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Every RuPaul's Drag Race season 13 runway look, ranked

Every RuPaul's Drag Race season 13 runway look, ranked

By Joey Nolfi

Updated February 22, 2021 at 10:49 AM EST

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Whether it gags you in all the ways (good or bad) or has your green-screen tree breasts perked and ready for more, one thing we can all root for is — for better or worse — a buzzy RuPaul's Drag Race fashion moment. Ahead, EW rates the runway looks from season 13 (Fridays at 8 p.m. on VH1), from Symone's knockout threads to Olivia Lux's teeny tiny purses bursting with talent larger than Kandy Muse's wigs. (This list is not a ranking of the queens themselves, but rather the runway creations — items presented within the context of a competition — for fun.)

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92. Lala Ri’s Bag Ball Eleganza

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Lala Ri

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Bag Ball Eleganza

Placement: Bottom two

Notes: Lala Ri is so excellent in all areas that I’m going to pretend this never happened. We know it's bad. She knows it's bad. Let us never speak of it again.

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91. Elliott with 2 Ts’ Lamé

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Elliott with 2 Ts

Episode: “Condragulations”

Runway theme: Lamé You Stay

Placement: Safe

Notes: *Insert Alyssa Edwards’ prolonged, befuddled tongue pop when she coached the season 10 choreography challenge*

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90. Joey Jay’s Bag Ball Eleganza

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Joey Jay

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Bag Ball Eleganza

Placement: Eliminated

Notes: Iggy Azalea made herstory as the first artist to perform their song live for the lip-sync.

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89. Tina Burner’s Bead It

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Tina Burner

Episode: “Bossy Rossy: The RuBoot"

Runway theme: Bead It

Placement: High

Notes: Well, she escaped the Ronald McDonald nightmare! It’s a start!

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88. Elliott with 2 Ts’ Money Bags

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Elliott with 2 Ts

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Money Bags

Placement: Safe

Notes: Matron meets power-meeting. Maybe she just owns 47 percent of the company.

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87. Kandy Muse’s Bag Ball Eleganza

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Kandy Muse

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Bag Ball Eleganza

Placement: Safe

Notes: The worst of Kandy’s otherwise brilliant looks on the runway this week. But, the vision is fun (and unique) enough to push it far enough into “absurd fun” territory that it’s impossible to dislike.

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86. Tina Burner’s Train

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Tina Burner

Episode: “RuPaulmark Channel”

Runway theme: Trains for Days

Placement: Safe

Notes: “What the hell are we gonna do now?” — MTA conductors everywhere when Tina Burner showed them all up.

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85. Joey Jay’s Mixed Bag

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Joey Jay

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Mixed Bag

Placement: Eliminated

Notes: Is it poison ivy? Is it just an IV bag? Is it a poison IV bag? We’ll never know (and neither will Carson Kressley), but the point is: This look is better than most people are giving it credit for.

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84. Joey Jay’s Money Bags

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Joey Jay

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Money Bags

Placement: Eliminated

Notes: From the waist up, it’s a corporate serve meets youthful anime villainess (YES to the natural hair!), but from the leggings down it’s a splash of “low-level office intern’s first day at a Cleveland-based start-up.”

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83. Rosé’s Little Black Dress

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Rosé

Episode: “Disco-mentary

Runway theme: Little Black Dress

Placement: Safe

Notes: What is Joe Biden’s plan to ban Rosé from using tulle?

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82. Tamisha Iman’s Bag Ball Eleganza

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Tamisha Iman

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Bag Ball Eleganza

Placement: Low

Notes: The construction is beautiful (I love the tiny bags that make up the skirt), but the top half has too much going on, and distracts from the impeccable craftsmanship going on elsewhere in the garment.

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81. Symone’s Bag Ball Eleganza

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Symone

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Bag Ball Eleganza

Placement: Safe

Notes: She might not be a seamstress, but Symone got her color combinations right enough to distract from this outfit’s construction.

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80. Lala Ri’s Mixed Bag

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Lala Ri

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Mixed Bag

Placement: Bottom two

Notes: Conceptually, this is genius. The execution is a little lacking. As the judges said, if this had taken a more structured approach with the bones instead of simply pasting them haphazardly around the entire garment, it would’ve taken this glimpse of a great idea into a full-blown vision. Lala’s face and hair are ace, though.

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79. Tamisha Iman’s Mixed Bag

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Tamisha Iman

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Mixed Bag

Placement: Low

Notes: The campy gag? Aced. The garments? Off the rack, but any woman of the ages would die to look this effortlessly sweet on a mid-day power lunch, even if it’s possible with a mere quick trip to Chico’s.

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78. Tina Burner’s Mixed Bag

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Tina Burner

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Mixed Bag

Placement: Safe

Notes: The idea is fun, but it’s going to take a few more shots before I can toot this lush-ious design.

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77. Utica's Train

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Utica

Episode: “RuPaulmark Channel”

Runway theme: Trains for Days

Placement: Safe

Notes: I’d gladly decorate a luxurious living room with Utica Brand Curtains.

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76. Tamisha Iman’s Train

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Tamisha Iman

Episode: “RuPaulmark Channel”

Runway theme: Trains for Days

Placement: Safe

Notes: The color is so right, so is the face. But there’s something that feels a little flat about the rest of this design, whether the material on the train isn’t voluminous enough or it’s just still recoiling after that face Tamisha flashed to Elliott in the Werk Room. Tamisha is an icon, and she can wear whatever the hell she wants, though.

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75. Utica’s Yellow Gorgeous

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Contestant: Utica

Episode: “Social Media: The Unverified Rusical"

Runway theme: Yellow looks

Placement: Safe

Notes: This look is less medieval and more straddling the line between “meh” and “evil.”

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74. Utica’s Sheer

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Utica

Episode: “Phenomenon”

Runway theme: We're Here, We're Sheer, Get Used to It

Placement: Safe

Notes: It’s fine! It reads a bit “elementary school Halloween party chaperone,” but it’s pretty!

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73. Rosé’s Sheer

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Rosé

Episode: “Phenomenon”

Runway theme: We're Here, We're Sheer, Get Used to It

Placement: Top two

Notes: I love Rosé! But, something isn’t coming together on these first few runways. I don’t know exactly why it doesn’t work, but… sorry to this (wo)man!

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72. Kandy Muse's Train

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Kandy Muse

Episode: “RuPaulmark Channel”

Runway theme: Trains for Days

Placement: High

Notes: The material and sultry hair look divine on Kandy Muse, but there are a few technical improvements that could’ve taken this from “gorgeous” to “can’t get up off the floor because she looks so incredible.”

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71. Joey Jay’s Train

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Joey Jay

Episode: “RuPaulmark Channel”

Runway theme: Trains for Days

Placement: Safe

Notes: The concept is tonguing greatness, but the construction is super clunky and the material is entirely unflattering to Joey Jay’s ace figure.

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70. Tina Burner’s Bag Ball Eleganza

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Tina Burner

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Bag Ball Eleganza

Placement: Safe

Notes: Someone on Twitter said Tina Burner’s inner saboteur is Ronald McDonald, and this look is proof!

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69. Olivia Lux’s Money Bags

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Olivia Lux

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Money Bags

Placement: Safe

Notes: Matchy-matchy done right.

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68. Tamisha Iman’s Money Bags

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Tamisha Iman

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Money Bags

Placement: Low

Notes: Tamisha could walk out there in Lala Ri’s Bag Ball Eleganza and still convince you it’s the most impressive creation in herstory. Her body is so natural at serving garments that her runways become mini experiences in themselves.

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67. Denali’s Sheer

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Denali

Episode: “Phenomenon”

Runway theme: We're Here, We're Sheer, Get Used to It

Placement: Challenge winner

Notes: It’s nice! There’s nothing wrong with it, but Denali has already proven she has much bigger things waiting in her suitcase. She can whip me in the face with that hair whenever she wants, though!

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66. Denali’s Mixed Bag

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Denali

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Mixed Bag

Placement: Safe

Notes: This is how gays dress for their daily hit-and-run on their way to get a sixth iced coffee of the morning.

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65. Tina Burner’s Money Bags

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Tina Burner

Episode: “The Bag Ball”

Runway theme: The Bag Ball — Money Bags

Placement: Safe

Notes: Bob and Eureka were generous enough to lend Miss Burner a piece from the archives. It’s the Sisterhood of the Traveling Houndstooth.

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64. Elliott with 2 Ts’s Little Black Dress

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Elliott with 2 Ts

Episode: “Disco-mentary

Runway theme: Little Black Dress

Placement: High

Notes: Elliott rarely looks bad, it’s just off-the-(very expensive) rack realness when it comes to her aesthetic.

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63. Tina Burner’s Little Black Dress

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Tina Burner

Episode: “Disco-mentary

Runway theme: Little Black Dress

Placement: High

Notes: If a queen has her thing, I’m certainly not going to critique repeating a motif. If we’re going to hold the judges accountable for telling Dusty to change her face dots or Max to wear a wig that isn’t grey, we’re not going to slam Tina’s trademark color palette. If the looks were all similar, I’d see it, but she’s actually served diverse pieces on the runway so far, and this is a fun, light camp ditty.

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62. Rosé’s Train

Credit: World of Wonder

Contestant: Rosé

Episode: “RuPaulmark Channel”

Runway theme: Trains for Days

Placement: High

Notes: Power shoulders, loofah realness, and a splash of camp make Rosé’s suit the best business attire for today’s Working Woman.

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Every RuPaul's Drag Race season 13 runway look, ranked

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90. Joey Jay’s Bag Ball Eleganza

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89. Tina Burner’s Bead It

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88. Elliott with 2 Ts’ Money Bags

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87. Kandy Muse’s Bag Ball Eleganza

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86. Tina Burner’s Train

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85. Joey Jay’s Mixed Bag

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84. Joey Jay’s Money Bags

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83. Rosé’s Little Black Dress

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82. Tamisha Iman’s Bag Ball Eleganza

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81. Symone’s Bag Ball Eleganza

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80. Lala Ri’s Mixed Bag

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79. Tamisha Iman’s Mixed Bag

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77. Utica's Train

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75. Utica’s Yellow Gorgeous

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74. Utica’s Sheer

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73. Rosé’s Sheer

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72. Kandy Muse's Train

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71. Joey Jay’s Train

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70. Tina Burner’s Bag Ball Eleganza

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69. Olivia Lux’s Money Bags

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68. Tamisha Iman’s Money Bags

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