Project Runway Australia

Project Runway Australia

Airs on Arena TV (Australia)

Overall Rating: 4.75/5 (8 votes cast)

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Cast & Crew

  • Kristy Hinze as
    Host
  • Jayson Brunsdon as
    Judge
  • Henry Roth as
    Judge
  • Sarah Gale as
    Judge
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Biographical Information on Host and Judges

Kristy Hinze, Host

Australian Supermodel Kristy Hinze was discovered in Queensland at the age of 14 when she became the youngest ever model to land an exclusive one year contract with VOGUE Australia. Since then has graced the covers of numerous magazines around the world including Sports Illustrated, British Cosmopolitan, Maxim, Australian Women's Weekly, Harper's Bazaar, Cleo, GQ, and Australian Vogue.

Currently based in New York, Kristy consistently travels the globe in cities including Paris, London, and Madrid where she has modeled for prestigious international brands such as Victoria's Secret, Berlei, Fisley, Decleor, Diesel, Country Road and Givenchy. She is currently the face of Australia's Sportscraft.

Project Runway Australia is Kristy's first full-time hosting role. She has acted in films including 'The Extra' alongside Jimoin and 'Boys and Girls' with Jason Biggs.

Henry Roth, Judge

Henry Roth was born into fashion. His grandparents were fur coat (BOO!) designers in Poland before World War II and his parents founded Henri Josef, one of Australia's largest bridal and couture houses over fifty years ago.

Beginning his career as a lawyer, Henry worked for high profile entertainment companies including Michael Edgley and Harvey Goldsmith in Europe before deciding to join his family's fashion empire Henri Josef as Managing Director in 1991 - a role he flourished in for 7 years before moving to New York.

Here, Henry and his design sister Michelle created a fashion business of their own and soon started creating couture bridal wear for some of the biggest A listers in the country including a $65,000 wedding gown for the wife of sporting legend Shaquille O'Neil. With sales in over 120 stores across the USA,

Henry and sister Michelle have designed outfits worn by American luminaries including Barbara Walters and music legend Aretha Franklyn whilst also appearing on top rating programs like: Entertainment Tonight, Good Morning America, The View, Extra, and Style Court.

Sarah Gale, Judge

Sarah Gale has spent almost 25 years as a buyer for some of the Australia's largest retail companies. If you've bought an item of clothing in Australia lately - Sarah has probably put it there.

Within her roles, Sarah has travelled extensively around the world researching market trends and shopping the global fashion retailers. She has specialised in forecasting fashion trends and subsequently developed fashion ranges in Australia, China, HK and Taiwan.

Over the years Sarah has received much recognition amongst her peers and has won and been nominated for many awards including Buyer of the Year, Workplace Innovator Award, and Merchandise Team of the Year.

Sarah regularly speaks at various fashion events and schools throughout Australia including Melbourne's School of Fashion.

Jayson Brunsdon, Judge

Jayson Brunsdon has been an illustrator, fashion editor, and more recently the creative director for Australian brand Morrissey. He has styled superstar rock group INXS and has an A list client list including HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Linda Evangelista and Naomi Watts.

As a veteran of the Australian fashion industry, Brunsdon incredible success has seen his designs sold in over ten country's around the world including New York and Singapore and has also shown his collections the prestigious New York Fashion Week.

Brunsdon's designs focus on being both wearable and beautiful by taking key shapes and transforming them with feminine detailing. His label, Jayson Brunsdon, encompasses day and evening wear with looks of contemporary glamour with Hollywood classic. He draws his inspiration from film legends like Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly.

Show Format

Shown in Australia on Arena TV

Project Runway uses progressive elimination to reduce the initial field of 12 or more fashion designers down to 3 or 4 before the final challenge. Each non-finale challenge (the scope of one episode) requires the designers to develop one more new garment to be presented at a runway show. The challenges may include creating a garment from non-traditional materials, such as recycled materials or items from a grocery store, using the 'clothes off their backs, designing for a certain person, corporate fashion line, or specialized theme (such as a cocktail party). A professional fashioin mentor is assigned to the designers and does not participate in the judging; instead, he visits the designers mid-way through each challenge to comment and suggest improvements for each design.

While on the show, the designers live in an apartment together and are prohibited from leaving without authorization. They are also prohibited from communicating with family or friends, nor are they allowed access to the Internet to research designs. Designers are also forbidden from bringing pattern books or similar how-to books with them during the show.

The designers are given a stipend and limited amount of time to finish each garment (from as short as half a day to two or three days). Often the designers work independently, although on some challenges contestants must work in teams. Once the deadline is reached, the designers must dress their models and select their hair, make-up, and accessories. Each model walks down the runway, and the garment the contestant made is rated by a panel of judges, scoring each dress in a number of categories from 0 to 5. The judges then interview the designers and share their opinions before conferring as a group and selecting winning and losing designers based on their scores and other considerations. Generally, the loser of each challenge is eliminated from the competition.

After the final challenge, the remaining three or four designers are then told to prepare a complete fashion collection to be presented at the next big Fashion Week. The finalists are given several months and several thousand dollars for this task which they perform at their own homes or studios. While some construction work can be outsourced, the majority of the garments must be created by the designers themselves. Prior to the show, the finalists return to the Project Runway studios to perform final fittings on their models, and also may be thrown an additional challenge, such as designing an additional outfit to fit the collection. The ultimate winner is selected by the judges, and receives $100,000 to start his or her own design line, a magazine spread in a popular fashion Magazine, and a mentorship from a design firm; some seasons have also included a new car as part of the prize package.

Fashion models who work with the designers throughout the season are also in the competition. Each week, as the number of designers dwindles, the number of models is also reduced, with one model remaining at the end. Models may sometimes be randomly pre-assigned to a designer; in other cases, designers will have an opportunity to pick the model they wish to work with. The winner of the previous challenge receives first pick and subsequent designers pick through a random draw. Included in the prize package for the winning model is coverage in a high fashion magazine, featuring the winning designer's designs.

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