by Todd Betzold

 

'Tis the season for a cat fight on Project Runway All Stars, as the designers have a fashion face-off.

 

We start the show off talking about Kenley...will she be going home tonight? The designers meet Angela on the runway, as she is holding bags for all the designers to choose from. They each choose a bag, starting with Mondo who won the challenge last week. Each bag has one a tag in it with one of the four seasons listed on it. The designers will be creating sportswear for a weekend getaway, but with eight designers left, each season has two designers, which means it will be a fashion face-off.

 

Each season will have a high and low score. For spring, we have Austin vs. Kara...summer is Kenley vs. Mondo...winter is Michael vs. Jerell...autumn is Mila vs. Rami.

 

The designers go to the studio to sketch before heading over to Mood to get fabric. Seeming this is a face-off, why would you go shopping right next to the person you are going head-to-head with? Michael is right there shopping next to Jerell and we'll find out later why.

 

Some of the designers are caddy enough, but now we throw in the fact they are battling each other...watch out! They are all watching each other and eyeing what their competition is doing. Speaking of which, Jerell does a jacket and Michael is feeling lost and then amazingly starts making a jacket very similar to what Jerell created...the claws have come out!

 

Joanna has arrived and goes through the designers' looks so far. We have the battle of the jackets for winter and we have a battle of the polka dots for summer, as both Kenly and Mondo are both using polka dots. She then goes to Jerell and Michael and notices the tension between the two of them and calls for a team meeting. They discuss the two looks, with most designers siding with Jerell. The tension continues between the two of them, so the runway should be quite interesting.

 

Morning of the runway show, so they are all trying to finish up their outfits and get their models ready, all at the same time being caddy and bitchy with each other...this face-off is bringing out the devil inside all of them.

 

Runway time: judges this week are Angela, Georgina, Isaac and guest judge is award-winning designer Cynthia Rowley. My likes this week: Mondo (great combination), Rami (love the whole outfit) and Jerell (good winter look). My dislikes: Kara (too simple and blah), Kenley (just a one-piece polka dot look, plain) and Michael (looks nice, but feel he stole idea from Jerell).

 

Time for the results and we start with spring and summer. For spring, the judges were hatin' on Austin because it was too boring of a look and Kara had some hating too for being boring...in the end, Kara was high score and Austin low score. For summer, Kenley gets some high praise for her outfit and Mondo's outfit gets talked down for being all over the place with decades...Kenley has high score and Mondo has low score, which leads to him breaking down backstage because this was a gift to his mother for her 60th birthday.

 

Now time for autumn and winter...the showdown. For autumn, Rami gets good praise for the coat, but the shirt gets some bad reviews and Mila gets high praises all around for her outfit...so, Mila is high score and Rami is low. For winter (and let the claws come out), not as much drama as I thought it would be, but much love for Jerell's look and mixed reviews for Michael...Jerell has high score and Michael has low score.

 

The judges discuss the high and low scores to see who wins and who goes home (and have no clue who they will send home, I think either Michael or Austin). They come back to announce the winner this week is Jerell, which means Kara, Mila and Kenley are safe. Michael and Mondo are also safe, so that leaves us with Rami and Austin...it's gotta be Austin, they can't send home Rami! And wow...Rami is out and Austin is safe...how did that happen?

 

Project Runway All Stars airs Thursdays at 9/8c on Lifetime.

 

(Image courtesy of Lifetime)

 

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