Since the hit reality show "Project Runway" first aired in 2004, we've watched season after season of would-be designers sewing, cutting, and crying. We've also seen them struggle through "unconventional" challenges, initiate model walk-offs, bore Nina Garcia, and "make it work" no matter the fashion emergency. While Heidi Klum said auf wiedersehen to the show in 2017, along with Tim Gunn (they both went on to helm Amazon Video's competition series "Making the Cut"), the show's popularity remains strong. The series's 17th season premiered back on its original network, Bravo, with an all-new panel that featured season four winner Christian Siriano and supermodel Karlie Kloss. Since then, designer Brandon Maxwell and journalist Elaine Welteroth joined as judges in season 18, with Kloss stepping down from the official title in season 19.
At BravoCon 2022's "Project Runway of Their World" panel on Oct. 16, Siriano and Welteroth announced season 20 as an all-star theme, which will bring back some of the most talented designers from previous seasons to compete against each other for the title. And the two-part premiere of Bravo's "Project Runway All-Stars" season 20 aired on Thursday, June 15, with Maxwell, Siriano, Welteroth, and Garcia all returning as judges. The new season, which marks the show's 20th anniversary, includes 14 of the most beloved designers from past seasons, from Brittany Allen to Kara Saun.
As season 20 unfolds, you may be wondering how the previously crowned designers have fared since their "Project Runway" moment of fame, and what are they working on now? Ahead, we've rounded up every winner since season one and gathered information about their lives post-"Project Runway." Read through to brush up on anything you might have missed.
— Additional reporting by Sarah Wasilak and Robert Khederian
