Regardless, Viktor will now be working with (and refitting) an entirely different model for his gladiator-style harness-and-glitter ensemble. We’re never given any explanation for this absence, so I’m choosing to believe she simply chose to spend the day catching up on VPR instead. The next morning marks the start of runway day, and season 9 contestant Viktor Luna has a problem: His model, Ren, decided not to show up. (Sorry, but why haven’t the producers been doling out cold hard cash the whole time?!) In season 20, the immunity perk of yore will be replaced by other rewards, such as the premiere’s big incentive: $10,000. That means that any designer can be booted off the show any week, even if they clinched the win in the episode prior. He then reveals his long-awaited “twist”: This season, there’s no immunity. “A kiss next week,” our PR mentor promises, and promptly saunters off. “Do you need anything from me?” he asks Bishme. He can balance his most cutting remarks beneath ample charm, plus his genuine generosity toward the designers keeps him grounded. Christian is no Tim Gunn, but he doesn’t need to be he has his own effervescence from which to draw. It’s only once Christian arrives to distribute his first round of feedback- “You love it? So much?”-that the premiere starts to hit its stride. Designers Nora Caliguri Pagel and Kara Saun switch models so Kara Saun can pay proper homage to her mother Johnathan “Kayne” Gillaspie near-panics when he realizes he’s missing his horsehair fabric and Mila Hermanovski avoids the apparent drops of blood (?!) on her mannequin, but that’s all the drama the premiere can muster so far. They then scurry into the workroom, where the camera flits between stations in the hopes of capturing some idle gossip. He soon decides that this new, revamped look will serve to honor his sister-and incorporate the avant-garde streetwear aesthetic he’s mastered since season 17.Īt Mood Fabrics (the only other Project Runway institution that’s lasted as long as Nina, or so mentor Christian Siriano notes), the crew dash for black tulle and pale pink silk and orange zippers, the last of which Christian gives his signature side-eye. During his first Project Runway appearance, Bishme’s sister was sick now that she’s since passed away, revisiting his final design is only accentuating his grief. Most of the designers aren’t exactly thrilled to confront their failures, but it’s season 17 contestant Bishme Cromartie who struggles the most as his cohort begin their feverish sketching. After an hour-long introduction to the designers, these 14 energetic, hopeful faces-not yet world-weary with pricked fingers and bloodshot eyes-are challenged to assess (and radically reinvent) the look that once got them eliminated. So, anyway, we’re back! Welcome to our first recap of Project Runway season 20. The only judge who’s encountered every one of season 20’s designers is ELLE editor-in-chief Nina Garcia, who tells the contestants in tonight’s two-part premiere that they’re the ones she wanted to see again. Some familiar faces return from recent chapters others haven’t opened the cap on an erasable pen since the Heidi Klum era. If you could take a humble pilgrimage to the site of a crushing defeat and redeem yourself, would you? Now, if a reward were involved-let’s say it’s $250,000 from Pilot FriXion Erasable Pens-might that influence your decision? Such an enticing conundrum might never present itself to your average plebe, but for this season’s crop of Project Runway designers, it’s the literal challenge: All the contestants are Runway alums, invited back for an all-stars brawl after scooping up their dashed hopes from one of 19 previous seasons. 'Project Runway' Season 20 Premiere Recap Zach Dilgard/Bravo
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