Season 1

## Episodes

### **Episode 1**

The premiere episode of *Project Runway Australia* kicked off with the twelve designers introducing themselves. After being introduced to Kristie and Henry, the designers were told that their first challenge would involve using materials draped around the entrance of the Whitehouse Institute of Design to create a glamorous evening dress that represented who they were as a designer. They were also told that the Whitehouse Institute of Design was located 3 kilometres away and that the first person to reach there would get the best pick of materials. The guest judge for this episode was Karen Webster, the director of L'oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival.

* Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon
* Guest Judge: Karen Webster
* WINNER: Jordan
* OUT: Kathryn
* First Aired: 7 July 2008

### **Episode 2**

In this episode, Henry brought the designers to St. Kilda's Beach to draw inspiration from the beach for the Australian lifestyle of hanging out at the beach and partying at bars in the night. The designers had to create a garment that was versatile enough to be used at the beach and at the bar as well. For this task, they had 7 hours in the work room.

* Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon
* Guest Judge: Camille Frank
* WINNER: Allison
* OUT: Koby
* First Aired: 14 July 2008

### **Episode 3**

Henry took the designers to a racetrack, where he revealed that the designers would be getting their materials out of the back of the cars. With these, they had to make a sporty, yet racy separates garment from the car parts found in the back of the car. This was also a team task, therefore a double elimination. Though one might assume this meant one team would be eliminated, it did not. The two lowest scoring teams both lost a designer. The teams this episode were:

* **Alexander** & Madeline
* **Ebony** & Stephanie
* **Rose** & Talon
* **Allison** & Jordan
* **Zac** & Braylon
* Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon
* Guest Judge: Claudia Navone
* WINNER: **Zac** and Braylon
* OUT: Madeline and Talon
* First Aired: 21 July 2008

Note: **Bold** represents team leaders.

### **Episode 4**

In the morning, the designers are driven to the MCG where they are greeted by Kristie Hinze. At first believe they are to create menswear as of the choice of the setting. However, this is soon disproven as they are shown their models for this task. They are given 20 minutes to be given a brief by the women of what they would like to wear to the Brownlow Medal awards; this is their task. After the brief the designers are given 250 AUD to purchase materials for their designs.

* Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon
* Guest Judge: Peter Morrissey
* WINNER: Alexander
* OUT: Rose
* First Aired: 28 July 2008

### **Episode 5**

The designers have to design an outfit that is not only an individual piece but also fits into a collection. The designs were to be inspired by the European fashion in the 60s and use a similar colour palette to the colours in the new Loreal make up collection, Angelic. The designers had a joint budget of $1,000 to spend but only 3 people could choose the fabrics.
The designers were told by Henry that they were going to attend an industry party where they had to impress Sophie Falkner. The winner of the challenge would be featured in Confidential in the Daily Telegraph and have immunity. The designers were accompanied by their models who were wearing their designs.

* Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon
* Guest Judge: Karen Webster
* WINNER: Zac
* OUT: Braylon
* First Aired: 4 August 2008

### **Episode 6**

The designers had to design a tailored look for winter using only white fabrics. The designers models were the eliminated designers and the eliminated designer paired with the winning designer for the runway challenge would be brought back into the competition.

* Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon
* Guest Judge: Arthur Galan
* WINNER: Zac
* OUT: Stephanie
* ENTER: Koby
* First Aired: 11 August 2008

### **Episode 7**

This episode, there is a special celebrity guest: Kelly Rowland. The designers are to design an outfit for Kelly Rowland to wear on stage while performing. The brief is for an edgy but classy look. They are given 30 minutes to sketch the design and later are given 300 AUD to buy fabrics.

* Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon
* Guest judge: Kelly Rowland
* WINNER: Koby
* OUT: Jordan
* First aired: 18 August 2008

### **Episode 8**

In this episode the designers were told now it is time to get to the serious side of fashion. The challenge was to design for the commercial market and design for Myer's Basque line of clothing. The winner of the challenge would have their design manufactured and sold by the Basque label. The contestants were given 30 minutes to sketch and 5 minutes with Judy Coomber, the guest judge, to go over their designs. With 15 minutes and 100 AUD the designs had to get their fabric choices.

* Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon
* Guest Judge: Judy Coomber, Merchandise Director for Fashion and Beauty for Myer
* WINNER: Ebony
* OUT: Koby
* First Aired: 25 August 2008

### **Episode 9**

In this episode the designers were driven to a church in a luxury car. The challenge was initially, to create a wedding dress which could be used as a final, show stopping dress on any runway. The contestants were given 15 minutes and 500 AUD to choose their fabrics.

* Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon
* Guest Judge: Karen Webster
* WINNER: Alexander
* OUT: Allison
* First Aired: 1 September 2008

### **Episode 11**

After showing their collections on the runway, Ebony was eliminated, followed by Zac, making Alexander the winner of *Project Runway Australia*.

* WINNER: Alexander
* OUT: Zac and Ebony
* First Aired: 15 September 2008