Michael Kors, Project Runway
Project Runway's venerable judge and fashion expert, Michael Kors, weighs in on Season 5, Heidi Klum's hidden talents, his TV addiction — and his TV Guide addiction. (Project Runway airs Wednesdays at 9 pm/ET on Bravo.)
TV Guide: What can Project Runway viewers expect from Season 5?
Michael Kors: One thing that's very cool is that the contestants' points of view are so varied — everything from demure to outrageous, from rockabilly to Audrey Hepburn. It's an intriguing group.
TV Guide: Unlike previous seasons, you were still filming up until the premiere date. Do you see this quick turnaround affecting the show?
Kors: Not at all. Fashion is the craziest-paced business on the planet — this season is actually in "real" fashion time.
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Austin Scarlett and Michael Knight, Project Runway
Project Runway (Wednesdays at 9 pm/ET, Bravo) has certainly had its share of colorful characters — and inspired creations — over the past four seasons. So which of the reality hit's wannabe designers have found a pattern for success? We checked in with the winners and notable also-rans to find out just what they're up to now.
Wendy Pepper
Virginia mom Pepper, the controversial dark-horse finalist from PR1, is sticking close to home. Her new line, Pretty World, is being sold exclusively through Highcliffe Clothiers, right down the street in Middleburg, Virginia. "I walk to work and make my line at the shop," says Pepper, 43. "First come, first served!" She extended her Bravo career on Celebrity Poker Showdown and Battle of the Network Reality Stars, and she doesn't rule out returning to TV — "Never say never!"
Jay McCarroll
After winning PR1
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Chris March, Christian Siriano, Jillian Lewis and Rami Kashou, Project Runway
Project Runway 4 has produced the most diverse group of finalists yet: avant-garde wunderkind Christian Siriano, red-carpet designer Rami Kashou, Broadway costume vet Chris March and ambitious sophisticate Jillian Lewis. As the final four prepare to unveil their collections on Bravo's two-part finale (starting Feb. 27 at 10 pm/ET), they reflect on the season's best and worst, their biggest competition and why they'll win it all.
Christian Siriano
Age: 21
Hometown: Annapolis, Maryland
Least favorite challenge: Take a guess! Prom challenge. That was the worst. No lie.
Favorite design: The avant-garde — the piece that we created was the epitome of what I like to do.
Challenge you wish you'd had: I wish we could
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Jack Mackenroth, Project Runway
In one of the most emotional Project Runway (Wednesdays at 10 pm/ET on Bravo) episodes ever, Jack Mackenroth withdrew from the competition after developing a potentially dangerous staph infection. The good-natured 38-year-old menswear designer spoke to us about his sudden departure, his Sex and the City movie cameo and his new reality-show romance.
TVGuide.com: First, let me say how bummed I am about your leaving the show.
Jack Mackenroth: Not as bummed as me! [Laughs]
TVGuide.com: Can you walk me through the sequence of events? What happened?
Jack: Basically, it seems like a week but it’s only a day, tops. The day before, I had this bump in my nose and I thought, "This is weird." The next morning, I woke up, and my lip was really puffy. The progression was so rapid that I thought, "I know what this is." Twice before, long ago, I had a very antibio
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Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum, Project Runway
In the new season of Project Runway (premiering tonight at 10 pm/ET on Bravo), we meet designers who've dressed Jessica Alba, Lenny Kravitz and Madonna and shown their work in the glossy pages of Elle and Vogue. And no, they're not the guest judges — these are the contestants.
"We've got a very sophisticated, very savvy group this year," says judge Michael Kors. "These are definitely not people fresh out of Home Ec." Adds Runway's genial guru Tim Gunn, "It's the greatest compliment the show can have, that des
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