Every season, a group of talented fashion designers &emdash; selected from thousands of hopefuls &emdash; compete in creative challenges for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show at New York's Fashion Week. Supermodel Heidi Klum heads a panel of industry luminaries, including top women's and men's wear designer Michael Kors and Elle Magazine fashion director Nina Garcia, who will serve as judges and industry mentors charged with selecting and molding the budding designers. Tim Gunn, Chief Creative Officer at Liz Claiborne, Inc. acts as mentor to the contestants.

The 15 "Project Runway" contestants from this season will be whittled down to the finalists who will show their own line in front of an audience of fashion industry movers and shakers at New York's Fashion Week. As part of the winner’s prize package, an editorial feature on the winning designer will run in an issue of

ELLE, the winner will walk away with a cash prize of $100,000 from TRESemmé professional hair care to start their own line, and will have the opportunity to sell a fashion line on Bluefly.com.  Saturn will award the winner a 2008 Saturn Astra.