Preparing for Project Runway Auditions

STEPS TO PREPARE FOR PROJECT RUNWAY:

1. Endurance preparation - work long hours like the show

2. Challenge yourself - make something you've never made and make it without a book

3. Sketch the design

4. Pattern the design

5. Cut the design

6. Execute the design (sew)

In five months Darcy, designer of the brand DARCY, prepares for her auditions with an “endurance challenge” to see if she is capable of being on the show working 18 hours like contestants do.

On the show, contestants cannot use pattern books, listen to music, bring rulers of their own or have their phones. Darcy recreates those conditions during a typical workday of 18 hours. Contestants wake up at 5 am and typically work until 11 pm.

First, she started with getting ready for the day. Project Runway always begins with this at 4 a.m. - 5 a.m.

Then, the challenge is revealed! In this preparation, Darcy challenges herself with a gown. Darcy is typically a jacket designer.

Watch the video below for a full immersion into prep for the auditions!