Project Runway premiered on Bravo on December 1, 2004, as a fashion-design reality series created by Eli Holzman, and features contestants competing against the clock, materials, and themes to create garments judged by a panel until a winner is crowned at New York Fashion Week. The show's dynamic format includes creative challenges like designing with grocery items or for celebrities, and it earned a Peabody Award in 2008 for its use of the reality contest genre. Over its history, the series moved from Bravo to Lifetime before returning to Bravo in 2018 amid Weinstein Company bankruptcy, when original hosts Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn left for Amazon's Making the Cut, replaced by Karlie Kloss and Christian Siriano. In 2025, the show relocated to Disney and saw Klum return as host and head judge, alongside longtime judge Nina Garcia, mentor Siriano, and new panelist Law Roach. With over 30 international adaptations, the show remains a global fashion staple, notably testing designers' resourcefulness through unconventional challenges while shaping reality TV and fashion careers.