Project Runway All Stars (2012–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Return to the Runway - full transcript
And now, the series premiere
of Project Runway: All Stars.
The most daring, controversial
designers have returned.
My God, I cannot believe I'm back here.
It's the best vs the best.
I'm the greatest star of them all.
Game on.
It's you against me.
You wanna play like that?
I'm going to kick ass.
As they compete again for the
biggest prize in runway history.
A staggering $1/2 million.
They'll be judged by a new
panel of fashion experts.
Hello, people!
I love the new judges.
Hi, designers.
I'm a fan.
This is a clean slate.
It's time for me to redeem myself.
They will rip, cut, and
stitch their way through the
most demanding challenges ever.
The pressure is on.
The battle of sheer
determination begins now.
Never underestimate your opponents.
I'm gonna snip everyone's pee-pee off.
This is the series premiere
of Project Runway: All Stars,
Last time I was here, I made
it all the way to the very end.
And my heart was broken.
I deserve to be here.
But I'm only here
because I'm going to win.
Oh, my God. Michael.
I thought you were gonna be here.
I knew you were gonna be here.
I think I'm the best
designer here because my work
is fashion-forward, current,
contemporary, and accessible.
Getting that close to winning was a big
deal, and that is sort of driving me.
The most important thing
that I learned when I was on
Project Runway is to
never second-guess myself.
There are people who feel that
I am not a fierce competitor,
but, honey, all I can say is, you
think this is a game, let's go.
I wouldn't be here if I wasn't
good, and I'll leave here
with my sash and an
oversized tiara and all that.
That's what I came for.
I couldn't possibly commit
to this type of experience if
I didn't want to walk away with some
sort of amazing and incredible prize.
The first time, I wasn't so attached,
but this time, I do want to win.
I've always been a star.
Darling, of course I have to be here.
Someone had to put the star in all star.
Sometimes I can come across
as really stuck-up, snobby,
and just rude.
But screw everybody else
and do what you love.
I'm totally fine with it.
I will be competitive.
Hey, Jerell, how are you?
I'm good. How are you?
Good to see you. Good to see you too.
You look cute.
What's been going on? You know, working.
I've heard some stories about
limelight, that it was a club
and now it's been turned into
a shopping center, so I'm really
kind of looking forward
to going in there.
You're up against the most
talented, and you know what they
can do because you've
seen it on the show.
Hey. Oh, my God. Good to see you.
I am kind of checking to see
who is my competition, and there
is Sweet P and Mondo, and
I'm like, uh-oh, here it goes.
Oh, my God, is that Mondo
with the hi-top. Oh, my gosh!
It's exciting. All of
us are here. It's on.
Hello, desighners! All: Hi.
I'm Angela Lindvall.
Welcome back to New York.
All: Thank you.
Angela Lindvall is actually one
of the most versatile models.
She's done print, runway, swimwear.
She's worked for all
of the top designers.
Angela is beautiful. I think
she's a fantastic model.
Easy on the eyes.
I'm excited that it's gonna be
somebody new, so a new perspective.
Welcome to Project Runway: All Stars.
Thanks.
Over the next three months,
this competition will showcase
your skills in weekly challenges.
As all-stars, there
will be no immunity.
At the end of each challenge,
one of you will be eliminated.
And the rest will be one step
closer to the grand prize.
Do you want to know
what it is? All: Yes.
You are competing for the biggest
prize in Project Runway history.
The overall winning designer
will receive the ultimate goal
in fashion - their own exclusive
boutique featuring their
designs in select Neiman Marcus
Amazing.
To sell in Neiman Marcus your
collection as a designer, that's
every designer's dream, naturally.
The winning designer will
receive not only a fashion
spread in Marie Claire magazine,
but also a position as
guest editor for one year.
I'd kill to be the guest
editor at Marie Claire because
I really believe that those are one of
those experiences that are priceless.
And there's more.
Industrial sewing machines,
fabric printers, surgers, and
other equipment, all
provided by Brother.
And $100,000 in technology and
office space from HP and Intel.
And...
Oh, there's more?
A cash prize of $100,000,
courtesy of l'oreal Paris.
That's a lot of prizes.
Every single prize that was
named was something that was,
like, on my wish list to Santa,
to propel my business
and propel my career.
This total prize package
is worth close to...
A staggering $1/2 million.
Not a bad start.
Now we all know that
you've been judged before.
Maybe they had it right,
maybe they had it wrong.
They were wrong. I am fabulous.
I'm awesome, I'm talented,
and I demand satisfaction.
The good news is this is a clean slate.
So are you ready to meet our new judges?
All: Yeah!
Oh, my God.
People are just on the edge
of their seat, you know.
It's a new host, new judges,
you never know what you're gonna get.
I know what the old judges
were looking for, and I knew
what they, you know, the
protocol and what they liked...
Honey, I have no clue about these
new people, so I'ma keep one eye open.
First, please welcome the
designer and cofounder of
marchesa, Georgina Chapman.
Hi, designers. Hi.
Georgina Chapman is one of our judges.
So I'm absolutely thrilled.
You always see the most beautiful dresses
on the red carpets are always marchesa.
So to have her as a judge
is just really inspiring.
And also we have one of the
most famous names in fashion,
Isaac Mizrahi.
Hello, people. How are you?
All: Hi. Hello.
I greatly respect Isaac Mizrahi.
Through his work, his
reinvention of himself, I have
constantly been inspired by over the
years and really
respect him as a creator.
Georgina and Isaac and I are
excited to see what you've
accomplished since the
last time you were here.
I do feel like I've grown a
lot since the last time I was
on this show, so I've got
all sorts of new tricks up my
sleeve that I plan
to razzle-dazzle with.
We asked you to bring a
recent creation that you think
represents who you are as a designer.
The models are waiting
for you backstage.
You'll have just 30 minutes
to dress them before returning
to the runway for our first-ever
All Stars fashion show.
So good luck. Bye.
You're gorgeous just like me!
Finally it's time for
me to redeem myself.
That looks great, Kara. Thank you.
My main competition here is Kara janx.
I loved her collection
that she did for her season.
I thought it should have won,
but I really like her as a
person too, so I don't want her to
go, but better her than me, right?
Sweet P I think is phenomenal, and
I think Rami's the absolute best.
And I think he's my biggest
competition because he's a draper.
This was inspired by the Disney
concert hall building in Los Angeles.
As much as I was known for draping, there
are also other things that I do very well.
So, as you walk out, you can
literally open like a flower.
Jam 'em in there.
Okay, guys, we got to go
to runway. You ready to go?
Oh, my God, here we go again.
Now I'm completely panicked.
Coming up on project
runway: All Stars...
Are you ready for your first challenge?
Oh, gosh.
There is an All Stars twist.
I'm terrified.
I'm super excited to show the judges who
I am as a designer at the fashion show.
We asked you to bring a
recent creation that you think
represents who you are as a designer.
Georgina and Isaac and I are
excited to see what you've
accomplished since the
last time you were here.
So let's get started.
I'm not intimidated by anyone.
Your biggest competition is you.
I just have to do work that I
think is the best that I can do.
For All Stars, I feel more
confident as a designer, and
I have the tools that I
need to do better this time.
I'm a freak about fit and construction.
I'm here to represent me as a
designer and do what I do best.
We're born naked...I
guess humans, it's our
nature to embellish oneself,
to beautify ourselves.
And I just take that to
the highest level possible.
I am an artist and a maker by nature.
So I approach designing organically.
I approach it as a way of life.
I came to this country with
nothing but the clothes on my back.
I'm here fighting for my
business, just like everybody else.
My fabrics are always
really high-class fabrics.
I love doing couture because it's
almost like you are sculpting.
I brought something that's
a little bit more toned-down
version of me, a little
bit more ready-to-wear.
It's a softer side of me.
It is my desire to make
the world a beautiful
and a better place one gown at a time.
My model, she's making me
question my sexuality right now.
She really brought that dress to life.
I want to stick around as long as I can.
This is really a new era for me.
I really want to push my own boundaries.
Well, guys, that was a
great start to the season.
All: Thank you.
Georgina, what did you think?
Congratulations, designers.
That was really great.
I'm just so excited to see what
you guys are going to do next.
Thanks.
Isaac.
So diverse. 13 specific points of view.
This is gonna be a great
competition, I can tell.
But for now you're gonna head off to your
penthouse suite at the flatotel, New York.
And I will see you guys on location
for your first All Stars challenge.
Have a good night.
Ooh. What's this? It looks nice.
This is cute.
I want to sit...
I did jump on a couple of beds,
just to see if they felt right.
Kind of like goldilocks.
Oh, my gosh. She marked
her bed with her lipstick.
What is that?
I put a kiss on my bed. This is my bed.
I thought it was kind of funny that Elisa,
who normally likes to spit on her clothes
for a mark, is marking
her bed with a kiss.
It's my bed. Hey, there's a note.
It says, "press play,"
and there's a control.
Okay.
I'm, like, looking around
that whole room, trying to see,
what am I gonna grab to rip apart and
make a dress out of or something out of.
Here we go.
I'm Giancarlo Giammetti.
Turn it up.
There is Giancarlo Giammetti,
who I instantly recognize
as Valentino's partner.
Something terribly important
for me and very, very dear to
Valentino--the new
Valentino virtual museum
where you can visit all his work online.
Project Runway: All Stars...
Holy [Bleep]!
I wish to you lots of success.
You have lots of talent.
And try to make beautiful clothes.
Clothes then they speak, and
they are beautiful to
see them in the runway.
Just the one sentence when he
said, "you Project Runway: All Stars..."
I'm like, my God, and I'm one of them."
Let's celebrate.
Pop!
Y'all know I'm from the projects.
I thought y'all was shooting.
To Valentino, the all-stars,
and a beautiful, blessed life.
- Good morning, you guys.
- Good morning, Angela.
Are you ready for your first challenge?
Yes.
This is the challenge that the designers
love to hate, but the fans love.
You guessed it. The
unconventional challenge.
As all-star designers, you've got
to be versatile with materials.
So we've given you one of the most versatile
stores in America, the 99-cent store.
Austin, you did the very first
unconventional challenge, and you won.
Yes, I remember. The very first
episode of Project Runway ever.
So the pressure's on, Austin.
I know. Oh, gosh.
Okay, we want you to design
something fabulous from whatever
you can find inside 99-cent creation.
But there is an All Stars twist.
Your look must be inspired in
some way by your look that you
presented at the fashion show.
Oh, my God.
Had I known my 99-cent dress
had to reflect the first design
I showed, I might have brought
something a little different.
This may be the 99-cent
store, but don't worry.
We're not only gonna give you a dollar.
You're all-stars. We're gonna
give you $100 to make your look.
So, remember, this is all about
innovation, so push yourself.
We really want you to wow us.
Okay, your 99-cent unconventional
challenge starts now!
Oh, my gosh.
The challenge for me is that
I am trying to make something
look like it's luxurious from
the 99-cent store, and I'm not
exactly sure how to
attack that challenge.
Lord, please let me grow.
Oh, I'm about to bring down the lights?
Okay, I'll come back for those.
I want to create something
that has a lot of texture.
That's why I chose the mops. So I
needed, like, a cluster[Bleep] of mops.
So I just grabbed all the black
and white ones I could, because
it was the only color that the
store had a large amount of.
I've always been inspired
by these, I don't know why.
Guys, you have ten minutes left.
Oh, I have never been
this hot in my life.
Crazy.
I feel like I have no more room.
So I'm really looking for bright colors.
I see belts that are green
and orange and dish towels, so,
anything I see that's
bright, I just run towards.
Can someone hand me that
finger paint right here?
Everybody, you got five minutes left.
Excuse me, rit behind you.
Having them looking in the store?
I really wanted to stay away from
predictable materials like washcloths.
Okay, guys, time's up.
I need another bag.
Everybody, come on to the front.
We're in line.
I was completely blown away,
when, lo and behold, April's
got the exact same thing that I'm doing.
She's making something
out of the mop heads.
Tell me how much that is.
For the first challenge, the inspiration is
the look that we brought to the limelight.
So even though me and Michael
both purchased mops, there's no
way that we'll make the same dress.
We don't have the same
aesthetic whatsoever.
I'm really worried that April's
dress is gonna kick my dress's ass.
'Cause she's, like,
really good. I'm terrified.
Coming up on project
runway: All Stars...
Gordana's look, it's a pinata.
What are you doing? That's weird.
Ten minutes till the runway.
Oh, my God. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Where am I?
Oh, I love this.
We open the door and we see
a really beautiful workroom.
It has all these
different-colored squares.
It's like a color wheel.
Hi!
Buddies.
How are you?
Walking into the workroom
is almost a little bit
overwhelming and kind of like
entering through the gates of
hell, but also a good
opportunity at the same time.
I love this room.
Thank you for this room.
Hey, guys.
All: Hi.
Welcome to 1407 Broadway.
How do you like your new workspace?
Fantastic.
At each of your workstations,
you're gonna find HP tablets.
The latest touch technology
from HP and Intel will help you
sketch and elevate your creativity
throughout the weekly challenges.
And I'm sure you won't forget to
use the neiman Marcus accessory wall.
There's some amazing
pieces there, right?
Yes, there are.
So later today you're gonna
have your first mentor session
with editor-in-chief of Marie
Claire magazine Joanna Coles.
I was very happy to find out
that our mentor was Joanna Coles.
Just her take on fashion is really important
because she's an editor of a magazine and,
ultimately, that's who you
want to impress as a designer.
So you guys have until
10:00 P.M. tonight to work on
your looks and then a couple of the
hours tomorrow before your first runway.
I wish you guys all a lot of luck,
and I'll see you on the runway.
Bye.
She's pretty.
Damn.
Elisa just moved her cutting
mat mat down underneath,
and i'm thinking, "what are
you doing? That's weird."
Elisa? If I ever get in
your way, you let me know.
Elisa, she's very different.
And the reason why I'm gonna give her a
pass on being different is because I had a
grandmother who was
committed to the crazy house.
So...Ha!...I really don't think
that she's that far off, but,
honey, she's - she's something else.
Right now I got all this
mop pieces that I'm trying to
sew one individually, piece
by piece, to create, like, this
drapey effect thing that has to do
somewhat with the draping of my other dress.
Wait, wait, wait. But April's dress
looks just like what you're doing.
It looks the same. The
strings hanging straight down.
That's exactly what you're doing.
Y'all need to have a
woman-to-woman talk.
'Cause y'all need to
get on the same page.
Or off the same page,
as the case may be.
- Hy, guys!
- Hi.
Everyone knows Marie Claire
magazine, so to have the
editor-in-chief Joanna Coles
here as our mentor is amazing.
I know you're all super
talented, I know your various
skills, and I'm here to help you
push yourself so that you walk
out of here with that $500,000 package.
And, of course, one of you, on
top of this incredible prize,
is gonna be a guest
editor at Marie Claire.
And I couldn't be more excited.
So good luck to everybody.
Okay, Sweet P. What are
these? These are towels?
Yes. Right. Okay.
Is there anything that will
surprise the judges, that
they'll think, "oh, my
goodness, Sweet P found that.
That's incredible. I would never
have thought of doing that"?
You've got Isaac as a
judge. He's gonna be on you.
I know.
I'm just reminding you your job
here is to really surprise them.
- Okay.
- Good luck.
Thank you so much.
Sweet P's dress, it's raggedy
ruffles. That's no good.
Me no likey.
Gordana.
- Hi.
- Hi.
So nice to meet you. It's a
pleasure to have you as our mentor.
Thank you.
This dress is all about movement.
I can see this is going
to be about movement too.
Exactly.
When she starts walking down the
runway, it's going to be there in front.
And then I knew that I wanted
to create a shorter version,
kind of like inspired
by the dress, obviously.
I think this is one of those
dresses that you sometimes see
in stores which has no
appeal on the hanger, and
then you see it on the
wearer, and it comes to life.
Exactly.
Gordana's look is made of streamers.
It reminds me of easter at a Mexican
family's house. It's a pinata.
I hope her model is full of candy.
Mondo. How are you doing?
I don't know if I'm in
the competitive mood yet.
And what's it gonna take you to get
in that competitive frame of mind?
I guess get through this challenge, finish
something, and be proud of it, you know.
This is fascinating. I can't
wait to see your outfit.
Thank you. I did have this little
gleam of light after I talked to you,
joanna, that, yes, you know,
this is another opportunity.
And this is possibly going to be
the thing that allows me to flourish.
You're not gonna spit at me, are you?
No, it's actually a blessing mark.
You do it simply with your tongue.
I've been doing this for 17, 18 years, and
my clients actually pay me for my blessing.
They do? Yes, they do.
That's pretty cool. Yes.
Tell me what you found
in the 99-cent store.
I went straight, I went for three things.
I was like, flowers, something
that it's light, that flows
when you're walking through the
street, walking down the runway.
So you got... these are the flowers.
I'm not seeing much else, that's all.
I mean, you've got
judges. They're looking for
surprise. Is this gonna
be surprising enough?
Um, I actually think it's important for
you to make it surprising to yourself.
Okay, well, I can't wait to see it.
- I'm very excited to see how you
pull all this together. - Thank you.
Guys, I have to go now.
But I have to tell you, I
think the judges are gonna
have a really difficult time.
I will see you soon. Okay, bye.
Thank you, joanna. Good night.
Oh, no. Oh, my God. No,
no, no, no, no, no, no.
Is it the whole thing?
Move that away right now.
My glue gun, like, melted
through my whole dress.
At the very last moment of the
evening of our challenge, I
realize that my plastic dress
was touched by the hot glue gun
and actually burned a hole
right in the front of the gown.
[Bleep].
Hot glue gun.
He was working up until
the very last minute.
There's a lot of stuff
that's unfinished.
I really feel like this is the
last that we're gonna see of
Mr. Austin Scarlett.
I barely have enough time to,
like, get this dress even...
The fact that I'm going to have
to figure out some way to repair
this very obvious hole right in
the very front of the dress is
just almost too much for me to handle
right now. I'm about to pull my hair out.
The day of the runway, that's actually
that very stressful day for us.
There are so many
elements--you have to
do the finishing
touches, to fit your model
perfectly, to choose the right
accessories, to think of hair,
to think of makeup, and then go on stage
and present and hope nothing falls apart.
It's a stressful day for everybody.
Now, even though I
destroyed my dress on the
glue gun yesterday,
I'm going to--I need it.
What I ended up doing was very carefully
cutting out a very small
patch of plastic, and
luckily it sort of all just disappeared
into the shiny plastic of the dress.
We need hair and makeup. Let's go.
I would like to have, like,
two little braids on each side.
And down or up?
Polished round and
then down-- I like that.
Welcome to the l'oreal Paris
makeup room. It's all about the lip.
I'd like to emphasize on
her sort of cheekbones.
I'd like to do a little,
like, red eye shadow.
- Just young, baby-doll
fresh. - Oh, I love it.
We got ten minutes till the runway.
Where are my safety pins?
Let me get the bracelet, because I
really want to see how it looks together.
All right, guys, let's go to runway.
Coming up on project
runway: All Stars...
You've got a few too many
ideas, and that's fatal.
You kind of, you know,
made them your bitch.
I'd never be seen dead in it.
Good-bye. Thank you.
- Hi, designers.
- All: Hi.
- Welcome to your first runway.
- Thank you.
We have 13 all-star
designers here, and,
after tonight, there will only be 12.
As it's been said on Project Runway, one
day you're in, and the next day you're out.
And that's never been more
true than on All Stars.
For your first challenge as
all-stars who are used to big
budgets, we wanted to see how you would
cope with items from a 99-cent store.
Do you feel like we
threw you in the deep end?
So let's meet the judges.
First we have the designer and cofounder
of marchesa, the beautiful Georgina Chapman.
Hi, designers.
And one of the most famous names
in fashion, designer Isaac Mizrahi.
And our guest judge this week is somebody
professionally invested in your success.
He is the senior vice president
and fashion director of
neiman Marcus, the fabulous Ken Downing.
Have a great show.
So, luckily, the judges
did not notice the patch.
My dress has a sort of
flowing movement in the
skirt, the sort of
diaphanous layered effect.
And, on the runway, it just all sort
of blurred into a shimmer of beauty.
I think, in the
unconventional challenge, when
my model's walking down the
runway, she's looking chic,
she's looking sharp, she's looking like
she bought the clothes off the rack.
Exactly like I expected her to look.
I think my model looks amazing.
The fact that I was able
to pull that out of the
99-cent store from cheap-ass
handkerchiefs, fantastic.
Watching my outfit walk down the runway is
the same sort of enchanted, humbling process
that has happened probably
every time something
comes to life, if you're
really, really lucky.
This time, it's even a little
bit more special because I
really swore that I would make high art.
It's just so pretty.
As I see my model walk down the
runway, I think that bitch is owning it.
She looks amazing. She looks rich.
She looks fierce. She's a diva.
She's got her glasses on, her
back, her jacket, her skirt.
And nobody can [Bleep] with her.
My dress looks colorful, yet tough.
I'm pretty excited, because I love
my dress, and I feel like it's me.
I love seeing my work come to life.
That moment when the model
walks down the runway.
It reminds me of my
sixth birthday, Christmas.
It's just pure joy when I
see my model wearing my work.
I think that it's a really
good gown to represent what I
do, to represent how
I've grown as a designer.
I think she looks
really beautiful in it.
I think it's exactly me.
It's a little bit edgy, but it has
the flowing and feminine feeling to it.
I love my design because I feel it's a
little bit different than anybody else's.
But you never know with
judges. It could be hit or miss.
I think to myself, please
don't let any of the tissue rip,
and, lord, please don't let one
of those gold safety pins fall off.
I do with this dress what
I've been doing my whole life
taking a whole little of nothing and
turning it into a whole lot of something.
I see my model working
it down the runway
in my look, and i think it looks great.
With mine, I thought she
looked absolutely awesome.
I'm hoping that those mop
strings don't pop, 'cause some
of them are glued together,
but she looks beautiful.
I want to go somewhere with
her and get a drink and spill
something on her dress
and watch her soak it up.
I think the design is avant-garde, I think
it's different, it's got texture, it's long.
I was so nervous seeing
April's dress come down
the runway 'cause it
was shockingly gorgeous.
They're gonna say, "well, Michael, April
used the mops way better than you did."
Hey, designers.
If I call your name,
please step forward.
Austin, mila, April, Anthony,
Kara, kenley, Michael.
Congratulations.
You are all safe.
Your designs will keep you
in the competition, and
you may leave the runway.
Good-bye.
Thank you.
You all have the highest and
the lowest scoring designs.
One of you will be named this week's
winner, and one of you will be going home.
Let's bring out your models.
So, Rami, you're first.
Rami, I really thought you've
given a great silhouette here.
What have you made that out of?
Laundry bags.
So I used that as the tweed almost.
I wanted to resemble that.
The tinsel from Christmas decorations
to emulate the ostrich feathers.
And here I used the umbrella
lining to sort of create the--
tie in the blacks all together.
I think you have an edge of over
the designers in terms of execution.
You mastered all of these elements.
You kind of, you know,
made them your bitch.
You can photograph this.
You could put it in an editorial
in a magazine, and no one would
have any idea that those are
umbrella parts and something
that came out of a 99-cent store.
That's a huge compliment.
Thank you so much.
It looks like a woman that's
walked off the Paris runway.
So job well done.
- Sweet P.
- Hi.
Can you tell us a little
bit about your dress?
I really have been feeling color, and
I do like mixing the hard and the soft.
Kind of the sweet feminine
with a little touch of edginess.
I don't know how resolved this
is. It looks a little ragged to me.
It looks a little
unfinished, do you know?
It's especially unresolved
in the back there.
Yeah, that's really-- my cutout?
That's really--I like a cutout, I do.
But for some reason, that just
looks like a chew-out, not a cut-out.
Women never come to me and
ask for something that's
going to make them look
bigger than they already are.
If you're gonna go with
something graphic, colorful, and
color-blocking like that, it
does have to be very precise.
What made you choose the
washcloths as your fabric?
I would never own or
wear a terrycloth dress,
but it was the color
that stood out to me.
Thank you, Sweet P. Moving on to Jerell.
Georgina, what are your
thoughts on Jerell's dress?
It moved really beautifully. I
thought this was a very wearable look.
I can imagine a girl wearing
this, and I think that's
a very difficult thing to
achieve from a 99-cent store.
Thank you.
I like the color of it a lot. I like
that it's an alternative to neutral.
I love that you really have
taken the idea of this trend as
a moment of the high-low hemline and
really exploited it in a great way.
Thank you so much, Jerell.
We're gonna move on now to Elisa.
Personally, this isn't a look
that I immediately respond to.
But I want to know more
about your use of writing.
I do a lot with sacred geometry, so there
was a lot of, like, it's half of 360.
It's 180 degrees.
So I wanted to try to keep the
whole circle-half thing going,
so you don't have to know the
story, but, if you read the
story on this sleeve, you read it
on that sleeve, it's a good story.
If you read it all together,
you know the whole story.
- I love the spirit of this.
- Thank you.
It looks like you, it looks like
someone really passionate did it.
I love clothes that
tell me the story the
minute they hit the
runway because, as soon as
clothes have directions,
they stay on the rack.
So, Mondo, can you tell us a little bit
about your 99-cent unconventional dress.
What I used to create this
look were binders, electrical
tape, these old black
cowboy hats, and trash bags.
Considering it's a black
dress, it's a fun dress.
It's not that serious,
which I think is nice.
I think the dress is flawlessly executed,
and I think it's truly your spirit.
I'd love to see this dress in,
shall we say, a real fabric that
didn't need to be hosed down in
the backyard after wearing it.
You have such a great
sense of proportion.
That's what makes the dress,
is the proportion, right?
It's sort of snappy, the whole thing.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mondo.
So, Gordana, can you
tell us about your dress?
I was looking for something
that had the hard and soft shapes
and this is the thing that
you use to scrub pots and pans.
My favorite thing is the steel wool.
The texture looks so divine on
the texture looks so divine on
I do question whether
you've got a few too
many ideas going on and
a few too many elements.
And perhaps you could probably spread
those ideas out throughout a collection.
I work so fast, and then I'm, like, done
in two, three hours.
And then I overdesign.
- That's fatal.
- Yeah. I know.
Thank you, Gordana.
We're now going to deliberate,
and we'll call you back shortly.
You may leave the runway.
How about our favorite looks?
Why don't we start there?
I think Rami had the balance.
He used such an unconventional fabric,
yet he pulled it off in such a chic way.
It was well-executed.
I think Rami did an amazing job.
The use of fabric, what he found
in the 99-cent store that, when
translated into a fashion moment, didn't
look like a 99-cent store translation.
The only thing for me
was that the dress from
yesterday and the dress
from today look so similar.
I just don't want him to
keep doing the same thing.
Did he just refabricate
his yesterday's dress?
I feel like he went
outside of the box, but
it looks like it could
be the same collection.
Let's talk a little bit about Mondo.
He's a very talented young man.
The fascinator was probably one of my
favorite parts. It gave interest to the
dress,
which could have been
just a black dress.
It was a beautiful black
dress that had a modern edge.
So let's talk about Jerell.
I think his tribal
element was beautiful.
Jerell made a very
understandable dress, and I
think we all know that, but
did he try and push boundaries?
That I'm not so sure about.
Did he push the boundaries
with some unusual
paper plate or something
out of the 99-cent store?
No, but the execution certainly
gave him an upper hand.
Let's move on to Sweet P.
I think here is a dress,
that's not so well-executed out
of a fabric that dresses are made of.
It's just off.
It needed to be more
purposefully irregular.
It just kind of wandered
down the middle of the road.
The dress was like, what happened?
You don't know exactly whether
it's eccentric or just a mistake.
Yeah. It seems like somebody who
doesn't know how to put a look together.
Right. It really does.
I would never be seen dead in it.
Oh, my.
Can we move on to Gordana
and the party streamers?
I think the use of
streamers was smart because
it moved when you
walked down the runway.
I think the one thing that Gordana
has to learn is when to stop.
And, even when she has a little extra
time, then use it to her advantage.
So then it brings me to Elisa.
And, just in terms of where
I've been on the runway and the
designers I've worked with, I
don't know if she's up to par.
It was actually a very
entertaining moment to me.
You can't stand at the end of
the runway and explain your look
for half an hour for people
to begin to understand it.
You need to feel it.
Okay, so are we all agreed?
Well, designers, what a great
way to start our all-star season.
One of you will be named this week's
winner, and one of you will be going home.
One of you will name this week's winner,
and one of you will be going home.
Jerell...
You are safe. Well done.
You can leave the runway.
Mondo...
Rami...
The two of you have
the highest scores...
Which means one of you is
the winner of this challenge.
And that designer is...
Rami.
Congratulations, Rami.
Thank you. I really appreciate it.
We were really all hugely
impressed by your design.
You may leave the runway.
Thank you so much.
Nice to meet you.
I feel like this challenge
proves a point that I'm capable
of construction just as well
as I'm capable of draping.
So I'm very happy with the results.
I just feel relieved and that I could
take a breath, exhale, and celebrate.
Mondo, you also did an amazing job.
You may also leave the runway.
Thank you.
Being on the show last year
really validated me as a designer.
And I know that I'm good enough
and that I do deserve a chance.
Hey, girl.
- Good job, girls.
- Thanks.
That alone makes me want
to win the competition.
You think Sweet P's
going home, don't you?
- No, I don't think so.
- I'm afraid. I hope not.
Sweet P, Gordana, Elisa...
The three of you this week
have the lowest scores and,
unfortunately, one of you will be eliminated.
Gordana...
You are safe, and we'll
see more from you next week.
Thank you so much.
You may leave the runway.
Good luck.
Sweet P and Elisa, one of you will
be in, and one of you will be out.
Sweet P, you have a lot of
talent, but you need to listen
to your instincts and
not second-guess yourself.
Elisa, your designs really need to
speak for themselves, not be explained.
Sweet P...
You're in.
Oh, thank you.
You may leave the runway.
Which, I'm sorry, to
say, Elisa, you are out.
Thank you very much, all of you.
Have happy every days.
Thank you.
Be blessed.
You too.
Bye, all of you.
Bye.
I'm completely satisfied
with what I created.
Yet I can still respect the
fact that I was eliminated.
Hello, my little friends.
All: Hi.
How you doing?
Oh, I'm so glad that you stayed.
Valentino's message said to me,
"continue to be true to yourself.
Make beautiful, beautiful things."
And, without a doubt, that is
exactly what I will continue doing.
This season on Project
Runway All Stars...
Hopefully that dodge ball
will hit her in the face.
What the [Bleep] am I gonna make?
When are the judges gonna notice
that she just does one dress?
But it's you against me.
Really, bitch? You
want to play like that?
I feel really lonely right now.
Take the shirt off your back.
Welcome to Central Park.
This has never been done before.
This week, we've come to the world
headquarters of the United Nations.
Please welcome to the runway...
Diane Von Furstenberg...
Miranda Kerr...
Pharrell Williams...
And miss Piggy.
Well, now I have to design
a dress for a muppet.
Hi-ya!
I just want to, like, run up on the
runway and just pull her hair off.
We want to look at the
design, not the hair.
It's just not flattering.
Is she an All-Star?
That's what I'd like to know.
It's Austin Scarlett.
Oh, did I say starlet?
The styling just came
off as, like, grandma.
You are crazy.
This is Project Runway: All Stars,
and everybody is so good here.
That's fashion, darling.
Synced, corrected by mercurian2007
of Project Runway: All Stars.
The most daring, controversial
designers have returned.
My God, I cannot believe I'm back here.
It's the best vs the best.
I'm the greatest star of them all.
Game on.
It's you against me.
You wanna play like that?
I'm going to kick ass.
As they compete again for the
biggest prize in runway history.
A staggering $1/2 million.
They'll be judged by a new
panel of fashion experts.
Hello, people!
I love the new judges.
Hi, designers.
I'm a fan.
This is a clean slate.
It's time for me to redeem myself.
They will rip, cut, and
stitch their way through the
most demanding challenges ever.
The pressure is on.
The battle of sheer
determination begins now.
Never underestimate your opponents.
I'm gonna snip everyone's pee-pee off.
This is the series premiere
of Project Runway: All Stars,
Last time I was here, I made
it all the way to the very end.
And my heart was broken.
I deserve to be here.
But I'm only here
because I'm going to win.
Oh, my God. Michael.
I thought you were gonna be here.
I knew you were gonna be here.
I think I'm the best
designer here because my work
is fashion-forward, current,
contemporary, and accessible.
Getting that close to winning was a big
deal, and that is sort of driving me.
The most important thing
that I learned when I was on
Project Runway is to
never second-guess myself.
There are people who feel that
I am not a fierce competitor,
but, honey, all I can say is, you
think this is a game, let's go.
I wouldn't be here if I wasn't
good, and I'll leave here
with my sash and an
oversized tiara and all that.
That's what I came for.
I couldn't possibly commit
to this type of experience if
I didn't want to walk away with some
sort of amazing and incredible prize.
The first time, I wasn't so attached,
but this time, I do want to win.
I've always been a star.
Darling, of course I have to be here.
Someone had to put the star in all star.
Sometimes I can come across
as really stuck-up, snobby,
and just rude.
But screw everybody else
and do what you love.
I'm totally fine with it.
I will be competitive.
Hey, Jerell, how are you?
I'm good. How are you?
Good to see you. Good to see you too.
You look cute.
What's been going on? You know, working.
I've heard some stories about
limelight, that it was a club
and now it's been turned into
a shopping center, so I'm really
kind of looking forward
to going in there.
You're up against the most
talented, and you know what they
can do because you've
seen it on the show.
Hey. Oh, my God. Good to see you.
I am kind of checking to see
who is my competition, and there
is Sweet P and Mondo, and
I'm like, uh-oh, here it goes.
Oh, my God, is that Mondo
with the hi-top. Oh, my gosh!
It's exciting. All of
us are here. It's on.
Hello, desighners! All: Hi.
I'm Angela Lindvall.
Welcome back to New York.
All: Thank you.
Angela Lindvall is actually one
of the most versatile models.
She's done print, runway, swimwear.
She's worked for all
of the top designers.
Angela is beautiful. I think
she's a fantastic model.
Easy on the eyes.
I'm excited that it's gonna be
somebody new, so a new perspective.
Welcome to Project Runway: All Stars.
Thanks.
Over the next three months,
this competition will showcase
your skills in weekly challenges.
As all-stars, there
will be no immunity.
At the end of each challenge,
one of you will be eliminated.
And the rest will be one step
closer to the grand prize.
Do you want to know
what it is? All: Yes.
You are competing for the biggest
prize in Project Runway history.
The overall winning designer
will receive the ultimate goal
in fashion - their own exclusive
boutique featuring their
designs in select Neiman Marcus
Amazing.
To sell in Neiman Marcus your
collection as a designer, that's
every designer's dream, naturally.
The winning designer will
receive not only a fashion
spread in Marie Claire magazine,
but also a position as
guest editor for one year.
I'd kill to be the guest
editor at Marie Claire because
I really believe that those are one of
those experiences that are priceless.
And there's more.
Industrial sewing machines,
fabric printers, surgers, and
other equipment, all
provided by Brother.
And $100,000 in technology and
office space from HP and Intel.
And...
Oh, there's more?
A cash prize of $100,000,
courtesy of l'oreal Paris.
That's a lot of prizes.
Every single prize that was
named was something that was,
like, on my wish list to Santa,
to propel my business
and propel my career.
This total prize package
is worth close to...
A staggering $1/2 million.
Not a bad start.
Now we all know that
you've been judged before.
Maybe they had it right,
maybe they had it wrong.
They were wrong. I am fabulous.
I'm awesome, I'm talented,
and I demand satisfaction.
The good news is this is a clean slate.
So are you ready to meet our new judges?
All: Yeah!
Oh, my God.
People are just on the edge
of their seat, you know.
It's a new host, new judges,
you never know what you're gonna get.
I know what the old judges
were looking for, and I knew
what they, you know, the
protocol and what they liked...
Honey, I have no clue about these
new people, so I'ma keep one eye open.
First, please welcome the
designer and cofounder of
marchesa, Georgina Chapman.
Hi, designers. Hi.
Georgina Chapman is one of our judges.
So I'm absolutely thrilled.
You always see the most beautiful dresses
on the red carpets are always marchesa.
So to have her as a judge
is just really inspiring.
And also we have one of the
most famous names in fashion,
Isaac Mizrahi.
Hello, people. How are you?
All: Hi. Hello.
I greatly respect Isaac Mizrahi.
Through his work, his
reinvention of himself, I have
constantly been inspired by over the
years and really
respect him as a creator.
Georgina and Isaac and I are
excited to see what you've
accomplished since the
last time you were here.
I do feel like I've grown a
lot since the last time I was
on this show, so I've got
all sorts of new tricks up my
sleeve that I plan
to razzle-dazzle with.
We asked you to bring a
recent creation that you think
represents who you are as a designer.
The models are waiting
for you backstage.
You'll have just 30 minutes
to dress them before returning
to the runway for our first-ever
All Stars fashion show.
So good luck. Bye.
You're gorgeous just like me!
Finally it's time for
me to redeem myself.
That looks great, Kara. Thank you.
My main competition here is Kara janx.
I loved her collection
that she did for her season.
I thought it should have won,
but I really like her as a
person too, so I don't want her to
go, but better her than me, right?
Sweet P I think is phenomenal, and
I think Rami's the absolute best.
And I think he's my biggest
competition because he's a draper.
This was inspired by the Disney
concert hall building in Los Angeles.
As much as I was known for draping, there
are also other things that I do very well.
So, as you walk out, you can
literally open like a flower.
Jam 'em in there.
Okay, guys, we got to go
to runway. You ready to go?
Oh, my God, here we go again.
Now I'm completely panicked.
Coming up on project
runway: All Stars...
Are you ready for your first challenge?
Oh, gosh.
There is an All Stars twist.
I'm terrified.
I'm super excited to show the judges who
I am as a designer at the fashion show.
We asked you to bring a
recent creation that you think
represents who you are as a designer.
Georgina and Isaac and I are
excited to see what you've
accomplished since the
last time you were here.
So let's get started.
I'm not intimidated by anyone.
Your biggest competition is you.
I just have to do work that I
think is the best that I can do.
For All Stars, I feel more
confident as a designer, and
I have the tools that I
need to do better this time.
I'm a freak about fit and construction.
I'm here to represent me as a
designer and do what I do best.
We're born naked...I
guess humans, it's our
nature to embellish oneself,
to beautify ourselves.
And I just take that to
the highest level possible.
I am an artist and a maker by nature.
So I approach designing organically.
I approach it as a way of life.
I came to this country with
nothing but the clothes on my back.
I'm here fighting for my
business, just like everybody else.
My fabrics are always
really high-class fabrics.
I love doing couture because it's
almost like you are sculpting.
I brought something that's
a little bit more toned-down
version of me, a little
bit more ready-to-wear.
It's a softer side of me.
It is my desire to make
the world a beautiful
and a better place one gown at a time.
My model, she's making me
question my sexuality right now.
She really brought that dress to life.
I want to stick around as long as I can.
This is really a new era for me.
I really want to push my own boundaries.
Well, guys, that was a
great start to the season.
All: Thank you.
Georgina, what did you think?
Congratulations, designers.
That was really great.
I'm just so excited to see what
you guys are going to do next.
Thanks.
Isaac.
So diverse. 13 specific points of view.
This is gonna be a great
competition, I can tell.
But for now you're gonna head off to your
penthouse suite at the flatotel, New York.
And I will see you guys on location
for your first All Stars challenge.
Have a good night.
Ooh. What's this? It looks nice.
This is cute.
I want to sit...
I did jump on a couple of beds,
just to see if they felt right.
Kind of like goldilocks.
Oh, my gosh. She marked
her bed with her lipstick.
What is that?
I put a kiss on my bed. This is my bed.
I thought it was kind of funny that Elisa,
who normally likes to spit on her clothes
for a mark, is marking
her bed with a kiss.
It's my bed. Hey, there's a note.
It says, "press play,"
and there's a control.
Okay.
I'm, like, looking around
that whole room, trying to see,
what am I gonna grab to rip apart and
make a dress out of or something out of.
Here we go.
I'm Giancarlo Giammetti.
Turn it up.
There is Giancarlo Giammetti,
who I instantly recognize
as Valentino's partner.
Something terribly important
for me and very, very dear to
Valentino--the new
Valentino virtual museum
where you can visit all his work online.
Project Runway: All Stars...
Holy [Bleep]!
I wish to you lots of success.
You have lots of talent.
And try to make beautiful clothes.
Clothes then they speak, and
they are beautiful to
see them in the runway.
Just the one sentence when he
said, "you Project Runway: All Stars..."
I'm like, my God, and I'm one of them."
Let's celebrate.
Pop!
Y'all know I'm from the projects.
I thought y'all was shooting.
To Valentino, the all-stars,
and a beautiful, blessed life.
- Good morning, you guys.
- Good morning, Angela.
Are you ready for your first challenge?
Yes.
This is the challenge that the designers
love to hate, but the fans love.
You guessed it. The
unconventional challenge.
As all-star designers, you've got
to be versatile with materials.
So we've given you one of the most versatile
stores in America, the 99-cent store.
Austin, you did the very first
unconventional challenge, and you won.
Yes, I remember. The very first
episode of Project Runway ever.
So the pressure's on, Austin.
I know. Oh, gosh.
Okay, we want you to design
something fabulous from whatever
you can find inside 99-cent creation.
But there is an All Stars twist.
Your look must be inspired in
some way by your look that you
presented at the fashion show.
Oh, my God.
Had I known my 99-cent dress
had to reflect the first design
I showed, I might have brought
something a little different.
This may be the 99-cent
store, but don't worry.
We're not only gonna give you a dollar.
You're all-stars. We're gonna
give you $100 to make your look.
So, remember, this is all about
innovation, so push yourself.
We really want you to wow us.
Okay, your 99-cent unconventional
challenge starts now!
Oh, my gosh.
The challenge for me is that
I am trying to make something
look like it's luxurious from
the 99-cent store, and I'm not
exactly sure how to
attack that challenge.
Lord, please let me grow.
Oh, I'm about to bring down the lights?
Okay, I'll come back for those.
I want to create something
that has a lot of texture.
That's why I chose the mops. So I
needed, like, a cluster[Bleep] of mops.
So I just grabbed all the black
and white ones I could, because
it was the only color that the
store had a large amount of.
I've always been inspired
by these, I don't know why.
Guys, you have ten minutes left.
Oh, I have never been
this hot in my life.
Crazy.
I feel like I have no more room.
So I'm really looking for bright colors.
I see belts that are green
and orange and dish towels, so,
anything I see that's
bright, I just run towards.
Can someone hand me that
finger paint right here?
Everybody, you got five minutes left.
Excuse me, rit behind you.
Having them looking in the store?
I really wanted to stay away from
predictable materials like washcloths.
Okay, guys, time's up.
I need another bag.
Everybody, come on to the front.
We're in line.
I was completely blown away,
when, lo and behold, April's
got the exact same thing that I'm doing.
She's making something
out of the mop heads.
Tell me how much that is.
For the first challenge, the inspiration is
the look that we brought to the limelight.
So even though me and Michael
both purchased mops, there's no
way that we'll make the same dress.
We don't have the same
aesthetic whatsoever.
I'm really worried that April's
dress is gonna kick my dress's ass.
'Cause she's, like,
really good. I'm terrified.
Coming up on project
runway: All Stars...
Gordana's look, it's a pinata.
What are you doing? That's weird.
Ten minutes till the runway.
Oh, my God. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Where am I?
Oh, I love this.
We open the door and we see
a really beautiful workroom.
It has all these
different-colored squares.
It's like a color wheel.
Hi!
Buddies.
How are you?
Walking into the workroom
is almost a little bit
overwhelming and kind of like
entering through the gates of
hell, but also a good
opportunity at the same time.
I love this room.
Thank you for this room.
Hey, guys.
All: Hi.
Welcome to 1407 Broadway.
How do you like your new workspace?
Fantastic.
At each of your workstations,
you're gonna find HP tablets.
The latest touch technology
from HP and Intel will help you
sketch and elevate your creativity
throughout the weekly challenges.
And I'm sure you won't forget to
use the neiman Marcus accessory wall.
There's some amazing
pieces there, right?
Yes, there are.
So later today you're gonna
have your first mentor session
with editor-in-chief of Marie
Claire magazine Joanna Coles.
I was very happy to find out
that our mentor was Joanna Coles.
Just her take on fashion is really important
because she's an editor of a magazine and,
ultimately, that's who you
want to impress as a designer.
So you guys have until
10:00 P.M. tonight to work on
your looks and then a couple of the
hours tomorrow before your first runway.
I wish you guys all a lot of luck,
and I'll see you on the runway.
Bye.
She's pretty.
Damn.
Elisa just moved her cutting
mat mat down underneath,
and i'm thinking, "what are
you doing? That's weird."
Elisa? If I ever get in
your way, you let me know.
Elisa, she's very different.
And the reason why I'm gonna give her a
pass on being different is because I had a
grandmother who was
committed to the crazy house.
So...Ha!...I really don't think
that she's that far off, but,
honey, she's - she's something else.
Right now I got all this
mop pieces that I'm trying to
sew one individually, piece
by piece, to create, like, this
drapey effect thing that has to do
somewhat with the draping of my other dress.
Wait, wait, wait. But April's dress
looks just like what you're doing.
It looks the same. The
strings hanging straight down.
That's exactly what you're doing.
Y'all need to have a
woman-to-woman talk.
'Cause y'all need to
get on the same page.
Or off the same page,
as the case may be.
- Hy, guys!
- Hi.
Everyone knows Marie Claire
magazine, so to have the
editor-in-chief Joanna Coles
here as our mentor is amazing.
I know you're all super
talented, I know your various
skills, and I'm here to help you
push yourself so that you walk
out of here with that $500,000 package.
And, of course, one of you, on
top of this incredible prize,
is gonna be a guest
editor at Marie Claire.
And I couldn't be more excited.
So good luck to everybody.
Okay, Sweet P. What are
these? These are towels?
Yes. Right. Okay.
Is there anything that will
surprise the judges, that
they'll think, "oh, my
goodness, Sweet P found that.
That's incredible. I would never
have thought of doing that"?
You've got Isaac as a
judge. He's gonna be on you.
I know.
I'm just reminding you your job
here is to really surprise them.
- Okay.
- Good luck.
Thank you so much.
Sweet P's dress, it's raggedy
ruffles. That's no good.
Me no likey.
Gordana.
- Hi.
- Hi.
So nice to meet you. It's a
pleasure to have you as our mentor.
Thank you.
This dress is all about movement.
I can see this is going
to be about movement too.
Exactly.
When she starts walking down the
runway, it's going to be there in front.
And then I knew that I wanted
to create a shorter version,
kind of like inspired
by the dress, obviously.
I think this is one of those
dresses that you sometimes see
in stores which has no
appeal on the hanger, and
then you see it on the
wearer, and it comes to life.
Exactly.
Gordana's look is made of streamers.
It reminds me of easter at a Mexican
family's house. It's a pinata.
I hope her model is full of candy.
Mondo. How are you doing?
I don't know if I'm in
the competitive mood yet.
And what's it gonna take you to get
in that competitive frame of mind?
I guess get through this challenge, finish
something, and be proud of it, you know.
This is fascinating. I can't
wait to see your outfit.
Thank you. I did have this little
gleam of light after I talked to you,
joanna, that, yes, you know,
this is another opportunity.
And this is possibly going to be
the thing that allows me to flourish.
You're not gonna spit at me, are you?
No, it's actually a blessing mark.
You do it simply with your tongue.
I've been doing this for 17, 18 years, and
my clients actually pay me for my blessing.
They do? Yes, they do.
That's pretty cool. Yes.
Tell me what you found
in the 99-cent store.
I went straight, I went for three things.
I was like, flowers, something
that it's light, that flows
when you're walking through the
street, walking down the runway.
So you got... these are the flowers.
I'm not seeing much else, that's all.
I mean, you've got
judges. They're looking for
surprise. Is this gonna
be surprising enough?
Um, I actually think it's important for
you to make it surprising to yourself.
Okay, well, I can't wait to see it.
- I'm very excited to see how you
pull all this together. - Thank you.
Guys, I have to go now.
But I have to tell you, I
think the judges are gonna
have a really difficult time.
I will see you soon. Okay, bye.
Thank you, joanna. Good night.
Oh, no. Oh, my God. No,
no, no, no, no, no, no.
Is it the whole thing?
Move that away right now.
My glue gun, like, melted
through my whole dress.
At the very last moment of the
evening of our challenge, I
realize that my plastic dress
was touched by the hot glue gun
and actually burned a hole
right in the front of the gown.
[Bleep].
Hot glue gun.
He was working up until
the very last minute.
There's a lot of stuff
that's unfinished.
I really feel like this is the
last that we're gonna see of
Mr. Austin Scarlett.
I barely have enough time to,
like, get this dress even...
The fact that I'm going to have
to figure out some way to repair
this very obvious hole right in
the very front of the dress is
just almost too much for me to handle
right now. I'm about to pull my hair out.
The day of the runway, that's actually
that very stressful day for us.
There are so many
elements--you have to
do the finishing
touches, to fit your model
perfectly, to choose the right
accessories, to think of hair,
to think of makeup, and then go on stage
and present and hope nothing falls apart.
It's a stressful day for everybody.
Now, even though I
destroyed my dress on the
glue gun yesterday,
I'm going to--I need it.
What I ended up doing was very carefully
cutting out a very small
patch of plastic, and
luckily it sort of all just disappeared
into the shiny plastic of the dress.
We need hair and makeup. Let's go.
I would like to have, like,
two little braids on each side.
And down or up?
Polished round and
then down-- I like that.
Welcome to the l'oreal Paris
makeup room. It's all about the lip.
I'd like to emphasize on
her sort of cheekbones.
I'd like to do a little,
like, red eye shadow.
- Just young, baby-doll
fresh. - Oh, I love it.
We got ten minutes till the runway.
Where are my safety pins?
Let me get the bracelet, because I
really want to see how it looks together.
All right, guys, let's go to runway.
Coming up on project
runway: All Stars...
You've got a few too many
ideas, and that's fatal.
You kind of, you know,
made them your bitch.
I'd never be seen dead in it.
Good-bye. Thank you.
- Hi, designers.
- All: Hi.
- Welcome to your first runway.
- Thank you.
We have 13 all-star
designers here, and,
after tonight, there will only be 12.
As it's been said on Project Runway, one
day you're in, and the next day you're out.
And that's never been more
true than on All Stars.
For your first challenge as
all-stars who are used to big
budgets, we wanted to see how you would
cope with items from a 99-cent store.
Do you feel like we
threw you in the deep end?
So let's meet the judges.
First we have the designer and cofounder
of marchesa, the beautiful Georgina Chapman.
Hi, designers.
And one of the most famous names
in fashion, designer Isaac Mizrahi.
And our guest judge this week is somebody
professionally invested in your success.
He is the senior vice president
and fashion director of
neiman Marcus, the fabulous Ken Downing.
Have a great show.
So, luckily, the judges
did not notice the patch.
My dress has a sort of
flowing movement in the
skirt, the sort of
diaphanous layered effect.
And, on the runway, it just all sort
of blurred into a shimmer of beauty.
I think, in the
unconventional challenge, when
my model's walking down the
runway, she's looking chic,
she's looking sharp, she's looking like
she bought the clothes off the rack.
Exactly like I expected her to look.
I think my model looks amazing.
The fact that I was able
to pull that out of the
99-cent store from cheap-ass
handkerchiefs, fantastic.
Watching my outfit walk down the runway is
the same sort of enchanted, humbling process
that has happened probably
every time something
comes to life, if you're
really, really lucky.
This time, it's even a little
bit more special because I
really swore that I would make high art.
It's just so pretty.
As I see my model walk down the
runway, I think that bitch is owning it.
She looks amazing. She looks rich.
She looks fierce. She's a diva.
She's got her glasses on, her
back, her jacket, her skirt.
And nobody can [Bleep] with her.
My dress looks colorful, yet tough.
I'm pretty excited, because I love
my dress, and I feel like it's me.
I love seeing my work come to life.
That moment when the model
walks down the runway.
It reminds me of my
sixth birthday, Christmas.
It's just pure joy when I
see my model wearing my work.
I think that it's a really
good gown to represent what I
do, to represent how
I've grown as a designer.
I think she looks
really beautiful in it.
I think it's exactly me.
It's a little bit edgy, but it has
the flowing and feminine feeling to it.
I love my design because I feel it's a
little bit different than anybody else's.
But you never know with
judges. It could be hit or miss.
I think to myself, please
don't let any of the tissue rip,
and, lord, please don't let one
of those gold safety pins fall off.
I do with this dress what
I've been doing my whole life
taking a whole little of nothing and
turning it into a whole lot of something.
I see my model working
it down the runway
in my look, and i think it looks great.
With mine, I thought she
looked absolutely awesome.
I'm hoping that those mop
strings don't pop, 'cause some
of them are glued together,
but she looks beautiful.
I want to go somewhere with
her and get a drink and spill
something on her dress
and watch her soak it up.
I think the design is avant-garde, I think
it's different, it's got texture, it's long.
I was so nervous seeing
April's dress come down
the runway 'cause it
was shockingly gorgeous.
They're gonna say, "well, Michael, April
used the mops way better than you did."
Hey, designers.
If I call your name,
please step forward.
Austin, mila, April, Anthony,
Kara, kenley, Michael.
Congratulations.
You are all safe.
Your designs will keep you
in the competition, and
you may leave the runway.
Good-bye.
Thank you.
You all have the highest and
the lowest scoring designs.
One of you will be named this week's
winner, and one of you will be going home.
Let's bring out your models.
So, Rami, you're first.
Rami, I really thought you've
given a great silhouette here.
What have you made that out of?
Laundry bags.
So I used that as the tweed almost.
I wanted to resemble that.
The tinsel from Christmas decorations
to emulate the ostrich feathers.
And here I used the umbrella
lining to sort of create the--
tie in the blacks all together.
I think you have an edge of over
the designers in terms of execution.
You mastered all of these elements.
You kind of, you know,
made them your bitch.
You can photograph this.
You could put it in an editorial
in a magazine, and no one would
have any idea that those are
umbrella parts and something
that came out of a 99-cent store.
That's a huge compliment.
Thank you so much.
It looks like a woman that's
walked off the Paris runway.
So job well done.
- Sweet P.
- Hi.
Can you tell us a little
bit about your dress?
I really have been feeling color, and
I do like mixing the hard and the soft.
Kind of the sweet feminine
with a little touch of edginess.
I don't know how resolved this
is. It looks a little ragged to me.
It looks a little
unfinished, do you know?
It's especially unresolved
in the back there.
Yeah, that's really-- my cutout?
That's really--I like a cutout, I do.
But for some reason, that just
looks like a chew-out, not a cut-out.
Women never come to me and
ask for something that's
going to make them look
bigger than they already are.
If you're gonna go with
something graphic, colorful, and
color-blocking like that, it
does have to be very precise.
What made you choose the
washcloths as your fabric?
I would never own or
wear a terrycloth dress,
but it was the color
that stood out to me.
Thank you, Sweet P. Moving on to Jerell.
Georgina, what are your
thoughts on Jerell's dress?
It moved really beautifully. I
thought this was a very wearable look.
I can imagine a girl wearing
this, and I think that's
a very difficult thing to
achieve from a 99-cent store.
Thank you.
I like the color of it a lot. I like
that it's an alternative to neutral.
I love that you really have
taken the idea of this trend as
a moment of the high-low hemline and
really exploited it in a great way.
Thank you so much, Jerell.
We're gonna move on now to Elisa.
Personally, this isn't a look
that I immediately respond to.
But I want to know more
about your use of writing.
I do a lot with sacred geometry, so there
was a lot of, like, it's half of 360.
It's 180 degrees.
So I wanted to try to keep the
whole circle-half thing going,
so you don't have to know the
story, but, if you read the
story on this sleeve, you read it
on that sleeve, it's a good story.
If you read it all together,
you know the whole story.
- I love the spirit of this.
- Thank you.
It looks like you, it looks like
someone really passionate did it.
I love clothes that
tell me the story the
minute they hit the
runway because, as soon as
clothes have directions,
they stay on the rack.
So, Mondo, can you tell us a little bit
about your 99-cent unconventional dress.
What I used to create this
look were binders, electrical
tape, these old black
cowboy hats, and trash bags.
Considering it's a black
dress, it's a fun dress.
It's not that serious,
which I think is nice.
I think the dress is flawlessly executed,
and I think it's truly your spirit.
I'd love to see this dress in,
shall we say, a real fabric that
didn't need to be hosed down in
the backyard after wearing it.
You have such a great
sense of proportion.
That's what makes the dress,
is the proportion, right?
It's sort of snappy, the whole thing.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mondo.
So, Gordana, can you
tell us about your dress?
I was looking for something
that had the hard and soft shapes
and this is the thing that
you use to scrub pots and pans.
My favorite thing is the steel wool.
The texture looks so divine on
the texture looks so divine on
I do question whether
you've got a few too
many ideas going on and
a few too many elements.
And perhaps you could probably spread
those ideas out throughout a collection.
I work so fast, and then I'm, like, done
in two, three hours.
And then I overdesign.
- That's fatal.
- Yeah. I know.
Thank you, Gordana.
We're now going to deliberate,
and we'll call you back shortly.
You may leave the runway.
How about our favorite looks?
Why don't we start there?
I think Rami had the balance.
He used such an unconventional fabric,
yet he pulled it off in such a chic way.
It was well-executed.
I think Rami did an amazing job.
The use of fabric, what he found
in the 99-cent store that, when
translated into a fashion moment, didn't
look like a 99-cent store translation.
The only thing for me
was that the dress from
yesterday and the dress
from today look so similar.
I just don't want him to
keep doing the same thing.
Did he just refabricate
his yesterday's dress?
I feel like he went
outside of the box, but
it looks like it could
be the same collection.
Let's talk a little bit about Mondo.
He's a very talented young man.
The fascinator was probably one of my
favorite parts. It gave interest to the
dress,
which could have been
just a black dress.
It was a beautiful black
dress that had a modern edge.
So let's talk about Jerell.
I think his tribal
element was beautiful.
Jerell made a very
understandable dress, and I
think we all know that, but
did he try and push boundaries?
That I'm not so sure about.
Did he push the boundaries
with some unusual
paper plate or something
out of the 99-cent store?
No, but the execution certainly
gave him an upper hand.
Let's move on to Sweet P.
I think here is a dress,
that's not so well-executed out
of a fabric that dresses are made of.
It's just off.
It needed to be more
purposefully irregular.
It just kind of wandered
down the middle of the road.
The dress was like, what happened?
You don't know exactly whether
it's eccentric or just a mistake.
Yeah. It seems like somebody who
doesn't know how to put a look together.
Right. It really does.
I would never be seen dead in it.
Oh, my.
Can we move on to Gordana
and the party streamers?
I think the use of
streamers was smart because
it moved when you
walked down the runway.
I think the one thing that Gordana
has to learn is when to stop.
And, even when she has a little extra
time, then use it to her advantage.
So then it brings me to Elisa.
And, just in terms of where
I've been on the runway and the
designers I've worked with, I
don't know if she's up to par.
It was actually a very
entertaining moment to me.
You can't stand at the end of
the runway and explain your look
for half an hour for people
to begin to understand it.
You need to feel it.
Okay, so are we all agreed?
Well, designers, what a great
way to start our all-star season.
One of you will be named this week's
winner, and one of you will be going home.
One of you will name this week's winner,
and one of you will be going home.
Jerell...
You are safe. Well done.
You can leave the runway.
Mondo...
Rami...
The two of you have
the highest scores...
Which means one of you is
the winner of this challenge.
And that designer is...
Rami.
Congratulations, Rami.
Thank you. I really appreciate it.
We were really all hugely
impressed by your design.
You may leave the runway.
Thank you so much.
Nice to meet you.
I feel like this challenge
proves a point that I'm capable
of construction just as well
as I'm capable of draping.
So I'm very happy with the results.
I just feel relieved and that I could
take a breath, exhale, and celebrate.
Mondo, you also did an amazing job.
You may also leave the runway.
Thank you.
Being on the show last year
really validated me as a designer.
And I know that I'm good enough
and that I do deserve a chance.
Hey, girl.
- Good job, girls.
- Thanks.
That alone makes me want
to win the competition.
You think Sweet P's
going home, don't you?
- No, I don't think so.
- I'm afraid. I hope not.
Sweet P, Gordana, Elisa...
The three of you this week
have the lowest scores and,
unfortunately, one of you will be eliminated.
Gordana...
You are safe, and we'll
see more from you next week.
Thank you so much.
You may leave the runway.
Good luck.
Sweet P and Elisa, one of you will
be in, and one of you will be out.
Sweet P, you have a lot of
talent, but you need to listen
to your instincts and
not second-guess yourself.
Elisa, your designs really need to
speak for themselves, not be explained.
Sweet P...
You're in.
Oh, thank you.
You may leave the runway.
Which, I'm sorry, to
say, Elisa, you are out.
Thank you very much, all of you.
Have happy every days.
Thank you.
Be blessed.
You too.
Bye, all of you.
Bye.
I'm completely satisfied
with what I created.
Yet I can still respect the
fact that I was eliminated.
Hello, my little friends.
All: Hi.
How you doing?
Oh, I'm so glad that you stayed.
Valentino's message said to me,
"continue to be true to yourself.
Make beautiful, beautiful things."
And, without a doubt, that is
exactly what I will continue doing.
This season on Project
Runway All Stars...
Hopefully that dodge ball
will hit her in the face.
What the [Bleep] am I gonna make?
When are the judges gonna notice
that she just does one dress?
But it's you against me.
Really, bitch? You
want to play like that?
I feel really lonely right now.
Take the shirt off your back.
Welcome to Central Park.
This has never been done before.
This week, we've come to the world
headquarters of the United Nations.
Please welcome to the runway...
Diane Von Furstenberg...
Miranda Kerr...
Pharrell Williams...
And miss Piggy.
Well, now I have to design
a dress for a muppet.
Hi-ya!
I just want to, like, run up on the
runway and just pull her hair off.
We want to look at the
design, not the hair.
It's just not flattering.
Is she an All-Star?
That's what I'd like to know.
It's Austin Scarlett.
Oh, did I say starlet?
The styling just came
off as, like, grandma.
You are crazy.
This is Project Runway: All Stars,
and everybody is so good here.
That's fashion, darling.
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