Minicap: Project Runway All Stars – All…. Stars?

Recaps

By MrsMiaWallace | Friday, October 26, 2012 | 8:03 am | 25 Comments
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“Later, suckers!“

Hola Gasmii!

I’m back! After no hiatus whatsoever, Lifetime is shoving the All-Stars season down our throats! I’m guessing after a refreshingly interesting and talented Season 10, they figured they should keep the music playing before our couches lost that familiar indentation on Thursday nights. Which means, open wide Gasmii, here comes MrsMiaWallace!

“What do you mean there’s no Tim Gunn on this menu?”

First up, if you haven’t watched Flipit’s awesome redub of the preview, please do. Not only because it is hilarious, but also because it may be what I will have to base many of my opinions of these contestants on. I hate to confess this, but I missed several of these dregs when PR went to Lifetime and I said “No, thanks” for a few years. I blame Flipit for the fact that I even know what channel Lifetime comes on.

“I get them all eventually”

I do recognize a few faces and can tell from the commentary that this season was chosen largely on personality instead of talent. The oldest question in reality TV was answered when Andre came back as a caricature of himself. Wendy Pepper came back as an even haggier hag, Halloween style. Oddly enough I think Perez Hilton turned up sporting his baby weight, and some lady who looks like a mom from the 90’s is competing, but she only designs tennis wear.

Very editorial

Also. Uli. Because I love resorts almost as much as I love resort wear, I am currently rooting for dear, sweet, Miami sun-kissed Uli. Anyone who calls South Beach home is someone I’m proud to suck up to.

Candy colored raindrops… And a fairly high crime rate

The good news is they replaced the hostess with another generic model everyone pretends to know. This one seems to have something firmly inserted in her rectum, but at least she’s not on the verge of bursting into a big, wet, ugly cry EVERY TIME she addresses the designers.

“I was told having crippling stage fright wouldn’t be a problem for this job”

The first challenge of the season is a team challenge, which is great because 1)drama and 2)time savings! Which leads me to my favorite thing about All-Stars. It is only an hour long!!!! Thank you Jeebus! That Project Runway is a baffling hour and a half is obviously a cruel joke Kors and Nina Garcia thought up to punish us all.

Recapper people problems

They are split into two teams, kickball style, and each design a collection around a single word. One group does a terrible job (with one exception) and the other is pretty good, but not great. The talent level might have me concerned. The judges made the right decisions in my opinion, but that could very well be because it’s too early for me to care much who stays and who goes.

There’s all the time in the world to choose someone to arbitrarily hate

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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.

25 Comments

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    timgunnssister timgunnssister
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 8:25 am

    Ah, the memories. How I love the way these designtestants also pick out one or two to be their ‘real competition’. And of course, they all say losing their original season was some horrible mistake.

    Interesting hierarchy, too. If you were a finalist in your season, you deserve to be on All-Stars. If you weren’t, you don’t. Of course, this tidbit of information came from someone who was a finalist on their season so take it with a grain of something other than modesty.

    I’m not too surprised at who went home. Love that designer but their focus is too narrow.

    And does anyone think that Hivey’s sad backstory is a tad contrived in an effort to not come across as an uber bitch this season? And does everyone still hate Wendy Pepper? She should probably win just so she can afford to do something about that hair.

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    msjacqmills
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 8:56 am

    I am super stoked about this season..hell, I’m super stoked about all Project Runways seasons getting started. Am I the only one who LOVES Andre?? I find him delightful and dramatic, and he is the only person with a faux-British accents that I find charming. And Uli…she’s another one I am thrilled to see.

    I still can’t get over not having Tim, though…that hurts my soul.

    And will they please stop bringing back crabby Herman Munster? He is such an a-hole when he’s critiquing. But, I do love that British judge with the long brown hair…I have such a lady-crush on her…holy cannoli! It’s not that she’s so gorgeous, but the way she talks, and her critique’s are always spot on and thoughtful. I am SMITTEN!

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    sagittariuskim sagittariuskim
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 9:23 am

    Tim said that season 10 and All Stars were filmed at the same time. So he couldn’t do both.

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    Jennx
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 10:05 am

    Need to see Pleather get his head handed to him. It can’t happen soon enough! And I also love Andrae, but not his designs. I’m afraid he’ll be out before long. (Defy me, baby boy!)

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    juddfan
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 10:49 am

    I totally got all my picks wrong, except I did nail who was going to leave (it was pretty obvious) and who would be bottom three. The top picks . . . um . . . let’s just say I would have never guessed in a million years!!!

    I think Althea might be a surprise this time, she seems to have grown. I can’t recall anything she’s ever done, but I remember her season being very meh.

    Never saw the first season, so I guess I’ll see what the Wendy gossip is all about.

    I so incredibly hated Pleather on his season (I swear he did a napkin dress just like that!) this time, I really feel sorry for him. I feel like even he’s not buying his schtick . . . and he also looks like he was up all night on some party drug and will now be crashing!

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    mere2142
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 12:17 pm

    I was SHOCKED at who won this first challenge – never would have guessed it.

    I missed Tim :-(

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    michkabibbles
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 12:25 pm

    i love tim, but i think joanna does a great job in the mentor role. i also think the judges are pretty decent. i love isaac (i’m probably in the minority here?) and georgina, they generally seem more interested in offering actual critiques versus “witty” bon-mots. plus i love hearing isaac say “that crotch is insane!”

    did anyone catch if rachel roy is a permanent judge, or only was a guest judge?

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    timgunnssister timgunnssister
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 1:01 pm

    Rachel Roy is a guest. As to why they had 2 guest judges – I have no idea. Isaac, Georgina and the Heidiclone are permanent.

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    featherhead
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 1:19 pm

    @juddfan – the funniest thing from season one with Wendy Pepper was that she kept a picture of her daughter on her work station and somebody drew a mustache on her. I’m still cracking up about it! She had a meltdown of epic proportions when she realized it. And till this day no one has ever copped to it. She really was a bitch in her season!

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    juddfan
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    thanks featherhead . . . I did hear she was a bitch, one of many this all star cycle.

    I actually like Hiedi 2.0 . . . no idea who she is, but her opinions at judging were smart to me, and I so agreed with her on Hivy’s Jacket, either the sleeve or waist, not both. It looked ink blotty, and took my attention away from the nice fitting and things she did. I didn’t catch her whole sob story, but what I heard sounded sad . . .

    Josh’s was, by far, the tackiest, cheapest looking piece of crap I’ve seen in quite a while. What did we used to call him? I still don’t like Emilioth . . .

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    featherhead
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    Pleather looked like he just rolled out of the nearest dumpster. Did he design the outfit he was wearing? The one pant leg was about four inches shorter then the other.
    Not buying Hivy’s reasoning about being such a bitch on her season. You were a bitch, just own it!

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    caligal
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 5:13 pm

    I can’t believe Casa-ThisShowIsMakingMeFat-nova is working for Ivy. I still hate Wendy Pepper. She may have lost weight, but that hair is still atrocious. She looks like she should be standing over a cauldron, stirring baby limbs for Nina.

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    Miss Molly
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 7:59 pm

    Wasn’t Emilio’s model on ANTM ?

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    NotaNJHousewife
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 8:47 pm

    Juddfan, Josh was known as ‘Jersey Chore’ and it suited him perfectly!

    Michkabibble, you are not alone. I love Issac too and I never understand why everyone doesn’t.

    Spreading of Andre, I think Andre Leon Talley would be an amazing guest judge. I don’t think they’ve ever had any of those Vogue editors on.

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    NotaNJHousewife
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 8:48 pm

    Oh God! *SPEAKING of Andre !

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    Stephanie
    Posted October 26, 2012 at 10:20 pm

    Miss Molly,
    Yes! Aminat (silent “T”). I love knowing other people’s brains are filled with ridiculous trivia. Thank you for validating my viewing habits.

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    Coolkymom
    Posted October 27, 2012 at 5:37 am

    …she looks like she should be standing over a cauldron stirring baby limbs for nina…,

    I was reading that while drinking morning coffee and i laughed do hard it came out my nose. I love hearing everyones comments.

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    Miss Molly
    Posted October 27, 2012 at 11:23 am

    @Stephanie – thank you for being a friend. Down the road and back again.

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    timgunnssister timgunnssister
    Posted October 27, 2012 at 3:05 pm

    @ featherhead, actually, Kevin Johnn said that he is the one who drew the moustache on the picture of Wendy Pepper’s daughter. It was an uncalled for cheap shot. Now, if it had been a picture of Wendy, I’d have applauded.

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    Liz
    Posted October 27, 2012 at 3:10 pm

    I think I am hate-watching this show. I didn’t like Casanova’s – that girl is tiny and he gave her a belly pooch. Uli’s dress = Ivy’s interview blouse? And for reals, Kayne’s was drag queen all the way. At least the host is better than last year’s.

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    featherhead
    Posted October 27, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    @timgunnssister – thanks! I’ve always wondered who did it. It was an assinine move, but Wendy kinda deserved it. I’m sorry – it still makes me chuckle, even though I know it’s wrong.

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    MtnMama
    Posted October 27, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    Is it Casanova whose lips are monstrously big this season? My 7 yo daughter and I couldn’t stop rewinding to look at them … bizarre enough that she finally said, “Stop, mom! I’ll have a bad dream tonight!”

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    2muchbravo
    Posted October 27, 2012 at 5:45 pm

    I think this new host is better than Angela “Not Heidi” Lindvall. She did seem to be a little over excited about all the winnings. She calmed down for the judging, though. I don’t mind Joanna. She took some getting used to last season but I don’t mind her.
    OMG I was kind of hoping Casanova would go so I wouldn’t have to see his ginormous lips anymore. They are the biggest lips since Janice in the Muppet band.
    Kayne’s the one who did the pageant dresses isn’t he?
    I think this’ll be interesting. Kind of glad the loser is gone, though. I can’t see how far they would’ve have gone with their limited scope.

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    chaosbutterfly
    Posted October 27, 2012 at 6:59 pm

    I love Isaac too.
    When he told Peach to stop talking, I fell out laughing.
    And when he was designing for Target, I was the happiest camper ever. Like all my clothes came from that line smh.

    I like Heidi 2.0…I thought she sounded a little bored sometimes and kind of unnatural at others, but she wasn’t too bad. And is way way better than HideMe from last year.
    And she’s absolutely stunning….I love her eyes and jaw.
    Have no clue who she is though, so when the designers were freaking out and all that, I didn’t get it.

    The loser never had a chance at winning.
    And the losing team had a painfully bad collection…it was so amateur and babyish.
    No thought at all went into it….it was like a Garanimals collection.

    Anthony Ryan’s was disappointing…a howdy-doody shirt with a hooker back, paired with an ill-fitting pant.

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    VelocityBird
    Posted October 28, 2012 at 6:55 am

    I am a hard-core PR fan, but I can’t bring myself to watch All-Stars. The thought of having to be subjected to Wendy Pepper, Hivy and Jersey Chore AGAIN…when they were so intolerable on their seasons…my gosh.

    And without Tim servin’ it up, it just doesn’t work for me.

    I will, however, be reading each and every Gasm-cap!!!

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