The talk show host was right in his element, telling Vanity Fair, 'As the guest judge, what was fun for me was that I was able to bring the conversations that I knew the viewers would want to hear about, and that maybe the judges. It was hilarious to watch.'Īlthough Andy Cohen is accustomed to chaos, his experience was more relaxing than Siriano's time in the studio.

Even the strongest designers backed down to the power of the Housewives. Host and mentor Christian Siriano told Vanity Fair, 'Having the Housewives, designers, and myself in a room was probably one of the most intense groupings of personalities ever in the show's history. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.Whenever there is a collision, there will be some noise. On Wednesday, Bravo revealed that the fashion competition show will begin. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Project Runway will return to Bravo for its 19th season but will be missing its full-time host Karlie Kloss. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. But even with the downsides of too much Amazon and too much ambience in general, 'Making The Cut' will do a lot to soothe those of us trying so hard to make it work.Ĭopyright © 2020 NPR. 'Making The Cut' is more for the fan of pure fashion. 'Project Runway' is a little more for the fan of wild competition. HOLMES: Hear, hear indeed, Naomi Campbell. The judges are solid, including supermodel Naomi Campbell, who is perfect at putting a button on conversations like this one from the second episode, where the judges watch a very short dress over pants come down the runway.ĬARINE ROITFELD: I would love this dress to be a bit longer so we don't have. That way, the competition is less about whether you're going to send a model down the runway with an unfinished hem or perform an accidental salute to circus clowns and more about design itself. HOLMES: They've even made the challenges a little less frantic by giving the designers access to an overnight seamstress.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: Sander, you're my inspiration (laughter). You can hear it as the contestants do some sightseeing. The relentless incidental music is forgettable but soothing, like it came from an Instagram ad for yoga pants. They've assembled the show with an almost aggressively chill vibe. So in 'Making The Cut,' the designers are often asked to riff on a very loose theme to make both what they call a runway look and what they call an accessible look - one for fancy-shmancy (ph) people, one to sell, preferably on Amazon.īut if you can look past that, it's a pretty easy watch. Fashion is, after all, an industry.Īt the same time, there's something special about watching talented people make art. The Colombian designer beat 15 other contestants in the show’s return to Bravo after a decade away from the network. In fact, the whole show is heavily focused on branding and sales. While the original 'Project Runway' has come under plenty of criticism for challenges that brought us gaudy promotion of everything from Dixie cups to the restaurant Red Robin, here, the corporate promotion is pretty single-minded. KLUM: And the winner will get to create a collection that will be sold on Amazon. GUNN: The winner will receive a mentorship to help grow your business in all facets. Oh, and there's an elephant in the room - a big, gazillion-dollar elephant. And the ones who don't succeed are gradually eliminated from the competition. Bravo TVs primetime Emmy Award-winning series, Project Runway, is one of the most successful and longest-running reality television shows of all time. The new show, now available on Prime Video, has a lot of familiar elements. HOLMES: After leaving 'Project Runway' two years ago, Gunn and Klum set out to make something new with Amazon, one of the big players in the exploding world of streaming television. Other possible solutions for PROJECT RUNWAY HOST can be found in the solution. KLUM: And I don't even care it's raining. For PROJECT RUNWAY HOST the solution Klum is especially popular at the moment. LINDA HOLMES, BYLINE: We find Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum on a New York sidewalk in the rain, approaching each other with giddy glee. If you've been missing hosts Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, they are back - this time in a new Amazon show called 'Making The Cut.' NPR's pop culture correspondent Linda Holmes says there is a lot to like. Well, fans of the long-running fashion competition 'Project Runway,' take heart. Nothing calms the nerves quite like something familiar.

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