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Project Runway season one cast member Wendy Pepper, whose full name was Anne Eustis Pepper, died Sunday. Her obituary, published today in the Washington Post, and which also lists her name as Anne Pepper Stewart, says she “died peacefully on November 12, 2017, surrounded by her loving family,” but does not give a cause of… continue reading

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A lawsuit filed almost three years ago by two women who claim they created Project Runway has been thrown out by a judge. Cynthia Rodriguez and Elizabeth Marie Anne Zwiebach claimed they pitched the idea for American Runway to Heidi Klum’s agents in 2003. Judge Loretta Preska wrote, according to the Daily Mail, that the… continue reading

Tim Gunn was paid just $2,500 an episode for season two of Project Runway, but that’s a lot more than the zero dollars he received for the show’s first season. That’s according to Harvey Weinstein, who said that in court as part of his testimony in the pending lawsuit over the show’s sixth season, according… continue reading

Last Monday, Slice, a Canadian TV channel, debuted the first international version of Project Runway. It’s hosted by supermodel Iman and features designer Brian Bailey in the Tim Gunn role, mentoring the show’s 13 designers. Their time on the show began with a 30-minute challenge that eliminated one designer, and the debut’s major challenge was… continue reading

Project Runway winner Jay McCarroll told New York magazine for its story on Bravo fame that he’s homeless, but he was apparently just kidding. Jay himself mocks the idea in a series of five short videos (1, 2, 3, 5, 6) posted on YouTube featuring him pretending to be homeless on the streets of New… continue reading

Although has a studio space with no kitchen or bathroom, Jay McCarroll, the winner of Project Runway, is homeless. “I haven’t been living anywhere for two years. I sleep at other people’s houses. I sleep here if I’m drunk,” he told New York magazine for their 6,000-word, quasi-expose of Bravo’s reality show stars and the… continue reading

Two reports say that E! wants to give Bravo’s Project Runway the “True Hollywood Story” treatment, but that people close to the show won’t participate. The “publicists for various stars of the show – as well as those who work with Bravo TV – are hesitant to let the special proceed, fearing bad blood and… continue reading

Project Runway‘s first star is not happy with the show’s much-beloved mentor. In fact, today at Fashion Week, he went off on Tim while talking to New York Magazine. Earlier, Tim told the magazine that he was “regretfully” not in contact with Jay. “I’d like to be, but only if he’s willing to talk,” he… continue reading

Songs from Project Runway have been avaliable online for some time: the series’ composer has offered MP3s of the show’s theme and runway show music, and Lifter, the group that composed Jeffrey’s final runway song, has “Swing” on their MySpace page. On Tuesday, though, Bravo will release an original soundtrack for the show on CD… continue reading

On Friday, a few hours after the Project Runway 3 fashion show, the show’s prize-rejecting first season winner Jay McCarroll presented his first post-show collection at Fashion Week. Photos of his collection and a video of the runway show are on Olympus Fashion Week’s site. Titled Transport, it was “an edgy collection of men’s and… continue reading

The lingering camera shots of the Parsons School of Design on Project Runway, never mind the presence of reality TV icon Tim Gunn, has had a positive effect on the school where the show is filmed. Since the show began in late 2004, “[a]pplications to the fashion program have increased by more than 20 percent… continue reading

If Project Runway withdrawal is starting and you don’t know what to do with yourself, try having sex. And if you don’t know how to do that, four Project Runway cast members have some advice in Nerve magazine. They also talk about how the show has affected their own sex lives. Diana Eng, also known… continue reading

In an interview with her hometown newspaper, Chloe Dao “remains firm that she won’t move to New York” but says she still plans to take the show’s prize, the Houston Chronicle reports. She actually “plans to work with Banana Republic’s design team by phone.” One prize she will not take advantage of via the telephone:… continue reading

Jay McCarroll’s Project Jay special aired last night, and we finally found out why he rejected the show’s prize. At the beginning of the hour-long special, he said, “The bottom line is, I didn’t take the Project Runway prize money because I’m going to try to make an exclusive deal with a licensing company.” The… continue reading

We’re a week away from the start of the Project Runway 2 finale’s beginning, so that means tonight is the reunion. The pre-taped show will reunite the designers so they can bitch at one another, and maybe once and for all we can find out who drew the mustache on Wendy’s kid’s picture. Oh, wait,… continue reading

Project Runway‘s first villain, Wendy Pepper, says the experience of being on the show ultimately led to the breakup of her five-year marriage. The show “was a transformative experience,” Wendy tells the New York Post. “You almost become a different person just by the sheer fact that you had to defend your right to stay… continue reading

Ever since the first season Project Runway, there’s been a lingering mystery. During the postal uniform challenge, some committed an act of vandalism, drawing a mustache on a photograph of Wendy Pepper’s daughter. Wendy became upset and confronted the other designers, but no one would cop to the fake facial hair. Among other suspects was… continue reading

The winner of Project Runway‘s first season didn’t get much after winning the show except for exposure on TV and in Elle. That’s because Jay McCarroll turned down the show’s $100,000 prize and the chance to be mentored by Banana Republic designers. Why would he do that? “Use your imagination there for I am not… continue reading

Last month, a man sued the producers of Project Runway, claiming the idea for the show was his. Now, two more designers are doing the same thing. (How long before all three sue each other?) Yesterday, a judge “denied an application for a temporary restraining order that would have prevented the show from airing,” citing… continue reading