Project Catwalk
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Project Catwalk is a competitive reality television series focusing on fashion design, on Sky One. Designers compete against each other. Their designs are judged and one or more are eliminated each week. It is the United Kingdom's version of Project Runway.
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[edit] Format
Project Catwalk is hosted by fashion model and actress Elizabeth Hurley, and judged by a panel that includes designer Julien MacDonald and ELLE magazine Editor-in-Chief Lorraine Candy and a third judge - typically a fashion designer, fashion model or celebrity from the fashion industry. Ben de Lisi, fashion designer, appears as a mentor for the designers giving his criticism of their garments and offering support. The program takes place in London with designers using a workroom in Instituto Marangoni, shopping for materials at a large fabric store in London's garment district, and living together in a four storey Georgian townhouse in Central London.
The fashion models who work with the designers throughout the season are also in competition. Each week as the number of designers dwindle, the number of models also is reduced, with one model remaining at the end. Included in the prize package for the winning model is coverage in the British edition of ELLE magazine. Kirsty Doyle won Project Catwalk after featuring alongside the other two finalists (Debi Walker, Matthew Bowkett) at London Fashion Week. The three models to reach the final were Gemma Chan, Anna Korzun and Jessica Roffey.
[edit] Season 1
[edit] Season 1 Challenges
| Designer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirsty | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | |||
| Matthew | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | OUT | |||
| Debi | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||
| Christopher | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | Design a red carpet dress for Elizabeth Hurley. | |||
| Renato | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | OUT | Work as a team to design a collection for Spring/Summer 2006 for Topshop. There was no winner for this week because it was decided that nothing stood out enough to award a clear winner. | ||||
| Marianne | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | OUT | Design new room attendance uniforms for housekeepers at the Savoy Hotel. | |||||
| Shakeel | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | Design an outfit that's going to look spectacular in a photoshoot, and the clothes were all secondhand clothing from TRAID (Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development). | ||||||
| Gemma | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | Design a wedding dress for your model. | |||||||
| Lesly | IN | IN | IN | OUT | Design a dress for Kelly Osbourne, working in groups of three. | ||||||||
| Sushino | IN | IN | OUT | Design a full outfit for Barbour, a major rustic outerwear company, that will appeal to city women. | |||||||||
| Zoe | IN | OUT | Design a dress that reflects your personal style and embodies the word "frisky." | ||||||||||
| Rami | OUT | Design a garden party dress with supplies from B&Q. |
- Green background and WIN means the designer won that challenge.
- Grey background and OUT means the designer lost and was out of the competition.
[edit] Contestants
- Kirsty Doyle
- Matthew Bowkett
- Debi Walker
- Christopher Raeburn
- Renato Termenini
- Marianne Fay
- Shakeel Rabbaney
- Gemma Carver
- Lesly DeFreitas
- Sushino Techakosit
- Zoe Hamilton-Peters
- Rami Savapley
[edit] Fashion models
- Jessica Roffey
- Anna Korzun
- Gemma Chan
- Kate Mahoney
- Sherene Lawrence
- Caroline Green
- Erika Lucas
- Kelly
- Yvonne
- Lynsey
- Lisa
- Linda
[edit] Season 1 Guest Judges
- Isabella Blow, Fashionista
- Giles Deacon, Fashion Designer
- Frost French
- Steve Buck, Managing Director of Barbour
- Kelly Osbourne
- AA Gill, Travel Writer & Food Critic
- Robert Cary-Williams
- Jutta Asta, Executive Housekeeper of the Savoy Hotel Group
- Karen Bonser, Head of Design, Topshop
- Deepi Sekhon, Chief Buyer, Topshop
- Richard Young, Celebrity Photographer
- Georgina Chapman, Fashion Designer
- Keren Craig, Fashion Designer
