This is the 15th season of Project Runway. Sixteen designers participate, and each week the designer with the weakest design gets eliminated. They are judged by supermodel Heidi Klum, fashion director at Elle and Marie Claire Nina Garcia, fashion designer Zac Posen and a different guest judge is invited every week.

Designers are mentored by Tim Gunn who isn’t a judge but has the opportunity to save one designer from elimination, if he doesn’t agree with the judge’s decision. The prize package for this year’s winner is $100,000 to launch a business, $25,000 cash, a car and a fashion spread in Marie Claire magazine.

Top 10 Looks So Far

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1. Challenge: The designers create innovative avant garde looks, crafted from conventional fabric and unconventional metal-themed materials, in the first ever hybrid challenge.

Materials: glass tiles, dog tags, shower curtain rollers

2. Challenge:The designers go on a helicopter ride above New York for inspiration to create an editorial, high fashion look for “Marie Claire” magazine.

3. Challenge: Designers work in teams to create  three piece collections to SoHo pop-up show.

4. Challenge: Each of the designers is visited by a special guest from who will be their clients for the new challenge.

5. Challenge: The designers go to Universal Studios Orlando, and must take in inspiration to design a look for Urban Jungle.

6. Challenge: The designers excitedly attend a press event which turns out to be a challenge.

7. Challenge: The designers must pitch their collection ideas to raise for the material for this challenge. The stakes rise as each member of the winning team will receive $5000.

8. Challenge: The designers are to with create a look that sparkles both in daylight and under black lights.

9. Challenge: The task is to create an outfit that is flattering in all body types.

10. Challenge: Sixteen new designers head to New York to compete. The designers must use party decorations to create their looks in the first unconventional material challenge.