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Project Runway - The Complete Second Season

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Fabulous. Even though All seasons of this show seem to marathon daily on Bravo, each episode on the DVD has lots of conversations that were edited out of the original airing and my favorite--songs. With Santino' great pipes "Daniel Franco where did you Go" is a sure hit, as is Santino and Andre's duet "Don't let Emmit on the serger."
Lots of fabulous quotes and everybody's audition tapes (Daniel Vosovic's is the best) are a must see bonus feature. Plus you get to watch it whenever you want, and replay the songs over and over and over. If you like fashion and unforgetable people-this is definitely worth your money.

This is the best reality show of all time. I like that the contestants actually have to use creativity, ingenuity and competiveness to win. Also, designer Santino, while obnoxious, is also hilarious. His imitations of Tim Gunn, the dignified designer mentor from the Parson design school, are worth the price of this video alone. For example, he imitates Tim Gunn singing a Nine Inch Nails song. He finally gets "busted" for his imitations by Tim Gunn himself on camera. Also, Santino designs the weirdest Deutschland inspired lingerie of all time It has to be seen to be believed. (I actually loved all his other designs.) His catfight with Elle fashion editior Nina Garcia, who dared critizize the lingerie, is unintentionally hysterical. I also loved Andre, the flamboyant designer with the varying French, English and Southern Accent?!? He gets upset, cries and goes into a long and unintentionally funny speech about his passions to the bemused judges at one of the the high/low points of the show. Many other moments in this show are just as priceless. The outfits range from sublimely ridiculous to ridiculously sublime. Heidi Klum's maternity outfits are beautiful...and designed by Kara from the last season. This is an absolutely fabulous show about competition and creativity.

While season 1 was great and compelling, season 2 trumps season 1. This gives you a real insider's view of what creating fashion is all about. You might quibble with some individual winners and losers, but in the last result the winner is truly the best of the lot. While I suppose you could have caught this all when originally broadcast or re-broadcast or indeed re-re-broadcast, the season is best watched in sequence. While my pick of the whole shebang is Santino's wonderful gown, showcased at the end of his runway show, Chloe's runway presentation is sensational.

All I could have wished for is a bit more follow-up on the winning and losing designers, and of course a coverage of Kara's own runway show (evidently, the final was filmed before the 3 finalists were chosen, but only the runway shows of those top 3 made it onto the air).

Obviously, I await season 3 with eager anticipation!

The second season of Project Runway is definitely my favorite season. From the antics (and sometimes insane designs) of Santino, the wit of Nick, and watching Daniel V. go from being almost unseen in the first few episode to one of the best designers of the season, it's reality TV at its best.

The DVDs are loaded with extras. The best part of the DVDs, however, are the extensions added to the episodes. They range from as little as a new reaction shot to covering when the designers went for manicures and pedicures during the Makeover Challenge. Most of the bravotv.com bonus videos have been incorporated into the challenges they came from, and the rest are left under the Special Features.

All in all, this is one of the best DVD treatments I've seen for any television show, period.

Does anyone really need a synopsis on Project Runway? Have you been hiding under a red carpet? Heidi Klum, (beautiful) 16 contestants (insane to in-sane-er), challenges (chaos), judges, the models, the celebrities...Hello?

I'm not sure if this season was better than last because as colorful as Santino was..."What happened to Andrae? Oh, I know, he's at the Red Lobster with Tim."...he didn't quite match the maniputlative, snipping witch that was Wendy Pepper! On the other hand he designed and sang a hell of a lot better! Will we ever forget his Daniel Franco tribute, which is deadly and extended on the DVD.
At least this season they got rid of the constant model switching which was annoying and made the one and only 'walk-off' a killer...Poor Nick!

Andrae's emotions really shine on the DVD and they're brilliant, brilliant, brilliant...I loved Andrae!

The DVD that Amazon is presenting is happily and heavily stuffed with extras...It's worth it just for Tim Gunn's Blog alone, but there is so much more.

As far as reality TV goes, this is what it's about...It's not silly and it doesn't dumb down its viewers.

I haven't been so transfixed by a series in a long time. This reality show is akin to an epic drama. What drives it is that centers around the act of artistic creation from start to finish. The contestants are designers hoping to make it to show their design collection at New York's Fashion Week. They're given a different challenge at the beginning of each episode, and each episode culminates in the fashion show in which one contestant is proclaimed a winner, and one contestant "will be out." This particular season boasted an incredible cast of unforgettable characters. Heidi Klum is excellent as host and judge, Tim Gunn is perfect as mentor, Nina Garcia and Michael Kors know their fashion. Project Runway is filled with creativity, beauty, and drama. I can watch it over and over again.

If you only had to own 1 season of Project Runway on DVD, this is the one. The characters, the challenges (the flower district?) were so much better than either season bookending this one. Of course, watching extending coverage of Santino is a delicious treat and just that alone is worth buying the DVD. For fashionistas and those who enjoy their reality TV (yeah right) with a dose of real talent this is the show! The fact that they are judged on something that they actually had to create vs. a challenge won of circumstance makes this engrossing and Tim's obvious affection for this group was apparent when SantinoTim was "outed". You won't be disappointed.

I bought this for my wife.We live in Germany and German TV is devoid of any humour or originality.I am therefor forced to buy many dvd's just to stay in touch with reality.The problem is that over here I'm exposed to so much crappy reality TV I start to feel like my Year long education is being reversed by media attempts to dumb down society.
When a friend suggested I buy this for my wife(Who loves fashion)I cringed ( living in Germany you sort of get Heide Klum over exposure).After asking a female friend from the states her opinion I bought it.I was pleasantly surprised.Heide Klum's part was limited to introducing the show and the set of characters competing to be the next new big thing were so Gay,Arrogant,Pathetic,loathsome,loveable that I was enthralled.I watched the whole thing through from start to finish and loved most of it.I give it four stars because it dragged on a little in one or two shows.If you want to sit home with a glass of wine and watch the fashionistas get it on then this is for you.

My daughter loves fashion and because I love this series I wanted to share it with her (she doesn't get BRAVO). I happened to be visiting her so we watched some episodes on the DVD together. I was surprised to find that there was extra material included in each episode.

This show really captured my attention the first time I caught it on TV; so much so that I bought all of the seasons that were available (including Project Runway - The Complete First Season and Project Runway - The Complete Third Season). Season 2 is basically the same format as its predecessor. Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn are back on board as hostess and advisor, respectively. The show begins with 16 designer hopefuls and narrows down to the final 3 who get to execute a complete line of designs for NYC Fashion Week. As before, what I enjoyed the most was the creativity. This season, watch the designers create a dress manufactured completely out of plants, lingerie for Heidi, an evening gown for model superstar Iman (to be worn on the red carpet at an event), an outfit for My Scene Barbie, and an outfit for Olympic skating silver medalist Sasha Cohen. There are other challenges as well through the season.

It is extremely interesting to hear what the judges have to say about each designer and their creations. Michael Kors & Nina Garcia (Elle Magazine) are back again giving their sometimes cutting but accurate critiques. This season, the designers are much more vocal and sometimes talk back with disrespect to the judges (would you dare to question or sass back at Diane von Furstenberg?!?). The designers are not quite as loveable as the first season, but there are still many "characters" which are interesting to watch, most notably Santino Rice, the insensitive loudmouth and sometime "villain" of season 2. Debra Messing of "Will & Grace" joins the judges for the NYC Fashion Week critique of the Final 3.

Extras on the 4 DVD set include: outtakes & bloopers (do we really need to see André's crying scene unedited or Santino verbally sparring with Nina?), WEAR Are They Now (for the Final 3 contestants only), Cast Audition Tapes, Tim Gunn's Blog (which is an interesting episode-by-episode blog of Gunn's thoughts), and an Exclusive Season 3 Casting Call shot at LA's Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. Naturally, this particular featurette focuses on the freakier contestants!

Overall, another great set that will test your creativity and increase your fashion knowledge!