PROJECT RUNWAY.....BEHIND THE SCENES of Episode 4 "Goodwill" Upcycled Fashion Challenge: PHOTOS!

Upcycled Style--Design from Season 18 "Project Runway" Designers (L to R) Geoffrey Mac, Nancy Volpe Beringer, Victoria Cocieru, Chelsey Carter and Delvin McCray--Bravo TV "Project Runway" Season 18, Brooklyn NY

Happy New Year and Happy "Project Runway" Season 18!! As a Consulting Producer on Bravo's "Project Runway", I multi-task and one of the many hats that I add to my "Multi-Task Plate" is to capture photos of the models in the finished creations of our designers. It is something I do for several reasons:
A) To make sure I know what design corresponds with which designer;
B) Memorialize the Runway Line-up;
C) For Social Media...so I can honor each of our contestants/designers with photos that they are not able to take (since they...well...cannot, since we do not allow them to have phones/cameras).

Goodwill Project Runway--Goodwill Brooklyn

For Episode 4, the designers were tasked to create Upcycled Clothing looks from Goodwill. The designers went to Goodwill Brooklyn and got recycled clothing to create a look for Karlie Kloss for a CFDA event in Paris. For some reason, many of the designers went straight to the suit jackets and pants on the racks, others got some tops, skirts, and denim as well (one designer got TWELVE PAIRS of jeans!!). I loved being a consulting producer "fly on the wall" while our designers shopped at the Goodwill Brooklyn because, frankly, I was kind of shopping myself! (Couldn't find any vintage Gucci...Darn!)

"Curated" by NYNJ Pop-up Shop--Goodwill Brooklyn

I especially loved the "Curated" Pop-up Shop/section in the store, which featured more "upscale" clothing, that had been curated by the Goodwill in-house merchandisers/stylists, like "here is the really trend-fab stuff!"

Let's get to what our contestants/designers made!!! Here are photos I captured backstage--BEFORE THE RUNWAY--of the designs from our Season 18 "Project Runway" designers:

Designs from "Goodwill" Challenge, Season 18 "Project Runway"--Models backstage in designs from Season 18 "Project Runway" 

 Top Two--Designs from (L to R) Victoria Cocieru and Nancy Volpe Beringer--Episode 4 Season 18 "Project Runway", Brooklyn NY

Designs from (L to R) Sergio Guadarrama, Brittany Allen, Dayoung Kim, and Melanie Trygg--Episode 4 Season 18 "Project Runway", Brooklyn NY

Special Guest Judge Laverne Cox--Episode 4 Season 18 "Project Runway", Brooklyn NY

The Designs...

Winning Design--From Victoria Cocieru--Episode 4 "The Ultimate Upcycle", Season 18 "Project Runway", Brooklyn NY

Shirting and Denim--Design from Nancy Volpe Beringer--Episode 4 "The Ultimate Upcycle", Season 18 "Project Runway", Brooklyn NY

Upcycled Denim Streetwear--From Chelsey Carter--Episode 4 "The Ultimate Upcycle", Season 18 "Project Runway", Brooklyn NY

Tuxedo Chic--From Delvin McCray--Episode 4 "The Ultimate Upcycle", Season 18 "Project Runway", Brooklyn NY

BodyCon Shape--From Geoffrey Mac--Episode 4 "The Ultimate Upcycle", Season 18 "Project Runway", Brooklyn NY

Casual Elegance--From Dayoung Kim--Episode 4 "The Ultimate Upcycle", Season 18 "Project Runway", Brooklyn NY

Knotted Suit--From Sergio Guadarrama--Episode 4 "The Ultimate Upcycle", Season 18 "Project Runway", Brooklyn NY

Dramatic Blouson Sleeves (made from a skirt!)--From Brittany Allen--Episode 4 "The Ultimate Upcycle", Season 18 "Project Runway", Brooklyn NY

Plunging and Asymmetry--From Melanie Trygg--Episode 4 "The Ultimate Upcycle", Season 18 "Project Runway", Brooklyn NY

Low Designs:

Pinstripe Moto--From Shavi Lewis--Episode 4 "The Ultimate Upcycle", Season 18 "Project Runway", Brooklyn NY

A "Brittany" Moment--From Marquise Foster--Episode 4 "The Ultimate Upcycle", Season 18 "Project Runway", Brooklyn NY

Eliminated Look--Halter Top and Skirt, from Tyler Neasloney--Episode 4 "The Ultimate Upcycle", Season 18 "Project Runway", Brooklyn NY