Seasons & episodes
S4 · E1Sew Me What You Got 2007-11-14 · 49 min
In the fourth-season opener, the new crop of designers invades New York City. It's pins-and-needles time when the first challenge finds the newbies racing to design whatever they want. They are given 10 minutes to grab from $50,000 worth of fabric in three tents set up in Bryant Park to create a garment that best reflects who they are as a designer.
S4 · E2I Started Crying 2007-11-21 · 47 min
The designers are asked to create a two-piece garment for Sarah Jessica Parker's "Bitten" line. After pitching their designs, Parker chooses seven who will be team leaders, working in teams of two to create the design. They have $15 and one day to complete their look.
S4 · E3Fashion Giant 2007-11-28 · 44 min
The designers are asked to create a menswear outfit for Tiki Barber to wear on The Today Show. They have $150 and two days to complete their looks.
S4 · E4Trendsetter 2007-12-05 · 44 min
Each designer must pick one of 12 outdated fashion trends. Then, working in teams of three, they must incorporate all three trends into a cohesive mini-collection of three looks. They have $225 and two days to complete their outfits.
S4 · E5What's the Skinny? 2007-12-12 · 47 min
Each designer must create an outfit for a woman who has recently lost weight. The new outfit must incorporate aspects of the now-thin woman's personality, as well as the designer's own style. They are given one of the woman's outfits from before her weight loss as raw material for the new design, $10 to use for additional materials, and one day to complete the challenge.
S4 · E6Eye Candy 2008-01-02 · 44 min
Designers are asked to create a garment using any materials available at the Hershey's store in Times Square. They have only five minutes to collect materials and one day to complete the outfit.
S4 · E7What a Girl Wants 2008-01-09 · 47 min
The designers are challenged to create prom dresses for a group of 16 and 17 year old girls. They have $250 and two days to finish the garments.
S4 · E8En Garde! 2008-01-16 · 47 min
After designers are randomly paired the teams are asked to create an avant-garde outfit based on inspiration from their models' hairstyles. They have $300 and two days to create this look. Later, each team is asked to create a ready-to-wear outfit which embodies the essence of their avant-garde look. For the second piece, the designers have an additional $50.
S4 · E9Even Designers Get the Blues 2008-01-23 · 47 min
The designers are tasked with creating an iconic look using deconstructed denim while also showing off the Levi's 501 legacy. They are given three minutes to collect provided denim (jeans, jackets, and cotton fabric) and one day to complete their designs.
S4 · E10Raw Talent 2008-02-06 · 44 min
The designers must design an outfit for a WWE Diva that matches her attitude and can be worn in the wrestling ring. They have $100 and two days to complete the looks.
S4 · E11The Art of Fashion 2008-02-13 · 44 min
Given 45 minutes in three galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the designers must select a piece to use as inspiration for an outfit. They have $300 and two days to complete their designs.
S4 · E12Reunion 2008-02-20 · 44 min
All the Season 4 designers reunite to dish on what really happened during the season. One designer is given $10,000 as the "Fan Favorite" contest winner.
S4 · E13Finale: Part 1 2008-02-27 · 44 min
The finalists are given five months and $8000 to design a 12-piece collection for Fashion Week. In the interim, each gets a special visit in their hometown from Tim Gunn. Upon returning to New York City, two designers will go head-to-head for the chance to show their collection.
S4 · E14Finale: Part 2 2008-03-05 · 49 min
In the conclusion of the finale, the remaining contestants ready their collections for the runway. Then they present their lines to industry insiders at Fashion Week.
S5 · E1Let's Start From the Beginning 2008-07-16 · 49 min
The 16 new contestants are introduced and face their first challenge. The designers are asked to create a look using only materials purchased from a grocery store. They have $75 and one day to complete their outfits.
S5 · E2Grass Is Always Greener 2008-07-23 · 48 min
The designers are asked to create a cocktail dress, using environmentally friendly or conscious fabrics, with their models as their clients. They have $75 and one day to finish their garments.
S5 · E3Bright Lights/Big City 2008-07-30 · 44 min
The designers are tasked to create a look inspired by the nightlife of New York City. They have $100 and one day to complete their designs.
S5 · E4Rings of Glory 2008-08-06 · 44 min
The designers must create a women's wear look for the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremonies. They have $150 and one day to complete their designs.
S5 · E5Welcome to the Jungle 2008-08-13 · 44 min
Brooke Shields gives the designers their next challenge, to make an outfit she will wear on her television show Lipstick Jungle. They pitch their ideas to Shields, who chooses half of them as team leaders to be paired randomly with the remaining contestants. The designers have $150 and one day to complete their looks.
S5 · E6Good Queen Fun 2008-08-20 · 48 min
Former contestant Chris March returns to give the designers their next challenge: make an outfit for a drag queen. They have $200 and two days to complete their designs.
S5 · E7Fashion That Drives You 2008-08-27 · 44 min
The designers are asked to make an outfit from the spare parts and raw materials of a Saturn hybrid car. They have four minutes to collect their materials and one day to complete their outfits.
S5 · E8Double 0 Fashion 2008-09-03 · 44 min
The designers are taken to the offices and design showroom of fashion living-legend Diane von Fürstenberg. Their challenge is to create a look for her Fall 2008 collection, inspired by the movie A Foreign Affair. They have 15 minutes inside von Fürstenberg's sample room to select fabrics and one day to complete the outfit.
S5 · E9What's Your Sign? 2008-09-10 · 49 min
The designers are paired up with eliminated contestants and asked to create an avant-garde garment inspired by one of their two astrological signs. They have $250 and one day to complete the look.
S5 · E10Transformation 2008-09-17 · 44 min
The designers are assigned recent college graduates and are tasked to give them a fashion makeover to help them enter the workforce. Each designer was to gear their look to their client's specific profession, while keeping their individual style. They have $100 and two days to complete their look.