Previously on Project Runway All-Stars: the show
paid to take everyone to London so they could meet Duchess Fergie and then make
coats. Fabio won with a cute coat with pleats, and Ben was eliminated for poor
fabric choice and clear vinyl pockets. (click for more)
Alyssa says this week they’ll be selecting their
own fabric and the event they’ll be designing for. Then she says this is a “Fashion
Gamble”. There are giant dice. One has types of fabric and one has events.
Fabio gets to go first. He gets denim and masquerade ball. Hee. Sonjia gets
brocade bachelorette party. Sam, brocade awards ceremony. Michelle, lace
gallery opening. Justin, silk gallery opening. Helen, brocade awards ceremony. She
gloats because she has the same thing as Sam and she makes gowns. Gunnar,
brocade masquerade ball. Jay, denim Sunday brunch. Dmitry, velvet gallery
opening. Dmitry is not happy.
Gunnar thinks this is the best of the best of the
All-Stars. Sure. The brocade people have to be careful of fabrics. Justin thinks
he has the easiest. At Mood Fabio finds bright pink denim. Sonjia buys hot pink
brocade that seems to be the same shade as Fabio’s denim.
Michelle layers her lace so her model doesn’t
flash everyone. Fabio asks Sonjia to model a necklace he wants to use as a
headband. Dmitry sews a jumpsuit. Sonjia decides to use the hot pink she’s
bought. Michelle gets super gossipy because she’s noticed that hot pink is not
brocade. As soon as Sonjia leaves the room, she calls others over to get their
opinions. Dmitry says it’s quilted silk. The gold is brocade. Fabio tells her,
in the interest of helping out a friend, but she says she found it in the
brocade section and it’s totally brocade and mind your business. He was totally
nice about it. Eventually she eye-rolls and starts draping the gold. Gunnar mutters
something about Xanadu.
Zanna time. Winner of this challenge will get a
Marie Claire photo shoot. Justin can’t be predictable. Helen keeps saying “Russian
Roulette” and Michelle is pretty sure she means regular roulette. Fabio’s pink
is maybe too Pepto Bismol but he’s sticking to his guns. Gunnar wants a feather
effect. Sonjia is maybe too cheap.
As soon as Zanna is gone Michelle and Fabio make
fun of Helen for her Russian roulette comment. Hee. Model fitting. Helen goes
to Jay to tell him his dress looks like she’s going out to the club and not to
brunch. He’s pissed. Like, he’s offended that she’s insulting him. He calls her
a beoyotch and now Helen refuses to forgive him. Sonjia goes home with no top
for her look.
Runway day. Gunnar has changed his bodice several
times. Lots of sewing. Hot makeup guy Scott. Fabio gets his necklace/headband thing
set up. I may have dozed off here and missed something.
Georgina is finally back. Guest judge is designer
Michael Bastian. Sonjia: gold dress with a miniskirt and a halter top. It’s
super shiny. The top has a narrow keyhole in the back and also one in the
front. Clearly the fabric is expensive, but it’s still pretty tacky. The front
of the skirt has a panel that looks like it’s wrapped down between her legs or
something. Justin: sheath dress with a miniskirt and a high crew neck. Her sleeves
are attached at certain points so there is some skin peeking out of her
shoulders. It’s black on the sides and sleeves, with a black, white, and gray
print on the center panels. It’s nice but I’m not super impressed. Gunnar:
strapless gown with a mullet skirt. The skirt is stiff, too, so it has a bell
shape. The bodice is diagonal slashes of pink and brown and possibly a print? It
looks stiff like it doesn’t fit her well. The skirt appears to be dusty rose
pleather. It’s gathered, but not into formal pleats, but there’s no waistband
so it almost looks like he made it too big and had to fix it somehow. Helen:
long red gown, strapless with a narrow strip of skin at her waist and a high
thigh slit. That’s about it. Actually it’s two pieces, a bustier and a skirt.
Dmitry: black velvet jumpsuit. The top is one
shouldered, with a flutter sleeve, and it looks really shiny so maybe it’s not velvet?
It moves really well but the top looks cheap from some angles. Jay: gray short
dress with a V neck and some thick straps. The bodice is diagonal strips of the
fabric, perpendicular to the sides of the neckline. The skirt is a wrap skirt. It’s
all a pewter that is slightly shiny, and I can see where people though she was
going to the club. I guess I could see it at brunch? I mean, the back is just the
two straps running down to her waist. And it is kind of short. Sam: slim pants
and a top with a big peplum and elbow length sleeves. The top has a deep V, and
the sleeves are one print, but the rest of the top and all of the pants are the
same gray and blue plaid print. It’s a lot of all the same print. The back of the
top has a rectangular keyhole. Fabio: long pink gown with a V neck and
sleeveless. That’s about it. He’s put it with lavender gloves though which is
weird. It’s a nice dress. Michelle: sleeveless top with a high crew neck, and a
matching skirt. The whole thing is in several layers of lace, all carefully
draped for coverage (although you can still see her bra). It’s a weird
brown-yellow color. The skirt has big hips like jodhpurs.
Jay, Dmitry, and Sam are safe. Helen says she
used both the front and back of her fabric to make some visual interest. Georgina
thinks it’s fresh but a slit plus midriff plus corset plus deep V is way too
much. Sonjia claims she’d wear that dress for her bachelorette party, and it’s
in Vegas so that’s why it’s tacky. Isaac pretends it’s not tawdry and they love
it. Sure. Justin wanted an architectural piece. The back is great but Isaac thinks
there’s something wrong with it that he can’t claim. He had the easiest combo (silk
gallery opening) and he didn’t really do anything with it. Gunnar says a mullet
hem provides bounce like a butterfly. Ugh. The top is fringe, because the fabric
was fraying. It’s not flattering, and her waist looks thick. The strips are
random, but they don’t look random enough so it looks like a mistake. Michelle explains
her layered lace. This is a very difficult color but she pulled it off. Isaac
says “dirty little wink”. However the hips are tricky. Fabio’s dress is denim,
and Georgina wishes he had just used regular denim. The dress is fine but I think
they wanted blue denim. Isaac hates it and he hates the styling. Ugh, her eye
makeup is like, a huge band of lavender across her eyes.
Helen had some good ideas, but maybe too many
ideas. Michelle took a risk with her color, but her skirt maybe is too wide. They
still love Sonjia’s tacky dress. She can’t even get a lap dance without
flashing everyone! Come on. Apparently you say “Vegas” and everyone forgives
everything. As they get ready to discuss the bottom, Isaac says it might take a
long time and Alyssa asks if they should pee first. Hee! Justin’s dress was
just common and blah. Fabio didn’t use the denim they wanted, and it wasn’t
masquerade ball. Jay had non-blue denim too but you don’t see them complaining
about it. Gunnar was going for something but it’s clueless. The judges joke
about wrestling to determine the loser.
Helen is in. Sonjia wins. Sigh. Michelle is in.
Justin is in. Gunnar is out, so Fabio is in. Yeah…I can get behind that. Alyssa
actually stirs herself to give him a hug (she demands Isaac help her). He seems
really OK with being eliminated. Like he’s going to rise from the ashes or
whatever.
Next week: make outfits for singles going on a
first date, Michelle cries about menswear.
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