Project Runway — Season 5
Back in dramatic fashion.
About this season
Aspiring fashion designers compete for a chance to break into the industry. Each week, a designer is eliminated from the competition after exhibiting their work in front of a judges' panel.
Episodes (14)
1. Let's Start From the Beginning
1.0Aired 16 July 2008 • 49 min
The 16 new contestants are introduced and face their first challenge. The designers are asked to create a look using only materials purchased from a grocery store. They have $75 and one day to complete their outfits.
2. Grass Is Always Greener
6.0Aired 23 July 2008 • 48 min
The designers are asked to create a cocktail dress, using environmentally friendly or conscious fabrics, with their models as their clients. They have $75 and one day to finish their garments.
3. Bright Lights/Big City
Aired 30 July 2008 • 44 min
The designers are tasked to create a look inspired by the nightlife of New York City. They have $100 and one day to complete their designs.
4. Rings of Glory
Aired 6 August 2008 • 44 min
The designers must create a women's wear look for the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremonies. They have $150 and one day to complete their designs.
5. Welcome to the Jungle
Aired 13 August 2008 • 44 min
Brooke Shields gives the designers their next challenge, to make an outfit she will wear on her television show Lipstick Jungle. They pitch their ideas to Shields, who chooses half of them as team leaders to be paired randomly with the remaining contestants. The designers have $150 and one day to complete their looks.
6. Good Queen Fun
Aired 20 August 2008 • 48 min
Former contestant Chris March returns to give the designers their next challenge: make an outfit for a drag queen. They have $200 and two days to complete their designs.
7. Fashion That Drives You
Aired 27 August 2008 • 44 min
The designers are asked to make an outfit from the spare parts and raw materials of a Saturn hybrid car. They have four minutes to collect their materials and one day to complete their outfits.
8. Double 0 Fashion
Aired 3 September 2008 • 44 min
The designers are taken to the offices and design showroom of fashion living-legend Diane von Fürstenberg. Their challenge is to create a look for her Fall 2008 collection, inspired by the movie A Foreign Affair. They have 15 minutes inside von Fürstenberg's sample room to select fabrics and one day to complete the outfit.
9. What's Your Sign?
Aired 10 September 2008 • 49 min
The designers are paired up with eliminated contestants and asked to create an avant-garde garment inspired by one of their two astrological signs. They have $250 and one day to complete the look.
10. Transformation
Aired 17 September 2008 • 44 min
The designers are assigned recent college graduates and are tasked to give them a fashion makeover to help them enter the workforce. Each designer was to gear their look to their client's specific profession, while keeping their individual style. They have $100 and two days to complete their look.
11. Rock N' Runway
Aired 24 September 2008 • 44 min
The contestants are given the task of designing for each other, inspired by different genres of music. They have $150 and one day to complete the challenge.
12. Nature Calls
Aired 1 October 2008 • 50 min
The contestants head to the New York Botanical Garden to design an evening gown inspired by nature. They have $250 and two days to complete their dress.
13. Finale: Part I
Aired 8 October 2008 • 48 min
The remaining designers are given two months and $8000 to design a 10-piece collection, plus a wedding gown, for Fashion Week. In the interim, each gets a special visit in their hometown from Tim Gunn. Back in New York City, the designers are given one more task, create a bridesmaid dress to go with their wedding gown.
14. Finale: Part II
Aired 15 October 2008 • 47 min
In the conclusion of the finale, the remaining contestants pare their 12-piece collections down to ten. Then they present their lines to industry insiders at Fashion Week.