Project Runway

Tim Gunn introduces everyone to 15 new designers who will be competing against each other on Project Runway Season 12. He also teases the fact that one of three former designers, chosen strictly by the fans, will be rejoining the competition this season. Former alumni Nick Verreos and Michelle Lesniak Franklin provide their personal commentary about the designers.

In the season premiere, we meet 15 brand new designers on an airfield outside of NYC, and learn from Heidi and Tim that Kate (Season 11) will be rejoining the competition. The new designers witness a spectacular skydive that ends with their first challenge: Design a look that represents their aesthetic, but only using parachutes as material.

The designers are surprised to see armed security guards arrive on the Runway...until their models step out wearing millions of dollars of exquisite jewels. The designers must create a look based around the model, and jewelry, of their choosing.

The designers are taken to Coney Island and split into teams of two for the Yoplait Challenge. After asking patrons to describe different flavors of yogurt, they must then use these descriptive words as inspiration for their Runway look. The catch? The only fabric allowed in this challenge are from prizes they win at Coney Island.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, actor and founder of "Tie the Knot," challenges the designers to create a garment that incorporates and is inspired by bowties. The drama mounts as one designer proposes to his partner, while another leaves the show for good.

For their second Team Challenge of the season, the designers are divided into four teams of three and told they are making a 3-piece mini collection inspired by their assigned Lexus Sedan. However, this is also an Unconventional Materials Challenge, so the designers must drive their Lexus' to various predetermined locations of their choosing in order to shop for this challenge.

Resource Water rewards the designers with a "glamping" trip in the woods, filled with activities and relaxation. As the designers get to rejuvenate, bond, and sketch in nature, their challenge is to find inspiration from the outdoors for a high fashion look. The show ends with high emotion as Tim Gunn decides he disagrees with the judges and uses his only "Tim Gunn Save."

In a challenge for Marie Claire, the designers are taken to the infamous Marie Claire shoe closet and given the challenge of designing an outfit inspired by a pair of shoes. But in order to get their shoes, they must compete against each other in a fashion trivia contest.

Heidi challenges the designers to create performance wear that is also fashionable for her New Balance collection. But first, the designers must participate in an obstacle course to see who gets an extra hour in the workroom and first dibs on fabric.

The designers are treated to a Southern brunch in the city. Their relaxing is cut short as Tim arrives and explains that their challenge is to design a look for the Modern Southern woman or, the Belk customer. After a challenging runway, the judges send the bottom three designers back to the drawing board, where they have one hour to rework their looks and save themselves from elimination.

Through the help of L'Oreal Paris, the designers are given the opportunity to make over "Superfans" of Project Runway. Also, tensions run high as two designers engage in a heated conflict, and Tim has to intervene.

For the HP Challenge the designers must create a textile and look based on inspirations they receive from Next Generation Innovators. When the judges are not pleased on the Runway, two designers are eliminated.

For the L'Oreal Makeup Challenge, the designers are asked to create an avant-garde look inspired by butterflies. But there is a twist: They also have to redesign a previously loosing look from the season, as the judges prepare to decide who makes it to New York Fashion Week.

Fashion Week is just around the corner, and the remaining five designers return home to work on their collections. But even though two designers are guaranteed a spot at New York Fashion Week, the remaining three have to battle in front of the judges to prove who has what it takes to make it to the next level and show their collection at Lincoln Center.

The moment that our designers have been waiting and hoping for since the very beginning, the opportunity to show at New York Fashion Week, has finally arrived. With only four competitors remaining, another look to create, and very little time left, who will ultimately have what it takes to win Project Runway?

All of the designers reunite one last time to discuss their experiences on Project Runway together, settle any last feuds that still exist in the group, and reminisce about their time on this season. Tim Gunn hosts...and a rather spirited discussion leads him to almost lose his cool with the designers!