HEIDI KLUM and Tim Gunn are back in the fashion game, searching for the next big designer name on U.S. series “Making the Cut” debuting March 27.

The model and the mentor are embracing their newfound freedom on the Amazon show. The winner receives a US$1 million prize and a shot at designing a global brand. Winning looks priced at US$100 or less will be sold on Amazon after each episode.

Klum broke away from hosting “Project Runway” after 16 seasons and Gunn followed when it was announced the show would return to Bravo, its original network where it aired for the first five years. It moved to Lifetime for the next 11 seasons.

“Our hands were tied for many, many years because our imagination is bigger than what we were allowed to do or couldn’t do,” Klum told a TV critics meeting Tuesday. “There is a certain look to a show that you also sometimes maybe don’t want to change and they didn’t want to change.”

However, Gunn credited “Project Runway” for paving the way for the Amazon show that features an international cast of 12 entrepreneurs and designers competing in front of judges Naomi Campbell, Nicole Richie, designer Joseph Altuzarra, Carine Roitfeld and Chiara Ferragni. The show visits New York, Paris and Tokyo.

Model Karlie Kloss and former show winner Christian Siriano are replacing Klum and Gunn on “Project Runway.” (SD-Agencies)