Project Runway All Stars Recap: Nonconventional

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By MrsMiaWallace | Monday, December 17, 2012 | 9:44 pm | 8 Comments
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Papa seems to have put together something presentable terribly quickly, but it is mostly fabric so he is still worried. Before you know it they are hustled out to the runway. Carolyn greets everyone wearing a red towel. I will admit it looks like a gown, but I know better because she has clearly just had her hair freshly washed and cropped.

 Locks of Love

This bizarre blunt cut is so distracting I missed the judges’ introductions, but we already know it’s Mizrahi, a soulless shell of a Georgina Chapman and whatever Kylie Minogue’s plastic surgeon did recently. 

Aryan – His dress is very good. It definitely looks pretty Christmasy, but somehow not in a bad way. Also it could pass as simply winter themed. If the challenge had been to make Christmas Couture, he would win.

Ivy – Her dress isn’t terrible, but I hate the color once again and it is total ice skater, from the fringe to the sheer neckline. I have seen a lot of ice skater inspired dresses on the red carpet though so is it a thing now?

Josh – I can’t tell if this is genius or insanity. He has a Rockette on Crack. Which is probably how they get through the Christmas season, so, disqualified? I kind of love that he has epaulets made of choo-choo skeletons.

Uli – Her dress is fantastic. I know I’m biased but I do think it is a better version of what Aryan was trying to pull off. It doesn’t scream Christmas or winter or anything specific. The design pattern down the middle actually has a little bit of steampunk happening  and most surprisingly, the whole thing looks wearable.

DeadMauth – His look is a purple disco baked potato disastor. It has a bow in the back and glitter and awful. That is all.

Papa Elsa – His dress is forgettable and regrettable. It is a basic sheath with weird baling twine shoulders. He admits he is just praying for safe and the ability to stay in the competition at this point. He used everyone’s cast off materials to make a final look and it shows.

Saint Pancake – Her dress is the bad version of both Aryan and Uli’s dress. It is silver, glittery and shapeless. The weird plopped-on disco accents even seem to be making a frowny face. She is super proud of her work though and says it’s innovative because “all this stuff came from a Christmas store”. Do the meds she’s on make her completely unaware of everyone around her? Because if that is the case I would like a very large bottle of said meds.

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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.

8 Comments

  1. 1
    badgerfreak
    Posted December 18, 2012 at 6:09 am

    It was definitely time for Papa to take the walk. He was coasting by, at best, all season long. It was his time to go for sure.
    I did feel bad for the hate on Josh’s outfit, but those shorts were an incredible disaster. As much as they ragged on him though, they called him safe first and left Ivy and Papa in the bottom two. So the top clearly made more right than the shorts made wrong.
    I was happy with the designs overall. It was a great choice for unconventional products. Some have been better than others, and this was a good one. Congrats to Uli for an awesome dress! I’m predicting Aryan and Uli for sure in the finale.

  2. 2
    Aunt Dorsey
    Posted December 18, 2012 at 8:29 am

    I do really miss the more off-the-wall designers like Papa, Kane, and Andre when they leave though. I’m still bummed that Kane didn’t go through with his horrible smiley face….

  3. 3
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted December 18, 2012 at 10:06 am

    OMG!!! Just read Kors is out for the next round of PR!

    Who will replace The Great Pumpkin? Zac Poser.

  4. 4
    Val Detinha
    Posted December 18, 2012 at 1:23 pm

    Noooooo, cattyfan! That can’t be truth! I need La Naranja! If one of them must go it should be Nina! :(

    Great recap, NMW! I absolutely hated JerseyShore’s outfit, but I agree it was time for Casa to go!

    Merry Christmas !!

  5. 5
    sagittariuskim sagittariuskim
    Posted December 18, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    It was time for Papa to go. I’m surprised he lasted this long. I really wish St. Pancake would go already, but I suspect that she’s going to sneak into the final 3.

    Since when is $10k “almost” expensive? That is really expensive to me, but so is anything over $500.

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    MrsMiaWallace MrsMiaWallace
    Posted December 18, 2012 at 6:06 pm

    @badgerfreak – I was glad they gave Josh the top of the losers at least, the other two deserved to lose more and yes it was totally time up for Casanova. But I loved how gracious he was when he left.

    @sagittariuskim – that is a lot of money for a watch, but not compared to the rest of their watch line and not compared to luxury watches. It just struck me as a little bait and switch to give the lowest end watch they make. Plus the weird fact that the whole watch product tie-in made no sense with the rest of the episode… unless I missed something?

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    timgunnssister timgunnssister
    Posted December 19, 2012 at 7:20 am

    Zac Posen is replacing Kors? I loathe Zac Posen. Here’s hoping Nina chews him up and spits him out.

    I’m hoping Hivy goes next. She is boring with a capital B.

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    Liz
    Posted December 19, 2012 at 9:56 pm

    I liked Uli’s dress, but really thought that detailing down that front made it look like the model was wearing a merkin.

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