It is the only season of Project Runway filmed at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles.

The winner of this season of Project Runway, Irina Shabayeva, received an editorial feature in an issue of Marie Claire magazine, a cash prize of $100,000 to start her own line, and an all-expenses-paid trip for two to Paris.

[2] The premiere was preceded by a two-hour special episode of Project Runway: All-Star Challenge where eight past contestants (Daniel Vosovic, Santino Rice, Jeffrey Sebelia, Uli Herzner, Mychael Knight, Chris March, Sweet P, and Korto Momolu) competed in one challenge with a cash prize of $100,000.

Original Airdate: August 27, 2009 Designers were to create a pregnancy look for supermodel Rebecca Romijn, who was carrying twins.

Original Airdate: September 3, 2009 The designers were taken to the beach, where they were told to create a fashionable, surfer-inspired outfit, and were placed in teams of two.

Original Airdate: September 10, 2009 The designers were challenged to create an eye-catching outfit to please their surprise client: their models.

Original Airdate: September 17, 2009 Designers were taken to the Los Angeles Times, and were challenged to create an outfit made out of newspaper.

Due to Irina's win in the last challenge (and the odd number of remaining contestants), Tim allowed her to choose whichever genre she desired.

The leaders and their partners, respectively, were: The winner of this challenge would not receive immunity, but would instead make a holiday dress to be sold in select Macy's stores nationwide and on Macy's.com.

Had two people gone home, Christopher would have been the other Original Airdate: October 8, 2009 Designers were challenged to reconstruct a divorcée's wedding gown and turn it into a new dress.

Original Airdate: October 15, 2009 The designers were required to make a dazzling and show-stopping stage look for guest judge Christina Aguilera.

Designers chose in the following order, beginning with Carol Hannah as a benefit from her previous win: They were given $150 to shop at Mood and one day to complete their looks.

Original Airdate: November 5, 2009 For their final runway challenge before New York Fashion Week, the designers embarked to Los Angeles's famed Getty Center (a portion of the J. Paul Getty Museum), where they were greeted by Tim and the mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa.

Original Airdate: November 12, 2009 For part 1 of the finale, Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn sent the remaining contestants (Irina, Carol Hannah and Althea) home with $9000 and ten weeks to create a 12-piece collection.

The narrative shifts to a few weeks later when Tim Gunn arrives at the contestants' homes to critique their collections.

Ten days before New York Fashion Week, Tim calls Irina to inform her that the images that she is using for her collection are copyrighted and cannot be used.