Project Runway All Stars Recap: 9 West and 40 Behind

Recaps

By MrsMiaWallace | Monday, November 5, 2012 | 8:02 pm | 14 Comments
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Like Heidi, only worse

 

Hola Gasmii!

It’s good to be back and it’s SO good to have power! Sorry for the gap in recaps, but we will dive right back in and by the 657th episode you’ll hardly notice the difference! Hope you are enjoying the PR All-Stars Vlogs, as much as I love writing for this show, I missed Flipit’s take terribly so I am in heaven! 

On to the show:

In the season premiere we met this year’s cast of punishment gluttons. Some I knew, some I didn’t, but they all seem obnoxious enough to make an impression, so recapper dynamite!

“Who loves you, baby?” 

The first challenge centered around words and teams and collections and the results were convoluted and underwhelming. The fruit-named, soccer mom tennis designer got the boot while Andre stayed by the hairs of his chinny chin chin. The winner was Anthony Ryan, the punk so nice his parents named him twice.

The mohawk distracts from the telltale Ryan Widow’s Peak

On with the latest!

Carolyn Murphy starts us off wearing Children of the Corn Couture, and I just can’t put my finger on what about her looks so odd. It’s like her eyes are tired or her mouth is too small or she’s too stiff? She doesn’t look like she’s been going to “the dentist” too much, but maybe she’s discovered a new trend in plastic surgery that actually is supposed to make you look older? Either way, it seems she is required to work a little harder for her paycheck than our dear Heidi. She actually meets the designers on location to tell them what the challenege will be. Gotta love a shortened show format!

“The metal rods keep my head up”

The challenge is club wear said to be inspired by the 70’s; which excites 70 year old Wendy Pepper. The truth is that this challenge will be our first episode-long commercial for sponsor 9 West and the inspiration is shoes. This excites everyone else.

 “Shoes. Shoes. Oh my god. Shoes.”

Anthony Ryan goes first and then each designer selects a brightly colored corky wedge (Oh blah di) to pair with their disco party designs. Wendy Pepper is relieved to not be the last one picked this time and instead it’s the Episode One Bottom Two loser, Andre, who is being culled out of the herd by his peers.

The omega has been established

They all sketch and Uli reveals that being behind the Iron Curtain while John Travolta was still considered hip and thought to be straight may put her at a disadvantage.

 Mood is the normal madhouse and Wendy is concocting something godawful including chains and a “punchy print”.

“Chains and feathers are what all the hippity hop kids are wearing, right?”

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MrsMiaWallace is an east coast girl with a  penchant for travel, libations and great cuisine. She is not known to turn down a mimosa or a martini and finds the transition between the two a good way to mark the passing of time since she can never remember to wear a watch. Her secret love for reality tv and addiction to Bravo have drawn her like a moth to the glittering snark of TVGasm,  where she finds there are others like her... hopefully also nursing Bloody Marys.

14 Comments

  1. 1
    emily
    Posted November 5, 2012 at 9:35 pm

    They have had asain models Mondo’s model was asain and i recall there being one on the first season of that boring show Models of the Runway. Speaking of Men they had a drag queen challenge in season 5.

  2. 2
    CattyFan CattyFan
    Posted November 5, 2012 at 9:41 pm

    Emilioth will alwayth be that tacky pink and washer bikini to me.

    Hate Him.

  3. 3
    TalldrinkofH2O
    Posted November 6, 2012 at 6:39 am

    I can’t believe that travesty Hivy put down the runway was in the top 3. Gag!! It looks like something some Aspergers middle-schooler would do for a home-ec sewing project.

    There was very little joy of the 70′s in any of these outfits other than the turquoise pants suit. Uli’s was just bizarre, too. If ever anything were overembellished, that dress was. And, I agree with Wendy’s comment that it was flappersque, not disco.

  4. 4
    timgunnssister timgunnssister
    Posted November 6, 2012 at 7:02 am

    What’s up with Heidibot’s dress/gown/myworst nightmare? How many times has Kors told us that side cleavage is not what women look for in a gown? I lived through the 70′s in my 20′s (stop counting!) so I can say none of these ensembles were inspired by the 70′s. Except, maybe, Jersey Chore’s pantsuit. I think I wore one of those to the local disco.

  5. 5
    itchy itchy
    Posted November 6, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    Not-Heidi clearly suffers from Kelly Osbourne Face syndrome. There’s a telethon for that, I believe.

    Mrs. Itchy watched this episode and during the runway part kept asking my these people were considered all-stars. Hard to believe how much crap this crew put out.

  6. 6
    itchy itchy
    Posted November 6, 2012 at 2:35 pm

    That ought to read “asking me why these people”.

    But I know you’re all smart enough to have guess that.

    Curse you, no-comment-edit-function!

  7. 7
    Miss Molly
    Posted November 6, 2012 at 3:37 pm

    Uli made a dress that even Sacheen Littlefeather wouldn’t wear.

  8. 8
    Enrique's Mole
    Posted November 6, 2012 at 5:29 pm

    I liked Kane’s garment. I’d wear that to a disco or a roller rink if they were still around. You could totally shoot the moon in that thing! However, these days I wouldn’t call “JLo-esque” a compliment.

  9. 9
    timgunnssister timgunnssister
    Posted November 7, 2012 at 6:58 am

    This should not be named ‘Project Runway All Stars’. It should be named ‘Project Runway The Only Designers Willing To Give It Another Try Because They Aren’t Doing So Well Stars’.

    Well, that’s too long for a name so how ’bout “Project Runway Haven’t Been Stars’?

  10. 10
    merry
    Posted November 7, 2012 at 8:14 am

    Here’s to a season cast for “personality.” I call it “Project Runway All Annoying.” Let’s give sweetheart Uli the win (she was robbed in her season anyway) and call it a day.

    I love the way Tim, Heidi, Michael, and Nina basically said F-you to the All Stars seasons. I can almost hear Tim telling the producers that they didn’t pay him enough to put up with Pleather, Hivy, and Wendy the first time so he sure as hell won’t deal with them again.

  11. 11
    juddfan juddfan
    Posted November 7, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    I actually heard both shows were taped at the same time, hence the different cast. I didn’t like anything, but I didn’t think Wendy’s was the worst. That green Hivy used was beyond f u g (spell correct keeps making that fun) . . . ew, like christmas green, or elf green. Yuk!
    Uli’s was fun and kicky, and I missed the pants suit, but remain glad that bitch Josh got no kudos, this time at least. That Andrae survived . . . hmm . . . not much longer, I suspect. (yes, I’m too lazy to look up the spelling)

    “Pleather is sad”… oh honey, not as sad as you make us. I see him as weak sauce, so we’ll see . . .

    Glad you got your power back MM!!!

  12. 12
    Jennx
    Posted November 7, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    -Can’t … talk … too much … Laughing- !

  13. 13
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted November 7, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    The official explanation is that the cast is different so that everything will be fair.
    Having seen each of these designers before and ripped into them for one thing or another, Kors, Nina, Heidi and Tim will come into this competition with pre-conceived notions that may color their judgement/treatment of the contestants. So they get people who haven’t judged or worked with the designers before, to keep everything just as fair and unbiased as the first go-round.
    Unofficially, that’s some bullshit because everyone can watch the show, and I bet money that the judges have. So I’m sure they already know going in who they are excited to see and who can gtfo.

    But yeah…I’m gonna need these judges to be a little more vicious. All I could do was roll my eyes when the judges started talking about…ohhh it looks a little junior, or I like the graphic-ness of it.
    They know that outfit looked like it escaped from the last-chance clearance bin at Strawberry and hid out in a Justin Beiber concert to avoid recapture.
    There’s no need to sugar-coat shit. Nina and Michael would have read that outfit for filth.

    I loved Uli’s dress. I thought it was kind of 70′s…people back then were obsessed with native american stuff and sparkles, right? And it was just so cute…definitely the best thing to walk up there.
    I think Chore would have had a shot at the top if his blazer was fitted a little better. Or if it were more appropriate for the challenge, because who wears a blazer pantsuit to go dancing?

    I really need Andre to get it together. I think he’s so cute and fun, but if he doesn’t get off this idiotic crossover seethrough jacket idea, I’m gonna be annoyed.

    Kane’s pants were nice, but the top looked tacky and cheap. He should have done another fabric and then embellished with stones, or done a top using both sequin fabric and another kind. That would have made it look more expensive and interesting than what he did.

  14. 14
    timgunnssister timgunnssister
    Posted November 8, 2012 at 7:52 am

    One of Kane’s major issues in his season were his fabric choices – clearly nothing has changed. And Ivy is STILL nothing more then an excellent tailor. Her designs are boring. Glad to see Uli is expanding beyond her ‘flowy resort long dress’ vibe.

    And I am thrilled that Wendy went home. Hated her in her season and still can’t stand her. And I remember and like Althea though some of her designs tend toward shaplesness – hopefully her sewing skills have improved. I was actually hoping Andy South would be back – I loved his work.

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