I fucking love Mimi. That bitch is BAD!!! She is the best model they have ever had on the show. That bitch can walk the fuck out of a runway let me tell you. 🤌

The last season was trash and this one isn't smelling any better. I miss the field trips, the insp, the sketching, trips to Mood, getting to follow the designers in the creative process, problem solving, interactions with each other and the mentor, etc... None of which this incarnation has at all. Ii would have e rather seen PR end thn die this painful death. I am amazed Christian agreed to put his name anywhere near this disaster.

is it me or is PR kinda dead? I used to like the show... but bringing back Tyra was cringe as is, but with all the heavy eliminations... seems less about fashion and more about the drama. I like a healthier mix. Is Next in Fashion still a thing?

Watching Project Runway tonight and got unexpectedly nostalgic.

I'll just say there is NOTHING more "mid-2000s elder millennial art kid" than making seasons 1 & 2 of Project Runway your entire personality.

Daniel Vosovic LiveJournal icons. "Where's André?" Knowing exactly where Mood Fabrics was despite never having been to New York. Michael Kors delivering the most unhinged critiques with complete authority.

Tbh, for me, it’s more than just nostalgia.

I felt pretty alone as the ✨weird creative kid ✨ in high school. Project Runway (and the online communities around it) was one of the first places that made me think, "Oh... my people exist. I just haven't met them yet." It made art school feel like a real place where I might actually belong. I did end up studying Illustration in college, and continue to grow within an always-evolving creative community.

Curious if anyone else experienced the show that way, or if I'm just romanticizing it twenty years later.

unlike ANTM,

this show didn’t promise “fame” it just promised money to start your business and visibility . the rest is ‘Up to you.’

with that being said, because of the stigma associated with reality television,

has it actually hurt the trajectory of any of the participants? because the format of the original show seems to have helped a lot of them. even if they “lost”

but now…..

I feel like this season and the last are such garbage that it actually might be hurting the people involved in their respective business.

(Am I wrong?)

I guess what I’m trying to get at is; why you be on the show at this point? they don’t even do fashion week anymore!

I was struggling to find a reason why you would wanna be part of the show seeing as how they have completely ruined it.

Ultimate question:

does this show still produce the level of success, it once did for the designers?

if No, why even be on the show?

Just finished my rewatch through season 21, I just have a few all stars seasons to finish.

Has there been a season where someone has underperformed so much during the season (no wins, very few high scores) and gone on to win the whole thing like VeeJay did?

My rewatch has taken forever so I’m kind of drawing a blank.

Who are you taking if the three past designer judges are given a PR challenge? You can pick the challenge (RTW, unconventional, red carpet, etc).

All three are skilled sewers, and they’re doing it on their own.