Awesome recap. Wonder if Cut-toe would be a sore winner as well as a sore loser. By the way, did anyone else notice it was Mount-ha-ha for "Make Me a Supermodel" rocking March's runway look? Least they know they can always get work on Bravo (oops, Lifetime)

Great recap! Daniel's collection was so bad. I can't believe he made the top 4, let alone win. My best friend said it best, Daniel's restaurant dress looked like a suicide bomber dress.

You didn't guess wrong Flipit, the judges did. Daniels collection was weird at best. Uli should have been one of the final 4. I loved Chris'line. That guy rocks, when he's awake.

Wonder if they were all paid to participate since they're not really struggling designers anymore.

Great recap, Flip, and as usual spot on. I don't remember Cuttoe being SUCH a bitter bitch, I mean - I really do like her designs, but a little modesty would make her a lot more likeable.. I mean, of course it's discouraging to be so close to the 100K and to lose it to the lamest collection of the lot, but really, get over yourself!Also, I'm pretty sure when they were down to the final two, she didn't tell Daniel he was cuter than her, she told him he was "so much cuter than Leanne" AKA squircangle!! That's just spiteful.
krumblebum, i totally agree on the suicide bomber dress!! That thing was just ridiculous..
also, was wonderful to see stuck up pigs santino and jeffery outed so soon, and what the hell was Mychael even doing on this show? Even the first time. He's so boring, in every aspect. would have preferred laura/wendy pepper just to spice things up...

Thanks Flipit for getting this recap up and the other PR up so quickly.

I can not believe that Daniel's collection won... I was hoping Chris March would win. He collection was cool. I would wear it.

Thanks
Kris

Flipit, you are one funny dude! Loved every minute of your recap.

Krumblebun - THANK YOU - when I first saw Daniel's restaurant outfit, my first thought was that it looks like suicide bomber. If someone tried to sit down next to me in that awfulness, I would run like hell. Glad to know you saw it that way too.

I loved it that the Tool Twins (Santino and Jeffrey) both were Loosahs with a capital L. I can't believe Santino takes himself or designing seriously, and he needs a major attitude adjustment. I was hoping someone would stab him with a seam ripper for all his rude, self serving comments. Jeffrey was way too smug and did not produce anything exciting. Cut Toe was extremely bitter and not nearly as likeable as the first go-round. But I still love Chris and was so glad that he was acknowledged as a good designer. Mychael did not seem focused at all, although I liked some of his work in his season, this time he was just lost. The best moment of the show? Tim's gigantic shrug when watching Chris sleep!

Thanks Flip, looking forward to the new season of PR with you! hugs - xoxo

You are never too old to smoke weed! Who told you that?!

Thanks for 'My Santonio.' I wish! How great would that be? VH1 could redeem themselves with an annoying homersexual dating show, starring a filthy slag!

Happy Birthday!

I thought CutToe looked cute, but Michael looked stupid with his Stever Urkell glasses.

I never liked Sweet P during her season, she always stressed during the challenges, waited until the last minute, pulled some shit out of her ass, and made it far cause somebody always sucked more than her.

I'm glad Daniel won, he deserved it the last time.

Would have liked to have seen some other "All Stars" like Jay, or Laura.

Oh, Flipit! I laughed out loud! These are my favorites:
"She's mortified, and tells him he looks matronly and home sewn."
(For some reason this had me laughing for a couple of minutes.)

"Daniel tells Collier that he wants his model to look like a bong just blew up in her face and darnit if Collier didn't whip that right out. What a talent."

"Tim pervily gushes 'it looks like something you'd find in a back room'. Ew. I have to take a break, cuz all I can think about is Tim growling and writhing around with a popper jar up his nose while screaming 'don't disappoint Nina!' and riding this thing."

Daniel's collection was a whole lotta fugly. He must have been on his knees most of the week to earn that win.

The other day I was waiting to pull out into traffic when I noticed that 5 of the 6 cars that drove past me were silver. What is the deal with silver? It makes more sense with cars, I guess. But these people could SEE what fabrics the others were going to use, so why not try something a little different?

I really think Chris should have won and probably could have if he hadn't gone drag-queeny with his restaurant dress. Uli needed to use a little color, if not patterns. Korto's was very pretty but not as cohesive. Sweet P's looks like she designed it for her dolls.

I would wear Korto's designs, but Daniel's... eww.

I also noticed Mountaha.

I bet if Uli used more patterns or interesting colors, she'd have won.

"Heidi's preggo again in this episode. Jesus woman, slow down over there! This woman lays more eggs than a salamander."

Thanks Flipit - now I have to call IT and explain how did a spit-take and got yogurt all over my keyboard!

Yay! It’s back! This was such an great show, thanks for the great recap, Flipit! Wished they had designed for Drop Dead Diva, a show I sort of fell in love with over a bowl of Haagen-Dazs one lonely Sunday night. :)

I love Project Runway because it shows designers who have couture aspirations, designers who aren’t necessarily designing for real people but as art. Yes, in the show they always have a real-world challenge, but mostly they give the designer's a real chance to showcase their skill. Or lack thereof. In the all-star's case, the judges wanted to see who had grown the most in their designing since their last show. I thought they got it right with Daniel's winning. He was certainly a more vocal and confident Daniel V. He knew exactly where he wanted to go with his collection and even shushed Tim! Balls!

Daniel: So, while Daniel's collection wasn't the most wearable of the collections, I thought it showed the most growth in terms of vision, and it was really well done and totally on trend. His attention to small detailing is amazing. No, the "Suicide Bomber" dress wasn't as well done as the rest of the collection -- there were construction problems with the bust, but hell it was piping (Flip, I won't be able to *look* at a pipe without seeing a Dirty Tim Gunn, ta) -- but it did look very couture and it fit perfectly into his design aesthetic. I admit I gave him a bit of a pass, mainly b/c I liked the shoulders on the dress and he made the pipes fit into his whole theme. I loved his red carpet design the most -- such beautiful construction. I wanted it, not to wear, but to hang on my wall. :) The dress is not really for today’s Nicole Kidman (definitely a Heidi dress). Though Nicole has worn similar styles in the past – she had a China doll phase way back -- her recent dress stylings have been more classical Hollywood, usually in red, gold or black, with the occasional glorious print from McQueen.

This was one of my beefs with the challenge: It would have been helpful if the designers had known they were designing their dress for a six-foot-tall redheaded Amazon and not the average Hollywood blond actress. There is a generic prettiness about the typical Hollywood actress. Nicole Kidman is not a normal actress; she can pull off looks that smaller actresses wouldn’t be able to touch. Even a hint in the direction of "old Hollywood style" might have helped the designers move in a more classic direction as opposed to generic bland. The other designer's red carpet dresses were just not that good in comparison to Daniel's (except Chris’ and Mychael’s).

Chris: Oh, I love him. And I adored his collection. All of it, even the red carpet dress. Chris, perhaps because he is used to drag queen designing, actually nailed a dress that would look good on Kidman, I think. It would need a lot of styling and editing, lose some of the fabric, add a belt or color. Teal, maybe, peacock feather instead of pheasant. But Nicole has the height to do drag queen (she did Moulin Rouge!). If this show hadn't been so set up for Danny V to win, then Chris might have had more of a shot. I was so happy for him. Plaid is so hard to design with, but he made Westwood and McQueen proud here. I loved everything about his collection, right down to the restaurant challenge – hey, it wouldn’t have been Chris if it didn’t have a ham in there somewhere. Still, it looked like something Dita von Teese would wear (and has worn in her wedding spread for Vogue in 2006). Of course, I loved his hairy collection, too. There is something very classical about his designs. I still want his black-beaded halter hair dress.

Uli: Poor Uli. Uli still designs the most beautiful dresses, but she got a raw deal here. She was trying to show how she had grown by not using prints and she still got busted on by the judges. The judging was rubbish, I think. I preferred Chris’s collection hers, but Uli’s collection to Sweet P’s. She definitely used her color palette better and, like Daniel, she has a real fine eye to detail. Her restaurant dress was my favorite dress of the night. Very Missoni (though not Missoni this season, per se). I couldn’t believe she made it out of things she had taken from a restaurant. I so want it. Uli should go on The Fashion Show. She'd totally win and it would be easier to buy her creations (if TFS didn't eff them up totally, that is).

Korto: Her restaurant look would have looked much better on the red carpet. I liked her collection well enough, but she hasn’t changed a whit. She puts out beautiful ready-to-wear but there’s nothing particularly special about it (unlike Uli’s). And her red carpet dress looked like a David's Bridal gown bridesmaid gown that I recently wore to a friend's wedding, right down to the color. (And btw, that neckline sucks on most females. Just saying. Small tits, big tits, we were all nipping out all over the place.) I liked the top for her tweed outfit, but the pants themselves were strange-looking. The black and white dress was very von Furstenberg two seasons ago. In fact, it looked a lot like the fabric von Furstenberg gave her for a dress two seasons ago for one of her season's challenges. Her collection, while nice, just didn't show a lot of growth. It was the same old thing from her. Great styling with her jewelry collection, but this isn't Stylist Runway. To me, Chris, Uli and Daniel were clearly ahead in terms of growth.

Sweet P: Still can't stand her; I could have made that ugly “red carpet” look. The colors were terribly drab, the clothes badly styled, the models didn’t even work with her color palette. And that pale green leather dress was just gross, y’all. You couldn't even tell it was leather; it looked like an 80s prom gown without the 80s color. And the red carpet dress looked like an ill-conceived Home Ec nightmare of a nightgown. Gross, gross, gross. I love steampunk as much as the next girl, but this neo-Victorian drabness was no where near as good as Uli’s collection.

Mychael: Bless him, he still has taste problems. And construction problems. And presence problems; I forgot he was on the show. Ha. His red carpet gown was nice, unconventional, and would fit a tall woman like Nicole. The color of it is one Nicole has worn in the past, as well. The rest, well, no growth, some cohesion and still true to who he has always been as a designer of sportswear.

Jeffery: His collection was on trend and true to his aesthetic, but even with the sequins, it was boring. The designs seemed very lazy for him. None of the stellar finishing from his Bryant Park collection is evident in this capsule. Maybe he should concentrate on his music. Or fall into a crack in the ground and disappear forever.

Santino: Is. Insane. And does not know how to design for women. He never has.

Sorry about the book. I am in love with fashion design and read about it obsessively. I am so glad this show is back on.

Loved seeing Chris March again and was so happy that he got positive comments from the judges. Clearly he was surprised and moved by their approval. I would have loved to have seen him win.

To me, the dirt/mascara/mess on Daniel's models' faces was reminiscent of James-Paul's models' makeup in The Fashion Show finale. At least James-Paul had a reason for that effect. I didn't see how it fit in with Daniel's collection. Or maybe I'm not bright enough to get it...

Santino was as disgusting as ever. (He even managed to be obnoxious during his appearance on "Ru Paul's Drag Race," which, given the over-the-top nature of that show, was pretty remarkable.)

Liked CutToe during her season but her poor loser act was disappointing.

Would love to have a show that updates us on the current activities of past contestants. And I'm THRILLED that PR is back!

Loved seeing Chris March again and was so happy that he got positive comments from the judges. Clearly he was surprised and moved by their approval. I would have loved to have seen him win.

To me, the dirt/mascara/mess on Daniel's models' faces was reminiscent of James-Paul's models' makeup in The Fashion Show finale. At least James-Paul had a reason for that effect. I didn't see how it fit in with Daniel's collection. Or maybe I'm not bright enough to get it...

Santino was as disgusting as ever. (He even managed to be obnoxious during his appearance on "Ru Paul's Drag Race," which, given the over-the-top nature of that show, was pretty remarkable.)

Liked CutToe during her season but her poor loser act was disappointing.

Would love to have a show that updates us on the current activities of past contestants. And I'm THRILLED that PR is back!

Sorry for the double post.

So happy to follow a Jenna comment--makes it so much easier to ride her coat tails . . . . SWAK!

Flippy, so f'in funny--all the things mentioned, your captions were fantastic

"Iz he zleeping?" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

So, I agree with Jenna, pretty much. I didn't like Chris' line . . . sowwy, looked like a woolite commercial to me, too heavy, but I liked the drag look.

Hated Sweet P's with a passion, almost as bad as Douchetino--everything about it . . . eck!!! Bad fitting and 50's nightgownish. The leather dress wasn't touching the skin of the model, like it was filled with air.

LOVED Daniel's red carpet dress, and I think that's why he won. I did like the pants look, but the first one was so much worse than Cuttoe's or Uli's--wrongness! Agreed on the bomber look. ; )

I had Uli in my top group, and I appreciated her lack of douchiness, esp in this crowd. I'm sorry Cut is such a miserable c*nt, coz I had her on top too.

Giraffe neck was unbearable to fill my screen with, but by the end, I liked most of his line, and he was so much less an oxygen stealer than Douchino. At least he worked and was quiet.

I'm worried for Chris, that seemed like an unhealthy exhaustion. Poor guy, would love to see him continue in his success and find some happiness. I didn't feel like he did his best effort, and frankly, the sleeping all the time, even for this little period of a reality show . . . doesn't seem right, but who am i . . . .

Mychael was there for a check. I thought his red carpet was a ho stroll . . . and that reminds me Hoever 21 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA again!

XOXOXOXO Flip--hope you had an awesome Bday!

Juddfan, and anybody else who is concerned, on another website, Chris responded to all the concern people were expressing about his health. He said, yes, he has sleep apnea but he has one of those machines to keep him breathing at night. He is also diabetic and started a new medication that made him sleepy, AND he was recovering from the flu. And, yes he knows he needs to lose weight.

I also think (and I believe he mentioned) that they edited it to play up the sleeping. Obviously, he didn't sleep that much because he did a great job on his collection. They also gave Korto the bitchy edit, though she didn't need much help on that.

What pixie said. Chris told the Rungay boys he came down with food poisoning at the buffet on the first day and it contributed to his feeling crappy.

Hiya, judd. :) I liked DannyV's first look, but I love bubble skirts. They hide your hips by making them look bigger and your waist smaller. Awesome. ;) I would love to have an original Dior bubble skirt, but Daniel's skirt would do. Wasn't fond of the blue shirt paired with it. I love his collection mostly as separates -- I want those pants! Gorgeous!

Okay all you Santino haters. Don't you know he's now famous enough to have been a celeb judge on RuPaul's Drag Race? That show gave us such memorable lines as: "Lip sync for your lives"..."Shantay, you stay"... and "Sashay away." I admit I almost didn't watch when I saw Santino, but I held my nose and am so glad I did. The payoff was huge. It was Runway and Top Model all rolled into one fabulous feather boa.

Remember Jeffrey's plaid couture gown. Genius. The zipper dress from his final collection? Hate him, love his talent.

Mychael (huh?) had much better taste during his season than he did in his collection. What happened? And Korto needs etiquette lessons. First you say "Congratulations!" bitch. Because, um, Daniel's win wasn't about you. You were 2nd, remember. Study the Oscars footage... see how the losers clap and smile. Yes, we know what they WANT to do. It's called manners. Look it up.

By the way, the remark about "one dress can make you famous" refers to Diane Von F, whose wrap dress put her on the map.

Love you Flip. Shantay, you stay.

Flip It: When it was down to Cut & Daniel, she said that he was cuter than LEEANN.

Anyway, no he's not. He'd God-awful ugly and so are his clothes.

Tim, Nina & DVF all contributed to his book. WTF else did he win? Cause it sure wasn't for that horrendous (minus the red-carpet) challenge.

Chris, you rock! You're doing great. Continued good work.

Santino, you're ann ass, but with impression talent. Now, go back to "Drag Race" and STFU.

Sweet P, I actually loved your 2nd dress and I thought the restaurant one was quirky.

UlI - YOU GOT ROBBED!!!!

Korto, you need to STFU too. Your work wasn't innovative and the colors were boring. LEEANN WON, GET OVER IT!

Daniel, ditto.

Jeffrey, go back to your whor-hole.

Mychel, who?

OMG im at work and in was in a great mood until after being surrounded by grumpy old farts with sticks up their ass they brought my mood down - UNTIL I read your recap! TY TY TY - im sitting in my cubicle and laughing out loud and getting hate glances from all the GOF's around me but i dont care - you are glorious and made my day! ty for the awesome recap :)

Rebecca

I've been trying to watch this, but it's so damn boring I just can't stay away. I like PR at 40 mins well enough. At nearly 2 hours? ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Itchy, I agree, I didn't even know it was for two hours till I started watching . . . after the intros took for ever I started to get it . . .

Jenna, I agree, it was the pairing that was so awful of the first look. I didn't hate the shirt, but it wasn't anything special . . . and you may have the bubble skirt--I will lay no claim to it! ; )

And thanks Jen and Pix for the update on Chris. I've been trying to see the rungay stuff but I keep getting error messages . . .

Ps. The lifetime site for the show has several views of the garments, which I like better, and you can zoom on them.

I have a friend who worked on the next season of Drag Race--it is amped up mucho since last time, and sounds like it will be great!!! I'm very glad for logo to have scored a cross-over hit!!! Hee

Um... guys? No one on the show, from Nicole Kidman to the designers, EVER said that Nicole would wear the winning red carpet look to the premiere. It was worded for maximum obfuscation: "the dress will be worn at the Nine premiere". Something tells me NK would never ever commit herself to wearing something picked by someone else at a reality show - the woman is working too hard at her "Hollywood fashion icon" legacy to let Nina and Kors pick for her, especially when the outcome wasn't solely dependent on that dress (although in the case of Daniel's win, it looks like it was.) No, I get the feeling that the dress will be worn by the "executive producer"'s "girlfriend".

Anyway, this turned out much more boring than the regular show, and Uli and Chris should have been the top two.

sayhuh: A+ -- agree completely.

I was actually disappointed to see Daniel amongst the lineup because ..what happened, happened. I knew he'd be like that and design that stuff, and I'd wish he was not there. Sorry Daniel, but ugh.

Bring back Cut-Toe, shitty attitude and all! Also Marchie. I like him.