Episode
Project Runway: Tie the Knot
Overview
The designers must create a garment utilizing bow ties in a non-traditional way using Justin Mikita and Jesse Tyler Ferguson's Tie The Knot organization as inspiration. They have one day to complete their looks.
Details
- Series
- Project Runway
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2013-08-08
- Runtime
- 64 min
Episode context
Tie the Knot is Episode 4 in Season 12 of Project Runway. It aired on 2013-08-08. The runtime is 64 min.
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