Runway Monday All Stars: Marge Madness

On the most recent episode of Lifetime’s Project Runway All Stars, the designers had a very special client: Marge Simpson! The matriarch of The Simpsons wanted a dress that would be appropriate for a romantic dinner date with Homer at a nice restaurant. Her only request: no green! She also said Homer would like her look to be easy to remove in case he wanted to snuggle at home after dinner.

Say what she will about wearing the same green dress every day, Marge has obviously chosen a silhouette that works for her. I wanted her to feel comfortable and also beautiful, so I stuck with the silhouette but thought it was time to give her a little black dress of her own–with one small addition.

Ghoulia Yelps was the natural choice of model–she and Marge share a hair color, after all. Here she walks the runway in my Marge look.

The dress is sparkle glittered black velvet. The fabulous shoes are from Mattel.

The red button on the capelet is a nod to Marge’s usual necklace of red beads. The capelet is easily removed so Marge can show off her lovely shoulders at dinner.

A little dramatic, a little sweet–just like Marge.

Hope you’ve enjoyed the look–see you next time on the runway.

Oh, one other thing. The PR All Stars had their looks drawn for animation, and I thought mine deserved the same. However, as anyone who works with characters knows, they often say or do the unexpected.

Previous looks from this season:

Week 5: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Week 4: Get Back to Class!
Week 3: There Are No Bad Cocktails, Just Bad Designers
Week 2: Bitten by the Fashion Bug
Week 1: You Got Punked