Project Runway vs. The Fashion Show

So I’ve seen movies with very similar themes; for example, Pretty Woman and Runaway Bride…they’re both about a romantically troubled woman who eventually gets swept off her feet by a successful businessman, and they live happily ever after.

And coincidentally, both movies are starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere and are directed by Garry Marshall. I have recently come across two reality television shows that are almost indistinguishable…and they both happen to be on the same network: Bravo.

After five seasons of watching Heidi Klum say auf wiedersehen and Tim Gunn’s encouraging words, “make it work” on the hit fashion designing show, Project Runway, I experienced déjà vu during the commercial break of another one of my favorite Bravo reality shows, The Real Housewives of New York City.

Designer, Isaac Mizrahi and singer from the late, great girl-group, Destiny’s Child, Kelly Rowland are hosting The Fashion Show, which features 15 up-and-coming designers who want to make a name for themselves in the fashion world who compete for a cash prize and recognition in “the biz.”

Call me crazy, but The Fashion Show sounds like a less interesting version of Project Runway. And let’s take a look at the judge’s panel, shall we. Project Runway has runway model, Heidi Klum, editor-in-chief for Elle magazine, Nina Garcia, and fashion designer, Michael Kors. The “experts” judging The Fashion Show include a world renowned fashion designer, Mizrahi, but I’m confused as to where singer/songwriter Kelly Rowland comes in to play as a fashionista.

I’m going to remain loyal to Project Runway and just wait for the next season to come out instead of tuning in to the wannabe clone that is The Fashion Show.