It’s sew time as the highly-anticipated fourth season of the three-time Emmy-nominee PROJECT RUNWAY returns to Sky One on Thursday 3 April at 8:00pm. Supermodel Heidi Klum hosts the search for the next big name in fashion, heading a panel of industry luminaries, including top women’s and men’s wear designer Michael Kors and Elle magazine’s fashion director Nina Garcia as the judges who must decide who is “in” and who is “out.” Tim Gunn, Chief Creative Officer at Liz Claiborne, Inc. will once again act as a mentor to the 15 contestants as they navigate weekly fashion challenges featuring some of the biggest names in fashion, sports and design including modern day style icons Sarah Jessica Parker and Victoria Beckham.

Klum commented: “Fashion is such a difficult business, and besides being great TV, we’re proud that the show allows some very talented designers to have a platform.”

At the heart of America’s fashion capital, New York City, 15 designers battle it out for the chance to launch their careers with a cash prize of $100,000, a feature in Elle Magazine and the opportunity to sell a fashion line on Bluefly.com. Four finalists will show their own line in front of an audience of fashion industry movers and shakers at New York Fashion Week – this year joined on the judging panel by fashion royalty, Victoria Beckham.

This series the challenges awaiting the fashionistas include designing an outfit for fashion icon and actress Sarah Jessica Parker, making ‘bad trends’ modern again, designing a prom dress for a teenage client and creating an outfit inspired by Hershey’s candy. Plus, in a PROJECT RUNWAY first, the contestants will be asked to design a menswear look for TV presenter and former NFL star Tikki Barber.

The following are the 15 new “Project Runway” designers:

- Carmen, 37, from Charlotte, North Carolina

- Chris, 44, from San Francisco, California.

- Christian, 21, from Annapolis.

- Elisa, 42, from Santa Fe, New.Mexico.

- Jack, 38, from Seattle, Washington.

- Jillian, 26, from Long Island, N.Y.

- Kevin, 30, from Fairfield, New Jersey.

- Kit, 26, from Los Angeles, California.

- Marion, 39, from Dallas, Texas.

- Rami, 31, from Los Angeles, California.

- Ricky, 35, from Escondido, California

- Simone, 32, from San Francisco, California.

- Steven, 30, from Chicago, Illinois.

- Sweet P, 46, from Glendale, California.

- Victorya, 34, from Seoul, Korea.

PROJECT RUNWAY returns for a brand new series on Thursday 3 April at 8:00pm exclusively to Sky One.