Season 1

• Kara Saun (excellent designer; she made a lot of cute designs, including the redesigned uniform for the US Postal Service)
• Jay McCarroll (winner)

Season 2

• Chloe Dao (winner)
• Daniel Vosovic (loved his garden party dress with the little purple flowers)
• Nick Verreos

Season 3

• Uli Herzner (amazing use of prints)
• Laura Bennett
• Michael Knight (loved his modernized Pam Grier inspired outfit and the coffee filter dress)

Season 4

• Cristian Siriano (winner: almost everything he made was awesome, and I loved his dramatic couture)
• Jillian Lewis (awesome Twizzler dress!)
• Rami Kashou (the master of elegant draping)
• Chris March (his designs were often impressive even when they were over the top like his use of human hair on his collection for Fashion Week.)

Season 5

• Korto Momolu (she did really well when she made a punk outfit for Suede)
• Leanne Marshall (winner: her wave details and the color palette for her Fashion Week collection were really well done, and I loved the design she did for Scorpio with her partner in the episode "What's Your Sign")
• Jerell Scott (he made some really beautiful dresses, and he did amazingly well in the makeover challenge for the girl who had just graduated college; she looked really modern/chic yet not aged)