Season 15

Top Designer Season 15 is the fifteenth season of the television show Top Designer, appearing on Lifetime. The season began airing on January 4, 2018 with 12 designers competing to become "the next great American designer."

The season was supposed to be finding their original routes, which resulted in cutting the number of contestants back to 12 and the episode count to 10.

Some other changes to the show, was the lack of guest judges. Tim Gunn was invited to the runway as a second opinion, and fashion designer and stylist Kelly Osbourne was added as a permanent judge. Returning as judges are supermodel Karolina Kurkova, fashion designer, Alexander Wang and Marie Claire creative director, Nina Garcia. Tim Gunn returned as a mentor to the aspiring designers.

The "Tim Gunn Save" was changed to the "Tim Gunn Comeback", where Tim Gunn had to bring back and eliminated contestant half way though the competition.

Aldo was the exclusive retail sponsor for Top Designer's 15th season and has merchandised the accessory wall with an assortment of products.

Episode 1: Where Do You Come From?
Original airdate: January 4, 2018

The chosen 12 designers arrive to New York City. In keeping with the theme of sticking to your roots, the designers had to design a garment that represented who they were as designers inspired by their ethnicity.


 * WINNER: Michelle
 * ELIMINATED: Dina

Episode 2: Fashion Fun & Games
Original airdate: January 11, 2018

The remaining 11 designers meet their first unconventional materials challenge, as they must design ready-to-wear outfits made out of materials found in a toy store.


 * WINNER: Emma
 * ELIMINATED: Donya

Episode 3: Bright Colors, Dark Drama
Original airdate: January 18, 2018

The top 10 designer's must split into two groups of five to design cohesive mini-collections using only three colors randomly chosen.


 * WINNER: Dobromil
 * ELIMINATED: Noah

Episode 4: Easy Breezy Runway
Original airdate: January 25, 2018

The top 9 designers face off in a challenge, where they must design resort tare-away look for a high-end woman.


 * WINNER: Marco
 * ELIMINATED: Joachim

Episode 5: Ups and Downs, Highs and Lows
Original airdate: February 1, 2018

The remaining 8 designers a split into teams of two, and are challenged with designing two cohesive looks inspired by opposites.


 * WINNER: Anna & Selinay
 * ELIMINATED: Filip & Matthew

Episode 6: Once Upon a Time
Original airdate: February 8, 2018

The remaining 6 designers design avant-garde design inspired by a fairytale character.


 * WINNER: Selinay
 * ELIMINATED: Marco

Episode 7: The Comeback Kid
Original airdate: February 15, 2018

The top 5 quickly becomes the top 6 again as Tim Gunn reveals who the eliminated designer returning to the competition is. The designers must then create looks for Karolina Kurkova to wear at the Emmy Red Carpet show.


 * COMEBACK CONTESTANT: Filip
 * WINNER: Dobromil
 * ELIMINATED: Emma

Episode 8: Makeover Madness
Original airdate: February 22, 2018

The top 6 gets inspiration from women on the street, as they must make-over an everyday woman. Inspired by their ready-to-wear looks for the women, they must create an evening wear looks to match for their models.


 * WINNER: Selinay
 * ELIMINATED: Anna

Episode 9: Finale, Part 1
Original airdate: March 1, 2018

The finalists show three looks from their finale collections for the judges. One designer is eliminated.


 * ADVANCED TO FASHION WEEK: Dobromil, Michelle, Selinay
 * ELIMINATED: Filip

Episode 10: Finale, Part 2
Original airdate: March 8, 2018

The final three designers show at New York Fashion Week, and one designer is declared Top Designer.


 * WINNER OF Top Designer: Selinay
 * ELIMINATED: Michelle (Runner-Up) & Dobromil (2nd Runner-Up)