Fabio Costa is getting another chance…
Project Runway is celebrating 20 years of the reality fashion design series with an “All-Stars” edition, with the Brazilian fashion designer making his triumphant return to the competition.
The latest iteration of Project Runway All-Stars will premiere on Thursday, June 15 at 8:00 pm ET on Bravo. The network announced that the premiere will be two parts and you can watch a preview of the upcoming season in the video posted above.
Costa competed on the tenth season of Project Runway, as well as the fourth season of Project Runway All-Stars, where he tied for second place.
But Costa isn’t the only Latino designer set to return…
Viktor Luna will compete on this special All-Stars edition.
The Mexican costume and fashion designer competed on Season 9 of the competition series.
Returning as judges are Nina Garcia, Brandon Maxwell and Elaine Welteroth with Christian Siriano set as a mentor. In Season 20, 14 of the most beloved designers from across the 19 seasons of the show will return and have a shot at winning the competition.
Guest judges that will appear throughout the season include Alicia Silverstone, Billy Porter, fashion designer Zac Posen, CEO & founder of “alice + olivia” Stacey Bendet, creative director of Carolina Herrera Wes Gordon, actor, producer and Emmy Award-winning writer Lena Waithe, image architect and celebrity stylist Law Roach and 90210 alum Jennie Garth.
Other guest stars include Paulina Porizkova, designer Sergio Hudson, Julia Fox, designer Willy Chavarria, Below Deck and The Traitors star Kate Chastain, The Real Housewives of New York City star Luann de Lesseps, designer Batsheva Hay, Emmy-winning actor Coleman Domingo and Steven Kolb, CEO of Council of Fashion Designers of America.
The “All-Stars” are competing for a prize of $250,000 and a mentorship with the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) and a feature in Elle magazine.
Here are the Project Runway returning designers:
Brittany Allen (Austin, TX), Season 18
Prajje Oscar Jean Baptiste (Philadelphia, PA), Season 19
Laurence Basse (Los Angeles, CA), Season 15
Fabio Costa (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Season 10
Bishme Cromartie (Los Angeles, CA), Season 17
Johnathan Kayne Gillaspie (Nashville, TN), Season 3
Mila Hermanovski (Los Angeles, CA), Season 7
Rami Kashou (Brooklyn, NY), Season 4
Viktor Luna (Los Angeles, CA), Season 9
Korto Momolu (Little Rock, AR), Season 5
Nora Pagel (Metuchen, NJ), Season 1
Kara Saun (Los Angeles, CA), Season 1
Hester Sunshine (Brooklyn, NY), Season 17
Anna Yinan Zhou (San Francisco, CA), Season 19