PROJECT RUNWAY.....BEHIND THE SCENES BLOG of CYNDI LAUPER Challenge: RECAP, Photos!

Pose!--Models from Bravo's Season 18 "Project Runway" Cyndi Lauper Challenge-- (L to R) Garnet, Thijin, Madeleine, Stephanie, DD, Nora, Yuen, Severine and Asia in designs from (L to R) Geoffrey Mac, Brittany Allen, Sergio Guadarrama, Dayoung Kim, Chelsey Carter, Shavi Lewis, Marquise Foster, Delvin McCray, and Melanie Trygg

On Episode 5 of Bravo's Season 18 "Project Runway", the designers were tasked to design looks for the iconic CYNDI LAUPER!!! As a Consulting Producer on the show, I had the unique opportunity of yes, working on this episode, as well as making sure we paid homage to THE CYNDI LAUPER. Was she Pop? Or Punk? Or both? It was up to our designers to figure it out! We broke them up in two teams to create capsule collections based on their inspirations.

Team #1 Cyndi Lauper--Designs from Dayoung Kim, Brittany Allen, Delvin McCray, Victoria Cocieru, Geoffrey Mac and Nancy Volpe-Beringer--Season 18 "Project Runway" Episode 5 Challenge

Team #2 Cyndi Lauper--Designs from Marquise Foster, Chelsey Carter, Melanie Trygg, and Shavi Lewis--Season 18 "Project Runway" Episode 5 Challenge

Both teams went with the Pop/Punk aesthetic and each team, as well as designer, arrived at their own unique design. Here are my Being-the-Scenes photos from working on the Challenge:

"Project Runway" Host and Judge Karlie Kloss and Music and Style Icon Cyndi Lauper--Season 18 "Project Runway" 

Let's check out the first "Cyndi Lauper" FASHION Team--the one that ended up on TOP:

Looks from (L to R) Designers Nancy Volpe-Beringer, Brittany Allen, Geoffrey Mac, Victoria Cocieru, Delvin McCray and Dayoung Kim--Season 18 "Project Runway" Episode 5 Challenge

 The Winner--Design from Geoffrey Mac--Season 18 "Project Runway" Episode 5 Challenge

 From Workroom to Runway--Design from Victoria Cocieru, Season 18 "Project Runway" Episode 5 Challenge

 From Workroom to Runway--Design from Nancy Volpe-Beringer--Season 18 "Project Runway" Episode 5 Challenge

 Cyndi Lauper-inspired Design from Delvin McCray--Season 18 "Project Runway" Episode 5 Challenge

 Runway Ready vs Workroom--Design from Brittany Allen, Season 18 "Project Runway" Episode 5 Challenge

BodyCon Cyndi--Design from Dayoung Kim, Season 18 "Project Runway" Episode 5 Challenge

Designs from Team Cyndi #2:

 (L to R) Designs form Sergio Guadarrama, Shavi Lewis, Chelsey Carter, Melanie Trygg, and Marquise Foster--Season 18 "Project Runway" Episode 5 Challenge

 Striped Jumpsuit--Design from Chelsey Carter, Season 18 "Project Runway" Episode 5 Challenge

Mitered Stripes--Design from Shavi Lewis--Season 18 "Project Runway" Episode 5 Challenge

Streetwear Cyndi--Design from Marquise Foster, Season 18 "Project Runway" Episode 5 Challenge

Netting Over-Cape--Design from Sergio Guadarrama--Season 18 "Project Runway" Episode 5 Challenge

 Eliminated Cyndi--Design from Melanie Trygg, Season 18 "Project Runway" Episode 5 Challenge