Henderson also recently competed on season seven of "Project Runway: All Stars" in , but he went home early on and came in 13th place. Today, Jones has largely shifted her career from designing to consulting. Anya Ayoung-Chee's season nine victory is quite a dramatic story. She had only taken up sewing four months before the competition and had no garments constructed when Gunn visited her home before the finale.
After winning the ninth season of "Project Runway," Ayoung-Chee created a resort-wear clothing line. Ayoung-Chee appeared as a mentor on the "Project Runway" spin-off series "Under the Gunn" back in The designer also competed on season seven of "Project Runway: All Stars" in and came in 10th place. Dmitry Sholokhov was another double winner, beating out the competition on both "Project Runway" and "Project Runway: All Stars" season four. After his wins, Sholokhov dedicated himself to his own line, which works mostly on private commissions.
After winning season 10 of "Project Runway" and season four of "Project Runway: All Stars," the designer came in second place on the seventh season of "All Stars. In , he tied with designer Sue Wong for fashion designer of the year at the Metropolitan Fashion Awards. After nearly being cut from the show early on, Michelle Lesniak was named the champion of season After winning her season, and a brief stint on "Project Runway: All Stars" season four, Lesniak returned to her hometown of Portland, Oregon , where she's currently designing for her own boutique.
Lesniak returned to "Project Runway: All Stars" in for season seven and took home the big prize. Dom Streater stole the show with her graphic prints that easily secured her spot as the winner of season Streater is currently working in Philadelphia and, according to a interview with The News and Observer, she considers herself a slow-fashion designer.
Her label offers limited-edition T-shirts, scarves, and jackets for sale, as well as abstract paintings. After wowing audiences with a dress that went from white to multicolored under the runway's rain, New Zealander Sean Kelly won the whole competition on season Post-"Project Runway," Kelly is still living and designing in New York, primarily for Hercules , a men's luxury swimwear brand. Ashley Nell Tipton stood out on "Project Runway" for teaming up with plus-size models and producing eye-catching designs.
After her "Project Runway" win, Tipton signed a contract with JCPenney to design and be the face of their plus-size boutique. She has also designed for Simplicity, K and M Accessories, and has launched her own clothing and eyewear lines. In , Tipton announced on her YouTube channel that she was going to stop designing. With her banana-print looks and silver coats, Erin Robertson took home the winning title on season 15 of "Project Runway.
Since then, she's returned to Boston where she continues to design and do other creative work. Kentaro Kameyama claimed the title of season 16 winner, and the designer has been busy working since the end of the show. He's already shown collections at LA, Paris, New York Fashion Weeks, and the ready-to-wear pieces are available for purchase on his website. Outside of fashion, Kameyama is a classical pianist and composer. Jhoan "Sebastian" Grey wowed the judges with his high-end style on season 17 of "Project Runway.
After Grey took home the winning title in , he got to debut his "Lineage" collection in collaboration with the Fashion for a Cause Foundation at New York Fashion Week. Geoffrey Mac was a fan-favorite on season 18, so it's no surprise that he took home the big prize. Mac is the most recent winner from the season, but he was already pretty successful before going on the show.
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Obviously, every single designer who is chosen for Project Runway is selected for the series because of their distinct style and eye for fashion, but Rami Kashou brought a sensibility to his designs that really no other designer in Project Runway history had. While most designers imagine their designs from a structural standpoint, Rami seemed to create fashion that felt more like a sculpture than a design, and his way of molding fabric into something spectacular was truly visionary.
Michael Costello is likely remembered by most Project Runway fans for being thrown under the bus for his supposed lack of sewing skill at least according to his fellow contestants , which is ironic considering that he's gone on to become one of the most successful alumni in Project Runway history. His work was good enough to get him to fourth place on his original season and third on the first season of Project Runway All Stars , and Costello's work has been lighting up the red carpet on celebs like Beyonce and Alicia Keys ever since.
Irina Shabayeva is really one of the best examples of Project Runway competitors who have every skill required to kill it in the competition. What made Irina's work memorable was her ability to take an extremely limited amount of time and an extremely limited budget, and still somehow create a design that was creative, flawlessly sewn and tailored, and that somehow managed to look extremely luxurious too.
After the show, Shabayeva went on to design ready-to-wear collections, bridal wear, and red carpet looks for numerous celebrities. Austin Scarlett really set himself apart from the crowd in the very first Project Runway challenge in history when he made a stunning dress out of corn husks, but his talent didn't just stem from his ability to innovate.
His lush and romantic designs made him a memorable competitor on the series, and after his initial appearance on Project Runway he went on to design luxe evening wear and bridal collections for other design houses as well as his own brand.
Although Kini Zamora never managed to pull out a season win on his seasons of Project Runway and Project Runway All Stars , his insane talent as a designer and sewer was always readily apparent in every one of his works. Henderson won the season in the April finale, but it wasn't the last time he had success on the show. He also won Project Runway All Stars in s eason 3. He additionally filled in for longtime judge Tim Gunn as the head casting judge on season 9 of Project Runway.
Henderson created a career that featured sustainable clothing and collaborated with Feetz on 3D-printed shoes in He also competed in 's Project Runway All Stars but was eliminated early on. Jones's win in October was a controversial one. Guerra went on to win Project Runway All Stars on season 1 of the show. After her win, Jones moved to Brooklyn, where she has her own fashion line.
Chee joined the competition with only a few months of sewing experience behind her, but she managed to win the whole season in October She walked away with the opportunity to design an exclusive collection for Piperlime. Since winning the show, Ayoung Chee went on to develop her own line and lives in Trinidad and Tobago. She was also a mentor on the Project Runway spinoff, Under the Gunn , in The Belarus-born designer won season 10 of the show in October with designs that the judges praised for their sophistication.
He came to the show with a background in fashion and experience working at J. Lesniak far right, back row might not have a lot of photos available online, but one Internet search proves that she's had a pretty impressive career. After competing in Project Runway All Stars season 4 and season 7, the Oregon designer went back to her hometown, Portland, where she continues her career. She strives to create work that abandons the often wasteful practices of the fashion industry and is inspired by "global textiles, travel, and history.
Kelly took the win in a season where he nailed the challenge to design clothes for the "rainway" with a powdered dye that made the clothes burst with color on the runway. Kelly lives and designs in New York City. After winning the show in , Tipton signed a contract with JC Penney to design for and be the face of their plus-size boutique. She released her first line of eyewear and apparel in , and she continues to consult for other plus-size lines.
Erin Robertson, winner of season 15 in December , loves a bright, quirky design, which is evident from her website.
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