Project Runway (season 9)
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Project Runway Season 9 is the ninth season of the television show Project Runway
. The season began airing on July 28, 2011 and features 20 designers who hope to become "the next great American designer."
Returning as judges were supermodel Heidi Klum
; fashion designer Michael Kors
; and Marie Claire
fashion director, Nina Garcia
. Tim Gunn
returned as the workroom mentor.
In the first episode, 4 designers were eliminated and 16 continued to participate in the show.
Designer legend
As the season begins, and the designers arrive in New York, they are informed that they are not yet part of season nine. As the final stage of their casting session, 20 designers must go in front of Heidi, Michael, Nina and Tim to make a case why they deserve one of the 16 coveted spots this season.
The next day, the 16 remaining designers are awoken by Tim in the early morning hours and given their first challenge: transform the pajamas they are wearing and one bed sheet into an outfit of their choice. Dyes, trim, and closures are provided.
The designers must create an outfit using only materials found in a pet supply store.
The designers work on a challenge revolving around a theme called "Larger than Life." In teams of two with a budget of $500 and one day to work, they create outfits for professional stilt walkers. The runway show is at Battery Park
, making it the first runway show to be held outside.
Pairs: Anthony Ryan & Laura, Bryce & Fallene, Danielle & Cecilia, Joshua M. & Julie, Viktor & Bert, Anya & Olivier and Kimberly & Becky
The designers create a look for judge Nina Garcia that should be wearable by Garcia during work and for an industry event at night. The winning design will be featured in a Marie Claire editorial and on a billboard atop a New York City taxicab.
The designers meet at the New Balance Track and Field Center in New York City and are challenged to create apparel to wear with a new Heidi Klum for New Balance lifestyle sneaker from Klum's collection. The designers work in teams of three, with team leaders chosen by holding a foot race at the Track and Field Center. The winning looks will be sold as part of Klum's collection exclusively on Amazon.com.
Cecilia withdrew from the competition and was replaced by Josh C.
The designers each work together with an art student to create a painting and then must design an avant-garde look that reflects their art work. They have a budget of $300 and two days to complete their look.
The designers plug into computer technology to help create signature fabric designs in a challenge that forces them into working in two teams of five. Wielding video cameras, they also venture out into the city to capture the stories behind their inspirations.
Team CHAOS: Anthony Ryan, Anya, Bryce, Olivier, and Viktor
Team Nuts and Bolts: Becky, Bert, Joshua M., Kimberly, and Laura
The contestants are introduced to nine men on the runway and, in a seamless twist, discover they must design for the men's significant others. Actress Malin Akerman is the guest judge.
The outfitters are treated to a special performance from their new client, the up-and-coming band The Sheepdogs
. Broken into two teams of four, the designers are charged with creating a look that will establish them as image-makers.
The remaining designers do the time warp when fashions from the 1970s inspire their creations.
Birds will serve as the inspiration for the looks in this challenge. Designers are paired up and each pair is assigned a bird. They then learn that they are not competing together, but rather head-to-head.
Kimberly and Viktor design head-to-head with a cockatoo as their inspiration, Anya and Laura with a raven, and Bert and Joshua with an Amazon parrot.
The remaining designers had to create 3 looks from inspirations on Governor's Island. They were assisted by the five most recently eliminated contestants.
The final four designers are critiqued on their collections and compete, for the last time, to show at fashion week. In a shock elimination, it is revealed that all of the four designers will be advancing to fashion week instead of the usual three.
The four finalists work the last part of preparation, including casting model, hair and makeup counseling, for Fashion Week. Each shows their collection pieces at Fashion Week before the winner of Project Runway Season 9 is announced.
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...
. The season began airing on July 28, 2011 and features 20 designers who hope to become "the next great American designer."
Returning as judges were supermodel Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum
Heidi Samuel , better known by her birth name Heidi Klum, is a German model, actress, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and occasional singer. In 2008 she became an American citizen while maintaining her native German citizenship...
; fashion designer Michael Kors
Michael Kors
Michael Kors is an American fashion designer. He is best known for designing classic American sportswear for women.-Personal life:...
; and Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Marie Claire is a monthly women's magazine first published in France but also distributed in other countries with editions specific to them and in their languages. While each country shares its own special voice with its audience, the United States edition focuses on women around the world and...
fashion director, Nina Garcia
Nina Garcia
Nina García, is a Colombian fashion journalist and critic who has held the post of Fashion Director at Elle and Marie Claire magazines, and is currently a judge on the Lifetime reality television program Project Runway....
. Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn
Timothy M. "Tim" Gunn is an American fashion consultant and television personality. He was on the faculty of Parsons The New School for Design from 1982 to 2007 and was chair of fashion design at the school from August 2000 to March 2007, after which he joined Liz Claiborne as its chief creative...
returned as the workroom mentor.
Designers
Source:| Designer | Age | Hometown | Place of Residence | Finish Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Cox | 27 | Alamogordo, NM | Atlanta, GA | 16th |
| Fallene Wells | 29 | Las Vegas, NV | Denver, CO | 15th |
| Julie Tierney | 35 | Baton Rouge, LA | Grand Junction, CO | 14th |
| Cecilia Motwani | 34 | Cordoba, Argentina Córdoba, Argentina Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with... |
Woodside, NY | 13th (withdrew) |
| Danielle Everine | 26 | Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis, MN | 12th |
| Joshua Christensen | 29 | Snohomish, WA | Los Angeles, CA | 11th (originally 15th) |
| Becky Ross | 38 | Calumet, MI | Portland, OR | 10th |
| Bryce Black | 26 | Twin Falls, ID | Portland, OR | 9th |
| Olivier Green | 22 | Columbus, OH | New York, NY | 8th |
| Anthony Ryan Auld | 28 | Linden, TX | Baton Rouge, LA | 7th |
| Bert Keeter | 57 | Washington, D.C | Los Angeles, CA | 6th |
| Laura Kathleen | 26 | St. Louis, MO | St. Louis, MO | 5th |
| Kimberly Goldson | 35 | Brooklyn, NY | White Plains, MD | 4th |
| Viktor Luna | 30 | Guadalajara, Mexico | New York, NY | 3rd |
| Joshua McKinley | 25 | Cleveland, OH | Queens, NY | 2nd |
| Anya Ayoung-Chee Anya Ayoung-Chee Anya Ayoung-Chee is Miss Trinidad and Tobago Universe 2008 and was a contestant in the Miss Universe 2008 pageant, and also the winner of Project Runway's ninth season in 2011.- Early life :... |
29 | Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st |
In the first episode, 4 designers were eliminated and 16 continued to participate in the show.
Models
- Sonia Nieklasz
- Michel Ann Lienhard-O'Malley
- Karin Agstam
- Erika Kimberly Jones
- Meghan Giffin
- Hannah Gottesman
- Sveta Glebova
- Thais Magalhaes
- Carla Barrucci
- Bojana Draskovic
- Chelsea Blackburn
- Kenzie Gallo
- Tatjana Sinkovica
- Kerstin Lechner
- Ashley Lacamp
- Alyssa Pasek
Challenges
| Designer | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Eliminated Episode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anya | HIGH | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | WIN | WIN | IN | ADV | WINNER | 14 - Finale |
| Joshua M. | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | WIN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | IN | ADV | ||
| Viktor | IN | IN | LOW | HIGH | WIN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | LOW | IN | ADV | ||
| Kimberly | IN | IN | HIGH | WIN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | LOW | ADV | ||
| Laura | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | OUT | 12 - The Finale Challenge | ||
| Bert | WIN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | OUT | 11 - This Is for the Birds | |||
| HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | IN | LOW | WIN | HIGH | LOW | IN | OUT | 10 - Sew '70s | |||||
| Olivier | IN | WIN | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | IN | OUT | 9 - Image Is Everything | |||||
| Bryce | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | HIGH | IN | HIGH | OUT | 8 - What Women Want | ||||||
| Becky | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | OUT | 7 - Can't We Just All Get Along? | |||||||
| Joshua C. | LOW | OUT | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
| Danielle | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | 5 - Off the Track | |||||||||
| Cecilia | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | WD | ||||||||||
| Julie | LOW | IN | LOW | OUT | 4 - All About Nina | ||||||||||
| Fallene | IN | LOW | OUT | 3 - Go Big or Go Home | |||||||||||
| Rafael | OUT | 1 - Come As You Are | |||||||||||||
| Serena | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Amanda | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Gunnar | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| David | OUT | ||||||||||||||
- : In episode 1, Amanda, David, Gunnar, and Serena were the 4 designers who were eliminated before the final 16 were officially participants of the show.
- : After Cecilia withdrew from the competition in episode 5, Olivier and Viktor were allowed to pick any previously eliminated contestant to come back into the competition to join their team. They chose Joshua C.
- : In episode 5, although the judges categorized all the clothes into ones they liked and didn't like, their deliberation revealed the ones they liked the most (Joshua M., Bryce, Viktor) and the ones they liked the least (Anthony, Olivier, Danielle). In addition, although Joshua M. was chosen as a winner, the actual winning design from his team was the dress designed and sewn by Anya and Becky, respectively.
- : In episode 10, the prize was that the winning designer's garment would be produced and sold on PiperlimePiperlimePiperlime is a San Francisco, California-based online retail company. Founded as a spin-off in 2006 by Gap Inc., Piperlime offers a selection of footwear and handbags for women, men and children...
. After Anya was declared the winner, it was announced that Bert's garment will also be produced and sold on the site. - : All four contestants went on to compete at Fashion Week, for the first time since season 3.
- The designer won Project Runway Season 9.
- The designer advanced to Fashion Week.
- The designer won the challenge.
- The designer was in the top two, or the first announced into the top 3, but did not win.
- The designer had one of the highest scores for that challenge, but did not win.
- The designer had one of the lowest scores for that challenge, but was not eliminated.
- The designer was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated.
- The designer lost and was out of the competition.
- The designer was not in the Top 16 and was out of the competition.
- The designer withdrew from the competition.
| Model | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sveta | AC | AC | AC | AC | AC | BR | BR | AC | AC | AC | AC | AC | AC | WINNER |
| Sonia | JM | JM | JM | JM | JM | JM | JM | JM | JM | JM | JM | JM | JM | OUT |
| Erika | VL | VL | VL | VL | VL | VL | VL | VL | VL | VL | VL | VL | VL | OUT |
| Bojana | KG | KG | KG | KG | KG | KG | KG | KG | KG | KG | KG | KG | KG | OUT |
| Meghan | BR | BR | BR | BR | BR | LK | LK | LK | LK | LK | LK | LK | OUT | |
| Kerstin | BK | BK | BK | BK | BK | AC | AC | BK | BK | BK | BK | OUT | ||
| Chelsea | AA | AA | AA | AA | AA | AA | AA | AA | AA | AA | OUT | |||
| Carla | OG | OG | OG | OG | OG | OG | OG | OG | OG | OUT | ||||
| Hannah | BB | BB | BB | BB | BB | BB | BB | BB | OUT | |||||
| Alyssa | CM | CM | CM | CM | JC | BK | BK | OUT | ||||||
| Karin | DE | DE | DE | DE | DE | JC | OUT | |||||||
| Michel Ann | LK | LK | LK | LK | LK | OUT | ||||||||
| Thais | JT | JT | JT | JT | OUT | |||||||||
| Tatjana | FW | FW | FW | OUT | ||||||||||
| Ashley | JC | JC | OUT | |||||||||||
| Kenzie | RC | OUT | ||||||||||||
- The model won Project Runway Season 9.
- The model wore the winning design that challenge.
- The model wore the losing design that challenge.
- The model was eliminated.
- The model withdrew from the competition
- : The models were not used in Episodes 3 (Go Big or Go Home), 8 (What Women Want) and 9 (Image Is Everything).
- : The fates of Hannah and Sveta will be determined when Episode 10 (Sew 70s) airs on September 29, 2011.
- : The eliminated models (except Ashley and Tatjana) were used in this challenge.
Designer legend
- Anthony Ryan Auld: AA
- Anya Ayoung-Chee: AC
- Becky Ross: BR
- Bert Keeter: BK
- Bryce Black: BB
- Cecilia Motwani: CM
- Danielle Everine: DE
- Fallene Wells: FW
- Joshua Christensen: JC
- Joshua McKinley: JM
- Julie Tierney: JT
- Kimberly Goldson: KG
- Laura Kathleen: LK
- Olivier Green: OG
- Rafael Cox: RC
- Viktor Luna: VL
Episode 1: Come As You Are
Original Airdate: July 28, 2011As the season begins, and the designers arrive in New York, they are informed that they are not yet part of season nine. As the final stage of their casting session, 20 designers must go in front of Heidi, Michael, Nina and Tim to make a case why they deserve one of the 16 coveted spots this season.
- ELIMINATED: Amanda, David, Gunnar & Serena
The next day, the 16 remaining designers are awoken by Tim in the early morning hours and given their first challenge: transform the pajamas they are wearing and one bed sheet into an outfit of their choice. Dyes, trim, and closures are provided.
- Guest Judge: Christina RicciChristina RicciChristina Ricci is an American actress. Ricci received initial recognition and praise as a child star for her performance as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values , and her role as Kat Harvey in Casper...
- WINNER: Bert
- ELIMINATED: Rafael
Episode 2: My Pet Project
Original Airdate: August 4, 2011The designers must create an outfit using only materials found in a pet supply store.
- Guest Judge: Stacey Bendet
- WINNER: Olivier
- ELIMINATED: Joshua C.
Episode 3: Go Big or Go Home
Original Airdate: August 11, 2011The designers work on a challenge revolving around a theme called "Larger than Life." In teams of two with a budget of $500 and one day to work, they create outfits for professional stilt walkers. The runway show is at Battery Park
Battery Park
Battery Park is a 25-acre public park located at the Battery, the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City, facing New York Harbor. The Battery is named for artillery batteries that were positioned there in the city's early years in order to protect the settlement behind them...
, making it the first runway show to be held outside.
Pairs: Anthony Ryan & Laura, Bryce & Fallene, Danielle & Cecilia, Joshua M. & Julie, Viktor & Bert, Anya & Olivier and Kimberly & Becky
- Guest Judge: Kim KardashianKim KardashianKimberly Noel "Kim" Kardashian is an American socialite, television personality, model, actress and businesswoman. She is known for the E! reality series that she shares with her family—Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and its spin-offs including Kourtney and Kim Take New York...
- WINNER: Laura
- ELIMINATED: Fallene
Episode 4: All About Nina
Original Airdate: August 18, 2011The designers create a look for judge Nina Garcia that should be wearable by Garcia during work and for an industry event at night. The winning design will be featured in a Marie Claire editorial and on a billboard atop a New York City taxicab.
- Guest Judge: Kerry WashingtonKerry WashingtonKerry Washington is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Ray Charles's wife, Della Bea Robinson, in the film Ray , as Idi Amin's wife Kay in The Last King of Scotland, and as Alicia Masters, love interest of Ben Grimm, The Thing, in the live-action Fantastic Four films of 2005 and 2007...
, Joanna Coles (Editor in ChiefEditor in chiefAn editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...
of Marie Claire)
- WINNER: Kimberly
- ELIMINATED: Julie
Episode 5: Off the Track
Original Airdate: August 25, 2011The designers meet at the New Balance Track and Field Center in New York City and are challenged to create apparel to wear with a new Heidi Klum for New Balance lifestyle sneaker from Klum's collection. The designers work in teams of three, with team leaders chosen by holding a foot race at the Track and Field Center. The winning looks will be sold as part of Klum's collection exclusively on Amazon.com.
- Guest Judge: Erin WassonErin WassonErin Wasson is an American model and occasional stylist and designer. She is of Irish ancestry.-Career:...
- WINNERS: Joshua M. and Viktor
- WITHDREW: Cecilia
- ELIMINATED: Danielle
Cecilia withdrew from the competition and was replaced by Josh C.
Episode 6: The Art of the Matter
Original Airdate: September 1, 2011The designers each work together with an art student to create a painting and then must design an avant-garde look that reflects their art work. They have a budget of $300 and two days to complete their look.
- Guest Judge: Kenneth ColeKenneth ColeKenneth Cole may refer to:*Kenneth Cole , American clothing designer** Kenneth Cole Productions, American fashion house founded by the designer...
, Zanna Roberts Rassi (in for Nina Garcia)
- WINNER: Anthony Ryan
- ELIMINATED: Joshua C.
Episode 7: Can't We Just All Get Along?
Original Airdate: September 8, 2011The designers plug into computer technology to help create signature fabric designs in a challenge that forces them into working in two teams of five. Wielding video cameras, they also venture out into the city to capture the stories behind their inspirations.
Team CHAOS: Anthony Ryan, Anya, Bryce, Olivier, and Viktor
Team Nuts and Bolts: Becky, Bert, Joshua M., Kimberly, and Laura
- Guest Judge: Rachel RoyRachel RoyRachel Roy is an American fashion designer, and philanthropist who was born and raised in California. She grew up and attended Seaside High School along the Monterey Peninsula in Northern California. Rachel attended Columbia Union College, where she majored in liberal arts...
, Rose ByrneRose ByrneMary Rose Byrne is an Australian actress.Byrne made her screen debut in 1994 with a small role in the film Dallas Doll...
- WINNER: Anya
- ELIMINATED: Becky
Episode 8: What Women Want
Original Airdate: September 15, 2011The contestants are introduced to nine men on the runway and, in a seamless twist, discover they must design for the men's significant others. Actress Malin Akerman is the guest judge.
- Guest Judge: Malin AkermanMalin AkermanMalin Maria Åkerman is a Swedish–Canadian actress and model. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden and moved to Canada at the age of two. As a child, she appeared in several television commercials before going on to win a modelling contract at age sixteen...
- WINNER: Joshua M.
- ELIMINATED: Bryce
Episode 9: Image is Everything
Original Airdate: September 22, 2011The outfitters are treated to a special performance from their new client, the up-and-coming band The Sheepdogs
The Sheepdogs
The Sheepdogs are a Canadian rock band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, consisting of Ewan Currie on vocals and guitar, Leot Hanson on guitar, Ryan Gullen on bass and Sam Corbett on drums....
. Broken into two teams of four, the designers are charged with creating a look that will establish them as image-makers.
- Guest Judge: Adam LambertAdam LambertAdam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter, and actor from San Diego, California. In May 2009, he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol...
- WINNER: Viktor
- ELIMINATED: Oliver
Episode 10: Sew 70s
Original Airdate: September 29, 2011The remaining designers do the time warp when fashions from the 1970s inspire their creations.
- Guest Judge: Olivia PalermoOlivia PalermoOlivia Palermo is an American socialite, model and actress. She was a cast member of the reality television show The City.-Career:...
- WINNER: Anya
- ELIMINATED: Anthony Ryan
Episode 11: This is for the Birds
Original Airdate: October 6, 2011Birds will serve as the inspiration for the looks in this challenge. Designers are paired up and each pair is assigned a bird. They then learn that they are not competing together, but rather head-to-head.
Kimberly and Viktor design head-to-head with a cockatoo as their inspiration, Anya and Laura with a raven, and Bert and Joshua with an Amazon parrot.
- Guest Judge: Francisco CostaFrancisco CostaFrancisco Costa , Brazil is the Women's Creative Director of Calvin Klein Collection. Costa won the Council of Fashion Designers America award for Womenswear Designer of the Year in June 2006 as well as in June 2008...
- WINNER: Anya
- ELIMINATED: Bert
Episode 12: The Finale Challenge
Original Airdate: October 13, 2011The remaining designers had to create 3 looks from inspirations on Governor's Island. They were assisted by the five most recently eliminated contestants.
- Guest Judge: Zoe SaldanaZoe SaldanaZoe Saldana , sometimes stylized Zoë Saldaña, is an American actress. She had her breakthrough role in the 2000 film Center Stage and later gained prominence for her roles as Anamaria in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Uhura in the 2009 film Star Trek, and a starring role...
- ADVANCING TO PREPARE A LINE FOR FASHION WEEK: Anya, Viktor, Joshua M., Kimberly
- ELIMINATED: Laura
Episode 13: The Finale Part 1
"Original Airdate:" October 20th 2011The final four designers are critiqued on their collections and compete, for the last time, to show at fashion week. In a shock elimination, it is revealed that all of the four designers will be advancing to fashion week instead of the usual three.
- Guest Judge: None
- ADVANCING TO FASHION WEEK: Joshua M., Viktor, Kimberly, Anya
Episode 14: The Finale Part 2
"Original Airdate:" October 27th 2011The four finalists work the last part of preparation, including casting model, hair and makeup counseling, for Fashion Week. Each shows their collection pieces at Fashion Week before the winner of Project Runway Season 9 is announced.
- Guest Judge: L'Wren ScottL'Wren ScottL'Wren Scott is an American fashion designer, costume designer, stylist and model known primarily for her long term relationship with singer Mick Jagger.-Personal Life:...
- WINNER: Anya
- ELIMINATED: Joshua M., Viktor, Kimberly