Project Catwalk
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Project Catwalk is a competitive reality television series focusing on fashion design. In the UK it is shown on the digital station Sky One. The show follows a group of fashion designers as they compete against each other to avoid being "the next fashion victim" and win the competition. The programme is based upon the US reality show Project Runway.
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[edit] Format
The first series of Project Catwalk was 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 Istituto 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. At the beginning of each episode, the designer who won the previous week's challenge is compelled to switch two models (not necessarily including his/her own), and at the end, the model who wore the losing design is automatically eliminated. 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
- Lynsey (Clark)
- Kate Mahoney
- Sherene Lawrence
- Erika Lucas
- Lisa
- Caroline Lemon
- Yvonne (Morton)
- Kelly (Fluker)
- Charity
[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
[edit] Season 2
Season 2 of Project Catwalk premieres on 8 January 2007 on Sky One. [1] It will be hosted by Kelly Osbourne, replacing Elizabeth Hurley.
[edit] Season 2 Challenges
| Designer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | Create 12 outfits in 3 months |
| Monika | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | OUT | 2nd place |
| Luke | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | OUT | 3rd place |
| Giles | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | Create a themed wedding dress for tv presenter Holly Willoughby | |
| Shawla | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | Design a colourful dazzling dress for classical musician and tv/radio presenter Myleene Klass to wear to a classical award show and create a garment to cover it prior to her revealing the dress to the cameras. | ||
| Fatz | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | Work as a team to design a fantasy lingerie line for model and pin-up girl Caprice Bourret. | |||
| Luisa | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | Design a dress inspired by a photo taken by a fellow designer. | ||||
| Tyla | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | Design and style a total fashion makeover for a fellow designer. | |||||
| Henry | IN | IN | IN | OUT | Work as a team to design a race day outfit for Lady Isabella Hervey out of jockey silk. | ||||||
| Grant | IN | IN | OUT | Work as a team to design a glamorous stage outfit for drag queen Vida Las Vegas. | |||||||
| Tymoor | IN | OUT | Design a beach-to-bar bikini for Victoria Silvstedt out of materials found on the beach. | ||||||||
| Christine | OUT | Design a headline-grabbing evening dress for Tara Palmer-Tomkinson. |
- 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
The twelve contestants are:
- Giles Pearson, 27
- Luisa Fici, 21
- Shawla Ahad, 31
- Wayne Aveline, 32
- Christine Newman, 22
- Grant Lilley, 23
- Luke Youngblood, 19
- Tyla Schneider, 24
- Fatz Kassim, 33
- Monika Patrycja Rene, 28
- Tymoor Gharbo, 22
- Henry James Blogg, 24
[edit] Fashion models
- Betsie Dsane
- Dasha Zeromska
- Erica Harrison
- Gabriella Riggon
- Khiara Parker
- Liana Goss
- Mary (Voluntarily left, ep.2)
- Nicola Vernon
- Rachel Ritfield
- Ruth Waterfall-Brown
- Sally Kettle (Eliminated, ep.2 but then replaced Mary))
- Simona Ehman-Swims
