Project Runway (season 4)

***Project Runway Season 4*** was the fourth season of *Project Runway*, Bravo's reality competition for fashion designers. The season premiered November 14, 2007. Returning as judges were supermodel Heidi Klum; fashion designer Michael Kors; and Nina Garcia, *Elle* magazine fashion director. Tim Gunn, chief creative officer at Liz Claiborne, Inc., again acts as a mentor to the contestants.

Through a series of weekly challenges, contestants were eliminated, leaving three finalists left who then went on to show their designs in the final episodes at New York Fashion Week. The winner, Pamela Damiano, received prizes including: an editorial feature in *Elle*, $100,000 from *TRESemmé* to start their own line, the opportunity to sell a fashion line on Bluefly.com, and a 2008 Saturn Astra automobile.

This season was preceded by Season 3 and followed by Season 5 on July 16, 2008.

## Contestants

### Designers

The 15 contestants were (in order of elimination):

(ages listed are the designers' ages at the time the show was taped in the summer of 2007)

## Challenges

**Designer legend**

* **Albert Korengay:** AK
* **Andrew Swaim:** AS
* **Brady Mote:** BM
* **Brandie Guidry:** BG
* **Carmela Cervantes:** CC
* **Chanda Kissinger:** CK
* **Jarod Gerber:** JG
* **Jenni Macaluso:** JM
* **Kenneth Wingrove:** KW
* **Mattie Lesh:** ML
* **Pamela Damiano:** PD
* **Ramona Osier:** RO
* **Stanton Tsai:** ST
* **Steve Fleck:** SF
* **Terrence Markow:** TM

## Episodes

### Episode 1: Sew Us What You Got

The designers arrive in New York and are asked to create a garment that best reflects who they are as a designer. They are given 10 minutes to grab from $50,000 worth of fabric in three tents set up in Bryant Park. The designers are randomly assigned models.

* Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
* Guest Judge: Monique Lhuillier
* WINNER: Chanda
* OUT: Mattie
* First aired November 14, 2007

### Episode 2: I Started Crying / Money Changes Everything

The remaining designers are asked to create a two-piece garment for Sarah Jessica Parker's BITTEN line using $15 of materials and only one day to complete their look. All fourteen designers pitched their designs to Parker, who chose seven to work in teams of two to create the design. The winning design was sold beginning in November 2007 at Steve & Barry's stores.

 Pamela
 Terrence
 Andrew
 Jenni
 Chanda
 Ramona

* Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
* Guest Judge: Sarah Jessica Parker
* WINNER: Jarod
* OUT: Terrence
* First aired November 21, 2007

### Episode 3: Fashion Giant

The remaining designers are asked to create a three piece menswear outfit for guest judge Tiki Barber to wear on *The Today Show*. The designers are randomly assigned male models.

* Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
* Guest Judge: Tiki Barber
* WINNER: Andrew
* OUT: Ramona
* First aired November 28, 2007

### Episode 4: Trendsetter

Each designer picks one of 12 outdated fashion trends. Then working in four teams of three, each team must incorporate all three styles into a cohesive collection of three outfits. They have $225 and two days for the project.

 Albert
 Jarod
 Pamela

* Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
* Guest Judge: Donna Karan
* WINNER: Pamela
* OUT: Jenni
* First aired December 5, 2007

### Episode 5: What's the Skinny?

Each designer has to create an outfit for a woman who has recently lost weight, using one of the woman's outfits from before her weight loss as raw material for the new design. The new outfit must incorporate aspects of the now-thin woman's personality, as well as the designer's own style. Each designer is given $10 to use for additional materials. They have one day to complete the outfits.

Designers and Clients:

* Andrew with Laura
* Carmela with Silvia
* Stanton with Erika
* Brady with Elyse
* Albert with Chris
* Kenneth with Ory
* Chanda with Tracy
* Brandie with Penny
* Steve with Alicia
* Jarod with Kerry
* Pamela with Lisa

* Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
* Guest Judge: Patrick Robinson, head designer for The Gap
* WINNER: Carmela
* OUT: Brandie
* First aired December 12, 2007

### Episode 6: Eye Candy

Designers are to create a garment using any materials that were available at the Hershey's store in Times Square, New York City. They are given no budget but only five minutes to collect materials, and are given only one day to complete the outfit.

* Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
* Guest Judge: Zac Posen
* WINNER: Steve
* OUT: Albert
* First aired January 2, 2008

### Episode 7: What a Girl Wants

Designers are challenged to design a prom dress for a group of 16- and 17-year-old girls from St. John Vianney High School in New Jersey. The girls, along with their mothers, pre-select the designers they want to work with based on the designers' portfolios. The designers have a budget of $250 for materials from Mood and two days to construct the dresses. The winner is dependent on who did the best according to the clients, and they are judged on time management.

* Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
* Guest Judge: Gilles Mendel
* WINNER: Jarod
* OUT: Kenneth
* First aired January 9, 2008

### Episode 8: En Garde!

Each designer is randomly paired with another designer and asked to select a team leader. Each team is asked to create an avant-garde outfit based on inspiration from their models' hair styles. They are given a budget of $300 and two days to create this look. The following day, each team is asked to create another, simpler, ready-to-wear outfit which embodies the "essence" of the avant-garde look they have been working on. For the second piece, the designers have a budget of $50. The leader of the winning team receives immunity in the next challenge, while the winning team and their outfits are featured in a TRESemme fashion shoot.

Teams:

* **Andrew**and Stanton
* **Chanda**and Steve
* **Pamela**and Brady
* **Jarod**and Carmela

* Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
* Guest Judge: Alberta Ferretti
* First aired January 16, 2008

### Episode 9: Even Designers Get the Blues

The designers are tasked with creating an iconic look using deconstructed denim fabric and white cotton while also showing off the Levi's 501 legacy. The designers are given three minutes to collect provided denim jeans and jackets and cotton fabric hanging from clotheslines in a storeroom; Notions such as buttons, rivets, and other fasteners are provided in the workroom. The designers have one day to complete the design. From this challenge forward, the winning designer would no longer gain immunity in the following challenge.

* Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
* Guest Judge: Caroline Calvin
* WINNER: Brady
* OUT: Jarod
* First aired January 23, 2008

### Episode 10: Raw Talent

Each designer selects one of six WWE Divas based on their general attitude, and must design an outfit that matches that attitude and can be worn in the wrestling ring. The designers are given $100 for fabric and two days to complete the designs.

* Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
* Guest Judges: Traver Rains and Richie Rich
* Guest Clients: Maria Kanellis, Kristal Marshall, Michelle McCool, Candice Michelle, Layla El, Torrie Wilson
* WINNER: Stanton
* OUT: Andrew
* First aired February 6, 2008

### Episode 11: The Art of Fashion

The designers are given 45 minutes in three galleries (the Greek and Roman Sculpture courtyard, the European Painting wing, and the Temple of Dendur) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to select a piece of art to use as inspiration for a dress, using provided cameras to capture the artwork. They are given $300 for materials at Mood, and two days to complete the design.

Designers and their art inspiration:

* **Brady**- Marie Francoise
* **Chanda**- Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal
* **Pamela**- The Story of the Argonauts
* **Stanton**- Aphrodite
* **Steve** - Peacocks

* Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
* Guest Judges: Roberto Cavalli
* WINNER: Christian
* OUT: Sweet P
* First aired February 13, 2008
* All the designers who remain in the competition at the end of this episode will show collections at Bryant Park at New York Fashion Week in February 2008.
* While statements throughout the show stated that only three designers would move on, the judges declared Brady and Stanton tied, and thus, both will develop their line for the Bryant Park show. However, prior to the show, both will display their three best pieces to the judges, who will then decide who will actually be participating for the *Project Runway* competition during Bryant Park, reducing the final judging decision to three.

### Episode 13: Finale (Part 1)

The four remaining designers are given five months and $8000 to create a collection of twelve looks for Fashion Week. Three and a half months later, Tim visits each of the designers to assess their progress. The designers return to New York City after five months. Brady and Stanton are to select their three best outfits from their collections, and are given three hours to fit pre-selected models and prepare their hair and makeup before the runway show; they each can use the help of one of the other competitors. The winner of this runway show, Stanton, joins the other two in the competition at the Bryant Park show.

* Guest Judges: none
* ADVANCED: Stanton
* OUT: Brady
* First aired February 27, 2008

### Episode 14: Finale (Part 2)

* Judges: Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors
* Guest Judges: Victoria Beckham
* WINNER of Project Runway Season 4: Pamela Damiano
* OUT: Steve Fleck (2nd runner-up), Stanton Tsai (1st runner-up)
* First aired March 5, 2008
* PR4 Model Winner: Cassie Garrity, who got a spread in *Elle* magazine, wearing Damiano's designs.