Project Runway All Stars (season 2)
Project Runway All Stars (Season 2) is the second season of the Project Runway spin-off series Project Runway All Stars. It featured 13 designers from seasons 1-9 of the original series with a new host, Carolyn Murphy. The judges, Georgina Chapman and Isaac Mizrahi as well as mentor, Joanna Coles, returned. The season premiered on Lifetime on October 25, 2012.
| Project Runway All Stars | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
| Hosted by | Carolyn Murphy |
| Judges | |
| No. of tasks | 12 |
| No. of contestants | 13 |
| Winner | Anthony Ryan Auld |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Lifetime |
| Original release | October 25, 2012 – January 17, 2013 |
| Additional information | |
| Website | Project Runway All Stars Official Network Site |
| Season chronology | |
Guest judges include Kylie Minogue, Katie Holmes, Stacy Keibler, Liv Tyler, and Gretchen Mol as well as renowned fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg, Jason Wu, Margherita Missoni, Charlotte Ronson, Rafe Totengco, and Elie Tahari, in addition to fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson. Cameo appearances included Karl Lagerfeld and the House of Valentino.
The winner of this season was given the privilege of designing a custom-branded capsule collection for Nine West, receive $150,000 in cash, a sewing and embroidery studio provided by Brother Sewing and Embroidery, an all-expenses paid trip around the world to attend fashion weeks in famous cities such as Paris, Milan, London, and Tokyo, courtesy of Laura Mercier, a technology suite provided by HP and Intel, a fashion spread in Marie Claire magazine, and a position with the publication of the aforementioned magazine as Contributing Editor for one year.
Judges
American model and actress Carolyn Murphy serves as the host as well as a judge. Designers Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman also judge the returning designers. Marie Claire editor-in-chief Joanna Coles will mentor the veteran designers.
Designers
Names and locales per official site:[1][2]
| Designer | Place of Residence | Original Season | Original Rank | Place Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peach Carr | Lake Forest, Illinois | Season 8 | 11th | 13th |
| Wendy Pepper † | Middleburg, Virginia | Season 1 | 3rd | 12th |
| Stephen "Suede" Baum | Barryville, New York | Season 5 | 5th | 11th |
| Andrae Gonzalo | New York, New York | Season 2 | 6th | 10th |
| Kayne Gillaspie | Nashville, Tennessee | Season 3 | 5th | 9th |
| Althea Harper | New Haven, Connecticut | Season 6 | Runner-up | 8th |
| Carlos Casanova | New York, New York, NY | Season 8 | 10th | 7th |
| Laura Kathleen Planck | St. Louis, Missouri | Season 9 | 5th | 6th |
| Ivy Higa | New York, New York | Season 8 | 8th | 5th |
| Joshua McKinley | New York, New York | Season 9 | Runner-up | 4th |
| Uli Herzner | Miami, Florida | Season 3 | Runner-up | 3rd |
| Emilio Sosa | New York, New York | Season 7 | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Anthony Ryan Auld | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Season 9 | 7th | Winner |
Designer Progress
| Designers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Eliminated Episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Ryan | WIN | IN | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | WIN | LOW | WIN | WINNER | 12 - Finale: Go Big Or Go Home |
| Emilio | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | WIN | LOW | IN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | HIGH | RUNNER-UP | |
| Uli | IN | WIN | IN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | 3RD PLACE | |
| Joshua | IN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | WIN | OUT | 11- Couture de France | |
| Ivy | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | OUT | 9 - There's No Business Like Sew Business | |||
| Laura Kathleen | IN | IN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | WIN | HIGH | OUT | 8 - Flapper Fashion Face-Off | ||||
| Casanova | HIGH | HIGH | IN | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | 7 - An Unconventional Nightmare Before Christmas | |||||
| Althea | IN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | 6 - Green Dress for the Red Carpet | ||||||
| Kayne | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | OUT | 5 - You've Got Male | |||||||
| Andrae | LOW | LOW | IN | OUT | 4 - Made in the USA Today | ||||||||
| Suede | LOW | IN | OUT | 3 - Up Your Aerosol | |||||||||
| Wendy | IN | OUT | 2 - Put On Your Dancing Shoes | ||||||||||
| Peach | OUT | 1 - Redemption on the Runway | |||||||||||
- The designer won Project Runway All Stars Season 2.
- The designer won the challenge.
- The designer came in second but did not win the challenge.
- The designer had one of the highest scores for the challenge but did not win.
- The designer had one of the lowest scores for the challenge but was not eliminated.
- The designer was in the bottom two but was not eliminated.
- The designer lost the challenge and was eliminated from the competition.
Models
- Kelly Jesionowski
- Aminat Ayinde
- Tsubasa Watanabe
- Elyce Cole
- Jenn Kosinski
- Kiara Ridgell
- Sam Taylor
- Marleis Pfeifhofer
- Elena Greenwell
- Katya Tolstova
- Ashley Johnson
- Scarlett Shoeffling
- Brittany Mason
- Kelley Lynch
Rate The Runway Results
| Designer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Ryan | WIN | IN | HIGH | WIN | WIN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | LOW | WIN | WINNER |
| Emilio | IN | IN | WIN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | OUT | HIGH | 3RD PLACE |
| Uli | HIGH | WIN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | RUNNER-UP |
| Joshua | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | LOW | IN | LOW | LOW | OUT | WIN | OUT | |
| Ivy | IN | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | HIGH | |||
| Laura Kathleen | LOW | LOW | OUT | IN | OUT | LOW | OUT | OUT | ||||
| Casanova | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | |||||
| Althea | IN | IN | IN | OUT | LOW | OUT | ||||||
| Kayne | IN | HIGH | HIGH | IN | IN | |||||||
| Andrae | OUT | OUT | IN | LOW | ||||||||
| Suede | IN | IN | IN | |||||||||
| Wendy | IN | LOW | ||||||||||
| Peach | LOW | |||||||||||
Episodes
Episode 1: Redemption on the Runway
Original airdate: October 25, 2012
The designers are split into two teams, and are tasked with creating collections inspired by a word selected from a board; one team chooses "Confident" as their inspiration, while the other team chooses "Bold." Team "Confident" wins the challenge, which means that the loser will be from Team "Bold." Laura Kathleen, a member of Team "Bold", is told that she had the strongest design on the losing team, and had Team "Bold" beaten Team "Confident" she might have been the winner of the challenge.
| Attitude | Team Members (in the order of being chosen) |
|---|---|
| Confident | Kayne, Uli, Casanova, Ivy, Althea, Anthony Ryan, Wendy |
| Bold | Joshua, Peach, Laura, Emilio, Andrae, Suede |
- Guest Judges: Rachel Roy & Mondo Guerra
- WINNER: Anthony Ryan
- ELIMINATED: Peach
Episode 2: Put On Your Dancing Shoes
Original airdate: November 1, 2012
The designers arrive at the Nine West showroom in Manhattan, where they each are given the opportunity to select a shoe from the upcoming collection to serve as their aesthetic starting point for the challenge, which is revealed to be creating a glamorous look for a night out on the town, inspired by the concept of "Disco".
- Guest Judge: Rafe Totengco
- WINNER: Uli
- ELIMINATED: Wendy
Episode 3: Up Your Aerosol
Original airdate: November 8, 2012
The designers are challenged to create "wearable art" using graffiti art as an inspiration. They are given a chance to create their own print with crate of spray paint, and 7 yards of a choice of cotton or chiffon fabric.
- Guest Judges: Jeffrey Costello & Robert Tagliapietra
- WINNER: Emilio
- ELIMINATED: Suede
Episode 4: Made in the USA Today
Original airdate: November 15, 2012
With the first ever interactive challenge, the designers are instructed to choose a picture submitted via Twitter by a Project Runway fan as inspiration for a dress. Many viewers came from all different places of the world. The winning designer & look would be featured in an editorial issue of USA Today.
- Guest Judges: Tavi Gevinson & Charlotte Ronson
- WINNER: Anthony Ryan
- ELIMINATED: Andrae
Episode 5: You've Got Male
Original airdate: November 29, 2012
The designers are instructed to create an avant-garde androgynous look for their models. The day after, they are surprised with male models and are given an extra day to create a second look for the male model. The judges compare the looks side by side as they walk down the Runway together.
- Guest Judges: Jason Wu & Robert Rodriguez
- WINNER: Emilio
- ELIMINATED: Kayne
Episode 6: Green Dress for the Red Carpet
Original airdate: December 6, 2012
The designers are brought to "The High Line" and are given the task to create an evening gown using Green Fabrics with prints or solid colors that were given to them. After selecting their fabrics, the designers are then allowed to use extra accessories or trimmings that were used by the designers in past challenges. The winning design is to be worn by Carolyn Murphy at a Red Carpet event.
- Guest Judge: Diane von Fürstenberg
- WINNER: Laura Kathleen
- ELIMINATED: Althea
Episode 7: An Unconventional Nightmare before Christmas
Original airdate: December 13, 2012
The seven still-standing designers take on an unconventional challenge of creating a look from items found in a Christmas novelty store, with the added twist that the dress cannot look like something inspired by or relating to Christmas.
- Guest Judges: Kylie Minogue & La La Anthony
- WINNER: Uli
- ELIMINATED: Casanova
Episode 8: Flapper Fashion Face-Off
Original airdate: December 20, 2012
The six remaining designers are challenged in a "Fashion Face Off" to design an outfit modernizing the Roaring 20's. The designers go head to head against each other in teams of two.
| Anthony Ryan vs. Ivy | Laura Kathleen vs. Uli | Emilio vs. Joshua |
Winning Designers in bold.
Note: Although Emilio's design was named the winning design of his and Joshua's challenge, the judges also considered Joshua's work very good, and therefore didn't consider him for elimination. Conversely, although Emilio had the high score between him and Joshua, his design wasn't considered quite as good as Anthony Ryan's or Uli's, and the judges agreed during their deliberation that he was not the winner. Ivy makes history in Project Runway by surviving three consecutive Bottom Two appearances.
- Guest Judges: Gretchen Mol & Jenny Packham
- WINNER: Anthony Ryan
- ELIMINATED: Laura Kathleen
Episode 9: There's No Business Like Sew Business
Original airdate: December 27, 2012
The five remaining All Stars must create a ready to wear look while also meeting a retail budget of $500–$700. The winning design would be displayed in the store windows of Elie Tahari & manufactured and sold, with profits going to Save the Garment Center.
- Guest Judges: Elie Tahari & Stacy Keibler
- WINNER: Anthony Ryan
- ELIMINATED: Ivy
Episode 10: All Stars and Stripes
Original airdate: January 3, 2013
The Project Runway designers pay their tribute to the armed forces! The four remaining designers are paired with four female veterans from an array of different military branches. The designers will have to battle it out to see who can create a design that best suits each veteran for each of the special events they are attending.
- Guest Judges: Katie Holmes & Carmen Marc Valvo
- WINNER: Joshua
- ELIMINATED: None
Episode 11: Couture de France
Original airdate: January 10, 2013
The designers go international! For the first time ever in Project Runway history, the designers retire sketching at 1407 for a day of sketching in Paris at the Eiffel tower! The designers also get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tour the Valentino atelier and showrooms, and are also invited to a private preview of Valentino's Couture show by creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli. With all of their newly acquired Parisian knowledge, the designers return to NYC to design a couture gown of their own that will hopefully secure their spot in the finale!
- Guest Judge: Cynthia Rowley
- WINNER: Anthony Ryan
- ELIMINATED: Joshua
Episode 12: Finale: Go Big Or Go Home
Original airdate: January 17, 2013
The three remaining designers compete in the final for a chance to win a life-altering grand prize! However, because this is All Stars, the final three designers only get four days and an hour and a half at Mood, to complete a full mini collection. With the help of previously eliminated designers, the final three duke it out and give it all they've got to prove who Project Runway's true All Star is.
- Guest Judges: Liv Tyler & Margherita Missoni
- WINNER: Anthony Ryan
- ELIMINATED: Emilio & Uli
References
- "Project Runway All Stars Designers". Lifetime. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012.
- "Lifetime Announces the Designers Back for Redemption and Fashion Glory in Second Season of 'Project Runway All Stars,' Premiering Thursday, October 25" (Press release). Lifetime. September 27, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2018 – via TheFutonCritic.com.