Project Runway\u2019s Korto Momolu proved that her rocky exit from the show\u2019s twentieth season was not the end of her status in the fashion industry, but rather, a boost, as she presented a 22-piece collection at New York Fashion Week on September 9, 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n The show\u2019s all-star sat down with me via Zoom before the fashion show to talk about her frustrating time on the show\u2019s latest season which aired this summer but was filmed last winter.<\/p>\n Read more<\/p>\n Momolu is well aware that her African-inspired pieces are not the most in-demand in the mainstream fashion industry, but chooses to continue pushing her culture (being from Liberia) forward even if she\u2019s alone. \u201cThere aren\u2019t too many designers that do what I do. It\u2019s scary, you know, no one wants to take a chance and not be accepted or maybe not get the masses, but I\u2019m not for the masses. And I think in my career I learned that and it\u2019s ok.\u201d<\/p>\n