August 27th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry.
Sky One have announced that they have axed fashion TV show, Project Catwalk from their schedules next year.
Project Catwalk was a reality television show focusing on fashion design. The show follows a group of fashion designers as they compete against each other to avoid being “the next fashion victim” and win the competition. It is based upon the US reality show Project Runway.
The first series of the show was presented by famous model, Liz Hurley. The second and third was presented by Kelly Osbourne.
The show leaked viewers during the last series acheiving an average of just 110,000 viewers per show, so Sky says it’s looking for some ‘female-friendly’ replacement shows. Read more & comment »
February 17th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry.
Insiders have revealed that filming for Sky One TV show, Project Catwalk is often thrown into disarray due to an ongoing feud between show host, Kelly Osbourne and judge Ben de Lisi.
“Kelly and Ben are not the best of friends but they have made no secret of that,” a source told the Daily Star Sunday. “They are both opinionated and not afraid to speak their minds.
“Producers don’t mind a difference of opinion but the tension has started to affect filming. It’s got so bad they have to sit as far apart from each other as possible.” Read more & comment »
March 12th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
12 designers cut down over 9 challenges with only 3 left standing to battle it out in the Grand Final Catwalk Show and be crowned as Britain’s Next Fashion Superstar and winner of Project Catwalk 2007.
With just 10 weeks to create an outstanding 12 piece collection, the clock is constantly ticking in this fast paced & action packed episode. From finding their inspirations for the collections ranging from Monte Carlo Glamour to Victorian to fighting over models, every corner turns up an unexpected surprise or unforeseen hitch that will help and hinder the designers in their race to complete their incredible journey.
With a little advice from their Mentor, Ben De Lisi and a sneak peak of their collection by Kelly Osbourne as she surprises each designer at home, will the designers take on board any constructive criticism or stick to their guns with the possibility of creating a fashion faux par.
But whatever stresses and disasters go on backstage, it’s what goes down the runway on the catwalk that seals their fate!
So be prepared to see an unexpected and breathtaking Catwalk Show and hear the most heated judge’s deliberation of the series as the ultimate winner is decided.
Only one will be invited to join some of the biggest names in British fashion
as a Designer at Debenhams, receive a cash prize of £20,000 and be announced as the winner of Project Catwalk 2007.
This episode will be aired on Sky One on Monday 12th March at 9pm
March 5th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
In the penultimate episode of the series the four remaining designers battle it out to make it into the final three. This week the battle ground has been moved to the busiest and most commercial shopping street in London – Oxford Street – where the designers take up their new residency on the shop floor of Debenhams.
Their challenge is every girl’s dream – to create a themed wedding dress that is both beautiful and not obviously traditional for TV presenter Holly Willoughby and they have just five minutes of one on one time with Holly to ascertain her needs as their new client. Read more & comment »
February 26th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
This week the remaining five designers are presented with a pop star client and a real Royal challenge.
Musician and presenter Myleene Klass sets them a challenge of creating a show stopping red carpet dress for her forthcoming appearance at the Royal Albert Hall.
With such an important challenge ahead of them, the designers are lucky enough to get some inside tips from a successful red carpet dress designer, and designer to Myleene- Kyri, but they are up against the clock to decide on the colour combinations and order the sumptuous silk fabrics to complete their designs.
With the pressure mounting the designers struggle to stay on schedule: Wayne hates his dress, Monika’s drab colour selection causes concern with Ben and it’s no surprise that Luke has set himself a rather challenging task. A last minute request from Myleene causes havoc in the studio when the designers are required to create an extra garment to compliment the dress. Shawla seems to have it all in hand until a couple of hiccups set her back. Read more & comment »
February 19th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
With only six designers left, the pressure is really on and this week the designers are presented with a sexy challenge that not only bares their models but also bares their souls.
Keeping up the tension, the designers are divided into two teams with the commercial challenge of creating a capsule collection for the By Caprice Lingerie Line.
This is one of the hardest challenges that the designers have ever faced as none of them have ever created lingerie before and they are pushed to their absolute limits with both time management and creating a commercial design that is marketable with a new edge. Read more & comment »
February 12th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
With just seven designers left the heat is really on and this week it’s all about inspiration with a vicious twist.
Ben De Lisi takes the designers out on an inspirational trip in London to reveal their next challenge as they take in the breath taking cityscape views from the London Eye. Their challenge – to create a dress using the inspiration of images they find around them in the city. The designers have just one hour to photograph images that will inspire them and are then told to delete all but one image to work from.
Happy with their final images, the designer busy themselves in finding the right fabrics to complete their designs, but as ever there’s a twist. Read more & comment »
February 5th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
In this episode the nine remaining designers are asked to create the perfect dress to wear to the races for this week’s guest judge, Lady Isabella Hervey.
For inspiration they head to the Newmarket Races where the designers get their claws into the race day clothes, as well as having a flutter on the horses. Whilst there, they meet jockey Frankie Dettori and his wife Catherine who tells the designers what she looks for in a race day outfit.
Back at the studio mentor Ben De Lisi informs the designers that this week they will be working in teams of three and chooses the head designer for each team. They in turn choose a fabric buyer and an accessory buyer. Much friction follows and the concept of team spirit bolts.
The clock is ticking and by the end of this episode one more designer will have been put out to pasture.
Judging the designs this week is Julien MacDonald, Grazia’s Melanie Rickey and guest judge Lady Isabella Hervey.
Each week the budding designers face elimination based on how they meet the challenges set for them by the panel until only three remain. The three finalists will each showcase full lines on the catwalk and the winning designer’s garments will be photographed for top women’s magazine Grazia and will also receive the seed money to help them launch their own line.
Episode 4 of Project Catwalk Airs At 9pm on Monday 5th February at 9pm SKY ONE
February 5th, 2007 by Lisa McGarry.
The designers are paired up and have free reign on their creations but unfortunately some find themselves working with rather tricky customers. Even picking their fabrics is no easy task and the stress of having to do menswear hits Tyla hard.
Back at the studio, mentor Ben de Lisi has something to say about the standard of garments being produced. Shawla’s confidence goes rapidly downhill and some partnerships appear not to be a match made in heaven.
The designers get some top tips from the Project Catwalk Hair & Make-Up team and Presenter, Kelly Osbourne drops by with the models – to spare the designers humiliation when they hit the Catwalk – and even gives it a turn herself.
It’s back to work but with a strong-minded bunch of designers, some of them struggle to get their clients to agree to their new look. Minutes before the Catwalk, it all gets heated in Hair & Make-up, Fatz and Monika are at each others throats whilst Tyla is out of her comfort zone in rock-chick leather.
With friendships in tatters and rivals working together, time is up and the designers strut their new head-to-toe looks on the Catwalk- where someone will be given the boot.
Judging the designers new looks are top designer Julien MacDonald, style director of Grazia magazine Paula Reed, guest judge Karen Binns and the lovely Kelly Osbourne.
Each week the budding designers face elimination based on how they meet the challenges set for them by the panel until only three remain. The three finalists will each showcase full lines on the catwalk and the winning designer’s garments will be photographed for top women’s magazine Grazia and will also receive the seed money to help them launch their own line.
This episode will air on Sky One on Monday 5th Fenruary at 9pm
January 25th, 2007 by Gerard McGarry.
Kelly Osbourne, who is currently presenting Sky One’s Project Catwalk, says there’s no way she’ll get sucked into dieting – especially after watching her mum Sharon battle with her weight.
‘Seeing her go through her experiences has made me realise I don’t ever want the same thing to happen to me,’ she told The Sun. ‘I don’t even diet. I just believe in eating healthily.
‘I will always be a little bit fat and I don’t care.’
Kelly has also formulated her own theory on how some girls become a perfect size zero.
‘They stick their fingers down their throats or take speed all day,’ she says. ‘It’s very odd to me that people want to look like they’ve just come out of a concentration camp. It’s really sad.’
