a scarf on." "You've got that going on on the shoulder beautifully, and then all of a sudden, turns around, and it's like," ""Oh, she ran out of fabric and it went into the seam."" "Emilio." "What I wanted to create was a very young, youthful cocktail dress." "I wanted to showcase technical knowledge with construction." " I like that it's deceptively simple..." " Exactly." "...to someone who wouldn't really know any better." " Yes." "But then, on second inspection," " you realize just how much went into it." " Yes." " You made this kind of weaving." " Yes." "It was four layers, and then I attached the skirt, and then segmented the purple onto that." "I appreciate very much your technical work that you've done in this dress." "And, I think, speaking about hanger appeal," "I am sure this dress looks great hanging as well." "Yeah." "I love that full shirt." "It's very fun and sexy at the same time." " I think that it was a great, great choice." " Thank you." "Okay, we've heard what you had to say." "We're gonna have a little chat, and then we'll call you back." "You can leave the runway." "Thank you." "Let's start with Anthony." "I thought there was a problem between the choice of fabric and the silhouette." "There was a contradiction there." "It was kind of like all these, you know, different notes that never came together as a chord." "Well, let's move on to Christiane, which also was a bit unsophisticated, from the color to the shape." "[Michael] Sewn terribly." "The hem from hell." " The puckering." " [Nicole] The hem was the worst." "I think that you have to have a theme." "You have to have a vibe and a feeling, A story." "And there was just nothing." "Let's move on to Jesus." "I actually kind of liked the dress." "There is a sense of the unexpected in his design." "[Michael] I just looked at it and was like... kind of like all the clichés of like, "Wow, isn't that glamorous?"" " You know, "Ooh, she's glamorous."" " In what country?" "In what year?" "I was just gonna say in a lounge in Las Vegas in 1972, that would've been glamorous, but not now." "Let's move on to the ones that we did like." "Let's start with Seth Aaron." "It was youthful, and at the same time," "I think a lot of girls would want to wear that dress." "I'm also intrigued." "I want to know more what he's all about." "And he was one of the few that really gave her a head-to-toe look." "I mean, the hair worked, the makeup worked." "You know, the whole thing." "Okay, let's move on to Emilio." "Also a beautiful dress." "I love that cut of a skirt." "I thought it was really fun and sexy and girlie." "When it's that short, and when it's that flowy, for me it's too sweet." "But then I think the choice of fabric was really smart." "You know, all that work and all that technique looked very special and very expensive." "Okay, let's move on to Ping." "Very unusual." "But I have to say, when her model turned the corner, you were taken away, you were transported." "It was something else." "This was my favorite look." "The challenge was to express who she was, and that's who she is." "So, did we make our decision?" "I think so." "All right." "Let's bring them back out." "The six of you represent the best and the worst." "One of you will be named the winner, and one of you will be out." "The six of you represent the best and the worst." "One of you will be named the winner, and one of you will be out." " Ping." " Yes?" "You're safe." "Well done." "You're in." "You can leave the runway." "Thank you." " Emilio." " Yes?" "We loved your fun, flirty and well-constructed dress." " Thank you very much." " It was innovative and showed us who you are as a designer." "Yes." " Congratulations." " Yes!" "You are the winner of this challenge." "[Emilio] Yes!" "Thank you." "Yes." " You can leave the runway." " Thank you very much, everyone." "Good luck." "Yes." "I think winning the first challenge..." "what it does... it throws down the gauntlet for the other designers." "But it also puts a target on my back." "Being the first one tells everyone this is the guy to watch for." "[Heidi] Seth Aaron, well done." "You're in." "You can leave the runway." "Anthony..." "Anthony, you're in." "You can leave the runway." "You said "in"?" "I said "in" before I change my mind to "Auf Wiedersehen."" "Leave the runway." "Before y'all changes things." "[Heidi] Christiane," "Jesus, one of you will be out." "Christiane, we had issues with your fabric choice, and your construction ability even on a simple hem." "And more importantly, we still have no idea who you are as a designer." "Jesus, we are concerned about your taste level." "This was the wrong garment and the wrong fabric." "Jesus, unfortunately, one has to go." "Mm-hmm." "But it's not you." "You're in." "You can leave the runway." "[Exhales forcefully] Thank you, guys." "I'm sorry, Christiane." "That means you're out." "Thank you." "Auf Wiedersehen." " Good luck to you." " Thanks." " Guys..." " Oh, sweetie." "Bye." "I'm feeling pretty disappointed." "I did not think that my dress was the worst out there... that I would be eliminated." " Christiane." " Yes." "You have worked so hard to get here, I know." "And it's with the deepest regret that I tell you that you have to go to the workroom and clean up your space, okay?" "Me being eliminated doesn't mean anything at all when it comes to who I am and where I'm going and what I'm going to do." "So, I take all the positive out of it, and I've met some amazing people, so I'm really thankful." "Next time on Project Runway..." "In this next challenge, we really want to see what you're made of." "You will have one day for this challenge." "Hurry up, Anthony." "I'm doing something my style." "Really?" "I would say... forgive the pun... you skirted the challenge." "I'm flabbergasted." "I can lower this part." "She will be noticed at the party, but not for the right reasons." "This dress made this girl with a great body look bigger. about the fashion you've seen on tonight's show."