• Air date: 14 Jan '10 15 episodes
      Project Runway Season 7 is the seventh season of the television show Project Runway. The first episode aired on January 14, 2010 on the Lifetime. Season 7 featured the return of the show to New York City, following a move to Los Angeles for Season 6. Returning as judges are supermodel Heidi Klum, fashion designer Michael Kors, and Marie Claire fashion director Nina Garcia. Tim Gunn returned as a mentor to the aspiring designers. The winner of this season of Project Runway will receive an editorial feature in an issue of Marie Claire magazine, a cash prize of $100,000 to start his or her own line, an opportunity to sell the line on Bluefly.com, and a $50,000 technology suite from Hewlett-Packard to create, design, and run his or her business. The winning model of this season will receive a $25,000 cash prize and take part in the winning designer's fashion spread in Marie Claire. Anthony Williams and Mila Hermanovski later appeared in Project Runway: All Stars in 2012, with Anthony placing 9th out of 13th, and Mila placing 6th. Emilio Sosa, in the same year, competed in the second season of the All Stars edition and again placed first runner-up, losing to Anthony Ryan Auid from Season Nine.
  • List of Episodes (15)
    • 1. Back to New York

      14 Jan '10
      Season 7 of Project Runway premieres with sixteen new designers, who will try to make their way to Bryant Park to show their collections in New York Fashion Week. The show returns to New York and the contestants will be living at the Atlas Apartments and working in Parsons work room.
    • 2. The Fashion Farm

      21 Jan '10
      The designers must create a party look from a burlap potato sack.
    • 3. The Hi's and Lows of Fashion

      28 Jan '10
      The designers must create a high-end signature look and a look-for-less inspired by another team’s design.
    • 4. Design Your Heart Out

      04 Feb '10
      The designers must create a signature dress for the Campbell’s AdDRESS Your Heart program.
    • 5. Run for Cover

      11 Feb '10
      The designers must create a look to be worn by Heidi Klum on the cover of Marie Claire.
    • 6. A Little Bit of Fashion

      18 Feb '10
      The designers have to think small this week as they design an outfit for a child model. Later they are told that they also have to design a companion outfit for their adult models.
    • 7. Hard Wear

      04 Mar '10
      Halfway through the competition the designers get the task to create an unconventional, innovative look and an accessory from materials from a hardware store. The limited budget makes a contender to resize his design.
    • 8. The Elements of Fashion

      11 Mar '10
      Halfway through the competition the designers get the task to create an unconventional, innovative look and an accessory from materials from a hardware store. The limited budget makes a contender to resize his design.
    • 9. Takin' It to the Streets

      18 Mar '10
      The designers have to find their inspirations in the streets of New York. Working in teams of two they are visiting Harlem, Upper East Side, Chinatown and East Village to find ideas for creating a day look and an evening look.
    • 10. Hey, That's My Fabric

      25 Mar '10
      The designers face a new task that has never been done on any season of the show: The must create their own looks with their own digitally printed fabric that they created themselves.
    • 11. Sew Much Pressure

      01 Apr '10
      The remaining contestants must craft designs for a celebrity.
    • 12. The Big, Top Designers

      08 Apr '10
      It'll be like a three-ring circus when the designers create garb as inspired by the big top. The stakes are high, too: The challenge determines which clothiers will advance to Fashion Week.
    • 13. Finale (1)

      15 Apr '10
      Three finalists prepare their collections for Bryant Park.
    • 14. Finale (2)

      22 Apr '10
      The three finalists finish preparing their collections and show them at Bryant Park.
    • 15. Reunion

      22 Apr '10
      Nina Garcia and Tim Gunn host this special reunion show with the designers and models from season seven of Project Runway