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Project Runway: Season 20

14 episodes Premiered Jun 14, 2023 Updated Oct 25, 2026
Previously on Project Runway

Season 20 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Project Runway Season 19.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 20 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 20: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (11): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S20·E1 Mytharc

Meet the All-Stars

Jun 14, 2023 · 43 min

Fourteen designers from across 19 seasons of "Project Runway" descend on New York once again to vie for the coveted title that has eluded them all. The iconic designers meet one an

S20·E2 Core

Project Redemption

Jun 15, 2023 · 65 min

For their first challenge of the competition, the designers have to rewrite history by reinventing the look that either got them eliminated or gave them the lowest score in their p

S20·E3 Core

Toying With Fashion

Jun 22, 2023 · 65 min

The all-stars are tasked with creating a runway look using toys for FAO Schwarz.

S20·E4 Core

Coronation Day

Jun 29, 2023 · 65 min

For Coronation Day, the designers are blindly paired together and tasked with creating couture modern gowns that exemplify royalty; Wes Gordon, the Creative Director of Carolina He

S20·E5 Core

Seeing Red

Jul 6, 2023 · 65 min

The designers are forced to share a single bolt of fabric to demonstrate how they can stand out from one another and prove why they're the top designer; actor, producer and Emmy Aw

S20·E6 Core

Like Totally '90s

Jul 13, 2023 · 65 min

The designers must create chic and cohesive mini-collections inspired by the '90s; designers take to the halls of a New York City high school to showcase their styles, all while tr

S20·E7 Core

Fashion, Inside Out

Jul 20, 2023 · 65 min

The jockstrap is back; the all-stars must create high-fashion looks featuring couture undergarments in this one-day challenge; fashion icons Sergio Hudson and Paulina Porizkova hel

S20·E8 Core

Uncut Hems

Jul 27, 2023 · 65 min

It’s the halfway point and the designers are hitting the road to a denim explosion; in a throwback challenge, they’ll create all denim looks while competing in head-to-head battles

S20·E9 Core

Below Decked Out

Aug 3, 2023 · 65 min

Fan favorites from the cast of "Below Deck" walk the runway in the infamous Real Client Challenge; Real Housewife Luann de Lesseps and former Below Decker Kate Chastain guest judge

S20·E10 Core

Freedom

Aug 10, 2023 · 65 min

For the first time, the final seven designers are given the freedom to design whatever they want; on the grand outdoor runway of Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park, the

S20·E11 Core

Double Bind

Aug 17, 2023 · 65 min

The designers are faced with one of their hardest tasks yet: a one-day challenge that forces them to create one runway look that showcases two opposing fashion styles.

S20·E12 Core

Let Me See Your Peacock!

Aug 24, 2023 · 65 min

The remaining all-stars must create show-stopping red-carpet menswear looks that fully embrace the trend toward the flamboyant; Emmy Award-winning actor Colman Domingo joins the ju

S20·E13 Mytharc

The Sky's the Limit

Aug 31, 2023 · 65 min

The final four designers push themselves higher than ever for the Avant-Garde Challenge, inspired by the breathtaking views of Manhattan from the 91st floor of Summit One Vanderbil

S20·E14 Mytharc

The Finale

Sep 7, 2023 · 65 min

In a "Project Runway" first, three all-star finalists race against the clock to complete eight finale-worthy looks in just eight days; with the pressure mounting, all these finalis

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