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I was trying to find a mystical quotation about endings or journeys coming to an close, but damn if Rumi didn’t talk a lot about love! Which means that it’s up to me to provide some eloquent gloss on last night’s events—the night where Project Runway All Stars came to its complicated, emotional conclusion. To you I say: This is not a day to feel bereft, or lost or unduly abandoned—this is a beginning for us all! And when the winner is announced, and he receives his (BOW NOW NA NA NA NOW!) $100,000 cheque and embroidery studio and whatnot, we too will all be set free—granted, without an HP Digital Suite courtesy of L’Oréal Paris—and yet, free to pursue our own long-sought dreams, like The Hunger Games, or a hot dog.

And in a shocking template modification, I will not award/unaward measly points for things that miffed and/or pleased me based on my own impossible metric. Instead I will strive to provide the most charitable and non-petty remarks on this utterly momentous event—the first ever finale of the first ever season of Project Runway All Stars!

How we feel about things »

Oooh, a two-part finale—swank! Of course this means that this week’s episode is gonna be jam-crammed with useless plot thickeners and chin scratching and long, doubtful confessions. What is Project Runways All Stars about, you ask? That’s a great question and I’m going to say that a lot of its charm has to do with the most wonderful and whimsical removal of human rights. That’s right, lock ‘em up in the studio and make them sew. It’s cool, though; they’ll get over it.

Oh, brother »

In an episode more political than the United Nations…thing, the tenth week of Project Runway All Stars may go down as one of the most low-stakes-high-stakes episode in this storied series. (It probably won’t.) While on the surface it felt like any other second-last ep, it struck me like a bolt of slinky jersey that one of these guys’ dreams is about to be dashed. And that could be a scary thing to witness.

Read our waggish summation »

After nearly an entire season, the five remaining All Stars return to their roots (i.e. episode 1) and are asked to participate in another garbage challenge—although now they get to use expensive garbage that lights up! What does it mean when a challenge is so transparently about the novelty of doing a black light show? I worry next week’s pre-Fashion Week final challenge will be all about making fabulous pantsuits out of lasers.

Let’s chart how we feel about Tron »

I guess the producers of Project Runway All Stars got tired of my constant emails asking them to inject a little more cultural and/or racial indiscretion into the mix, because I was thrilled to see that this week’s challenge was the most vaguely offensive yet!

Read the hilarious recap »

In a surprise that really wasn’t a surprise, this week’s episode of All Stars saw the gang contending with the best, most All Star-ish challenge yet. I can’t lie, this challenge got my heart a-racing and my feet a-tapping, because I, like Austin, love Broadway: the marquees, the plush seats, the promise of grins that won’t quit.

We feel our way through episode 7 »

All Stars, you’re tearing yourselves apart! This week saw the group get collectively irritable, turning to passive-aggressive tactics that sporadically overshadowed the work. (The true formula for reality TV success, right?)

Time to tally up our thoughts on the episode »

As the cast of All Stars continues to dwindle, each episode brings a new kind of anxiety and sadness. Now that we’re halfway through the challenges, the thought of anyone getting sent home gives me the shakes. Is it just me? Do you feel it too?

We chart our emotions throughout the episode »

Things took a porcine turn last episode, so I was thrilled to see the Project Runway producers go a little softer (or maybe soft serve?) on the All Stars this week, plying them with stupidly named gelato flavors before slapping them with their dubious challenge.

We chart our gelato flavoured feelings throughout the episode »

After last week’s suspiciously reasonable challenge, I worried about what the All Stars were going to have to reckon with next time around. Lo, my instincts proved accurate, for this week’s challenge must be one of, if not the most, spirit-crushing challenges in Project Runway’s sordid history.

We chart our feelings throughout the episode »

In the New Testament world of Project Runway All Stars, losers from seasons past are being judged anew. Eleven of the contestants will be deemed unworthy for a second time*, and one will claw his or her way to redemption—and a brand new technology suite from HP! Is it worth it? I can’t tell. Now, into the tense and cosseted world of Project Runway All Stars!

*Technically, Anthony has already lost twice, bless his heart.

We chart our feelings throughout the entire first episode »

We’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about Miss Piggy lately, and we couldn’t be happier. This is the pig that taught us to love fashion, to go after what we want, and that self-confidence is everything. Her fashion tastes have always been a little dramatic for our tastes, but with a new movie coming out next month—in which she plays Vogue Paris’s editor in chief wearing Zac Posen and Christian Louboutin—Miss P. is being given a modern makeover.

Our favourite little diva has been busy recently: she’s collabed with M.A.C and Opening Ceremony—she even appeared at the brand’s Soho store during Fashion Night Out, agreed to be a judge on the much-anticipated Project Runway All Stars (will she be sassier than Michael Kors?), and inspired OPI to create a Muppet-themed nail polish collection. Most exciting, however, is the news that several of fashions biggest names have designed outfits for her—Jason Wu, Prabal Gurung, Suno, Opening Ceremony, Brian Atwood, and Giles & Brother—and that an editorial of her in the wears will appear in the November issue of InStyle mag. We’ve got to admit: we are very excited.