Project Runway Season 4 was the fourth season of Project Runway , Bravo's reality competition for fashion designers. The season premiered November 14, 2007. Returning as judges were supermodel Heidi Klum; fashion designer Michael Kors; and Nina Garcia, Elle magazine fashion director. Tim Gunn, chief creative officer at Liz Claiborne, Inc., again acts as a mentor to the contestants.
Through a series of weekly challenges, contestants were eliminated, leaving three finalists left who then went on to show their designs in the final episodes at New York Fashion Week. The winner, Christian Siriano, received prizes including: an editorial feature in Elle , $100,000 from TRESemmé to start his own line, the opportunity to sell a fashion line on Bluefly.com, and a 2008 Saturn Astra automobile.
Contestants
Designers
The 15 contestants were (in order of elimination):
- Simone LeBlanc, 32, from Lawrenceville, Georgia
- Marion Lee, 39, from Tyler, Texas
- Carmen Webber, 39, from Charlotte, North Carolina
- Jack Mackenroth, 38, from New York, New York
- Steven Rosengard, 30, from Chicago, Illinois
- Elisa Jimenez, 42, from El Paso, Texas
- Kevin Christiana, 31, from Fairfield, New Jersey
- Christina "Kit Pistol" Scarbo, 26, from Los Angeles, California
- Victorya Hong, 34, from Winchester, Virginia
- Ricky Lizalde, 35, from Escondido, California
- Kathleen "Sweet P" Vaughn, 46, from Los Angeles, California
- Chris March, 44, from San Francisco, California
- Jillian Lewis, 26, from Selden, New York
- Rami Kashou, 31, from Ramallah, Palestine
- Christian Siriano, 21, from Annapolis, Maryland
(ages listed are the designers' ages at the time the show was taped in the summer of 2007)
Models
- Amanda Alter, 23, from DeWitt, Arkansas
- Christina Anderson-McDonald, 23, from Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania
- Aviva Brocks, 21, from London, England
- Lauren Browne, 18, from Grafton, Massachusetts
- Ashley Evans, 22, from Smithville, Missouri
- Jacqueline Miranne, 21, from New York City, New York
- Marcia Mitchell, 23, from The Berkshires, Massachusetts
- Lisa Nargi, 25, from New York City, New York
- Katie Nelson, 19, from New York City, New York
- Anna Lita Perez, 25, from Kiev, Ukraine
- Marie Salter, 25, from Katy, Texas
- Lea Rannells, 22, from Bridgewater, New Jersey
- Sam Ruggiero, 19, from Redding, Connecticut
- Cheron Smith, 22, from Torrance, California
- Wendi Sullivan, 28, from Canton, Massachusetts
Challenges
Note 1: Cheron, Ana Lita, Marie and Jacqueline were used in this challenge to show off the designers' strongest pieces of their collection. However, they will not be in contention for the finale win.
Episode Summary
Episode 1: Sew Us What You Got
The designers arrive in New York and are asked to create a garment that best reflects who they are as a designer. They are given 10 minutes to grab from $50,000 worth of fabric in three tents set up in Bryant Park. The designers are randomly assigned models.
- Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
- Guest Judge: Monique Lhuillier
- WINNER: Rami
- OUT: Simone
- First aired November 14, 2007
Episode 2: I Started Crying / Money Changes Everything
The remaining designers are asked to create a two-piece garment for Sarah Jessica Parker's BITTEN line using $15 of materials and only one day to complete their look. All fourteen designers pitched their designs to Parker who chose seven to work in teams of two to create the design. The winning design was sold beginning in November 2007 at Steve & Barry's stores.
The teams:
Note: Team leaders in bold.
- Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
- Guest Judge: Sarah Jessica Parker
- WINNER: Victorya (teamed with Kevin Christiana)
- OUT: Marion (teamed with Steven Rosengard)
- First aired November 21, 2007
Episode 3: Fashion Giant
The remaining designers are asked to create a three piece menswear outfit for guest judge Tiki Barber to wear on The Today Show . The designers are randomly assigned male models.
- Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
- Guest Judge: Tiki Barber
- WINNER: Jack
- OUT: Carmen
- First aired November 28, 2007
Episode 4: Trendsetter
Each designer picks one of 12 outdated fashion designs. Then working in four teams of three, each team must incorporate all three styles into a cohesive collection of three outfits. They have $225 and two days for the project.
- Jillian , Kevin and Rami (Trends: overalls, 70's flare, poodle skirt)
- Chris , Sweet P and Steven (Trends: shoulder pads, baggy sweater, dancewear)
- Christian , Jack and Kit (Trends: zoot suit, pleather, fringe)
- Ricky , Elisa and Victorya (Trends: neon, cutouts, underwear as outerwear)
- Note 1: Team leaders in bold, and trends are listed respectively.
- Note 2: Although Victorya, Elisa and Sweet P's overall group performance was LOW, their garments were considered good by the judges.
- Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
- Guest Judge: Donna Karan
- WINNER: Jillian (teamed with Rami and Kevin)
- OUT: Chris (teamed with Steven and Sweet P)
- First aired December 5, 2007
Episode 5: What's the Skinny?
Each designer has to create an outfit for a woman who has recently lost weight, using one of the woman's outfits from before her weight loss as raw material for the new design. The new outfit must incorporate aspects of the now-thin woman's personality, as well as the designer's own style. Each designer is given $10 to use for additional materials. They have one day to complete the outfits.
Designers and Clients:
- Steve with Laura
- Chris with Silvia
- Jillian with Erika
- Kevin with Elyse
- Sweet P with Chris
- Victorya with Ory
- Elisa with Tracy
- Ricky with Penny
- Kit with Alicia
- Christian with Kerry
- Rami with Lisa
- Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
- Guest Judge: Patrick Robinson, head designer for The Gap
- WINNER: Christian
- LEFT: Jack left to receive medical treatment for a MRSA infection. To keep the same level of competition, he was replaced with Chris, the last designer eliminated.
- OUT: Steven
- First aired December 12, 2007
Episode 6: Eye Candy
Designers are to create a garment using any materials that were available at the Hershey's store in Times Square, New York City. They are given no budget but only five minutes to collect materials, and are given only one day to complete the outfit.
- Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
- Guest Judge: Zac Posen
- WINNER: Rami
- OUT: Elisa
- First aired January 02, 2008
Episode 7: What a Girl Wants
Designers are challenged to design a prom dress for a group of 16 and 17 year old girls from St. John Vianney High School in New Jersey. The girls, along with their mothers, pre-select the designers they want to work with based on the designers' portfolios. The designers have a budget of $250 for materials from MOOD and two days to construct the dresses.The winner is dependent on who did the best according to the clients, and they are judged on time management.
- Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
- Guest Judge: Gilles Mendel
- WINNER: Victorya
- OUT: Kevin
- First aired January 09, 2008
Episode 8: En Garde!
Each designer is randomly paired with another designer and asked to select a team leader. Each team is asked to create an avant-garde outfit based on inspiration from their models' hair styles. They are given a budget of $300 and two days to create this look. The following day, each team is asked to create another, simpler, ready-to-wear outfit which embodies the "essence" of the avant-garde look they have been working on. For the second piece, the designers have a budget of $50. The leader of the winning team receives immunity in the next challenge, while the winning team and their outfits are featured in a TRESemme fashion shoot.
Teams:
- Note: Team leaders in bold.
- Note 2: Although Sweet P's overall group performance was LOW, her garment was considered good by the judges.
- Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
- Guest Judge: Alberta Ferretti
- WINNER: Christian (teamed with Chris March)
- OUT: Kit (teamed with Ricky Lizalde)
- First aired January 16, 2008
Episode 9: Even Designers Get the Blues
The designers are tasked with creating an iconic look using deconstructed denim fabric and white cotton while also showing o
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