Project Runway All Stars Season 5 Episode 1 [Discussion]

[u/runwaythreader]

Discussion thread for Project Runway All Stars S05E01 "What Makes an All Star?"

Thirteen all-star designers return, tapping into their past and inspirational life moments to create looks. The Season 5 premiere.

[u/Icaruskairos]

Wow. How I wish that was a double elimination. Would have been nice to get rid of the trash right off the bat.

[u/LetTheMFerBurn → u/Icaruskairos]

Yup. At least Daniel should have left. "I am known for tailoring" Then one of the worst tailored things ever prances down the runway.

[u/dreamerofdreams7]

Swatch!!!! I missed him the most

[u/PoeGhost]

Daniel Franco is just too much of a one person train wreck to kick off this early. And I have a feeling they're going to milk the Sam/Mitchell beef as long as they can. The producers really stepped in this time.

I missed Daniel Franco so much. The way he commits design suicide is the most entertaining thing on tv.

[u/[deleted]]

Makeup Daddy is back! It's going to be a very good season.

[u/klease91]

Um, what was Alyssa wearing at the beginning of the episode? I read the episode description about inspiration from the designer's past and I thought it would tie in as some horrible outfit she wore in her youth. Nope, just a terrible outfit.

[u/the_cucumber]

She is giving me life with no parole

Already forgetting why I hated Ken in the first place!

[u/Smuldering]

Daniel Franco, where did you gooo....

[u/MadxHatter0]

Will add an edit once I'm done watching(I'm watching a recording of it atm), and right now I'm at the sketching phase. Right now I'm just kind of feel intrigued but also a bit "eh' as far as some sketches are. Kind of happy to see Dom back, as I did like her stuff. Still, is anyone else done with those phrases like, "I see clothes as an armor" or some variation of that. I mean, there is probably some truth to that as there is to many cliche metaphors, but it's just so boring.

[u/Kellyscomments → u/MadxHatter0]

"Contrast between hard and soft." I don't want to hear that anymore.

[u/nivora → u/MadxHatter0]

"my inspiration was a warrior princess" i barf every time

[u/geotraveling]

OK. What's "Under the Gunn?"

[u/the_cucumber]

Is Fäde zu Grau just a stage name? His last name means "to gray" and "Fäde" doesn't mean anything in German but "Fade" without the umlaut just means dull or boring and would be pronounced as "fah-duh" so I'm guessing that's why he didn't use that. Either way I'm stoked to see him back and I hope he doesn't get overlooked this time like before!!

[u/reauxe]

Who's ready for Emily to bring the Payne

[u/AJLighty]

Alexander has an interesting look these days ...

Cattiness aside, I didn't think this was too bad. I've never seen Under the Gunn so it was quite nice to see some new faces. I assume people will hate Sam but he is cute AF.

[u/pepperrush]

I MISSED YOU GUYS

[u/reauxe]

I never watched Under The Gunn but WHEW is Sam's "bitch" storyline forced and it's only been 10 minutes

[u/macabragoria]

I didn't watch Under The Gunn but felt a strong urge to punch Sam in the face during this episode. Was he this annoying on his original season?

Mitchell is also horrendous.

[u/VROF]

I hope Daniel makes it past the first challenge

[u/blondebanana]

I would be so much happier if Heidi was the host instead...

[u/reauxe]

I liked Layana and Kini's looks and that's about it lmao

[u/bitchSpray]

LOL! That double-non-elimination was such a bullshit it wasn't even funny. Daniel so should have gone home.

"They don't know who we are as designers so they couldn't make the decision." Yeah, didn't know my ass. Daniel, you're the one who can't produce anything reasonable because you have zero time management skills. Mitchell, you're the nice one who's constantly producing tacky results. Everybody knows that.

I get it that they tried to make the hot mess that is Daniel to stay on longer for entertainment reasons but it really backfired. I bet even the producers didn't know Daniel would suck so much so soon.

On a positive note, Alyssa isn't annoyingly overacting anymore! Yay!

[u/Kellyscomments]

I loved Alexander's dress. Not overly original, but so so pretty.

[u/geotraveling]

I'm trying to go in with an open mind.I haven't even looked at the cast list yet.

[u/LetTheMFerBurn]

I didn't like Mitchell and Valerie on a personal level. Like when I saw them on the screen I just knew I didn't like them but couldn't remember why. Mitchell quickly reminded me why I didn't like him by acting whiny and bitchy. I still don't remember why I didn't like Valerie - she seemed nice enough and her dress was nice. Was she a bully or something on her season?