Netflix's much-better version of Project Runway (I said it!)

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It’s easy to dismiss Next In Fashion (2020) as Netflix’s Project Runway ripoff but there are some key differences: 1) Alexa Chung and Tan from Queer Eye are delightful and actually bring a lot of joy and goofiness to the show in a way that Tim and Heidi did not. 2) The challenges are less to do with craftiness (there are no unconventional materials challenges) and more to do with wearability, vision and craft. They scolded a designer for making a dress his model couldn’t pee in. 3) There isn’t a ton of drama so it was easy to tune in for the beginning and then zone out during the middle - to do online shopping or whatever - and then catch the runway at the end. Sometimes you need a show you can 30% watch.