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The detour, kept for history.
The detour season. The critical read still calls it a coastal disconnect — the show feels off its rails because it is on the wrong coast.
Same headcount, a new coast.
The detour. Project Runway's only season filmed off the East Coast, and its first under a new network. The LA workroom and the LA garment district both read different on camera — the light is wrong, the texture is wrong, the cast feels half a step out of frame. The judging is intact, the format is intact, but the city is doing none of the editorial work the show usually borrows from Manhattan. Included for historical importance.
The #21 slot.
Slot #21 of 21 in the Project Runway Editor's Canon. Season six is the detour, and the canon places it last for editorial reasons rather than punitive ones. Project Runway's only season filmed away from the Manhattan workroom and its first under a new network arrived with the format intact and the city wrong. The LA workroom and the LA garment district both read different on camera — the light is wrong, the texture is wrong, the field segments don't carry the weight the New York cycles take for granted. The judging is intact, the format is intact, but the city is doing none of the editorial work the show usually borrows. Included for historical importance.