The winning design will be featured in a "Marie Claire" editorial and on a billboard atop a New York City taxicab. "Original Airdate:" August 25, 2011  The designers meet at the New Balance Track and Field Center in New York City and are challenged to create apparel to wear with a new Heidi Klum for New Balance lifestyle sneaker from Klum's collection. The designers work in teams of three, with team leaders chosen by holding a foot race at the Track and Field Center. The winning looks will be sold as part of Klum's collection exclusively on Amazon.com.   "Cecilia withdrew from the competition and was replaced by Josh C."  "Original Airdate:" September 1, 2011  The designers each work together with an art student to create a painting, and then must design an avant-garde look that reflects their art work. They have a budget of $300 and two days to complete their look. "Original Airdate:" September 8, 2011  The designers plug into computer technology to help create signature fabric designs in a challenge that forces them into working in two teams of five. Wielding video cameras, they also venture out into the city to capture the stories behind their inspirations. "Original Airdate:" September 15, 2011  The contestants are introduced to nine men on the runway and, in a seamless twist, discover they must design for the men's significant others. Actress Malin Akerman is the guest judge. "Original Airdate:" September 22, 2011  The outfitters are treated to a special performance from their new client, the up-and-coming band The Sheepdogs. Broken into two teams of four, the designers are charged with creating a look that will establish them as image-makers. "Original Airdate:" September 29, 2011  The remaining designers do the time warp when fashions from the 1970s inspire their creations. "Original Airdate:" October 6, 2011  Birds serve as the inspiration for the looks in this challenge. Designers are paired up, with each pair assigned a bird. They then learn that they are not competing together, but rather head-to-head. Kimberly and Viktor design head-to-head with a cockatoo as their inspiration, Anya and Laura with a raven, and Bert and Joshua with an Amazon parrot. "Original Airdate:" October 13, 2011  The remaining designers had to create 3 looks from inspirations on Governor's Island.