Fashion Star

Network: NBC
Episodes: Ongoing (hour)
Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: March 13, 2012 – present
Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Elle Macpherson, Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie, John Varvatos, Caprice Willard, Terron E. Schaefer, and Nicole Christie.

TV show description:
This reality competition series seeks to find the next big brand in fashion. Featuring host and executive producer Elle Macpherson — along with celebrity mentors Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie and John Varvatos — the series gives 14 unknown designers the chance to win a multi-million dollar prize to launch their collections in three of America’s largest retailers: Macy’s, H&M and Saks Fifth Avenue.

The fashion designers featured on the show include everyone from the stay-at-home mom who makes her own clothes to the recent design school graduate who has held jobs with major design houses. The contestants who come to the competition with their own existing lines will be challenged to take their brand to the next level. All the contestants are put to the test to see how they react in a variety of real-world scenarios — to determine who has the vision and desire to build a fashion empire and achieve his or her dream.

Each week, the show begins with a huge fashion show that features musical performances, dancers and models in front of a studio audience. Every fashion show is built around a weekly challenge that is created to further develop and expand the designers’ brands.

To help in the decision-making process. Caprice Willard (Macy’s), Terron E. Schaefer (Saks Fifth Avenue) and Nicole Christie (H&M) serve as judges who make on-the-spot decisions as they vie for the right to purchase and exclusively carry the work of the up-and-coming designers each week.

At the end of each episode, America has the chance to immediately purchase the winning designs. What viewers see on TV in the evening will be in stores immediately. Each week, designers who do not sell any of their items to the buyers will be up for elimination. Celebrity mentors Simpson, Richie and Varvatos will be able to save one of these designers from the chopping block.

In the end, one designer will become the next Fashion Star and will receive the grand prize — $6,000,000 in orders for capsule collections in Macy’s, H&M and Saks Fifth Avenue stores.

What do you think? Do you like the Fashion Star TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for another season?

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