PROJECT RUNWAY HAVING A HAT CONTEST

Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn of Project Runway

The question was asked: How do you keep the show fresh after eight seasons?

There's always something new happening in the world to inspire a challenge. You're influenced by things you see and do. We have one I'm very proud of: I bumped into milliner Philip Treacy at the Oscars, and said to him, 'Why don't you come do Project Runway? We've never had a hat challenge, I'd love if they made designs to go with your hats!' So we got him to fly to the U.S., and he brought 15 of his wildest, most avant garde hats that we built a challenge around.

Stay tuned – it should be fun to see how this heady subject gets handled on the ferocious yet fun funky fashionable TV show.