How do you gear up for the runway? With an all-star challenge, of course! Get ready as eight of your favorite designers from past seasons of Project Runway will go head-to-head in the workroom to show the judges what kind of lines they can create. Join Daniel Vosovic, Santino Rice, Jeffrey Sebelia, Uli Herzner, Mychael Knight, Chris March, Sweet P, and Korto Momolu as they compete for the bragging rights of “Project Runway” All-Star. And the big prize? One winning designer will be taking home $100,000 in cash. Tune in to Lifetime on Thursday, August 20 at 8 p.m. (yes, that’s right before the big premiere of Season 6!) to catch all the action!

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It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for… the Project Runway Season 6 Designers have been revealed! Click here to check out the new Project Runway site on Lifetime and here to find out who the lucky 16 are. Read their bios, check out their personal photos, watch their home visit videos and even browse their portfolios. Only 42 days til the big premiere!

Supermodel and supermom Heidi Klum sat down with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America today to dish about family and fashion. The big news? Heidi revealed that she is pregnant with her fourth child, a girl, and that Season 6 of Project Runway will be set in Los Angeles!

Though the show is traditionally filmed in New York, Heidi explained that the new location provided for a change of scenery and easier access to celebrity guests - like Lindsay Lohan! The cast of designers will be revealed tomorrow, July 9th, here and the new season will premiere on August 20th on Lifetime!

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On Wednesday, July 8th, Heidi Klum will appear on Good Morning America to talk about the upcoming season of Project Runway on Lifetime! Heidi will be on LIVE around 8:30 a.m. ET/PT so make sure to tune in!

Ready to “make it work”? On July 9, get one step closer to knowing who is “in” and who is “out” as Lifetime announces the 16 chosen designers for Project Runway Season 6! Host Heidi Klum and mentor Tim Gunn will be back and ready for action, along with judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia, as they determine who will make the cut for Fashion Week. And don’t forget - Season 6 premieres Thursday, August 20 at 10 PM ET/PT. So in the meantime, satisfy your catwalk craving by shopping the coolest Project Runway gear and checking out the Season 6 promo video here. It’s sew time!

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We can barely contain our excitement about Project Runway Season 6, coming to Lifetime on August 20. To give you a small taste, here’s the commercial that’s started to run in anticipation of the premiere. Watch it here, and shop your favorite Project Runway goodies here!

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So this episode started out like last week’s episode with the winning designer given the option to switch models.  We were shocked last week when Leanne decided to choose Tia over Karalyn so we were pleasantly surprised when Korto kept Katarina. Once that was out of the way it was off to meet Tim for a field trip.

The final destination of this field trip was the New York Botanical Garden where Collier Strong met them to discuss how he gets inspiration from the colors and textures in nature. The designers’ were asked to grab a camera and start shooting inspiration for an evening gown inspired by nature. This seemed easy enough. Right? WRONG.

The designers’ ran around Mood looking for fabric, agonized over their designs, and stressed about having enough time to finish their designs. Just when we thought Kenley was completely doomed because she left her tulle at Mood Tim saved the day by allowing her to return to Mood to retrieve it. We aren’t surprised at Jerell’s amusement at Kenley’s misfortune saying,” I am dying to see how this will all pan out. I’m staying tuned!”

In the workroom it was clear that Leanne, Jerell, and Korto were supportive of eachother and that there was definite divide between the trio and Kenley. Kenley appeared to be disappointed by this however explained that she was used to it.  The sulking and stressing didn’t last for long as it was on to the runway. Here Heidi announced that Georgina Chapman Co-Founder and Designer of Marchesa was the guest judge. This was the perfect challenge for her to judge considering her elegant whimsical gowns grace many a red carpets. Who can forget the beautiful looks she did for Anne Hathaway and Jessica Alba at last years Oscars.

As far as the runway show we would like to first point out that we disagree with the judges. We actually thought the designers did a great job and we were torn between several designs as to who we thought should win. Again, we obviously did not agree with the judges. Here is their take:

Heidi and Michael criticized Korto’s gown calling it a  “Pageant dress” and Nina told her that she did not think that the gown was elegant.  In Nina’s opinion Korto’s attempt to impress the judges left her gown looking overworked.  Leanne was given praise by Georgina for mixing soft and structured elements in her gown, however all the judges disliked the back of the gown and felt that she should have omitted the blue fabric at the bustle.  Jerell was applauded for making the most modern and youthful gown, but lost points because his piece seemed unfinished. Finally, there was Kenley’s mock neck sleeveless gown which received no praise from anyone. Georgina felt it wasn’t organic, Nina called it “creepy”, Michael thought it was cliched, and Heidi did not find her detailing “elegant.”

Next it was time for the designers to give their two cents. Heidi asked each of them to  tell the judges why they should go to fashion week and which two of the other designers should go to fashion week with them. Leanne, Korto, and Jerell all talked about their point of view as a designer as evidence of why they belonged at Bryant Park and picked eachother to join them on the runway. Kenley, the odd woman out, said she deserved to be there because she could put on a show and without flinching announced that Leanne and Jerell should join her on the runway. Oh the drama!

Ultimately, the judges picked Jerell as the winner but were deadlocked as to who lost the challenge. Essentially  all four were passed on to the next level of competition and asked to create a collection for fashion week with an elimination upon their return to New York. This did nothing to quell the tension behind the scenes as Korto lashed out at Kenley for making a personal attack, and Kenley moved even farther apart from the other designers even refusing a group hug invitation from Tim.

We can’t wait for the collections–and we certainly can’t wait to see what’s going to happen next. Bid in our auction and take home a piece of the runway!

Every week on Project Runway there is a twist and turn and last night’s episode was no exception! Similar to Episode 509:What’s Your Sign? The designer’s had to depend on each other to get through the challenge. This time by designing for each other and not together in a group challenge.

Can we just say were relieved when Tim picked the names and genres out of the hat as we didn’t want to see what would have happened had they been left to their own devices. As the names were called we had no doubt that Suede would be successful since he seems to have great rock sensibility just in his personal style. We were also pretty confident in Jerell’s ability to create a pop look. We were concerned however about Korto, Leanne, and Kenley all of whom seemed to be asked to step way outside of their box.

Once the sketching process began and ideas were being bounced around, our skepticism started to ease as far as Korto and Leanne were concerned ….as for Kenley that was another story.

While the other designers embraced the idea of their genre Kenley was stuck on her point of view as a designer. Any attribute of hip-hop that she didn’t like she didn’t incorporate in her design. This was not the point of the challenge. The challenge was for the designer to make an outfit that represented a particular genre and not necessarily create an outfit they would wear or a culture they are a part of. This is precisely what Tim was trying to tell Kenley when he came to give her a critique on her piece. Unlike the other designers Kenley vehemently disagreed with Tim to the point where he gave her swift tongue lashing ( well, ….a tongue lashing for Tim).

The judges including guest Judge Hip-Hop artist LL Cool J thought felt that Kenley’s look was not Hip-Hop and also commented that the pants to the outfit were badly made. Additionally, they liked the vest to Suede’s Rock look for Jerell but like Tim thought he could have taken it farther and really pushed the envelope. Leanne ’s look was not the worst but they did feel like she could have done something more polished for Korto’s  Country look she created.

Ultimately the judges loved both Jerell’s Pop look for Kenley and Korto’s Punk look for Suede and decided Korto was the winner. Suede, who had been playing it safe for weeks, was finally voted off.

Although, we know some fans disagreed we think this challenge was fun, fun, fun and we can’t wait to see what all the tears on next week’s episode are all about!!!

Wish you could have Tim Gunn urging you to make it work and telling you that you look ” Fa-bu-lous”? Well now you can. Well, kinda. When you have the Tim Gunn Bobblehead in your possession, you will be inspired to be both stylish and successful.

One of these precious treasures was on the set and was a huge hit with the designers! You can’t be glum with Tim as your biggest cheerleader. Bring it to work and make your cubicle the talk of the office, or keep it at home to watch over your closet. Either way you won’t be sorry.

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On The Cutting Room Floor…

I am always amazed during the audition process how, with all the talented applicants, Tim Gunn and the other judges are able to whittle down the designers each season to a mere 15 or 16 candidates. This year is no exception. I must say that as I watched the runway hopefuls, I was overwhelmed by the amount of talent and creativity each designer had.

Many of the hopefuls including Andres and Mitzi discussed how they knew at a young age they wanted to be designers. Mitzi even explains how she hated dolls, but loved Barbie and Ken and making outfits for them. All of which goes to show that a lot of our early interests play a big part in our career choices. I can still remember playing “job” with my sister where we worked at what I now I believe was a publishing company. I was an author and she was my illustrator. Twenty-two years later, here I am: an editor and a blogger.

It was also amazing to see designers in their home studios and learn about their local clientele. You can definitely see a shift in the more laid back Bohemian vibe of some of the looks from Grant and Judy, Scotha and Beth from San Francisco, to the more dressed up looks of Kristina from Chicago.

Keep these names in your mental Rolodex, because you never know when one of these hopefuls will sew their way to the top! Watch the videos now and decide for yourself whether each hopeful should have been voted in or out!