![]() ![]() But seeing all my friends show at Fashion Week, this time I was not happy being safe. Last season, I would be happy to make it to the next episode. Pankoke: I knew I definitely had to bring my A game. THR: Did you feel like you had to step it up this season? I didn’t know how the judges would react to seeing me back. The judges sent me home, and they were not the ones that felt like they did a bad job - the fans were the ones who were upset. But I knew that nobody was going to be happy to see me. I felt like the advantage I had was I knew the lay of the land. Pankoke: There were pros and cons of going back in. ![]() THR: As you alluded to in the season premiere, there are advantages and disadvantages to having competed before. PHOTOS: ‘Project Runway’ Winners: Where Are They Now? Knowing this season was teams, I was going, “Thank the lord.” Working with another designer, you’re fighting to get your point of view across. Basically they were like, “Tu, you’re eliminated, and Kate, you’re gone too.” What just happened here? On top of that, the fact that I was on Project Runway Teams, I was able to get my design aesthetic across most of the time, but everything had to be a compromise. Pankoke: I really felt like I was eliminated way too soon, and there was really no justification as to why I was eliminated. You’re flying to New York.” And then I was back there filming. Basically, I got the phone call that I had won, and they were literally like, “Pack your bags. ![]() Kate Pankoke: Literally, one day before we started filming. The Hollywood Reporter: When did you find out you were going to be on season 12? Pankoke recently talked to The Hollywood Reporter about getting a second chance on the show, how the judges and other designers reacted to her and how her mindset changed from her first season. In a surprising double elimination, both Pankoke and her teammate Tu Suthiwat Nakchat were sent home. PHOTOS: ‘Project Runway’ Season 12: Meet the Designersĭuring her original season - the show’s first “teams” edition - Pankoke was sent home during a unconventional challenge that called for the designers to create a prom dress out of duct tape. Pankoke, a 24-year-old from Chicago who originally was on season 11, beat out season eight’s Valerie Mayen and season six’s Lawrence Coleman for the honor, as revealed in last week’s season 12 premiere. Kate Pankoke is getting something most Project Runwaydesigners don’t - a second chance.Īs part of a new twist introduced this season - dubbed “Runway Redemption” - viewers got to vote which of thee former competitors would return. ![]()
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