Season 5 (2008)
Release date: 2008-07-16
User rating:
3.5 / 10
Director: Paul Starkman
Episodes (14):
1. Let's Start From the Beginning
The 16 new contestants are introduced and face their first challenge. The designers are asked to create a look using only materials purchased from a grocery store. They have $75 and one day to complete their outfits.
Release date: 2008-07-16
2. Grass Is Always Greener
The designers are asked to create a cocktail dress, using environmentally friendly or conscious fabrics, with their models as their clients. They have $75 and one day to finish their garments.
Release date: 2008-07-23
3. Bright Lights/Big City
The designers are tasked to create a look inspired by the nightlife of New York City. They have $100 and one day to complete their designs.
Release date: 2008-07-30
4. Rings of Glory
The designers must create a women's wear look for the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremonies. They have $150 and one day to complete their designs.
Release date: 2008-08-06
5. Welcome to the Jungle
Brooke Shields gives the designers their next challenge, to make an outfit she will wear on her television show Lipstick Jungle. They pitch their ideas to Shields, who chooses half of them as team leaders to be paired randomly with the remaining contestants. The designers have $150 and one day to complete their looks.
Release date: 2008-08-13
6. Good Queen Fun
Former contestant Chris March returns to give the designers their next challenge: make an outfit for a drag queen. They have $200 and two days to complete their designs.
Release date: 2008-08-20
7. Fashion That Drives You
The designers are asked to make an outfit from the spare parts and raw materials of a Saturn hybrid car. They have four minutes to collect their materials and one day to complete their outfits.
Release date: 2008-08-27
8. Double 0 Fashion
The designers are taken to the offices and design showroom of fashion living-legend Diane von Fürstenberg. Their challenge is to create a look for her Fall 2008 collection, inspired by the movie A Foreign Affair. They have 15 minutes inside von Fürstenberg's sample room to select fabrics and one day to complete the outfit.
Release date: 2008-09-03
9. What's Your Sign?
The designers are paired up with eliminated contestants and asked to create an avant-garde garment inspired by one of their two astrological signs. They have $250 and one day to complete the look.
Release date: 2008-09-10
10. Transformation
The designers are assigned recent college graduates and are tasked to give them a fashion makeover to help them enter the workforce. Each designer was to gear their look to their client's specific profession, while keeping their individual style. They have $100 and two days to complete their look.
Release date: 2008-09-17
11. Rock N' Runway
The contestants are given the task of designing for each other, inspired by different genres of music. They have $150 and one day to complete the challenge.
Release date: 2008-09-24
12. Nature Calls
The contestants head to the New York Botanical Garden to design an evening gown inspired by nature. They have $250 and two days to complete their dress.
Release date: 2008-10-01
13. Finale: Part I
The remaining designers are given two months and $8000 to design a 10-piece collection, plus a wedding gown, for Fashion Week. In the interim, each gets a special visit in their hometown from Tim Gunn. Back in New York City, the designers are given one more task, create a bridesmaid dress to go with their wedding gown.
Release date: 2008-10-08
14. Finale: Part II
In the conclusion of the finale, the remaining contestants pare their 12-piece collections down to ten. Then they present their lines to industry insiders at Fashion Week.
Release date: 2008-10-15
Cast
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Jeff Allen - Camera Operator, Johanna Ruste Rodriguez - Assistant Editor, Tal Segev - Sound Mixer, Matt Shelly - Camera Operator, Arthur Avedissian - Associate Producer, Blake Davis - Associate Producer, Francis Gasparini - Supervising Producer, Ben Mack - Supervising Producer, Andrew Wallace - Co-Executive Producer, Joshua Garcia - Post Production Coordinator, Grace Bellamy - Production Manager, Mary DeChambres - Editor, Paul Starkman - Director, Constantine Economides - Camera Operator, Julia Cassidy - Producer, Amanda Abel - Associate Producer, Shannon Semler - Associate Producer, Matthew Moul - Editor, Michael Rucker - Co-Executive Producer, Adam Ford - Post Production Coordinator, John Hill - Associate Producer, Laura Nieder - Associate Producer, Ryan Cooper - Production Manager, Jeff Robeff - Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Makario Sarsozo - Associate Producer, Trever Fong - Post Production Coordinator, John Miller - Executive In Charge Of Production, Michael Boretz - Associate Producer, Richie Edelson - Editor, Melissa Rose Rister - Post Production Supervisor, Spiro C. Lampros - Editor, Barbara Schneeweiss - Executive In Charge Of Production, Nate St. Onge - Camera Operator, Joey Hartstone - Associate Producer, Steve R. Nelson - Sound Mixer, Susan K. Hoover - Editor, Andre Artis - Sound Mixer, Casey Kriley - Co-Executive Producer, Matt Reynolds - Assistant Editor, Frank Howard - Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Honor Maxfield - Production Coordinator, Paul Hogan - First Assistant Director, Jamie Nelsen - Editor, Will Hoppins - Post Production Supervisor, Walter Sanchez - Post Production Coordinator, Micah Dyer - Associate Producer, Matthew Anconetani - Assistant Editor, Alexandra Lipsitz - Supervising Producer, Jordan Pardes - Camera Operator, Pepe Serventi - Online Editor, Eric Attias - Additional Editing, Luke Terbieten - Camera Operator, David Kashevaroff - Editor, Māris Bērziņš - Editor, Andy Robertson - Editor, Derth Adams - Camera Operator, Steve Kashuk - Sound Mixer, Jeremy Schneider - Camera Operator, Andrew Shirley - Sound Mixer, Rich Bye - Executive Producer, Andy Cohen - Executive Producer, Christoph Gelfand - Sound Mixer, Barbara Nitke - Still Photographer, Donyale McRae - Makeup Department Head, Webb Weiman - Post Production Supervisor, Barbara Schneeweiss - Producer, Steve Lichtenstein - Editor, Tim Spellman - Lighting Design, Michael Frohberg - Sound Mixer, Rich Buhrman - Co-Executive Producer, Steve Lichtenstein - Producer, Todd Needham - Line Producer, Frances Berwick - Executive Producer, Shari Levine - Executive Producer, LaRonda Morris - Editor, Marcus Bleecker - Camera Operator, Joshua Mayes - Camera Operator, Aaron Saddler - Sound Supervisor, Dan Cutforth - Executive Producer, Jane Lipsitz - Executive Producer, Erik Hammarberg - Editor, Rafael Sienkiewicz - Sound Mixer, David Vlasits - Camera Operator, Harold Barefoot Sanders III - Original Music Composer, Erica Shusha - Camera Operator, Harvey Weinstein - Executive Producer, Bob Weinstein - Executive Producer, Heidi Klum - Executive Producer, Desiree Gruber - Executive Producer, Jane Cha Cutler - Executive Producer, Daniela Unruh - Co-Producer