On the Road with Austin and Santino
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On the Road with Austin & Santino is a reality show
on the Lifetime
channel that follows fashion designers
and former Project Runway
contestants Austin Scarlett
and Santino Rice
as they travel to small towns around the USA and make a custom dress for a woman or girl who has a special occasion coming up (which according to the show is normally 2 days after they arrive). The series premiered on Thursday, July 29, 2010, at 10:30pm (9:30 CST), following the season premier of Season 8 of Project Runway
. In an interview Santino stated that he and Austin had been friends for years and the show was their idea.
In the first episode they traveled to Weatherford, Texas to make a dress for a rodeo trick rider, Sadie Lynn. As is typical of the show, they stayed in quarters unique to the area, rather than in a normal hotel or motel. In this case it was a building called the Texas Pythian Home that looked like a castle and was built in 1909 for widows and orphans. Also typical for the show, they buy their dress materials at a local store unique to the town they are in rather than a national chain store. In Weatherford, Austin went to Teskey's Saddle Shop for cowboy related accessories and Santino visited Gibson's Products, a general store, for their fabric.
There is always some interaction between Austin and/or Santino with the recipient or friends and family outside of their dress making quarters. For the Weatherford episode they both watched Sadie perform some horse riding tricks, and that night attended a bonfire with Sadie and her friends and family and fellow trick riders, known as the Cowgirl Chicks. The next day two of the Cowgirl Chicks showed Austin how to do some horse riding tricks and Santino went shopping with Sadie for new cowgirl boots at a store called Bootique.
Each show ends with Austin and Santino introducing their dress recipient to cheering attendees at the event it was created for. In the episodes so far these have been a birthday party, wedding, bachelorette party, graduation party, wedding anniversary party, and mother-daughter beauty pageant. In the case of Sadie Lynn, it was in a large dirt floor equestrian
arena at the Silverado gated community
and referred to as a "cowgirl ball".
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
on the Lifetime
Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American cable television specialty channel devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. The cable network is owned by A&E Television Networks...
channel that follows fashion designers
Fashion design
Fashion design is the art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories. Fashion design is influenced by cultural and social latitudes, and has varied over time and place. Fashion designers work in a number of ways in designing clothing and accessories....
and former Project Runway
Project Runway
Project Runway is an American reality television series on Lifetime Television, previously on the Bravo network, which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by model Heidi Klum. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme...
contestants Austin Scarlett
Austin Scarlett
Austin Scarlett is an American fashion designer and artist most popularly known for his appearance the first season of Project Runway and his recent series, On the Road with Austin and Santino.-Early life and education:...
and Santino Rice
Santino Rice
Santino Quinto Rice is an American fashion designer and television personality. He is best known for his appearances on the reality television programs Project Runway, RuPaul's Drag Race, and On the Road with Austin and Santino.-Early life:Rice was born and raised in St. Charles, Missouri...
as they travel to small towns around the USA and make a custom dress for a woman or girl who has a special occasion coming up (which according to the show is normally 2 days after they arrive). The series premiered on Thursday, July 29, 2010, at 10:30pm (9:30 CST), following the season premier of Season 8 of Project Runway
Project Runway (season 8)
Project Runway Season 8 is the eighth season of the television show Project Runway. The season began airing on July 29, 2010, on the Lifetime Network. After Lifetime cancelled the accompanying series Models of the Runway, Project Runway episodes were extended to 90 minutes in Season 8...
. In an interview Santino stated that he and Austin had been friends for years and the show was their idea.
In the first episode they traveled to Weatherford, Texas to make a dress for a rodeo trick rider, Sadie Lynn. As is typical of the show, they stayed in quarters unique to the area, rather than in a normal hotel or motel. In this case it was a building called the Texas Pythian Home that looked like a castle and was built in 1909 for widows and orphans. Also typical for the show, they buy their dress materials at a local store unique to the town they are in rather than a national chain store. In Weatherford, Austin went to Teskey's Saddle Shop for cowboy related accessories and Santino visited Gibson's Products, a general store, for their fabric.
There is always some interaction between Austin and/or Santino with the recipient or friends and family outside of their dress making quarters. For the Weatherford episode they both watched Sadie perform some horse riding tricks, and that night attended a bonfire with Sadie and her friends and family and fellow trick riders, known as the Cowgirl Chicks. The next day two of the Cowgirl Chicks showed Austin how to do some horse riding tricks and Santino went shopping with Sadie for new cowgirl boots at a store called Bootique.
Each show ends with Austin and Santino introducing their dress recipient to cheering attendees at the event it was created for. In the episodes so far these have been a birthday party, wedding, bachelorette party, graduation party, wedding anniversary party, and mother-daughter beauty pageant. In the case of Sadie Lynn, it was in a large dirt floor equestrian
Equestrianism
Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...
arena at the Silverado gated community
Gated community
In its modern form, a gated community is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly-controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences. Gated communities usually consist of small residential...
and referred to as a "cowgirl ball".