The best and worst of the RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 runway
The queens of RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 have both turned it out and turned our stomachs with their eclectic runway fashions, which have run the gamut from absolutely sickening to downright nauseating. Sorted from worst (R.I.P., sweet cyster Soju!) to best, check out EW's ranked list of every look from RuPaul's Drag Race season 11, pre-finale, ahead.
140. Soju's Legend Lookalike
Contestant: Soju
Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?"
Runway theme: Create looks using materials inspired by past Drag Race legends
Placement: Eliminated
Verdict: Soju cut corners (and herself right out of the competition) with this halfhearted attempt at using Drag Race alum Kim Chi's closet to stitch a traditional Korean hanbok.
139. Nina West's Legend Lookalike
Contestant: Nina West
Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?"
Runway theme: Create looks using materials inspired by past Drag Race legends
Placement: Low
Verdict: Nina West's competitive prospects went south after she regurgitated Thorgy Thor's trunk of textiles in the form of an ill-fitting, pimple-dotted dress.
138. Kahanna Montrese's Legend Lookalike
Contestant: Kahanna Montrese
Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?"
Runway theme: Create looks using materials inspired by past Drag Race legends
Placement: Bottom Two
Verdict: Kahanna Montrese might be a Vegas showgirl, but her clumsy debut runway lewk screamed oh-no-she-betta-don't thanks to a pair of partially stoned, reused tights and a recycled bra — both of which she already wore into the Werk Room earlier in the episode.
137. A'keria Chanel Davenport's Farm-to-Runway
Contestant: A'keria Chanel Davenport
Episode: "From Farm to Runway"
Runway theme: Create couture designs with organic materials
Placement: Bottom Two
Verdict: The original design A'keria Chanel Davenport had to scrap sounded fabulous; it's a shame the materials didn't hold together, but such are the perils of a Drag Race design challenge (I love that we had so many this season!). However, as focused as her original idea was, A'keria's backup registered as a clear-cut mess of misshapen denim from head to toe that I'm affectionately dubbing a Canadian tuxed-oh-no-she-betta-don't.
136. Kahanna Montrese's What's Your Sign?
Contestant: Kahanna Montrese
Episode: "Good God Girl, Get Out"
Runway theme: Strut couture inspired by signs of the zodiac
Placement: Eliminated
Verdict: Shortly after her elimination, Kahanna Montrese told EW she didn't take seriously the act of preparing for the Emmy-winning competition series, and this outfit — which reads as a pair of arts and crafts horns slapped atop a Chico's dress — proves it.
135. Honey Davenport's Legendary Lookalike
Contestant: Honey Davenport
Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?"
Runway theme: Create looks using materials inspired by past Drag Race legends
Placement: Safe
Verdict: However technically solid this inoffensive outfit (and cute wig/makeup combination) might be, it's only serving off-the-rack realness at its core.
134. Silky Nutmeg Ganache's What's Your Sign?
Contestant: Silky Nutmeg Ganache
Episode: "Good God Girl, Get Out"
Runway theme: Strut couture inspired by signs of the zodiac
Placement: Safe
Verdict: If only Silky Nutmeg Ganache's larger-than-life personality translated to her fashion. Her entrance lewk proved she knows how to make a statement on her own terms, but the concept for her zodiac costume got lost in translation.
133. Shuga Cain's Trampy Trick or Treater
Contestant: Shuga Cain
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Bottom Two
Verdict: Sure, it's supposed to be a troll, but we're getting Diva Plavalaguna from The Fifth Element. Either way, this colorful bodysuit (with fun, candy-colored accents) is far better than the judges gave it credit for (but it's still not good).
132. Mercedes Iman Diamond's Legend Lookalike
Contestant: Mercedes Iman Diamond
Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?"
Runway theme: Create looks using materials inspired by past Drag Race legends
Placement: Low
Verdict: It's not the most hideous thing to ever sashay down the Drag Race runway, but it's not particularly memorable as a statement piece — and that's worse than, say, making the wrong kind of impression in a now-iconic, unfinished gown covered in sponges (here's looking at you, Monét X Change).
131. Silky Nutmeg Ganache's Farm-to-Runway
Contestant: Silky Nutmeg Ganache
Episode: "From Farm to Runway"
Runway theme: Create couture designs with organic materials
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Beans, beans, they're musical fruit — the more you eat, the more you...yeah, we're not tooting this. It's a boot. Silky, did you bean those accessories? Yes, she did...on almost the exact same silhouette she did for episode 1's Legend Lookalike challenge. Sigh.
130. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's All That Glitters
Contestant: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Episode: "The Draglympics"
Runway theme: Gold designs
Placement: Low
Verdict: Everyone loves Vanjie. Everyone really loves Vanjie. But we're getting to the point where legacy is buckling under the dead weight of her actual output; she's charismatic and one of the most charming queens in Drag Race history, but her performance on the runway fluctuated between confusing hodgepodge (this, with all 16 different shades of gold she paired together) to give-me-the-crown-now-stunning (see the No. 1 look on this list). Vanjie knew she was in trouble for doing the same look (she said as much during this week's episode), and she needed to come up with something super inventive next week, because this wasn't cutting it.
129. Silky Nutmeg Ganache's Trampy Trick or Treater
Contestant: Silky Nutmeg Ganache
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Low
Verdict: Cartoony without being campy, Silky Nutmeg Ganache looks cute, cuddly, and a little on the safe side in this figure-hugging construction.
128. Mercedes Iman Diamond's What's Your Sign?
Contestant: Mercedes Iman Diamond
Episode: "Good God Girl, Get Out"
Runway theme: Strut couture inspired by signs of the zodiac
Placement: Bottom Two
Verdict: For the second week in a row, Mercedes Iman Diamond debuted a bare-bones look that faded into the background for its simplicity versus any outright shortcomings.
127. Scarlet Envy's Legend Lookalike
Contestant: Scarlet Envy
Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?"
Runway theme: Create looks using materials inspired by past Drag Race legends
Placement: Safe
Verdict: The Old Hollywood icon tried to jump out, but what we got was more along the lines of if the ghost of Mae West — on her pettiest day in heaven — returned to Earth to possess the body of a Brooklyn hipster en route to a thrift shop.
126. Ariel Versace's MILF Eleganza
Contestant: Ariel Versace
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Eliminated
Verdict: We know it's not good. Ariel knows it's not good. Let's just let this one sink to the bottom of the ocean where it belongs, yeah?
125. Nina West's All That Glitters
Contestant: Nina West
Episode: "The Draglympics"
Runway theme: Gold designs
Placement: Low
Verdict: The always adorable Nina West unfortunately pillaged the wrong costume store with this cartoony Halloween garb. Normally, Nina's the perfect queen to pull off a campy number, but this outfit lacks her signature taste and ventures too far into goofy territory to be taken seriously.
124. Silky Nutmeg Ganache's Sisterly Makeover
Contestant: Silky Nutmeg Ganache
Episode: "Bring Back My Queens!"
Runway theme: Make over one of the eliminated queens
Placement: Bottom Two
Verdict: Though Silky's Nutmeg Ganache should've slid its way off the Drag Race cake ages ago, I have to give credit where credit is due: I don't hate this look. The material is interesting and the throwback vibe is fun, but the construction is messy (and Soju's makeup looks, to quote Alaska, "terrible.").
123. Shuga Cain's Legend Lookalike
Contestant: Shuga Cain
Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?"
Runway theme: Create looks using materials inspired by past Drag Race legends
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Though she's the oldest of the bunch, Shuga Cain shaved a decade (or two) off her frame with this emo prom dress.
122. Silky Nutmeg Ganache's Legend Lookalike
Contestant: Silky Nutmeg Ganache
Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?"
Runway theme: Create looks using materials inspired by past Drag Race legends
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Silky Nutmeg Ganache lived up to her name for her runway debut, combining a delectable vision with Peppermint's trunk of goodies for this sweet dollop of eye candy.
121. Ra'Jah O'Hara's What's Your Sign?
Contestant: Ra'Jah O'Hara
Episode: "Good God Girl, Get Out"
Runway theme: Strut couture inspired by signs of the zodiac
Placement: Safe
Verdict: The execution is there (and the wig is fun!), but the hooves on the hands read as a costume add-on versus a couture accent.
120. Mercedes Iman Diamond's Fringe Fantasy
Contestant: Mercedes Iman Diamond
Episode: "Diva Worship"
Runway theme: Fringe
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Bless Mercedes Iman Diamond for describing this look as "military" in her runway voiceover. While it isn't combat-ready, one of Mercedes' outfits finally commanded our attention on the runway.
119. Ra'Jah O'Hara's Legend Lookalike
Contestant: Ra'Jah O'Hara
Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?"
Runway theme: Create looks using materials inspired by past Drag Race legends
Placement: Safe
Verdict: This retro, Xanadu-esque gem didn't sit well with fans, but the sweet taste of this rainbow had us savoring all of its throwback feels.
118. Silky Nutmeg Ganache's Witch Please!
Contestant: Silky Nutmeg Ganache
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Low
Verdict: With her heart in the right place, Silky Nutmeg Ganache counted on a fun throwback to The Wiz to score some points, but mere reference isn't enough to push a look over the top, and this garment fell short of technical expectations.
117. Scarlet Envy's Orange Alert
Contestant: Scarlet Envy
Episode: "Trump: The Rusical"
Runway theme: Orange Alert
Placement: Safe
Verdict: The pattern is right, the shoes are right, the face is so right, but the shape of Scarlet Envy's dress adds unwieldy visual weight to the would-be delicacy of this otherwise fruitful creation.
116. Silky Nutmeg Ganache's Fringe Fantasy
Contestant: Silky Nutmeg Ganache
Episode: "Diva Worship"
Runway theme: Fringe
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Silky Nutmeg Ganache definitely wore similar looks prior to appearing on Drag Race (check out this performance), but that doesn't make this welcome shot of traditional glamour any less gorgeous on the large-and-in-charge diva.
115. Mercedes Iman Diamond's Orange Alert
Contestant: Mercedes Iman Diamond
Episode: "Trump: The Rusical"
Runway theme: Orange Alert
Placement: Eliminated
Verdict: Mercedes Iman Diamond went out with a bang, rocking the best outfit she'd worn so far when she sashayed away from the competition.
114. Shuga Cain's MILF Eleganza
Contestant: Shuga Cain
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Bottom Two
Verdict: She covered her tuck with a feathered bush! She licked a ram skull! She literally got horny! This fun, demonic look is everything Drag Race fans come to the show for: preposterous fantasy and cheeky humor. What's not to love?
113. Silky Nutmeg Ganache's MILF Eleganza
Contestant: Silky Nutmeg Ganache
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Low
Verdict: She "only paints one mug, and that's a beauty mug." Perhaps that's why it was so difficult to understand Silky's aesthetic direction with this horny hodgepodge.
112. Nina West's Sisterly Makeover
Contestant: Nina West
Episode: "Bring Back My Queens!"
Runway theme: Make over one of the eliminated queens
Placement: Eliminated
Verdict: Gold-hearted queen Nina West literally wears her pride on her sleeve with this celebratory look, and it speaks volumes about Nina as a person (and how she chooses to use her platform in the mainstream spotlight). That being said, the wigs feel mismatched with the outfits, and, despite thematically tying together, technically don't match the objective of the challenge, either. It's a sweet effort, but, technically, a bit of a misfire.
111. Ariel Versace's Fringe Fantasy
Contestant: Ariel Versace
Episode: "Diva Worship"
Runway theme: Fringe
Placement: High
Verdict: Consistent as always, Ariel Versace's fringe fantasy is cute, classy, and flawlessly constructed. She was read (again) for wearing the same wig, but, when everything below the hairline looks this fabulous, it's probably difficult to notice (plus, the woman has a hair business, for heaven's sake! Let her live and show off her product!).
110. Ra'Jah O'Hara's Fringe Fantasy
Contestant: Ra'Jah O'Hara
Episode: "Diva Worship"
Runway theme: Fringe
Placement: Bottom Six
Verdict: The judges hated it, but Ra'Jah O'Hara's embellished leotard — fun, flashy, and beautifully sequined to accentuate her Tyra Banks stems — is the best thing she's worn on the runway so far.
109. Ra'Jah O'Hara's Witch Please!
Contestant: Ra'Jah O'Hara
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Ra'Jah O'Hara presents: Oz, the Gagged and Goopful (with a dash of Scary Spice hair to boot).
108. Nina West's Witch Please!
Contestant: Nina West
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Safe
Verdict: The concept is nearly perfect (and Nina West has earned the right to burn us at the stake any time she wanted) but the execution is a tad too literal.
107. Silky Nutmeg Ganache's All That Glitters
Contestant: Silky Nutmeg Ganache
Episode: "The Draglympics"
Runway theme: Gold designs
Placement: High
Verdict: With a mug beaten (flawlessly) for God, Silky Nutmeg Ganache's church lady realness is sweet and sassy, but, like most of her outfits thus far, lacks a concrete punch that takes it from "This is nice!" to "WEFOIWEJFOIWEJOIWEJ YAS QUEEN!"
106. Ra'Jah O'Hara's Farm-to-Runway
Contestant: Ra'Jah O'Hara
Episode: "From Farm to Runway"
Runway theme: Create couture designs with organic materials
Placement: Eliminated
Verdict: The concept is wonderful, and the top half of Ra'Jah's risky outfit works (and that makeup paired with a vine-wrapped high pony? Slay me!); I just wish the burlap pants (amazing in theory!) didn't fall apart at the seams. If they hadn't, we would've barked a total toot in this outfit's honor.
105. A'keria Chanel Davenport's Caftan
Contestant: A'keria Chanel Davenport
Episode: "Dragracadabra"
Runway theme: Caftan Realness
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Even a terrible caftan is a good caftan, because — little-known fact — caftans can't be hideous! It's scientifically impossible, according to...well...science. But Miss A'keria Chanel Davenport did not construct a caftan here. She constructed a catsuit with wings. Sort of like the body of a flying squirrel. The point is: This is not a caftan. So I can say it's...not so good.
104. Silky Nutmeg Ganache's Face-Kini Realness
Contestant: Silky Nutmeg Ganache
Episode: "L.A.D.P.!"
Runway theme: Face-Kini (everything covered but mouth and eyes).
Placement: High
Verdict: No. If Yvie had worn this, Silky would've called it trash that cost $3.
103. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's MILF Eleganza
Contestant: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Safe
Verdict: She looks freakable (as always), but, between the neon green pattern lining her off-the-rack dress and the awkward grave on her head, we're not sure what monster Miss Vanjie was supposed to be, here.
102. Shuga Cain's Witch Please!
Contestant: Shuga Cain
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Bottom Two
Verdict: Lady Gaga's American Horror Story Countess would like a word with this peculiar (but not altogether awful) outfit.
101. Ra'Jah O'Hara's Orange Alert
Contestant: Ra'Jah O'Hara
Episode: "Trump: The Rusical"
Runway theme: Orange Alert
Placement: Bottom Two
Verdict: Failing to score the props she deserved for a second consecutive week, Ra'Jah pulled off another offbeat (it almost shouldn't work, but it does) take on "basic" drag foundations with fun thigh-high boots, a sparkling catsuit, and a puss*cat wig.
100. Honey Davenport's What's Your Sign?
Contestant: Honey Davenport
Episode: "Good God Girl, Get Out"
Runway theme: Strut couture inspired by signs of the zodiac
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Known for her eccentric style, Honey Davenport scaled back and embraced simplicity when she sported a fabulous form-fitting gown and let the hair — inspired by a lion's mane — do the roaring for her.
99. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's Fringe Fantasy
Contestant: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Episode: "Diva Worship"
Runway theme: Fringe
Placement: High
Verdict: Referencing Cher is never a bad idea, but the simplicity of Vanjie's tiny fringe number was a bit of a letdown — especially compared to her high-concept fashions that preceded this one.
98. Ariel Versace's Legend Lookalike
Contestant: Ariel Versace
Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?"
Runway theme: Create looks using materials inspired by past Drag Race legends
Placement: Safe
Verdict: It's not exactly fashion, but the attention to detail and the precision with which this Poison-Ivy-by-way-of-Laganja-Estranja look came together was a trip in itself.
97. Nina West's What's Your Sign?
Contestant: Nina West
Episode: "Good God Girl, Get Out"
Runway theme: Strut couture inspired by signs of the zodiac
Placement: Safe
Verdict: After flopping her popped-pimple look on the first episode, Nina West redeemed herself with a dazzling headpiece and appropriately loud pattern announcing her true arrival to the Drag Race competition.
96. Ariel Versace's Orange Alert
Contestant: Ariel Versace
Episode: "Trump: The Rusical"
Runway theme: Orange Alert
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Clocked for wearing the same wig again, Ariel continued her Drag Race ride by adding slight alterations to the same base on her body and head. As far as modifications go, though, we're very here for dangly arm feathers!
95. A'keria Chanel Davenport's MILF Eleganza
Contestant: A'keria Chanel Davenport
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Safe
Verdict: In keeping with the runway theme, A'keria Chanel Davenport proved she's a monster we'd like to (eight-legged) freak with this fun, spooky spin on traditional glamour.
94. Ariel Versace's Witch Please!
Contestant: Ariel Versace
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Eliminated
Verdict: Two wig shake-ups in a row for Ariel Versace? Her radical hair departure served this Lady-Gaga-during-the-Born-This-Way-era well (and no, Michelle Visage, those sunglasses totally gave this already eye-popping outfit a welcome dose of Allie X energy).
93. A'keria Chanel Davenport's Witch Please!
Contestant: A'Keria Chanel Davenport
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Floating down the runway like a smoky, sultry cloud of dark energy gave A'Keria Chanel Davenport an edge we didn't realize she had.
92. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's Face-Kini Realness
Contestant: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Episode: "L.A.D.P.!"
Runway theme: Face-Kini (everything covered but mouth and eyes).
Placement: Bottom Two
Verdict: Miss Vanjie with the (just okay and not that great) pants! The concept is divine, but the fit is off. Points for vision, though!
91. Ariel Versace's Trampy Trick or Treater
Contestant: Ariel Versace
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Eliminated
Verdict: Judges' critiques be damned, Ariel Versace's self-described "Punk Rock Silent Hill Nurse" is the most inventive thing she sent down the runway, complete with a new style of wig and a fully realized concept.
90. Yvie Oddly's MILF Eleganza
Contestant: Yvie Oddly
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: High
Verdict: Yvie Oddly's idea got us excited, but she cursed her own voodoo doll by pinning too many disparate inspirations into one piece. It's almost there, but not quite — though Yvie on her worst day is better than most of queens on their best day.
89. A'keria Chanel Davenport's Sisterly Makeover
Contestant: A'keria Chanel Davenport
Episode: "Bring Back My Queens!"
Runway theme: Make over one of the eliminated queens
Placement: High
Verdict: It's a standard A'keria look, but the material looks a little cheap. Still, as Ross Mathews said: If it's not completely broken (and this isn't), throw a wig on it (as long as the wig looks as polished as this one) and proudly strut it down the runway.
88. A'keria Chanel Davenport's What's Your Sign?
Contestant: A'keria Chanel Davenport
Episode: "Good God Girl, Get Out"
Runway theme: Strut couture inspired by signs of the zodiac
Placement: Safe
Verdict: On any other queen's body, the colorful gloss and on-the-nose pattern of this textured gown might've felt tacky and way-too-old-school, but A'keria's technical precision and regal poise made this a fun throwback to classic pageant glamour tinged with a zest of camp costume accents.
87. Nina West's Orange Alert
Contestant: Nina West
Episode: "Trump: The Rusical"
Runway theme: Orange Alert
Placement: Safe
Verdict: It's cute, both in tribute (it's an ode to Barbra Streisand) and in execution, but this orange eleganza is a little too saloon cost-ume to join the ranks of season 11's best.
86. Scarlet Envy's Fringe Fantasy
Contestant: Scarlet Envy
Episode: "Diva Worship"
Runway theme: Fringe
Placement: Bottom Six
Verdict: A dollop of old-school glamour done right, Scarlet Envy's throwback to Hollywood's Golden Age was the (literal) silver lining to her disastrous performance in the diva worship challenge. Plus: FRINGE TASSELS ON THE FINGERTIPS!!!
85. Brooke Lynn Hytes' Fringe Fantasy
Contestant: Brooke Lynn Hytes
Episode: "Diva Worship"
Runway theme: Fringe
Placement: Safe
Verdict: For a queen who previously knocked us out with her neon superhero getup and slayed with a plastic wave around her neck, Brooke Lynn Hytes' uncomplicated floral-inspired fringe is a surprisingly simple lewk for this conceptual master. It's well-built and serves the theme, but it doesn't pop off quite as hard as her other designs.
84. Ra'Jah O'Hara's All That Glitters
Contestant: Ra'Jah O'Hara
Episode: "The Draglympics"
Runway theme: Gold designs
Placement: Bottom Two
Verdict: Despite her performances in the main challenges, Ra'Jah O'Hara turned consistently gorgeous looks on the runway, and this shimmering bodysuit is no exception.
83. Plastique Tiara's Orange Alert
Contestant: Plastique Tiara
Episode: "Trump: The Rusical"
Runway theme: Orange Alert
Placement: Safe
Verdict: To quote one of Michelle Visage's iconic season 10 reads: "It's...a fairy." Fluttering dangerously close to her first runway lewk, Plastique Tiara saved this silhouette from fading away into the standard abyss with a gorgeous pair of orange wings that flapped and tickled our fancy.
82. Scarlet Envy's All That Glitters
Contestant: Scarlet Envy
Episode: "The Draglympics"
Runway theme: Gold designs
Placement: Eliminated
Verdict: Pairing silver accessories with a gold dress shouldn't work, but it's not as awful when the body carrying the combination is as sickening as Scarlet Envy's. I wish the hair were a tad bigger, but, overall, this is another clean, elegant look from Scarlet that hardly deserved to land in the bottom.
81. Nina West's MILF Eleganza
Contestant: Nina West
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Safe
Verdict: We stan a queen who ditches a wig reveal for a face reveal (yay, bloody mouth!) but the rest of this look is a bit of a disjointed letdown compared to its introductory gimmick.
80. Honey Davenport's Fringe Fantasy
Contestant: Honey Davenport
Episode: "Diva Worship"
Runway theme: Fringe
Placement: Eliminated
Verdict: Honey Davenport's drag family has a way with household products: Daughter Monét X Change made sponges iconic, and now her mother has seemingly recycled a few latex gloves for this standout stunner paying homage to Lady Gaga's "Angel Down" jacket from the Joanne World Tour and Beyoncé's headwear in the "Formation" music video — two songs with important social messages Honey told EW she wanted to highlight on the runway.
79. Nina West's Farm-to-Runway
Contestant: Nina West
Episode: "From Farm to Runway"
Runway theme: Create couture designs with organic materials
Placement: Low
Verdict: Another questionable judgment by the panel. The detail and texture of Nina West's corn husk skirt is impressive, and her proportion-izing has (slightly) improved. It's not the best thing to ever strut down the Drag Race runway, but, unlike the vegetable that inspired it, it's satisfyingly smooth to digest nonetheless.
78. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's Farm-to-Runway
Contestant: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Episode: "From Farm to Runway"
Runway theme: Create couture designs with organic materials
Placement: Safe
Verdict: At long last, Vanessa Vanjie Mateo has broken the corset-and-panty curse! The color palette, the hair, and the ropes delicately dangling on her bronze body have me gagging!
77. A'keria Chanel Davenport's Legend Lookalike
Contestant: A'keria Chanel Davenport
Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?"
Runway theme: Create looks using materials inspired by past Drag Race legends
Placement: High
Verdict: The higher the hair, the closer to God, and this five-wigged construction of fabulosity is practically tall enough to smooch our collective ghost after it departed this world for the sky above when Miss Davenport strutted down the runway.
76. Shuga Cain's What's Your Sign?
Contestant: Shuga Cain
Episode: "Good God Girl, Get Out"
Runway theme: Strut couture inspired by signs of the zodiac
Placement: High
Verdict: Perhaps it didn't overtly scream "Scorpio," but Shuga Cain can color outside the lines as much as she wants if the results are as fabulous as this form-fitting, futuristic bodysuit that radiated the appropriate sexual energy and dark allure of a Scorpio at heart.
75. Silky Nutmeg Ganache's Orange Alert
Contestant: Silky Nutmeg Ganache
Episode: "Trump: The Rusical"
Runway theme: Orange Alert
Placement: Challenge Winner
Verdict: We love the big-and-Silky cookie mother herself, but her season 11 sisters blew her (and this regal, pageant-standard gown) out of the water this week.
74. Plastique Tiara's Legend Lookalike
Contestant: Plastique Tiara
Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?"
Runway theme: Create looks using materials inspired by past Drag Race legends
Placement: High
Verdict: Plastique Tiara's drag inspirations are rooted in the aesthetic of Vietnamese pop stars, and she slayed this season's first design challenge by staying true to that vision with this gorgeous, fine-tuned (and fishy) piece. Plastique's challenge going forward would be to break free from this silhouette, as she also sashayed into the Werk Room wearing a cinched top with a flowy train.
73. Silky Nutmeg Ganache's Best Drag
Contestant: Silky Nutmeg Ganache
Episode: "Queens Everywhere"
Runway theme: Best drag
Placement: Safe
Verdict: It's nothing we haven't seen from Silky before: big hair, stoned gown, mug beat for the gods. It's her best — yet, most reliable and familiar — drag.
72. A'keria Chanel Davenport's Sequins
Contestant: A'keria Chanel Davenport
Episode: "Snatch Game at Sea"
Runway theme: Glistening, sequin-covered fashion
Placement: Safe
Verdict: I love that A'keria Chanel Davenport attempted a daring pattern here, but that's the most exciting thing about this altogether-expected look from the pageant beauty.
71. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's Sequins
Contestant: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Episode: "Snatch Game at Sea"
Runway theme: Glistening, sequin-covered fashion
Placement: Low
Verdict: Six leotards and/or panty-corset combinations into season 11, it was getting really difficult to gauge Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's runway fashions objectively. The judges clocked her for repeating the same silhouette in a competitive context, but, outside the world of the show, Vanjie looks great — as does this shimmering cape draped across her dainty frame. The wig is a hair too big for this lewk, but the whole thing is quintessentially Brand Vanjie from top to bottom. How can you fault her for that?
70. Plastique Tiara's Fringe Fantasy
Contestant: Plastique Tiara
Episode: "Diva Worship"
Runway theme: Fringe
Placement: Bottom Six
Verdict: Plastique Tiara played it safe and sparkly on the runway with this look, dripping in crystals across an impeccably fitted design as tight as the high pony showcasing her flawless face.
69. Brooke Lynn Hytes' All That Glitters
Contestant: Brooke Lynn Hytes
Episode: "The Draglympics"
Runway theme: Gold designs
Placement: High
Verdict: Norma Desmond lives on in Brooke Lynn Hytes' Old Hollywood glam, but the fit is a bit off, and the decision to cloak only one arm in fabric (as opposed to leaving the whole thing sleeveless) keeps this one from reaching the realm of peak Hytes.
68. Shuga Cain's Caftan
Contestant: Shuga Cain
Episode: "Dragracadabra"
Runway theme: Caftan Realness
Placement: Eliminated
Verdict: The woman deserves praise for showing up to a caftan challenge with THREE CAFTANS! THREE! Triple the caftan ALWAYS equals triple the fun — regardless of the garment's quality...or, in this case, its visual appeal. But, I'm not about to fault someone for, again, giving us THREE CAFTANS IN. ONE. LEWK.
67. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's Best Drag
Contestant: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Episode: "Queens Everywhere"
Runway theme: Best drag
Placement: Eliminated
Verdict: Vanjie looks stunning, but the vibe is a little too old-fashioned, making the whole thing feel a tad strange and overly matronly for Vanjie's usual aesthetic.
66. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's Sisterly Makeover
Contestant: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Episode: "Bring Back My Queens!"
Runway theme: Make over one of the eliminated queens
Placement: High
Verdict: The judges clearly loved Vanjie's transformative take on Ariel Versace's mug (how different did she look?). In terms of family resemblance, this look killed the others, and it's a shame the panel didn't cement Vanjie's superb work with her first challenge victory.
65. Yvie Oddly's Sisterly Makeover
Contestant: Yvie Oddly
Episode: "Bring Back My Queens!"
Runway theme: Make over one of the eliminated queens
Placement: Low
Verdict: It's not the best thing Yvie Oddly has ever created, but it's the most inventive thing that sashayed down the runway this week. Bless Yvie for stepping outside the box once again (and, Scarlet's mug never looked prettier on that stage).
64. A'keria Chanel Davenport's Trampy Trick or Treater
Contestant: A'keria Chanel Davenport
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Tasteful, elegant, and tinged with a glittery splash of sex appeal, A'keria continues her reign as a class act. Deal us in!
63. Ariel Versace's What's Your Sign?
Contestant: Ariel Versace
Episode: "Good God Girl, Get Out"
Runway theme: Strut couture inspired by signs of the zodiac
Placement: Low
Verdict: A furry and horn-y Ariel Versace divided fans with this plush interpretation of an Aries ram, but we're totally sold on the details of this fashion-meets-costume getup.
62. A'keria Chanel Davenport's Orange Alert
Contestant: A'keria Chanel Davenport
Episode: "Trump: The Rusical"
Runway theme: Orange Alert
Placement: Safe
Verdict: As New York put it, this lewk is serving all kinds of Nicki Minaj from the back — and it's a welcome, sizzling departure from the majestic styles of A'keria's early Drag Race run.
61. Yvie Oddly's Legend Lookalike
Contestant: Yvie Oddly
Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?"
Runway theme: Create looks using materials inspired by past Drag Race legends
Placement: Safe
Verdict: On paper, this lewk shouldn't work. In execution, however, Yvie Oddly made this chic oddity an enviable piece of art. Her glitter-crusted dome literally capped her self-made design with a glint of colorful edginess that signaled her arrival as season 11's conceptual wild child.
60. Plastique Tiara's Trampy Trick or Treater
Contestant: Plastique Tiara
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: High
Verdict: A little ordinary for a drag competition (hell, even by "normal people" Halloween costume standards), Plastique Tiara still looks technically flawless while serving fish the house (bunny) down in this gorgeous outfit.
59. Brooke Lynn Hytes' MILF Eleganza
Contestant: Brooke Lynn Hytes
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Challenge Winner
Verdict: Glamorous ghost wafting through the foggy, moonlit halls of a haunted mansion? Sure! Monster? No!
58. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's Orange Alert
Contestant: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Episode: "Trump: The Rusical"
Runway theme: Orange Alert
Placement: Low
Verdict: The outfit Farrah Moan was born to wear finally hit the Drag Race runway one All-Stars season too late. If it weren't for Vanjie's prior attempts at pairing (a little too much) body glitter with the dreaded panty-and-corset combo, this Vegas gem would've landed a bit higher on this list, because it's a beautifully crafted dazzler that only wilts under the precedent Vanjie set for herself.
57. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's Trampy Trick or Treater
Contestant: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Finally on the opposite end of the color spectrum (four straight weeks of red and orange was, in the words of Latrice Royale: "Far too much!"), Vanjie literally spread her wings with this angelic number that's essentially no different from what Michelle read her for the week prior: a corset with (admittedly beautiful) accoutrements.
56. A'keria Chanel Davenport's Face-Kini Realness
Contestant: A'keria Chanel Davenport
Episode: "L.A.D.P.!"
Runway theme: Face-Kini (everything covered but mouth and eyes).
Placement: Challenge Winner
Verdict: This was — by far — the most daring lewk A'keria Chanel Davenport had served thus far, and she gets high marks for her conceptual evolution (and surgical precision when tending to this outfit's details).
55. Ra'Jah O'Hara's MILF Eleganza
Contestant: Ra'Jah O'Hara
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Add another focused (yet consistently underrated) outfit to Ra'Jah O'Hara's criminally unsung repertoire of runway fashions.
54. Shuga Cain's Farm-to-Runway
Contestant: Shuga Cain
Episode: "From Farm to Runway"
Runway theme: Create couture designs with organic materials
Placement: Safe
Verdict: As relatively unnoticed as Shuga Cain flew under the season 11 radar, this tornad-ho eleganza blew us me away almost as hard as the wind in its mama's wig.
53. Nina West's Trampy Trick or Treater
Contestant: Nina West
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Feed me glitz and glamour with a touch of Hollywood pizazz! This Little Shop of Horrors-inspired skirt might be the most exciting thing Nina West wore on the runway thus far.
52. Yvie Oddly's Orange Alert
Contestant: Yvie Oddly
Episode: "Trump: The Rusical"
Runway theme: Orange Alert
Placement: High
Verdict: Yvie Oddly's boundary-pushing wardrobe should be celebrated for its singularity, but, whereas her first trio of lewks blazed new trails for the art form, this fruity number took us way back to the era of Nina Bo'nina Brown — especially from the neck up (and that's not always a good thing).
51. A'keria Chanel Davenport's Best Drag
Contestant: A'keria Chanel Davenport
Episode: "Queens Everywhere"
Runway theme: Best drag
Placement: Safe
Verdict: A'keria's gold All That Glitters gown is, wigs-down, her best drag. But this shimmering dress is a nice (if safe) alternative.
50. Scarlet Envy's What's Your Sign?
Contestant: Scarlet Envy
Episode: "Good God Girl, Get Out"
Runway theme: Strut couture inspired by signs of the zodiac
Placement: Challenge Winner (tied with Yvie Oddly)
Verdict: Save for those melted-cotton-candy lips, Scarlet Envy's zodiac prom dress (with a sky-high mohawk straight out of the Mad Max universe) more than made up for her first-episode letdown on the runway. Even without the added pizazz of walking down the runway with bubble guns(!), Scarlet's icy couture had our gaze frozen on her sickening silhouette.
49. Scarlet Envy's Trampy Trick or Treater
Contestant: Scarlet Envy
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Safe
Verdict: We'd let Scarlet Envy walk our plank any day in this gorgeously gilded swashbuckling costume.
48. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's Witch Please!
Contestant: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Safe
Verdict: There's nothing "witch" about Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's gorgeous gown, but its magical silhouette still casts a mesmerizing spell.
47. Ra'Jah O'Hara's Trampy Trick or Treater
Contestant: Ra'Jah O'Hara
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Cast Ra'Jah O'Hara in a standalone Catwoman movie, please.
46. Shuga Cain's Face-Kini Realness
Contestant: Shuga Cain
Episode: "L.A.D.P.!"
Runway theme: Face-Kini (everything covered but mouth and eyes).
Placement: Low
Verdict: Remember Mary Poppins? This is her now. She's a bank robber. Feel old yet? (This is fierce, by the way.)
45. Shuga Cain's All That Glitters
Contestant: Shuga Cain
Episode: "The Draglympics"
Runway theme: Gold designs
Placement: High
Verdict: I mean this in the best way possible: Remember Ogre from Tekken 3? He's a drag queen now, and this is (the stunning) outfit he's wearing to his first night on stage at Mickey's, darling!
44. Brooke Lynn Hytes' Sisterly Makeover
Contestant: Brooke Lynn Hytes
Episode: "Bring Back My Queens!"
Runway theme: Make over one of the eliminated queens
Placement: Challenge Winner
Verdict: As refreshing as most of these queens' looks have been on the season 11 runway, this challenge brought out a lot of old-fashioned drag. Brooke and Plastique look glamorous and gorgeous in these velvet gowns, and those mugs are beat to perfection.
43. Nina West's Sequins
Contestant: Nina West
Episode: "Snatch Game at Sea"
Runway theme: Glistening, sequin-covered fashion
Placement: High
Verdict: Nina West is the kind of pure, genuinely warm soul who makes you want to fall in love with everything she does. Her runway fashions, on the other hand, sometimes veered a bit too far into costume territory. But there's merit to vision, even if it pushes the envelope for wackiness over ingenuity. This look captures everything that's so wrong about Nina's unorthodox fashion that it becomes just right.
42. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's Caftan
Contestant: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Episode: "Dragracadabra"
Runway theme: Caftan Realness
Placement: Bottom Two
Verdict: After weeks of suffering through critiques about her swimsuits, Vanjie regained her composure — and standing in the competition — with this fierce animal-print caftan (and gag-worthy turban). If only she'd performed better in the main challenge, because this look is worthy of an individual victory by itself.
41. Plastique Tiara's Sequins
Contestant: Plastique Tiara
Episode: "Snatch Game at Sea"
Runway theme: Glistening, sequin-covered fashion
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Yes, hello, 9-1-1? I'd like to report three robberies in under seven days. In one week, Plastique Tiara has stolen Ra'Jah O'Hara's tree bark, lines from Anjelah Johnson's nail salon routine for her Snatch Game performance, and now she's run off with Brooke Lynn Hytes' plastic neck water! Either way, she might as well make some room for my heart in that loot sack: She stole it with this gorgeous bodysuit and flawless ice goddess paint.
40. Brooke Lynn Hytes' Farm-to-Runway
Contestant: Brooke Lynn Hytes
Episode: "From Farm to Runway"
Runway theme: Create couture designs with organic materials
Placement: High
Verdict: I get it: Brooke Lynn Hytes can do no wrong on the runway. When you (consistently) slay that hard on the Main Stage, it's easy for fans (and judges) to get swept up in the hype and look for the positive in an otherwise tame outfit, and I think that might be the case here. The design is pleasant and summery (she's serving me hardcore Hercules-Muses-meets-Chico's-resort-collection), but it's hardly the biggest toot of the season.
39. Yvie Oddly's Witch Please!
Contestant: Yvie Oddly
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: High
Verdict: The only queen who fully indulged in stereotypical pointy black hat realness, Yvie Oddly put a signature twist on the age-old image by dipping the hat low (and kicking the mini-skirt up high) for a sexy sorceress look.
38. Silky Nutmeg Ganache's Sequins
Contestant: Silky Nutmeg Ganache
Episode: "Snatch Game at Sea"
Runway theme: Glistening, sequin-covered fashion
Placement: Challenge Winner
Verdict: Say what you will about Silky Nutmeg Ganache's attitude (and questionable Snatch Game challenge victory), she served the best look of her Drag Race career on the runway, topping a fabulously elegant gown off with a feathered jacket that sent us shaking, honey.
37. Silky Nutmeg Ganache's Caftan
Contestant: Silky Nutmeg Ganache
Episode: "Dragracadabra"
Runway theme: Caftan Realness
Placement: Low
Verdict: After weeks of strutting similar-looking gowns and semi-failed attempts at concepts (fly or roach!?) down the runway, Silky Nutmeg Ganache finally debuted a unique, cohesive look capable of turning heads and piquing interest higher than the (hair) balls resting atop her head.
36. Yvie Oddly's Sequins
Contestant: Yvie Oddly
Episode: "Snatch Game at Sea"
Runway theme: Glistening, sequin-covered fashion
Placement: Bottom Two
Verdict: Yvie Oddly mixed throwback glam with her signature quirks to create a fabulous fembot freakazoid look that ranks among the best of the week.
35. Brooke Lynn Hytes' Best Drag
Contestant: Brooke Lynn Hytes
Episode: "Queens Everywhere"
Runway theme: Best drag
Placement: Bottom Two
Verdict: Given what we've already seen from Brooke Lynn Hytes, we know this isn't her best drag. It's not even the best white-colored garment she rocked on the Drag Race runway (hello, mummy-kini). But Brooke's delicate poise (and the return of those pointed toes!) make this piece an enjoyable ballet in itself instead of mere cloth. Natalie Portman in Black Swan is (almost) shaking!
34. Brooke Lynn Hytes' Legend Lookalike
Contestant: Brooke Lynn Hytes
Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?"
Runway theme: Create looks using materials inspired by past Drag Race legends
Placement: Challenge Winner
Verdict: Hello, Miss Patty Jenkins? Can we submit Brooke Lynn Hytes to play a villain in the next Wonder Woman movie? The Canadian queen gave season 11 its first truly jaw-dropping runway moment, with a hand-stitched kapow! of color and a perfectly padded silhouette highlighting this comic book-inspired stunner of a lewk.
33. Yvie Oddly's All That Glitters
Contestant: Yvie Oddly
Episode: "The Draglympics"
Runway theme: Gold designs
Placement: High
Verdict: On its own, this glamorous brothel madam moment is a bit busy, but, on Yvie Oddly's rocking body, it comes alive as a fashionable character piece that doesn't skimp on fashion (though it does skimp on coverage in the butt area, which Yvie deliciously played up as she left the runway).
32. Shuga Cain's Orange Alert
Contestant: Shuga Cain
Episode: "Trump: The Rusical"
Runway theme: Orange Alert
Placement: Safe
Verdict: It's refreshing to see the judges warm up to "boy drag" after their scathing reaction to Milk's (genius) masculine take on the RuPaul challenge in season 6, and Shuga's goofy take on Trump's presidential attire was the right getup — kooky caricature with an appropriate dash of flattering glitz — to get the job done.
31. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's Legend Lookalike
Contestant: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Episode: "Whatcha Unpackin?"
Runway theme: Create looks using materials inspired by past Drag Race legends
Placement: High
Verdict: In season 10, Miss Vanjie exited Drag Race via backward shimmy; in season 11, she proudly announced her return with this fashion-forward getup that made up for all of her past failures (bird cage entrance lewk? Flower-Barbie poof dress?) combined.
30. Plastique Tiara's What's Your Sign?
Contestant: Plastique Tiara
Episode: "Good God Girl, Get Out"
Runway theme: Strut couture inspired by signs of the zodiac
Placement: High
Verdict: Plastique Tiara ram'd her charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent into the season 11 competition with this stunning take on Aries fashion that's the right amount of costume (those subtle horns are to die for) and thematic embodiment (Glints of gold for an ambitious Aries? Yes, mama!) — a welcome deviation from her go-to flowy silhouette that proves her versatility and stylish intuition.
29. Plastique Tiara's Face-Kini Realness
Contestant: Plastique Tiara
Episode: "L.A.D.P.!"
Runway theme: Face-Kini (everything covered but mouth and eyes).
Placement: Eliminated
Verdict: My poor Plastique Tiara! A runway look this fierce shouldn't have been anywhere near the bottom two. I love that she connected the challenge (squabbling cats) to the runway (hello, Catwoman!) — and she didn't even have to "steal" anything to do it (I kid).
28. Plastique Tiara's Farm-to-Runway
Contestant: Plastique Tiara
Episode: "From Farm to Runway"
Runway theme: Create couture designs with organic materials
Placement: Challenge Winner
Verdict: Plastique Tiara knows what works for her body: a corset for days, darling. Whereas any other queen (hello, Vanjie) would be clocked for rocking the same thing week after week, it's hard to do so when Plastique looks this ravishing each time. Yes, it's a corset, but the intricate accents (all the way down to the way the feathers curve around her head) and attention to fantastical detail here make for another mind-blowing take on a basic foundation.
27. Plastique Tiara's MILF Eleganza
Contestant: Plastique Tiara
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: High
Verdict: By far the most outside-the-box look Plastique Tiara has turned, she grim-reaped our attention with this stunning hit of midnight elegance.
26. Yvie Oddly's Caftan
Contestant: Yvie Oddly
Episode: "Dragracadabra"
Runway theme: Caftan Realness
Placement: Safe
Verdict: We stan a regal goddess of the sun! This stunning mix of cultural influences comes together to create a caftan that isn't just appealing because caftans are inherently amusing; it shows the garment can be a runway-ready showstopper in the hands of a Drag Race visionary!
25. Shuga Cain's Sequins
Contestant: Shuga Cain
Episode: "Snatch Game at Sea"
Runway theme: Glistening, sequin-covered fashion
Placement: High
Verdict: RuPaul dubbed this dress one of his favorite runway looks of all time, and while I'm not *that* crazy about it, Shuga Cain's passionate merlot kiss is undeniably entrancing thanks to an intricate design and timeless elegance.
24. Shuga Cain's Fringe Fantasy
Contestant: Shuga Cain
Episode: "Diva Worship"
Runway theme: Fringe
Placement: Bottom Six
Verdict: A finely detailed ode to Shuga Cain's heritage! This feathered and fabulous piece should've saved her from the bottom six on its own.
23. Scarlet Envy's Witch Please!
Contestant: Scarlet Envy
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Drag us to the bog, mom! We'll scream "slaaaay!" at our own demise the entire time.
22. Brooke Lynn Hytes' Orange Alert
Contestant: Brooke Lynn Hytes
Episode: "Trump: The Rusical"
Runway theme: Orange Alert
Placement: High
Verdict: Big ba-da boom, (Canadian) chicken good! Robyn meets late-'90s Milla Jovovich in this show-stopping pseudo-cyberpunk masterpiece.
21. Brooke Lynn Hytes' Witch Please!
Contestant: Brooke Lynn Hytes
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Challenge Winner
Verdict: Details down to the bone (literally), Brooke Lynn Hytes gave us one of the best lewks of the season without a key component: shoes! Prance, my queen!
20. Yvie Oddly's Best Drag
Contestant: Yvie Oddly
Episode: "Queens Everywhere"
Runway theme: Best drag
Placement: Challenge Winner
Verdict: Not one, not two, but THREE t---ies came to slay on Yvie Oddly's runway masterpiece: a glamorous gown that works as a regal statement piece and as a delectable showcase for Yvie's signature brand of weirdo couture. A perfect way for Yvie to close out the season by serving the polish Drag Race expects with a splash of her own, outside-the-box jush.
19. Brooke Lynn Hytes' What's Your Sign?
Contestant: Brooke Lynn Hytes
Episode: "Good God Girl, Get Out"
Runway theme: Strut couture inspired by signs of the zodiac
Placement: Low
Verdict: This splash of zodiac eleganza proved Brooke Lynn Hytes' neon getup was no fluke. Fish is on the menu — and here to stay — thanks to a singular, visionary wave of impeccable construction married with a dazzling Pisces-inspired concept.
18. Yvie Oddly's Face-Kini Realness
Contestant: Yvie Oddly
Episode: "L.A.D.P.!"
Runway theme: Face-Kini (everything covered but mouth and eyes).
Placement: Safe
Verdict: In the (slightly remixed) words of Trinity The Tuck: "I don't know what the f--- she's [wearing], but, girl, I am living [for this goo-dragon-couture-creature ridiculousness]."
17. Plastique Tiara's Witch Please!
Contestant: Plastique Tiara
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: High
Verdict: Plastique Tiara gave us Maleficent-on-a-Saturday-night-at-the-Abbey — in a (really) good way!
16. Brooke Lynn Hytes' Sequins
Contestant: Brooke Lynn Hytes
Episode: "Snatch Game at Sea"
Runway theme: Glistening, sequin-covered fashion
Placement: Bottom Two
Verdict: Brooke Lynn Hytes knew she f---ed up the Snatch Game, so she gave us one of the best runway presentations of all time, stomping onto the stage covered in a shawl as a giant ball of hair sat atop her head. She quickly threw the shawl off — taking the sky-high wig with it — to reveal this sexy number underneath. Here, it's important to separate presentation from the clothing itself. However spectacular the show was, we've seen far better outfits from Brooke on the main stage. Still, this sexy, fun getup will go down as facilitating one of the most iconic moments in Drag Race herstory, and therefore sits high on this list.
15. Nina West's Fringe Fantasy
Contestant: Nina West
Episode: "Diva Worship"
Runway theme: Fringe
Placement: Challenge Winner
Verdict: Clean up on aisle 11, because Nina West's Pine-Sol eleganza had us gagging all over the runway as she mopped up the competition with this zany-meets-fashion creation.
14. Yvie Oddly's Farm-to-Runway
Contestant: Yvie Oddly
Episode: "From Farm to Runway"
Runway theme: Create couture designs with organic materials
Placement: High
Verdict: The earthly companion to Yvie Oddly's sea-dwelling jellyfish lewk, this eye-popping gown proves exactly what the Denver-based queen needed to in order to assert herself at the forefront of the competition: diversity. Not that her jellyfish lewk (and her Legend Lookalike, mind you) weren't glitzy and glamorous in their own way, but this outfit proves Yvie's capable of tailoring herself to fit inside the show's critiques (which often exist in a vacuum) while also giving her fans the right amount of couture oddity and fantasy they expect.
13. Brooke Lynn Hytes' Caftan
Contestant: Brooke Lynn Hytes
Episode: "Dragracadabra"
Runway theme: Caftan Realness
Placement: High
Verdict: Yvie Oddly might have her beat (by a hair) in terms of ingenuity, but Brooke Lynn Hytes has officially cemented herself as season 11's definitive runway queen with broadly appealing looks. Pairing a gold breastplate straight out of Wonder Woman with a deep purple chiffon caftan here is a match made in Hytes' version of heaven (take me there, now).
12. Nina West's Face-Kini Realness
Contestant: Nina West
Episode: "L.A.D.P.!"
Runway theme: Face-Kini (everything covered but mouth and eyes).
Placement: Safe
Verdict: The nerve she has, rocking the runway this hard! Miss West can infect me with whatever skin disease she's got going on here, because the symptoms are fabulous.
11. Plastique Tiara's All That Glitters
Contestant: Plastique Tiara
Episode: "The Draglympics"
Runway theme: Gold designs
Placement: High
Verdict: Doing the same foundation for an outfit is only bad when the results, well, fall flat. But Plastique Tiara built a complex, layered look on top of her signature corset silhouette that's both regal, whimsical, and fashion-forward.
10. Nina West's Caftan
Contestant: Nina West
Episode: "Dragracadabra"
Runway theme: Caftan Realness
Placement: Challenge Winner
Verdict: Nina West was born to rock a caftan this fabulous. It's not the most couture/fashion/runway thing to ever hit the main stage, but it's quintessentially Nina and exactly the kind of right-garment-meets-the-right-queen-at-the-right-time combination Drag Race fans lives for. Meryl Streep's gold caftan from The Post is shaking!
9. Brooke Lynn Hytes' Face-Kini Realness
Contestant: Brooke Lynn Hytes
Episode: "L.A.D.P.!"
Runway theme: Face-Kini (everything covered but mouth and eyes).
Placement: High
Verdict: Are zebras horses? Are horses zebras? Who cares to solve the mysteries of life when Brooke Lynn Hytes one-ups nature and renders an entire species irrelevant by sporting the most fabulous horse-zebra hybrid in history?
8. Yvie Oddly's Trampy Trick or Treater
Contestant: Yvie Oddly
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: High
Verdict: Clever girl! Yvie Oddly continues applying her envelope-pushing craftsmanship to the Drag Race challenges. Claws on stilettos? Restricting her own limbs into tiny T-Rex arms? Visual poetry!
7. Brooke Lynn Hytes' Trampy Trick or Treater
Contestant: Brooke Lynn Hytes
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Challenge Winner
Verdict: Charmin, to the runway! Angel Soft, to the runway! Toilet paper hasn't looked this good since…well…ever. A regal, royal flush!
6. A'keria Chanel Davenport's Fringe Fantasy
Contestant: A'keria Chanel Davenport
Episode: "Diva Worship"
Runway theme: Fringe
Placement: Bottom Six
Verdict: Though her previous runway lewks were pleasant enough, this elegant, glistening morsel of exotic fantasy is A'keria Chanel Davenport's crowning — pun intended — achievement of the season thus far.
5. Scarlet Envy's MILF Eleganza
Contestant: Scarlet Envy
Episode: "Monster Ball"
Runway theme: Spooky ball with three components: Trampy Trick or Treater, Witch Please!, and MILF Eleganza
Placement: Safe
Verdict: All hail the product of Sally Hawkins' affair with the fish-man from The Shape of Water! A divisive highlight of season 11, Scarlet Envy's risky Creature From the Black Lagoon look turned out to be an inventive, aquatic masterpiece everything Asia O'Hara's Mermaid Fantasy should've been. It's weird, it's gorgeous, it defies convention, and it's one of the best things to hit the Drag Race runway this season.
4. A'keria Chanel Davenport's All That Glitters
Contestant: A'keria Chanel Davenport
Episode: "The Draglympics"
Runway theme: Gold designs
Placement: Challenge Winner
Verdict: A'keria Chanel Davenport almost out-Ru'ed RuPaul (who also dressed for the theme) with this jaw-dropping gilded gown.
3. Yvie Oddly's Fringe Fantasy
Contestant: Yvie Oddly
Episode: "Diva Worship"
Runway theme: Fringe
Placement: Safe
Verdict: Yvie Oddly took our breath away (and dragged us into the depths of decadence with hot pink tentacles) with a creature-inspired lewk for the second week in a row. Whimsical without sacrificing fashionable intuition and stylish sophistication, this queen of the animal kingdom is everything RuPaul's Drag Race needs right now: fierce, progressive, and bucking the art form on her own terms — and this look wraps it all into one.
2. Yvie Oddly's What's Your Sign?
Contestant: Yvie Oddly
Episode: "Good God Girl, Get Out"
Runway theme: Strut couture inspired by signs of the zodiac
Placement: Challenge Winner (tied with Scarlet Envy)
Verdict: A cyber goddess plucked right out of a Wachowski film, Yvie Oddly's bold perspective on her Leo-inspired zodiac lewk is a roaring delight. We've seen high-concept queens attempt fantastical drag in the past, but Yvie seamlessly blends whimsy, prosthetics, and fashion like no woman before her.
1. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's What's Your Sign?
Contestant: Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Episode: "Good God Girl, Get Out"
Runway theme: Strut couture inspired by signs of the zodiac
Placement: Safe
Verdict: A rose by any other name — including those plucked from the earth — could never look as sickening as this crimson winner, which isn't just the best look of season 11, but, perhaps, one of the best looks Miss Vanjie has donned throughout her entire career.