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Project Runway All Stars Season 4 - Episode 4: Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve

Project Runway producers are cruel people. So cruel that they never stop surprising me over their sick challenges. This was the sickest and cruelest of all - crueler than children challenges or the worst unconventional ones: designers had to design a dress inspired by their past relationships, present status and future wishes. I immediately envisioned my outfit if I had had to get inspired by my past relationships: a shapeless black rag mess.

The prize for the winner would be a 10,000 $ gift card by Zale - yes, I had to look for the name of the brand on the Internet because I couldn’t remember. But the best part, of course, was the special guest of this episode: our one and only Nina Garcia, who invited the designers to MarieClaire headquarters - the reason for it is still mysterious to me - to explain the challenge.

Getting to the core of this last episode, Fabio was my favourite - and not because my name’s Fabio as well. I just thought he was completely right when he said, during the runway that this dress was perfect from every point of view. I guess it shows his exotic origins in the print, the shape is girly but unexpected and a little weird - completely Fabio style - but what I loved the most was the little details, like the peek-a-boos on the sides or the red lining of the top part, which made me think of the dress as a metaphor of a love which doesn’t have to be exhibited. 

I think there was no doubt about Kate being the worst. One thing I noticed this season is that the worst of the episode is always pretty clear - and usually there are many good looks as well. I was shocked after hearing basically all the judges saying the top was cute: I can tell you, that top is something my grandma used to wear when I was 10 and I used to go with her to the department store. If something could be saved, that’s the bottom part, which unfortunately was horribly unfinished and the bling of the top with the rawness of the skirt really clashed. I don’t even want to talk about that old-fashioned colour. Don’t know what happened to this girl, it seems like she regressed to season 11, where she was really mediocre and ‘forgettable’, while in season 12 she was definitely one of the best in my opinion and got really upset when she was eliminated. I don’t think she’s going to get any other change - she’s been in the show three times, I guess no one has ever had as many chances. Bye Kate, have a good life <3

I have mixed feelings about Helen’s dress. At the beginning I thought was one of the worst three in my opinion, then I noticed the neckline and I thought it was interesting - even if the back looked really strange. Then I thought that this girl makes beautiful things only when she uses red - and she basically told the same to Nina referring to red as a 'special colour, as Nina knows’. The styling as well, at the beginning I thought it was hideous, but then, thinking about it again, it reminded me of Frida Kahlo, and now the overall look seems better. Anyway, I really liked Sonjia’s and Dmitry’s, so I guess I would have chosen one of them as the winner this time rather than Helen - probably Dmitry; oh btw, I’m loving his attitude!

I feel like guessing something about the next eliminated designers: Gunnar is going to be cut soon. I feel it. He’s just the weakest contestant among the remaining ones, so let’s not be surprise if he gets kicked out next time.

Hope you enjoyed my little review this time as well, and for now I guess we have to say goodbye until December 4th, as this week the show isn’t airing due to Thanksgiving TV schedule. Happy Thanksgiving then to all the Americans who read me! 

Bye folks!

xxx

P.S: I just remembered one think really gets me mad: Nina saying 'No bueno’. I mean, she’s Colombian, I could expect such an idiotic exclamation from someone who doesn’t know a word of Spanish, but in this case we have a Latin American woman mocking her own people talking. I love you Nina, but please shut up next time your brain tells you to pronounce those stupid words. Thanks.

Omg, another thing - thoughts are just flowing freely through my mind - someone arrest Alyssa Milano’s stylist. She’s pregnant and she’s huge, much bigger than Kim Kardashian when she was pregnant - and that’s really difficult so achieve - so please refrain from dressing her like a mirror ball. Thanks again.