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DVD
Publisher: Miramax
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Actors: Heidi Klum
This sexy and addictive hit show will draw you in with its irresistible combination of creativity and intensity inside the glamorous industry of high fashion! Starring beautiful international supermodel Heidi Klum -- you'll go behind the scenes and take an unguarded look at what it takes for some hip young designers to make it in the highly competitive world of fashion! Featuring every entertaining episode of the acclaimed first season, this must-have DVD collection also includes a wealth of never-before-seen outtakes and reams of bonus material!
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| FINALLY! Creativity on Reality TV! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I was immediately hooked when I caught some re-runs of this show on Bravo, and decided to buy the DVDs...ALL OF THEM! As an artist and photographer, I was immediately captured by the premise of the creative challenges presented to the budding designers each week. Heidi Klum is the attractive hostess of the show, ably supported by Tim Gunn, the Director of the renowned Parsons New School of Design. 12 hopeful designers start off the competition, and are eliminated one at a time each week after they are evaluated by judges (including designer Michael Kors & Nina Garcia from Elle Magazine) on the runway for their fashion creations. Some of the creative challenges include using things purchased at a grocery store to create a dress, re-designing the uniform of a postal worker (after spending a day in the field wearing the uniform), and working with the models (who also get eliminated one at a time each week) to create the model's ideal wedding gown. Reality TV is usually about the drama and contrived situations; do they exist here? Sure, however, it is refreshing to see that the majority of the show is about design and critiquing the unique creations that the designers whip up...and I do mean whip, as each challenge is done with very little lead time. The last 3 "survivors" get to exhibit an entire line at New York's Fashion week (actress Parker Posey sits in as one of the judges), with the grand prize including a photo spread in Elle Magazine and $100k in funding to create their own design line of clothes.
Extras on the DVD include "Wear Are They Now" featurettes for the final 5 designers; deleted scenes (which are best watching AFTER you watch the episodes, as they show further behind-the-scenes antics of the 12 contestants); a design photo gallery for all 12 designers.
An excellent set for up-and-coming designers as well as models. This show is a class act that rarely gets bogged down in the emotional drama (although there are a few choice scenes!).
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| What a great show! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I gotta start off by saying that my family lives in that dark netherworld of people who refuse to pay for cable, so we see everything "late" - when it comes out on DVD. Thus, we were early devotees of "American's Next Top Model," which was fun for a while, but grew old quick. Meanwhile, our friends were telling us how fab "Project Runway" was, and we had to smile our tight little, sad smiles and nod our heads politely and wait 'til the darn thing came out on disc.
FINALLY, we watched Season One, and boy what a grrrreat show this is!! Unlike "Top Model" (with which you have to compare it) "Runway" isn't gimmicky or dumbed-down -- instead of putting its contestants in silly situations that or having their "professional" critiques be dominated by catty comments (ala Tyra's show), "Runway" is an actual test of skill, and places real demands on the contestants that really show their abilities, often to an astonishing degree. More than that, since it is a contest of skill -- social and sartorial -- there's an actual chance that the people you like might actually win, whereas in "Top Model," it's always the lamest person who wins in the end.
"Runway" is a great show -- our friends were right; we were wrong. I'm big enough to admit it.
...But we're still not gonna pay for cable.
:-)
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| What a wonderful creation! |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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It is thrilling to watch the show. Such a creative idea from the producers. Lot of creativity and innovation have been packed within such a limited period of time with stringent restrictions. Some of contestants have strong personalities. Some did create marvellous pieces of clothing. A big fashion fan like me, I feel drawn to watch the whole programme, to find out who is going to be the winner of the competition.
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| Reality TV that makes you root for the crazy people! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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CHICK PICK! This show is not great literature, no scripts that make you think, and no top actors. It does have a ton of personality that will fill even the largest screen. Age friendly so high school through late career people will get a whoot out of this show. All the contestants are worked to their creative breaking points trying to get a winning prize, a trip to fashion week, and a new car. They undergo CRAZY challenges that no human could endure but these talented people have all of America chatting about seam placement and high fashion. You will like it on DVD so you can stay with the story line. It is this season we get to meet what will become THE Tim Gunn.
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| Fashion Rules |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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Project Runway is my favorite "reality" competition show on televison. As a custom clothing maker, Project Runway re-ignites my desire to create and I enjoy watching other creative people work through their unique challenges. The extended, behind the scenes episodes flesh out the episodes from tv and give you more insight to the creative process. I think the following seasons are much better than the first season, of course they worked out the kinks and Heidi is much more comfortable in her role in the more recent seasons. All in all, it is enjoyable for any fan of the show. One warning tho, it does contain a little more language and a few obscene gestures than allowed on the commercial television episodes. Not enough to concern anyone, but just to let anyone with kids know, there are "PG" moments.
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