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- Previous episode S05E07 - Fashion That Drives You
- Number S05E08
- Episode runtime 45 minutes
- Country United States
- Original language English
- Genres Reality, Game Show
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Double 0 Fashion
The designers were taken to the Meatpacking District and brought to the offices and design showroom of living fashion legend and current CFDA president, designer Diane von Furstenberg. Their challenge was to create a look for her Fall 2008 collection inspired by the movie, A Foreign Affair, starring screen legend, Marlene Dietrich. They were given free rein and 15 minutes inside Diane von Furstenburg's fabric sample room to select fabrics for their designs. The winning garment will be produced in limited quantities and exclusively sold to American Express cardholders, with proceeds going to the CFDA Foundation. The winner did not receive immunity for the next challenge.
* Judges: Heidi Klum, Michael Kors
* Guest judge: Fern Mallis (sitting in for Nina Garcia), Diane von Furstenberg
Now that the Season 22 finale of Project Runway has aired, it is clear that this long-running reality competition still understands its greatest strength: fashion is never just about clothes. At its best, Project Runway turns fabric, time pressure, taste, and personal identity into drama that feels immediate. Season 22, which began with Heidi Klum’s return and a larger-than-usual group of designers fighting even to secure their place in the competition, ended by reminding viewers why the format remains so watchable after 330 episodes. The finale was not simply about who could produce the cleanest collection; it was about who could make a point of view feel inevitable.
What worked especially well in the finale was the season’s emphasis on signature identity. From the premiere, where the designers had to present a defining look, Season 22 framed the competition around authorship: Who are you as a designer, and can you communicate that under pressure? By the time the finalists reached the last runway, the question had evolved. It was no longer enough to show potential or taste. The finale asked whether these designers could build a world — silhouettes, styling, color, construction, emotion — and invite the judges into it. That is where Project Runway continues to separate itself from shows that treat fashion as a simple elimination game. The runway becomes a thesis statement.
The emotional beats of the finale landed because the season had spent time showing the cost of creative ambition. Earlier episodes tested the designers through personal-style challenges, house-based teamwork, NFL-inspired fashion, and even wild-animal runway battles. Those challenges may have seemed eclectic, but together they exposed the same pressure points: collaboration versus ego, commercial appeal versus individuality, and polish versus risk. In the finale, those tensions paid off. The strongest moments came when designers had to defend not just a hemline or a textile choice, but the emotional logic behind their collections. Whether the judges responded with praise, hesitation, or difficult notes, the finale felt like a culmination rather than a random final test.
