Heidi Klum is the host of "Project Runway," which returns for a sixth season Aug. 20 on, yes, Lifetime; it was shot in Los Angeles. She is soon to be the mother of four with her husband, Seal: according to Klum, her youngest, Johan, will be 3 in November, Henry will be 4 in September, and Leni just turned 5.
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"?
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. It always has been, in the past -- but no one paid much attention to them.
I hope they're terribly dramatic and badly behaved.
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.
What are you doing through the summer besides, you know, giving birth?
Well, we just shot Season 7, that's why we're also in New York; we have our last day on Saturday. 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 wanna rearrange the whole house! I go in nesting mode.
Are you going to go for a Bauhaus super-hippie modernist thing?
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.
Good!
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?
Wait till you have four in high school.
In September, all three are in school! You sit in another room and they get evaluated, and Johan did all the puzzles. He impressed them.
Does it feel odd to be putting young designers out in the world when the fashion world is in extreme crisis?
