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01The take
New York.
The course-correct. Not the loudest season in the catalog, but the one that put the format back on the coast it was built for.
02The shape of the season
A rhythm worth tracking.
The return-to-form. Project Runway is back in Manhattan, back in a workroom that reads right, and back in a city whose garment district carries editorial weight on camera. The cast is steady rather than loud, and the season's main argument is that the format works when the location works. Not the season fans cite first, but the one that quietly restored the show's footing. The canon ranks it modestly because the steadying matters more than the spectacle here.
03Where it sits in the canon
The #14 slot.
Slot #14 of 20 in the Project Runway Editor's Canon. The seasons on either side show what I ranked it against.
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