Heidi Klum is the host of “Project Runway,” which returns for a sixth season Thursday on, yes, Lifetime. She is soon to be the mother of four with her husband, Seal.
Q. Can you tell me a little bit about what’s going on with the new show that follows the lives of the models who appear on “Project Runway”?
A. It’s an extra show, a half-hour, “Models of the Runway.” They’re all new faces, they’re all new girls, that no one already knows. It’s a great exposure for them.
Q. I hope they’re terribly dramatic and badly behaved.
A. No. They do cry a lot! Yesterday again, one had to go, and they all feel for each other. They live together; they like each other.
Q. What are you doing through the summer besides, you know, giving birth?
A. Well, we just shot Season 7 — that’s why we’re also in New York. Then they have off till February; we’ll do the finale in February. We’re going to go on a holiday for a few weeks. Get the house ready. Get organized. When you’re close to the end — I want to rearrange the whole house!
Q. Are you going to go for a Bauhaus super-hippie modernist thing?
A. No, no! And to be honest, most of the things for the kids are hand-me-down things. There’s a piece Leni had, I took it from her. This piece used to belong to Henry. I was like, “You’re going to get something pink, you’ll be fine.” And we’re not into the pink or the blue.
Q. Good!
A. Really, for a year the baby stays in our bedroom anyway. I just need a crib and a changing table. When you have a newborn, everything becomes very still — while in a strange way, everything is very loud? Does that make sense?
Q. Does it feel odd to be putting young designers out in the world when the fashion world is in extreme crisis?
A. I think that everything is kind of in crisis. But what are you going to do? Is everyone going to stop working? I think the best will always succeed in any world. … But I don’t think people should stop their dreams. A lot of our designers, people who have been on in the past, not everyone is self-employed. I think the only one who has become successful is Christian [Siriano] — on their own. I think the others are also successful, not as their own brand. Which I think is also success!
