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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Karl Lagerfeld’s corpse was briefly reanimated to give the designers advice. His pearls of wisdom – based on 6,000 years in the business and having a kitten that costs more than the GDP of France - is to be creative, take it seriously and have fun. Also to win. I guess a kitten hanging from a branch was probably out of the question.

Thanks for the advice, dominatrix grandpa!

The next day they fit and style their models. This season the corporate makeup supplier is Laura Mercier, so expect them to pop up on a future challenge!

“Can you pay a rainbow to be less beautiful?”

C Brown enters the runway and is way, way overdressed. I get the feeling she has been saving up red carpet gowns for years and finally found a place to wear them. She opts out of shoulder, side abs and back fabric in order to show off how much younger and less baby-expelling her body is than Heidi’s.

“Everything including her bank account is skinnier!”

 The judges are Mizrahi, Chapman and a purse designer from 9 West. Which is great, since this challenge focused around their shoe line!

Runway!

Emilio – He has stayed pretty low key so far but he just seems old and grumpy. Nickname pending! His dress he describes as “liquid gold”, however I would call it fuschia meets mustard in the worst picnic catastrophe ever.

Wendy- her look is straight from the racks of H&M. Someone also told her Carole Radziwell is the hot, new tween trendsetter because she pairs her sad little attempt at a look with black gloves for extra pizzazz.

Aryan – His model is in a basic minidress that looks nice enough but does not remind me of the 70s or anything worth wearing. I’m guessing immunity factored into this one and he is middle of the pack bound.

Papa Elsa – his dress also looks like something found on a fitting room floor in a NJ H&M. The cloth looks cheap, the fit is dated and I still don’t get 70s from any of these. The saving grace for him is the back is interesting and unique.

Pleather – His dress is beautiful and red carpet ready. I don’t know who would wear that to a club however.

Andre – His model comes out and immediately starts undressing. All I’m seeing is a tank top and skirt, but apparently the whole look was ruined by the model tucking the shirt into her undergarments. Must be tough when the models start adding their own interpretations of your bland design. At least you have something to use as an excuse in judging!

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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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