Project Runway Season 7 Premieres January 14!

Project Runway is headed back to NYC, and season 7 kicks off Thursday, January 14, 2009 at 10EST on Lifetime!

Project Runway Season 7 designers

Project Runway Season 7 models

Rachel Bilson to Guest Judge Next Episode of Project Runway!

Listen up, fellow Project Runway fans. In this season's third eppy, the special guest judge this week will be none other than petite stylista Rachel Bilson!

Here are some sneak peek images to hold you until Thursday. Check out the stockings Rachel's sporting. Me likey...they're tight!

Nina Garcia on The Style Strategy

Marie Claire Fashion Director and former Elle Editor-at-Large Nina Garcia knows a thing or two about fashion. On this week’s episode of Barnes & Noble Tagged!, host Molly Pesce sits down with the multi-tasking fashion maven and New York Times bestselling author to discuss the release of her third "fashion bible," The Style Strategy.

Watch Nina talk about how her style has been forced to evolve due to raising a toddler, and how her new book will help readers shop smart, stay chic, and make their style last in these tough economic times. Stay tuned for Nina’s favorite frugal shopping tip from the book, and to hear about the intense emotions on the set of her hit show, Project Runway.

Project Runway All-Star Challenge!

For the first time in Project Runway history, eight former fan favorites and Project Runway superstars are returning to the catwalk to compete against one another in the two-hour special, Project Runway: All-Star Challenge. The spirited competition premieres Thursday, August 20, at 8PM ET/PT and will be followed by the highly anticipated premiere of the sixth season of Project Runway at 10PM ET/PT and the debut of the all-new companion series, Models of the Runway, at 11PM ET/PT.

At stake for the designers are not only the ultimate bragging rights, but also a $100,000 cash prize. Will the designers be up to the challenge of returning to the workroom, working under the “Gunn” (as in Tim Gunn) to create a successful fashion line? Are they ready to, once again, face the critiques of Heidi Klum, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia, as they showcase their creations?

The designers competing in Project Runway: All-Star Challenge are:

Daniel Vosovic, Season 2
Santino Rice, Season 2
Jeffrey Sebelia, Season 3
Uli Herzner, Season 3
Mychael Knight, Season 3
Chris March, Season 4
Sweet P, Season 4
Korto Momolu, Season 5

I'm rooting for Mychael (my favorite PR alumnus) to redeem himself and take it all. Who will you be cheering for?

First Look: Project Runway Season Six

The BS knockoff that is Bravo's The Fashion Show (they booted Reco in part 1 of the finale, but let James Paul and his trash bag creations stay...discuss amongst yourselves) just makes me appreciate Project Runway all the more. And I'm so excited that season six will make its much-anticipated debut on Lifetime Television on Thursday, August 20 at 10 PM ET/PT.

Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia will guide sixteen contestants as they showcase their design skills to see who makes the cut for Fashion Week. Filmed in Los Angeles and New York City, this season will feature influential guest judges from the worlds of fashion, music, film and television.

Can't wait? Me neither. The Project Runway blog is pretty entertaining, and should keep me from twitching until the August premiere.

Project Runway Returns On August 20th

Mark your calendars and set your DVR. Project Runway returns to television on August 20th.

But starting this season, you'll have to tune into Lifetime instead of Bravo to see who makes the cut and who gets auf'ed. Rumor has it that season six will be steeped in controversy. Tim Gunn dishes to the Miami Herald, "There's a big time shocker, some purported cheating....the blogs will be clogged. They won't be able to vent enough about it."

Visit the Project Runway section of mylifetime.com for more information about the designers and the new season. There's enough tasty morsels to tide you over until the premiere.