It was a red crochet lace, and I made a long dress." But it was amazing, they had so many amazing things. "There is no way it is still in business. "I think I bought it from a really crappy fabric store in the Lower East Side on Avenue A," he said. There was an early love of Broadway and frequent trips to New York, where Siriano would stop to get materials to make his first clothes. "My mom actually got married in a Diane Von Furstenberg in a wrap dress, she didn't get married in a traditional wedding dress, she was very cool and my sister the same, very eccentric, they loved clothes," he said. "I was asked years ago to design for the Star Fish tuna can like the tuna guy, an outfit for him and it was so much money," he said.Ĭhristian Siriano's interest in fashion began at home, in Annapolis, Maryland - thanks to his mother and older sister. I didn't think about the other part as much."Īlthough, to be clear, he is not open to every offer that has come his way. "Might have taken me more time for certain industry people to support, but on the other side I had huge supporters from the world, people wanting to buy clothes, famous women wanting to wear them. He dressed nine women for the 2016 Emmy Awards red carpet.īut thanks to his reality show roots, there is a perception some tastemakers in the fashion industry look down on him. The mass market connection hasn’t hurt him with celebrities like Angela Bassett, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood or Jennifer Lopez. "Even though Payless is much more commercial and more mass, I still love what we are making," he said. In the fashion world it's a no-no for some designers who don't want the association with mass-market stores. "I love that all these pieces can be worn by so many types of women," he said. He also signed deals to produce collections for retailers like Payless Shoes and Lane Bryant, "My thing is I like clothes that are quite sophisticated and classic but have to be special in their own way, that each piece stands on its own," he said. He's known for clothes that are feminine, modern, and full of color. That led him to develop his own line under the Christian Siriano label, sold in upscale stores like Neiman Marcus and Saks. He was just 21 when he won the fourth season of Project Runway. Siriano elbowed into the ranks of top designers in a very 21st Century way - by starring in a reality TV show. "So even if fashion week is a bust, we'll be alright." "We have the SAG awards, the Grammys and Oscars, still have a ton of clothes and things going out into the world," Siriano said. A week that's important for his company, but not make or break. We spoke to Siriano as he was preparing for Fashion Week. "I grew up in this house, my mom was a little bigger, my sister was a size zero and that was normal." "It's not really different for me to make as many sizes as I can, because I always have," Siriano said. He is at home designing for celebrities, and every woman. The dress was a hit, adding to Siriano's reputation as an inclusive designer whose clothes fit women of all shapes including his mother - a size 16. "After our twitter love affair, she came in studio two days later, fitting two days afterward, and we played dress up, had fun," Siriano said. The Saturday Night Live cast member had tweeted that no designer wanted to clothe her for the premiere of Ghostbusters. But the attention almost paled in comparison to the buzz around his dress for actress and comedian Leslie Jones. "My mom texted and said 'I think that's your dress.' and I said 'I'm not sure.' and I still wasn't sure even when I was watching," Siriano said. When Michelle Obama took the stage at the Democratic National Convention last summer, designer Christian Siriano noticed a message on his cellphone. But as women around the world would attest, you don't need to be a runway model to enjoy the work of Christian Siriano. Christian Siriano's latest designs were on display Saturday at his show at the Plaza Hotel for Fashion Week.
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