Brittany Allen Project Runway designs (season 20), from worst to best

Jul 12, 2023

Back in season 18 of “Project Runway,” Brittany Allen was the recipient of the first-ever Siriano Save: she struggled with menswear one week and was drummed out by the judges, but Christian Siriano decided to keep her in the competition. She would be sent home for good a few weeks later in the avant garde challenge, but this year “Runway” brought Allen back to compete in the special season 20 “All-Stars” edition of the show, where she made it farther than she had before. But have her designs improved since she was last in the competition? We’ve ranked her season 20 looks below from worst to best. Scroll through all of them and let us know if you agree with our assessments.

Since she was last on “Project Runway” Allen experienced a health emergency that sparked her interest in fitness, leading her to pivot in her design career as well as in her life. Now with a sportier aesthetic, she has impressed the judges with her signature uses of hardware and top-stitching. Which is not to say she hasn’t struggled along the way. She got off to a strong start with a safe score in “Project Redemption” and then a high score in “Toying with Fashion,” but then she came close to elimination in “Coronation Day” when she and her teammate Anna Zhou had to create a look fit for a royal ball. And she was at the bottom again in “Like Totally ’90s” when her homage to that decade’s fashion looked more like a cheap costume.

But those were both team challenges. When she wasn’t collaborating with other designers she mostly excelled, even in “Below Decked Out” and “Let Me See Your Peacock!” in which she had to create menswear looks despite menswear being her downfall in her original season. Perhaps some designers are better off as lone wolves of fashion.

Challenge: The designers were divided into two teams of five to create cohesive mini-collections inspired by the fashion of the 1990s.

Result: Allen was on the losing team, and she got a low score from the judges, but Kayne Gillaspie was eliminated instead.

Challenge: The designers had to work in teams of two to create luxurious gowns fit for royalty. Allen was partnered with Anna Zhou.

Result: Allen got a low score from the judges, but Viktor Luna was eliminated instead.

Challenge: In a “Project Runway” first, the designers were tasked with designing … anything they wanted to.

Result: Allen received a safe score from the judges.

Challenge: The designers had to create couture looks that highlighted undergarments.

Result: Allen got a safe score from the judges.

Challenge: The designers had to reinvent a look that previously earned them their lowest score or got them eliminated from the competition.

Result: Allen got a safe score from the judges.

Challenge: In the real client challenge, the designers had to created fashionable but functional uniforms for the cast members from “Below Deck.”

Result: Allen got a high score from the judges, but Bishme Cromartie won the challenge instead.

Challenge: The designers had to embrace the trend of male peacocking by designing showstopping men’s red carpet looks.

Result: Allen received a high score from the judges, but Rami Kashou won the challenge instead.

Challenge: The designers had to create a whimsical design using unconventional materials bought from the famous toy store FAO Schwarz.

Result: Allen got a high score from the judges, but Viktor Luna won the challenge instead.

Challenge: The designers had to create high-fashion looks using head-to-toe denim.

Result: Allen lost her head-to-head match-up with Laurence Basse, but was ultimately declared safe by the judges.

Challenge: All the designers had to create any look of their choosing using the same bolt of red fabric.

Result: Allen won the design challenge.

Challenge: The designers had to create looks that combined two conflicting design styles. Allen had to marry sexy with modest.

Result: Allen got a high score from the judges, but Laurence Basse won the challenge instead.