天桥骄子第十八季Bravo’s Emmy-winning competition series Project Runway returns for another season of high stakes and fierce fashions on Thursday, December 5 at 9:30/8:30c. Sixte en new hopefuls ar e ready to take t he runw ay by st orm and m ake fash ion history. H ost Karlie Kloss is back, along wi th Christian Siriano as the mentor and returni ng judges Nina Garcia, Brando n Maxwell, an d Elaine Welt eroth, to d ecide who has what it t akes to m ake it in this industry. Eac h 90-minute epi sode will feature the return o f some fan-f avorite elements, including the “ Siriano Save, ” i n which Chris tian has th e opportuni ty to bri ng one eliminat ed desig ner back into the com petition, a nd the p ièce de rési stance, a chance to present a final collect ion at New Yor k Fashi on Week. Goth am remai ns a main characte r for this f ashion adve nture for chal lenge revea ls and runwa y shows with i conic loca tions s uch as the famous TWA Hote l at JFK, Th e Vessel at Hud son Yards, and Bergdor f Goodman. In a ddition, the groundb reaking series continues to sh ine a light on the evol ution of fa shion and inclu sion by featurin g a variety of sexual pre ferences, racia l backg rounds and age s including a nonbinary model and a t rans model, a “Dreamer, ” and the old est designer e ver to compete on Proj ect Runway. Challenging fas hion norms, the designer s are tasked with creati ng functiona l outfits f or Olymp ians and Paralympians , as wel l as turning donated g arments from Go odwill of NY i nto high fashi on wear. In the premiere of Project Runway, the compet ition beg ins with some twists right ou t of th e airpor t gate. Wi th luggage stil l in tow , the des igners are greeted at th e iconic TWA H otel at JFK air port ready to take f light with their first ch allenge : to create an innova tive loo k inspire d by hu manity’s c ontinued p ush into sp ace explor ation. In a Runway firs t, these un familiar designers have to pair u p and collab orate to make cohesive pi eces that b low away the judges or they are out. Fans will also get a chance t o own a piece of the designer c reations when they vote on the outfi ts they like best. Both the jud ges’ winn ing look an d a fan-fav orite look wil l be manufact ured in the US A by Nine teenth Amendm ent, a pr oductio n platfo rm producing sustainabl e clothing on-demand, and s old on Bravotv .com/Pr ojectRunwa y. The gu est judges th is seas on who will h elp determine w hether our desi gners are in o r out are sin ger and ac tress Cyn di Laup er, actr ess and e qual-ri ghts advo cate Lav erne Cox, comedian and ac tress Leslie J ones, Ol ympic gold-me dal down hill ski er Lindsey Von n, actre ss Rachel Br osnahan, fas hion des igner Thom Bro wne, legend ary artist s Ashle y Longshor e, Emmy-nomin ated fashio n styli st Marn i Senofo nte, and more . Maybe lline and T RESemmé retu rn as t he exclusiv e makeup and hair car e partners to bring to life th e glamorous looks that will defin e the runway . Brothe r will once again out fit the sta te-of-the-art workroom with its innovativ e sewing and em broidery ma chines for contestant s to crea te their shows topping piec es. With the return of the inv entive Pilot F riXion Eras able Gel Ink P ens, aspir ing designers have the c reative freedom to bring th eir sketches to life. To celebrat e Univer sal Pictur es' new film Ca ts (in theater s Dec. 2 0), designers will compete to create a chi c stree t look t hat puts a new spin on the timel ess tre nd of ani mal prints. Vie wers who ca n't get enough o f Project Ru nway can tune into the Project Ru nway After Show and Viewer Verdict, two digital s eries a vailable on BravoTV.c om and bro ught to yo u by TRESemmé a nd Maybelline, respec tively. The winni ng desig ner will take home a $250, 000 gra nd prize cour tesy of Bluprint , the dig ital des tination for makers and the officia l DIY p artner of Project Runway, a featur e in ELLE magazine, the chance to be featured in a Blu print d igital series , $50, 000 compliments of returning sponsor Pilot , and a caree r-changing me ntorshi p with the CFD A (Coun cil of Fashio n Design ers of Ame rica). L ast seaso n, Bluprint a warded the winning designe r Sebastian Grey his own or iginal digital series along with $50, 000 to put tow ard a design studio. Th e series Fash ion Sewing with Sebasti an Grey wi ll offer lessons on making a bespoke skirt and will stream on the Bluprint digit al platf orm and app in con junction with the Pr oject Run way seaso n premie re. Bravo’ s Emmy-winning competition s eries Project R unway returns for another s eason of hig h stakes a