Project Runway US Season 9 Episode 2 My Pet Project, Airing: August 4, 2011 9:00 PM on Lifetime. Heidi Klum hosts a reality series where aspiring fashion designers compete for a chance to break into the industry. Each week, a designer is eliminated from the competition after exhibiting their work in front of a judges' panel. Supermodel Heidi Klum gives us a behind-the-scene documentary series and competition set in the other most glamorous business in the world: the fashion industry. Cameras roll as up-and-coming designers compete in weekly challenges and are given all the resources of a top designer to prepare a competitive runway show for New York Fashion Week.

Previous Season: The final five designers are treated to a night of luxury in a penthouse suite a prominent New York figure gives the designers the final challenge to determine who moves on to fashion week. Just before Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tim Gunn is checking what the Finale Four Designers are preparing for the runway. It's time for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. The three designers Mondo, Gretchen and Andy will show their collections on the runway to win the prizes $100.000 from L'oreal Paris, to start their own line, a fashion spread in Marie Claire magazine, $50.000 technology suit from HP and Intel to create their vision and run their business and the opportunity to design and sell an exclusive collection on piperlime.com.

Previous Episode; Tim Gunn hosts the behind-the-scenes look at how the ninth season designers were cast, including bio videos of the designers and a look at how eight season contestants are doing with their careers. Project Runway Season 9 premieres with record-setting 20 talented designers. But only sixteen will get one of the spots to be on the show. Once the sixteen designers are chosen, they will be awaken at the crack of dawn with one of the toughest first challenges in the series' history.

Now Episode: The designers will work in teams of two to create looks larger than life from materials bought in a pet shop. Their creations will be worn by professional stilt walkers in an first ever outdoor runway walk.