Meg Zukin When “Project Runway” premiered on Bravo in 2004, it entered a crowded reality competition landscape but still managed to be the first of its kind as a fashion design competition.
Now, more than a decade and a half later, such fashion series are seeing a surge.“Project Runway” alone has launched more than six spinoffs, seen franchise expansion in new countries and undergone a major revamp.
But streamers Netflix and Amazon Prime Video also recently got in the game with “Next in Fashion” and “Making the Cut,” respectively.“Everything in the world has changed,” says former “Project Runway” winner and now mentor Christian Siriano. “But what I think stays the same is that people are still really interested in the process of how.
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