>> Previously on...Project Runway
All Stars...
>> This week's challenge is the
biggest test of your skill so
far as you light up the runway,
literally...
>> [Gasps]
>> Guys, I'm done.
>> Ohh!
>> He's, like, a little prima
donna.
>> Do you like my plaid, Mondo?
>> Remember, Mondo, if you don't
have anything nice to say, then
don't tell Kenley anything.
>> This looks sort of part
alien, part Elizabethan.
>> Michael's turning his model
into a Ewok.
>> Say hello to Pharrel
Williams.
[Upbeat music]
♪
>> I love this, Austin.
>> I'm enchanted by your dress.
>> Pharrell, would you like to
name the winner?
>> Austin.
You're a star, man.
>> Thank you.
>> I think it's divine.
I think it's divine.
>> Thank you.
>> The breast shape is very
strange.
>> She's more fit for like
a Comic-Con.
>> She looks kind of like
an insect.
>> And it feels a little tribal
raver.
>> Jerrell...You're out.
13 of the best designers from
Project Runway are back.
And this time, competition is
tougher than ever.
Each week, their skills are
tested to the limit as they
compete for the biggest prize in
Runway history.
Who will be cut, and who will
have it all sewn up?
This is Project Runway
All Stars.
The winner of Project Runway
All Stars will sell their
merchandise within an exclusive
boutique at select Neiman-Marcus
stores and on Neimanmarcus.com.
The winner will also get a
spread in Marie Claire magazine
and a position as guest editor
for one year,
$100,000 in technology and
office space from HP and Intel,
a sewing and embroidery studio
provided by Brother
International, and a cash prize
of $100,000, courtesy of
L'Oreal Paris.
Project Runway All Stars 1x10 Let's Get Down to Business Original Air Date on March 8, 2012
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>> I wanna know what we're gonna
be doing today.
>> Probably designing something.
>> [Laughs]
It's the final challenge before
the finale.
There's only three spots.
I'm one of four.
There' team M&M and team K.A.
>> We need one another's
emotional...
>> Support!
>> I'm so, so happy that Kenley
is with me.
>> Austin, Kenley, time to go!
>> Let's do it.
>> Good morning, designers.
>> All: Morning.
>> You are all now battling it
out for a place in the finale,
where one of you will win
the grand prize.
This means your designs will be
placed within the walls of
Nieman-Marcus stores, the finest
luxury retailer in the United
States.
This week's client is known for
her romantic, feminine, and
modern designs that are
affordable to women all over
the country.
She's New York designer
Nanette Lepore.
>> Oh, cool.
>> Nanette Lepore is a New York
based designer.
>> Her look is very
approachable, wearable, sort of
Bohemian chic.
>> Nanette's studio is in the
world-famous garment district,
an area that's at risk of
disappearing because of the cost
of doing business in New York
City.
You've shown us great runway
looks.
But in order to be successful,
you have to be able to bring
fashion and business together.
This week's winning design will
actually be sold in Nanette
Lepore stores nationwide.
But it must be able to be
manufactured for a specific
price point.
Nanette's waiting for you in her
studio, where she will explain
the challenge to you.
And I will see you back tomorrow
on the runway.
Good luck.
>> Being a New York City
designer, I work in the garment
center.
I'm there every day.
These small mom and pop
workshops are just finding it
very hard to afford the high
rent.
>> Hi, I'm Nanette Lepore.
Welcome to my design studio.
This neighborhood is near and
dear to my heart, because I
started my business here over
20 years ago.
>> Nanette is really like a
classic New York fashion success
story.
>> I want you to make a garment
that's irresistible, feminine,
timeless.
And because this is a
ready-to-wear challenge, you're
going to be under the real test
of the retail customer.
>> This challenge is, you know,
really focused on the business
side.
>> The winner of the challenge
will have their garment
manufactured in a local factory
to be sold in my stores
nationwide, and the profits will
go to Savethegarmentcenter.org.
>> I think this is a really
great challenge because I've
worked with factories who have
had to move out of the garment
district.
>> You're going to be able to
start sketching here.
And I'll be around in a few
minutes to check your sketches
to make sure that you're working
within a budget.
Now, bear in mind that the
simpler your design, the more
money you'll have to spend on
fabric.
>> Okay.
[Indistinct chatter]
>> I feel like this is really
my type of challenge.
I have designed for a mass
market before.
I've designed my own line.
>> I'm making a caftan again.
But this one's more of like
a day dress caftan/something.
>> So I quickly sketch out
this idea I have for a fun,
glamorous swing coat that you
could wear over, like,
a beautiful cocktail dress
or even a pair of jeans.
>> This is a challenge for me,
'cause I don't really sketch.
I sketch like a eight-year-old.
And so when I'm given time to
sketch, I usually just draw
hearts and stars, like an
eight-year-old.
I'm worried about this one,
because I don't want her to
think that I'm not a real
designer.
>> Okay, so you ready for us?
>> I'm ready.
>> This is Kelly.
>> Hi, Kelly.
>> Nice to meet you.
>> Kelly is our coster.
>> We have to see what it will
be appraised at and what it
would be sold for, then work
with the coster to find out how
much it's gonna cost to produce
this look.
>> Can you tell us about your
design a little bit?
>> Sure. This is my take on
something that I think would be
really, really chic.
And I'd love to work with
jersey.
>> This armhole, this sleeve,
this is another giant fabric
eater.
You don't have any seam lines
cutting this up to sort of get
better yield.
>> What do you think, Kelly?
>> For a dress like this,
we typically would aim for
a price point of about $380.
Jerseys are about $14, printed
jerseys, which leaves you with
a $48 budget for fabric.
>> So that kind of limits me
a little bit, because I need,
like, four yards to create what
I want to create.
This is definitely a good lesson
that pushes me to step out of
a little bit of comfort zone and
try and do things more cost
efficiently.
>> Um, I was thinking of cutout.
Like keyhole to reserve on cost.
>> That's good.
>> But look like a lot of
fabric.
>> And then you can sex it up by
putting kind of sexy keyhole.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> I like that.
>> So a dress like this would
typically retail for about $350.
After you factor in all of the
labor costs, you have about $41
left to work with in fabric.
>> Okay.
>> And I knew exactly what
the price point would be.
>> So I think you're on target.
>> I've done this a few times.
[Laughs]
I nailed it.
>> So...Um...
I was thinking of doing a coat.
Sort of like a swing coat.
>> And now you're gonna need
a crispy--like a taffeta type
fabric to hold that out.
>> With an idea like this, we're
looking at using up a lot of
fabric.
And right now, this would
probably retail for about $500,
leaving you with only $65 to
work with for fabric and trim.
>> Okay.
>> Okay?
>> Okay.
I can spend about $15 per yard
on fabric to keep within our
budget.
>> So this is the problem for
me.
I don't really sketch.
That's not part of my process.
And you were looking at me like,
"what? A designer that doesn't
sketch?"
But I just--I don't--my drawings
are like a five-year-old's.
So bear with me.
It's just a basic, really simple
dress that would be five
different fabrics and stripes.
I don't--I can't translate it
through my drawing, you know.
>> It does look sort of like
a tin can with a string hanging
out.
>> A dress like this would
probably retail for about $300,
and then, adding in the labor
costs, the cutting, the
shipping, all of the overhead,
you have about $32 left to work
with as far as fabric and trim
included.
>> Okay.
I'm already feeling defeated.
I promise you this will come
together.
>> Okay.
Thank you.
>> No, wait, wait.
>> Mondo had a sketch.
>> Shh, we're in someone's
studio, we're in someone's
studio.
>> You've been plenty mean.
>> It's not even about that.
>> I had just gotten into
a confrontation with Kenley.
I overhear her talking to
Michael saying that, to be
a designer, you really have to
know how to sketch.
And that, I mean, of course I'm
gonna take offense to that,
because I'm not--I don't sketch.
>> [Sighs, exasperated]
I'm sorry then, I'm sorry.
>> So it kind of frustrates me.
>> Gorgeous.
>> So we're all scouring
Nanette's fabrics.
She has a whole floor of
fabrics.
>> I really am a fan of Nanette
Lepore's prints.
When I saw this peacock feather,
I just fell in love with it.
>> Yeah, that's it.
>> I instantly see the jerseys.
Again, my favorite fabric.
And found the perfect one.
It had a beautiful weight.
>> Okay, I think I'm ready.
>> Hello, Kelly.
>> Hi.
>> I love this raincoat taffeta.
>> Okay, and you have how many
pleats?
>> I think one, two, three.
I mean, what was, like, the
total budget I had for fabric
and trimming and everything?
>> $65, so you have four yards
at $15.00, so right now you're
right on target.
>> Yay!
Thank you so much.
Nice to meet you.
>> [Whispering] Sorry.
Hi, Kelly.
>> Hi, Michael.
>> I want to go with this one.
This is the dress that I'm
doing.
I'm not gonna do it as flowy.
So, however much I can get for 18.
>> Your budget is $48.00.
You want to use a little under
three yards.
>> Under three yards.
>> And I think you'll hit
target.
>> Okay, cool.
>> Okay?
>> Awesome.
>> Hi. I'm just getting this
beautiful peacock fabric.
>> Very nice.
>> And...this is gonna be
the piping.
>> The combo?
>> Around the tulip's leaves and
the keyhole.
>> Maybe a yard.
>> So you're gonna do a yard of
that.
And then for your dress...
$30.00.
You're slightly over.
Let's just do half a yard of
the bias cut.
>> $39, so...
>> So perfect.
>> Okay, thank you.
>> Hey, Kelly.
>> Hi.
>> So here's what I got.
>> Charmeuse, solid, cotton
print.
Okay, your second one would be
about six, you think?
>> I want these four to be
symmetrical.
>> Okay, perfect.
2.88.
That's $15.77 total for fabric
so far.
We'll do one yard of trim.
And...you have about $3.50 left
over.
>> All right, good, so I'm under
budget?
Budget? Perfect.
>> Yay!
>> I got this gorgeous,
gorgeous, gorgeous...
>> Oh, I love it.
>> Isn't it beautiful?
>> I feel like I need one bit of
control.
You never have any control in
this competition.
You never know what the judges
are going to say, and I think
the thing about it is, like, I'm
just very, very scared of
failing.
>> I open the fabric because
they said it's 60 inches wide.
But the print is not 60 inches
wide.
The print is 47 inches wide, and
it has white matte jersey on the
end of each, which is like ten
inches on each side.
>> Well, you have lots of extra
yardage, so...
>> Uh-uh, no extra yardage.
We're not allowed any extra
fabric.
It was gonna be a wrap dress
with long sleeves.
I was like, damn!
I lose my sleeves.
Coming up on
Project Runway All Stars...
>> How do you wear a bra with
this?
>> It's a dress that we've all
seen before.
>> So, Austin, show us your
design.
>> I just don't see what the
judges constantly see in his
work.
>> I've been thinking, I think
I'm gonna get rid of the keyhole.
>> Uh-huh.
>> I don't think the keyhole's
gonna work with this print.
>> This week, our challenge is
to work within a budget as
a designer.
And to create something with
a very specific price point.
And that way, you don't have to
worry about cutting into the
beautiful peacock prints.
>> Right.
>> I really thought she should
do the keyhole that she had in
her sketch for this dress.
You can't cut a keyhole into
that print.
You can't do it.
>> You can put the keyhole
in a dress.
>> I've never really been scared
of this work before.
And it's really put
a bad...taste in my mouth.
You know, like to feel like this
is defeating me, like something
that I love is actually pushing
me away.
>> I wanna be here, and I wanna
work.
And...it pisses me off that he's
not feeling it, you know.
It's a lot of negative energy.
>> I'm not really nervous that
I'm so close to the end,
but I don't get nervous a lot.
>> So the models arrive for the
fitting, um, but unfortunately,
there's nothing really ready to
fit.
The only thing that maybe we
could look at is, like, this
sleeve muslin on you.
So much work to do.
A lot, a lot of, lot of work
to do.
>> Hi, Joanna.
Hi, Nanette.
>> Hi, everyone.
>> This is the most important
challenge of the series.
Because this is where one person
goes home, and the remaining
three go on to the finale.
And it's also where art and
commerce meet.
We know you can all produce
fantastic one-off outfits.
Henley, I'm talking to you.
What we want to know is can you
produce ready-to-wear clothes
for a customer base.
Because that's what you need to
be able to do if you're going to
go on and run a really
successful business.
Which is why I've brought in
Nanette with me for the fitting.
You ready, Nanette?
>> I'm ready.
>> Let's go.
Kenley.
>> Hi.
>> Hi, how's it going?
>> Pretty good, I'm just fitting
this sleeve right now.
>> Okay, Nanette, come--let's
move you over here.
>> All right, so just talk to us
a little bit more.
You're putting on a tulip sleeve
here.
>> I want it to be loose-fitted.
>> Nanette, does this look
different from the design you
saw earlier?
>> What I saw earlier was
a little bit more body-fitted.
>> This is a little looser.
It's a little harder to sell
than something that's a little
closer to the body.
>> Isn't something fitting well
part of feeling gorgeous?
>> Fit is what will make or
break a sale.
>> This is gorgeous, the way it
is.
>> Kenley's dress does resemble
a little bit of the same
silhouette that she does, which
is the high neck line, the
little, short sleeves.
>> Once you see it finished,
it will flatter her body.
>> I mean, we'll see what
happens.
>> All right, well, Kenley, good
luck.
>> Thanks.
>> Good luck.
>> This dress will really be
about the print.
'Cause that's the way I design.
>> Michael, let's have a look at
what you're up to.
>> Okay.
>> How far is this from the
sketch that you saw earlier?
>> It's pretty close.
>> I mean, we can't sell
something that's plunging to the
naval.
So there would like a
hook-and-eye closure required.
You have to give a woman an
option.
>> I would like to have it just
as an option here.
>> That works.
>> All right, let me ask you one
of my absolute pet peeves that I
hear from readers and I
personally feel very strongly
about, and Michael knows exactly
what it is.
>> Is this this the bra?
>> It's the bra!
How do you wear a bra with this?
>> My answer is you could also
do the hook-and-eye closure to
the back if you wanted to wear a
bra.
>> Okay, how are you
accessorizing from the
Neiman-Marcus wall?
>> There's this gold peacock
necklace that I saw back there
that's really gorgeous.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> And, um, maybe like a
gladiator type wedge, but not
hard, like, uh, like, in a nude
or neutral color.
>> All right, good luck,
Michael.
>> Thank you.
>> It's just really hard to
wear Michael's clothes unless
you're a model.
>> Austin.
>> Hello.
>> So, Austin, show us your
design.
>> It's a raincoat.
Sort of a glamorous swing coat.
>> I just don't see what the
judges constantly see in his
work.
>> I think it could be worn
during the day, but it could
definitely be a dressy evening
coat as well.
>> People respond to
a bright-colored coat.
If it comes out beautiful,
it'll be an entrance-making
coat.
>> Nanette can be direct,
no-nonsense, to the point.
So I actually appreciate that
type of critique.
>> I feel like this is one of
those pieces that could be on my
thin line--is it hideous, is it
fabulous?
Which side of the line does it
fall on?
>> It seems like we're always--
always that fine line.
>> All right, well, good luck
with it.
I know you will figure this out,
and I can't wait to see
the final look.
Good luck.
>> Good luck.
>> Thank you so much.
>> You're welcome.
>> I'm really excited about the
level of luxury that I've been
able to achieve in my look.
You know, I look around the room
and I have to say that not all
of the dresses look very
expensive in my mind.
>> Mondo, hello.
>> Hi.
>> You've got a lot of fabrics
going on here.
>> This is one Nanette called
my, uh, what'd you--
a can with a string through it.
>> I said that it looked like
a ti--his sketch looked like
a tin can.
>> I don't sketch, Joanna, so it
was like--it was terrible.
>> So it looked like a tin can
with a string through it.
Well, it doesn't look like that
now, but I'm unclear exactly
what it is.
>> It's a dress, and this will
be the sequence of the fabrics.
>> Where would you see someone
wearing this?
>> Like on a date, to the park,
even wear it to a cocktail
party.
I think it's very easy to wear.
>> This looks more like playwear
to me.
Like it's not "going to work,"
but it's the kind of dress, like
you said, you could wear it with
flipflops, to the flea market,
or put on high heels and go out
to dinner.
>> You have to figure it out,
but I know you will.
>> All right. I'm ready.
>> All right, good luck, Mondo.
>> All right, thank you.
>> Guys and gal, this is
a really important challenge for
you all.
Go the extra mile.
>> Good luck.
I can't wait to see everything
on the runway tomorrow.
>> Bye!
>> Bye.
This dress, because it's so
simple, so beautiful.
And it's me.
>> Michael's dress is very
Michael.
It's a dress that we've all seen
before.
The gelato challenge.
The only thing that I don't like
about this design is that you
see those pitbull dogs that are
so ugly...But they're so ugly
that they're cute...
That's what my dress is.
>> Guys, that's it.
Time to go home.
>> Ohh!
>> To be eliminated on this
challenge would just be the most
heartwrenching thing.
Whew...Breathe in, breathe out.
[Breathes deeply]
It's basically, what happened to
me on the first season of
Project Runway.
[Exhales]
>> Coming up on
Project Runway All Stars...
>> I definitely am noticing
a lot of rumpling.
What? Me a diva?
>> It's kind of old-looking.
>> Hmm.
>> I have seen that dress at
a bargain basement.
>> Let's get down to the runway,
guys.
To get eliminated now, I would
be crushed.
>> I definitely am noticing
a lot of rumpling with this
taffeta.
Had I had more time, I probably
would have lined it.
>> I just have to iron down the
piping and put in a zipper, but
for the most part, I'm really
happy with the way it turned
out.
>> Ohh.
>> This dress, I really am
having issues with it.
It's strange.
I've never felt so wishy-washy
that I feel right now.
[Sighs] Oh, my God.
A belt.
>> When they look at you, let
them look at it, then go...
And you open it.
>> It's gonna need something.
>> Yeah.
>> 'Cause it's gonna fall off.
>> Then hem is huge.
Like, I wasted...
>> Oh, wow.
>> So much fabric.
>> Austin is Austin.
His raincoat is very Austin
Scarlett.
I am not really liking
the color.
It's kind of old-looking.
>> Who's a bigger diva, me or
Austin?
>> Austin.
>> [Laughs]
>> What? Me a diva?
>> I'm doing, like, this modern
kind of version on a drop-waist
skirt.
For hair this time, I kind of
want to give her a faux bob...
With this kind of side bun.
I think it's really pretty.
>> Very '60s, young and fresh.
>> Bouffanty.
>> It's height, big.
Come down to, like, the little
pony.
>> Basically, what I want is
kind of like what you have on
your hair.
>> Clipped like the male snooki?
>> Yes, like the male snooki.
>> I'm kind of thinking, like,
a glam ponytail.
>> Like a little swing on
the neck.
>> Perfect.
Thank you, L'Oreal Paris.
>> I'm thinking I want something
dramatic in the eye.
Nice, rosy cheek and a natural
lip.
>> I want a very nude coral lip
gloss.
The result looks a clean, clean
skin, fresh face.
>> Serious noir color.
>> Guys, we got ten minutes left
to get the models dressed and on
the runway.
>> Where's the screwdriver to
change the needle.
>> Just use the bobbin.
I unscrew it with the bobbin.
>> Really?
>> This is cute, I think.
>> You're not gonna give me your
honest opinion, 'cause you want
me to go home, bitch.
For me to get eliminated right
now would different.
'Cause I don't know how that
feels.
But I know there's a good chance
that I might get eliminated.
It does look very boxy.
But I think it's fun.
I think it's fresh.
I think it's modern.
Do we need, um, earrings?
The dress alone speaks for
itself.
>> Okay, let's walk, so we make
sure you're not gonna fall out
of it, 'cause I am not using
tape today.
>> Michael's dress was just very
inappropriate.
>> It's usually my left boob
that wants to peek out.
Don't know why my right one is.
>> Also, I feel like I have seen
that dress sort of on 14th
Street at a bargain basement
type shop.
>> The construction of this thing
is, like, flawless.
You cannot find an imperfection.
>> Hmm.
I think it should be myself,
Mondo, and Kinley in the final
three.
>> ♪ I'm a little peacock
>> The dress looks great.
She could wear it with heels and
dress it up, wear it with flats,
dress it down.
>> Should we do an earring?
>> I am experienced in making
and selling ready-to-wear
clothes, so I think if I got
eliminated in this challenge,
I would be bummed.
Oh! You look so pretty.
>> I think, in her cut work,
that's where Kenley fails.
Because, if you see where the
seams are, she doesn't take the
time to match up her patterns.
Which is really important on such
a simple dress.
>> Yeah, it's nice.
>> I need an iPad.
I need to make the belt.
I'm this typical Austin
Scarlett, the mad couturier,
running around like a chicken
without his head.
>> I don't like Austin's
raincoat.
I mean, he was working up until
the very last minute.
There's a lot of stuff that's
unfinished.
>> Oh, I think it looks
beautiful.
>> Five minutes left, guys.
I feel so confident.
I really feel like I have
the win here.
To get eliminated now, I would
be crushed, because I'd be in
the exact same position that
I was on Project Runway 8, my
season.
This close to getting there.
And then they said, "I'm sorry,
you're out."
Let's get down to the runway,
guys.
>> Coming up on
Project Runway All Stars...
>> Is it the most exciting dress
we've seen from you? No.
>> I think you just needed to
add that one more special touch.
>> It's not sexy, but it
shouldn't be frumpy.
>> There are four of you left,
but only three places in
the finals.
>> Hello designers.
>> All: Hi.
>> As it's been said on Project
Runway, one day you're in,
and the next, you're out.
And that's never been more true
than on All Stars.
There are four of you fighting
it out for just three places
in the final challenge.
This week, we combine commerce
and fashion to see if you could
design for real women.
Your ready-to-wear looks will
all walk the runway, but only
one of them will be sold as a
limited edition line nationwide.
The profits from the winning
design will go to the charity
Save the Garment Center.
So let's meet the judges.
First, the designer and
cofounder of Marchesa,
Georgina Chapman.
>> Hi.
>> All: Hi.
>> Next, one of the most famous
names in fashion, Isaac Mizrahi.
>> Hi, kids.
[Giggles]
>> Our guest judge this week
has been a champion of the New
York garment district for many
years.
Please welcome Nanette Lepore.
>> Hi.
[Applause]
>> The judges and I want to see
ready-to-wear looks that are
timeless, but most importantly,
can be sold to customers
all across the country.
So let's get to it.
Have a great show.
[Upbeat music]
♪
>> My model looks like
a gorgeous, confident woman,
walking down Fifth Avenue and
stopping traffic with every
twirl she makes.
This fresh, beautiful vibe.
This woman who's on this
beautiful vacation, just got out
of the swimming pool.
The dewey eyes, the perfect
hair.
I feel really good about it.
Pretty.
>> The dress is great.
I love the colors and how
sophisticated but yet really fun
and vibrant it is.
I think there's some really nice
details, and my model is really
working it.
♪
>> I think she looks really
beautiful.
I think any woman of any size or
shape could really pull this
dress off, and this is what this
challenge is all about.
Designers,
there are four of
you left, but only three places
in the finals.
To help us decide who will make
it through, all of you will
receive critique from
the judges.
Let's bring out your models.
So Mondo, tell us about your
design.
>> Yeah, I was kind of in a dark
place yesterday.
I found that I have to just
really throw myself into this
garment and really do something
that I love, which is color and
mixing prints.
So I just created this really
fun, flirty little dress that
can be dressed up or dressed
down.
>> I really like this dress.
I think it's masterful, to a
certain degree, like the way
you've balanced the colors.
I wish it could just get a
little slimmer at the waist.
Because then she wouldn't be
such a potato shape.
Do you know what I mean?
>> It's very cute, but I worry
a little that it's hard to get
a woman with curves into
a silhouette like that.
It would take a little bit of
finessing.
>> One of the things that's
bothering me is showing it with
high heels.
I'd like to see it with sandals,
to play it down a little more.
>> She's so right about
the high heel shoes.
Oh, my God, that shoe fights it
just a bit.
>> Mondo, I know the parameters
of what you were given with
budget.
Did you choose to go more with
fabric or choose to go more with
the design?
>> I stuck to my original
design.
>> Is it the most exciting dress
we've seen from you? No.
But I like your use of fabrics,
and that's where you are very
strong.
>> Thank you.
>> Michael, let's move on to
you.
>> When we were presented with
the challenge, I heard a few key
things that I thought were
wonderful, which was "timeless"
and "feminine."
And I never really do full
prints, so I wanted to have fun.
And I started draping and I just
fell in love with it.
>> I love it--I would put it in
my suitcase and take it away.
>> Here, you wanted to do
something very sensual rather
than overtly sexual, which has
worked in your favor.
>> I don't like to objectify
women, where they're just
out-of-control sexy.
You know what I mean?
Like somehow she's in control,
and she's showing plenty of
flesh.
>> I like the way it gathers
here in a really subtle way.
I wasn't sure why it was made so
long.
She looks like she was
struggling walking.
>> If it was translated into
market, and they wanted to do it
shorter, they can definitely
easily take two or three inches
off.
>> I do agree with Angela.
I think it's a touch long.
When you're watching someone,
you don't to be like, "Oh, is
she gonna fall?"
Perhaps it just needed a touch
of a tweak there.
>> Will you turn around?
The one thing that feels a
little, you know, Canal Street
or something is the strap across
the back.
Feels like one of those T-shirts
that they make that are too
plungy, so they have a strap to
hold it up.
>> The back being wide open
would be a problem.
You want to give them an option
to wear a bra.
As sexy as they are, backless
things don't really sell as
well.
>> Kenley.
>> Well, when I went to
Nanette's studio, I saw this
print and I fell in love
with it.
And I wanted to do something
very flattering to the body.
Something a girl can just feel
really comfortable and good in.
>> I love your quirk.
You have this vintage
quirkiness to you, yet you take
it to a modern, feminine place.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> But I do think that with this
print, it's just a little
problematic.
>> I think the pattern itself,
it's very Kenley.
But where your seams come,
it throws off the eye with
the pattern.
>> It's nice.
It's really wearable.
I'm kind of sad, because there
was a beautiful detail on the
sketch that's missing from the
dress now.
>> What?
>> A circular...
>> Oh, the keyhole?
I had to throw that out because
of the print.
>> I felt like that was gonna be
the thing that made it more
commercial, because they always
want one special element.
I think you just needed to add
that one more special touch.
>> Can you turn around, please?
I just want to see the back.
It's a good dress.
It's a really good dress.
Except I kept waiting for it to
change into something more
inspired on the runway.
>> Austin, tell us about your
look.
>> I was really actually
inspired by the challenge
itself--working within a budget,
but trying to make something
look as expensive or as
luxurious as possible within
that budget.
The coat itself can be worm
three different ways, sort of
as this wato silhoutte that
she has now, where it's just
belted in the front only.
Or you could wear it full swing.
Or just cinched all the way
around.
>> I would never have known that
that was a coat, the way you
showed it.
It felt almost like a little
taffeta evening dress or
something.
Did you know that was a coat?
>> I thought it was a dress.
>> Yeah, I really like it.
And when you say it's a coat,
I now forgive some of the things
that I would not have forgiven
had it been a dress.
I was going, like, is it
a little wrinkly?
Like, is the textile not looking
as special and beautiful as it
needs to?
But even a raincoat needs to be
a little bit more pressed up.
>> I kind of agree with Isaac.
Not every fabric looks great on
the runway.
Some things that look great for
retail just don't do enough on
the runway.
>> Yeah.
>> But it is beautiful.
>> Yeah, it's gorgeous.
>> I said I loved it.
I love the color.
I love the cut.
It's practical, sophisticated.
I think that this would sell
well in retail.
You made a really beautiful
product.
>> Thank you very much.
>> Thank you, designers.
We have a lot to talk about.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> You can leave the runway.
And we'll be calling you back
soon.
Thank you.
>> I guess they had something
negative to say about all of us.
So...
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Okay, guys, so we have a big
decision to make.
Only three of our All Stars can
go through to the final
challenge.
So let's start with our success
stories.
I really thought Austin did
a great job.
>> Austin's work, you know
exactly who the woman is,
who the muse is, what the
inspiration was.
>> What I love about Austin,
too, is he's just on his own
plane.
Austin sticks to Austin.
And I love that about him.
>> I think it's a beautiful
design, but I think, overall,
the choice of fabric just didn't
live up to the design.
So it wasn't my top choice.
>> I love Mondo.
He gave himself such a challenge
by choosing so many different
fabrics.
Everybody else chose one fabric.
That's what I respect about his
design.
When you can chop it up and
remix it, that, I think, is what
was interesting.
>> Mondo really sat there and
stared at those colors and those
patterns and put that together.
I mean, it was a real
composition.
>> It really was.
>> I must say, this is my least
favorite of Mondo's looks.
>> Really?
>> Mm-hmm, it's a little boxy.
I would feel not very flattering
in that dress.
>> Kenley had an idea of a
dress, and just took a print and
didn't think, "does this print
work with my idea of a dress?"
She didn't make it her own.
In fact, her design fought your
print.
>> It really disappointed me,
'cause I really think that
Kenley has the ability to design
beautiful, feminine cuts.
>> She had a really cute sketch,
and then she made the mistake of
falling in love with the print
that didn't work with
the sketch.
>> Okay, so it's not sexy, but
it shouldn't be frumpy.
And I found that dress a little
frumpy.
>> How was she in the workroom,
working with Kenley?
>> She doesn't want to take
advice.
I mean, if she's gonna take this
opportunity and be haughty about
it and not listen, it's wasted.
>> But the good thing about
Kenley is you do know what
you're gonna get, and it is very
wearable, and she's got a point
of view.
>> I would love to see Kenley
with her own little shop.
I could see it being this place
that's really feminine and very
fun, that any girl could walk
into and find a dress that she
loves.
>> Michael's dress, to me, was
so reliant on that print.
That dress without that print,
what was it?
It was just a very simple
caftan.
>> But whatever it was, when it
walked down the runway, I
thought, "that is really pretty
on that girl."
>> The sketch looked old, and I
didn't, I thought, "ugh, this
is--I'm not gonna like this."
But when I saw it, I was
pleasantly surprised.
>> Michael just goes through
this, like, crazy, sexy edge.
This week, I think he tempered
it a little bit.
I was very happy to see that he
tempered it a bit.
>> I think Michael is a great
designer.
I think that he has a lot of
potential.
But I've seen throughout
the weeks, he either hits it or
misses it.
>> He needs that confidence in
himself to have that strong
point of view that's just
Michael.
'Cause right now, I think he's
trying to people please rather
than being, like, "this is
Michael, and I'm unapologetic."
>> So here's the hard part.
Who are we sending home?
>> [Sighs]
>> I'm so torn.
I really am.
>> Michael dresses a much more
sophisticated woman, whereas
Kenley dresses a younger,
happier woman.
>> So Kenley's contemporary
department, Michael is designer.
>> Exactly.
>> That's really true.
>> So it's a hard call.
>> It is a hard call.
>> So our decision's made?
>> That was the hardest one we
have made so far.
That was hard.
>> Well, then, let's bring
the designers out.
>> Designers...
Three of you will go
through to the final challenge,
and one of you will be going
home.
>> Designers
one of you is the winner of
this week's challenge
and your design will be sold
in the Nanette's stores.
With the profits going to
Save the Garment Center.
Three of you will go through to
the final challenge, and one of
you will be going home.
Austin...
You're safe.
And that means you'll go through
to the final challenge.
Congratulations.
>> Thank you.
>> You can leave the runway.
>> On the first season of
Project Runway, I was
eliminated before the finals.
So I'm excited and nervous about
the final challenge.
Mondo.
Congratulations, Mondo.
You're the winner of this week's
challenge.
>> Oh, my God.
I thought I was going home this
week, I really did.
This is amazing, thank you.
>> It means, of course, that you
have a place in the All Stars
final challenge.
You can leave the runway.
>> I'll see you. Bye.
I almost threw in the towel on
this challenge.
I'm shocked to be here.
>> I won.
>> Congratulations.
>> Can you believe that?
>> Yeah. I totally--
>> I'm, like, shaking.
Kenley...
We only have one place left in
the All Stars final challenge.
Michael...you're an excellent
draper, and this dress was so
well cut.
But your design still isn't
quite wearable for the average
woman, and we're still not quite
sure what your point of view is.
Kenley...
We love your quirky vintage
look, but this dress was frumpy.
Every designer has to listen to
advice and accept criticism.
Your stubbornness can get in
the way of you becoming a great
designer.
Michael...
[Suspenseful music]
♪
== sync, corrected by elderman ==
You're in.
Which, I'm sorry to say, Kenley,
that means you're out.
>> Okay.
>> Michael, you're through to
the final, and you can leave
the runway.
>> Oh, I love you, Kenley.
>> [Laughs]
>> I love you so much.
Guys, thank you.
[Blows kiss]
Promise I'll get my point of
view across.
>> You made it?
>> Yes.
>> Yeah.
>> Kenley, thank you so much for
being part of All Stars.
You have a fantastic future
ahead of you.
>> Thanks.
>> We wish you all the best.
>> Thank you.
>> Mwah.
Good luck.
>> I don't really compromise
what my vision is.
I stick to it and I do it.
I have a vision, and I go for
it.
Congratulations.
>> Aww.
>> [Forced laugh]
>> You're beautiful.
>> You are beautiful.
>> Of course I'm bummed.
I wanted to win.
But life goes on.
Project Runway All Stars
inspired me to really push
myself and just see where it
goes.