project RUNWAY Season 22 Recap - July 30, 2026

C #3 (sponsored by the Humane World for Animals): They engaged in a series of head-to-head battles where they created looks inspired by wild animals. Nina wasn’t there again. There would be a guest model for each battle from hulu’s “Get Real” in which they will team up with a Klumette however a Decoy Model from hulu's Get Real will also be involved as well along with their usual Klumettes as there Decoy's.

Runway Song: "Wild Boys" by Duran Duran

Aaron v. Anna: Lion 

Klumettes Involved: Jen Affleck* (The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives), Kendall Jenner (The Kardashians), Jessica Baxter, Hailey Bills, Kara Gall, Witney Carson, Christina Palavra, Alexandra Yonkovich, Sarah Victoria Fisher & Stephani Sosa

Jeffrey v. Naheim: Great white shark 

Klumettes Involved: Jenn Tran* (The Bachelor & Bachelorette), Whitney Leavitt (The Secret Lives of Mromon Wives), Lexii Loushel, Briar Nolet, Anastasia Bogushev, Emma Slater, Badu, Tori Evans, Natalia Nien & Natalie Jolley 

Joseph v. Bryan: Scarlet macaw 

Klumettes Involved: Charity Lawson (The Bachelor & Bachelorette), Kylie Jenner (The Kardashians), Rebecca Hanobik, Rylee Arnold, Khoudia Thiam, Daniela Karagach, Briana Benavides, Mia Maxwell, Rebecca Hanobik & Rylee Arnold

Bi v. Jude: Arctic wolf 

Klumettes Involved: Sarah Jane Nader (Love Thy Nader), Brooks Nader (Love Thy Nader), Amanda Trolle, Audrey Douglass, Kylie Wilkens, Selena Hamilton, Yu Liang, Pauline Casino, Janine Tondu & Onye Stevenson

Elizabeth v. Bobby: Wild mustang 

Klumettes Involved: Ekin-Su Culculoglu (Vanderpump Villa), Gabby Windey (The Bachelor & Bachelorette), Anna Aufdenkamp, Adele Zaikman, Jessica Baxter, Hailey Bills, Naimah Terry, Dyllan Blackburn, Friday B Chuol & Koko Iwasaki

THE DECOYERS: Bengal Tiger
Klumettes Involved: Ariana Madix (Vanderpump Rules), Charli D'Amelio (The Kardashians & Dancing with the Stars), Lexii Loushel, Briar Nolet, Anastasia Bogushev, Emma Slater, Rebecca Hanobik, Rylee Arnold, Khoudia Thiam & Daniela Karagach (These are made up of the Joseph and Jeffrey's Models from Last Weeks Challenge in which they are eliminated from Last Week)

*Actual Model is a designer on project runway

WInner: The Naders and her Team won (Because Jude wins a Humane Journeys Expedition)

project RUNWAY Season 22 Recap - July 23, 2026 (Football Time)

Well with Bi has been saved here's the Next Challenge: They were divided into 4 fashion houses & created looks inspired by NFL teams. The winning head of this challenge would win immunity, have their fashion house’s collection partake in Superbowl LXI & win tickets to Superbowl LXI in Los Angeles.

Here are the Assigned Teams

Falcons: Bryan, Bi & Elizabeth

Giants: Jeffrey, Anna & Chloe

Eagles: Andriy, Bobby & Jude

Panthers: Joseph, Naheim & Aaron

And Now The Klumettes in which their Routine is set to Goodies and 1, 2, Step with tonight's guest judge, Ciara in which she filled in for Nina Garcia, This Week

Badu (D. Johnson #5), Tori Evans (J. Mingo #15), Natalia Nien (J. Horn #8) & Natalie Jolley (D. Brown #95) (Naheim)

Jessica Baxter (D. Sanders #0), Hailey Bills (T. Tremble #82), Kara Gall (S. Thompson #7) & Witney Carson (J. Jewell #47) (Aaron)

Rebecca Hanobik (B. Young #9), Rylee Arnold (X. Legette #17), Khoudia Thiam (A. Thelen #19) & Daniela Karagach (C. Hubbard #30) (Joseph)

Liris Crosse (A. Robinson #11), Svetha "Sway" Nallapanemi (J. Okereke #58), Anastasiia Gavriukhova (M. Nubin #31) & Nina Mayster (G. Lawrence #97) (Chloe)

Lexii Loushel (M. Nabers #1), Briar Nolet (D. Slayton #18), Anastasia Bogushev (J. Hyatt #13) & Emma Slater (D. Singletary #26) (Jeffrey)

Christina Palavra (K. Thibodeaux #5), Alexandra Yonkovich (B. Burns #0), Sarah Victoria Fisher (D. Banks #2) & Stephani Sosa (T. Tracy Jr. #29) (Anna)

Amanda Trolle (M. Penix Jr. #9), Audrey Douglass (T. Allgeier #25), Kylie Wilkens  (D. Mooney #1) & Selena Hamilton (R. McCloud #34) (Bi)

Anna Aufdenkamp (A. Terrell #24), Adele Zaikman (J. Bates #3), Jessica Baxter (G. Jarrett #97) & Hailey Bills (M. Judon #9) (Elizabeth)

Briana Benavides (K. Cousins #18), Mia Maxwell (B. Robinson #7), Rebecca Hanobik (D. London #5) & Rylee Arnold (K. Pitts #8) (Bryan)

Rain Batingana (J. Hurts #1), Angel Maria Strittmater (S. Barkley #26), Roberta Little (A. Brown #11) & Ralyn Johnson (D. Smith #6) (Andriy)

Yu Liang (J. Carter #98), Pauline Casino (B. Graham #55), Janine Tondu (N. Smith #3) & Onye Stevenson (Z. Baun #53) (Jude)

Naimah Terry (D. Goedert #88), Dyllan Blackburn (L. Johnson #65), Friday B Chuol (C. DeJean #33) & Koko Iwasaki (Q. Mitchell #30) (Bobby)

(Note: Both The Regulars and Decoys will be wearing a High Leg Cut Bodysuits and Leg Warmers to Match The Team Colors along with their assigned Uniform of that NFL Player associated with the team as of the day of typing by showing only Player's Inital First Name, Last Name & Uniform Number)

However Panthers won but the Falcons Finished 2nd and Next Week we will walk on the Wildside with our Special Guest Models from Hulu's Get Real lineup bring the contestants' creations to life on the runway as they will be teamed with the Usual Regulars who are now decoy models.

But There Will be a Surprise as well so stay tuned to this recap for Further Developments.

Project Runway Season 22 Recap - July 16, 2025

In Honor of the New Director, Ramy Romany: Those who won last week had immunity. And those winning designers & losing designers would save somebody.

Nina Garcia will not be on Tonight's Episode so Filling in as a Guest Judge: Ice Spice

Song: "Wannabe" and "Say You'll Be There" by The Spice Girls

Briana Benavides & Mia Maxwell (Bryan)

Anna Aufdenkamp & Adele Zaikman (Bobby)

Yu Liang & Pauline Casino (Chloe)

Sarah Victoria Fisher & Stephani Sosa (Jude)

Rebecca Hanobik & Rylee Arnold (Elizabeth)

Anastasiia Gavriukhova & Nina Mayster (Andriy)

Amanda Trolle & Audrey Douglass (Jeffrey)

Rain Batingana & Angel Maria Strittmater (Octavius)

Samiah Brown & Sophie Tosh (Bi)

Naimah Terry* & Dyllan Blackburn (Joseph)

Jessica Baxter & Hailey Bills (Bao)

Janine Tondu & Onye Stevenson (Anna)

Roberta Little & Ralyn Johnson (Dani)

Badu & Tori Evans (Aaron)

Friday B Chuol & Koko Iwasaki (Yangyang)

Kylie Wilkens* & Selena Hamilton (Naheim)

Winner: Joseph (Naimah gets her First Win This Season)

Loser: Octavius, Dani, Bi, Bao & Yangyang 

Why: 5 Model-Dancers are sent to the Disposal to become Decoys so what happens next?

The Answer: Next Week, The Designers will be split into four fashion houses and challenged to create runway-worthy looks inspired by NFL teams; working together while maintaining their own creative voice proves to be difficult as emotions rise and bonds are tested.

And Will This be the First Joke Designer Recap of the Season?: Maybe, But The Joke Designers will be the head coaches of their respective NFL Team so stay tuned Next Week!

Project Runway Seaon 22 Premiere Recap

Project Runway Season 22 Premiere Recap

YOU'RE KLUMETTES TO BEGIN THE SEASON

Song: 22 by Taylor Swift [First 5],  "Good Time" by Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen [Next 5], "Clarity" by Zedd ft. Foxes [Next 6], "Run Away With Me" by Carly Rae Jepsen [Next 5], "Ain't It Fun" by Paramore [Last 1 and All 22 Model-Dancer Pairs]

Anna Aufdenkamp & Adele Zaikman (Andriy Volkov)

Friday B Chuol & Koko Iwasaki (Varvara Diakopenkova a.k.a. Bobby)

Natalia Nien & Natalie Jolley (Bao Tranchi)

Rain Batingana & Angel Maria Strittmater (Yangyang Xu)

Christina Palavra & Alexandra Yonkovich (Joseph McRae - Returned from S21)

Kara Gall & Witney Carson (Chloe Magleby)

Roberta Little & Ralyn Johnson (Andrea Moore)

Yu Liang* & Pauline Casino (Naheim Muhammad)

Janine Tondu & Onye Stevenson (LRE the Artist a.k.a. Omolara Odupita)

Anastasiia Gavriukhova & Nina Mayster (Robert "Robby" Crone)

Naimah Terry* & Dyllan Blackburn (Octavius Terry, No Relation to the Model, Sorry)

Khoudia Thiam & Daniela Karagach (Aaron Potts)

Jessica Baxter & Hailey Bills (Jeffrey Kelly Abess)

Rebecca Hanobik & Rylee Arnold (Jude Mikulencak)

Briana Benavides & Mia Maxwell (Bi Pham)

Anastasia Bogushev & Emma Slater (Dani Bennett)

Lexii Loushel & Briar Nolet (Andrew Dunayevskiy a.k.a. Plane Jane)

Sarah Victoria Fisher & Stephani Sosa (Jennifer Daniels)

Kylie Wilkens & Selena Hamilton (R'Bonney Gabriel)

Badu & Tori Evans (Elizabeth Shevelev)

Amanda Trolle & Audrey Douglass (Anna Molinari)

Jessica Millin & Olivia Alboher (Bryan Barrientos)

*Designated to Replace a Male Model so we can't allow men to this recap sorry

WINNING DESIGNERS - Andriy, Bryan, Chloe, Elizabeth, Jude & Bobby

LOSING DESIGNERS - Plane Jane, R’Bonney, Robby, Andrea, Jennifer & LRE