It's time to get a little acquainted with this hallmark season's 16 finalists.
THE ECCENTRICS
BUFFI is half Indian, half Australian and hails from Dubai. From her personal style, you can tell she likes a lot of color, mixed prints and a funky element to her looks.
KOOAN is a Japanese designer with a fro who likes to create outfits that are "costume, but not." I will definitely be interested to see what he turns out.
FABIO grew up in Brazil, where his grandmother's sewing machine drummed him to sleep as an infant. He is also a "freegan" (translation: he gets his food from supermarket dumpsters).
THE EDGY GIRLS
ELENA is an experimental, avant-garde designer who is not afraid to think outside the box. For example, the look she brought with her is inspired by fencing uniforms.
MELISSA was in law school when she realized she was in the wrong place, so now she makes all black, modern and cool clothes, which she seems to wear herself.
ALICIA is a lesbian designer who makes "clothes for tomboys." She is also rocking some serious dreadlocks.
THE NICE GIRLS
SONJIA thinks she has ADD, likes mixing soft and hard textiles and hopes everyone can start off being nice to one another in the work room (yeah, good luck with that).
BEATRICE is a lover of knits, though she's not so good with the sewing (that could be a problem, Beatrice). She soon realizes PR is not all "puppies and rainbows."
THE TROUBLEMAKERS
GUNNAR auditioned last season, making it into the top 20 before being cut. He says he's become a whole new designer since then and this is his time for redemption. Oh, and he designs for old Southern ladies now.
RAUL specializes in menswear, but likes to do ultra feminine womenswear, too. He also hates trends and seems to have his nose turned up at the other designers.
DMITRY used to be a professional ballroom dancer, but now he designs clean, architectural clothes. He also likes a quiet work space, so Buffi's chattiness drives him nuts from the get-go.
THE MATURE LADIES
LANTIE, who is 38--scratch that, 48--likes to rework vintage clothes in her designs. She also likes to "make it up" as she goes along.
ANDREA calls herself "the grandmother of Project Runway" at 58 and is actually an instructor of fashion, with a Masters in art education and an MFA in fashion.
THE OTHERS
CHRISTOPHER is hard to place; he's either super confident ("I can sew like a [BLEEP]") or second-guessing his skills as he frantically races around the work room at the last minute.
VEN is definitely this season's all-confident masterful constructionist; his
first look is a perfectly structured rose bustier. He's superior and he knows it.
NATHAN, sadly, practically had zero air time, so we'll have to wait until next week I guess to figure him out.
Expect to see each of their individual talent and the exciting drama and twists of this years Project Runway.
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