{"id":201551,"date":"2019-02-10T01:30:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T06:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=201551"},"modified":"2019-02-10T01:30:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T06:30:27","slug":"christian-siriano-wins-best-view-award-at-ny-fashion-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/10\/christian-siriano-wins-best-view-award-at-ny-fashion-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Siriano wins best view award at NY Fashion Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Siriano himself was full of apologies as he came out for his post-show bow, telling the crowd \u201cI’m so sorry!\u201d for the late start \u2014 a result of congestion in elevators leading up to the venue, and lines snaking through the lobby at Rockefeller Center. He repeated the apologies throughout post-show interviews. (File Photo<\/a>: @csiriano\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NEW YORK \u2014 If there were a best-view award at New York Fashion Week, Christian Siriano would win it. The sights outside the designer’s runway show atop Rockefeller Center were hard to beat: The Empire State building, the Chrysler Building and other Manhattan landmarks, just as the sun began to set on a cold but clear Saturday.<\/p>\n

As for the clothes, Siriano looked to the future \u2014 the far-off future \u2014 with a collection that had an outer-space feel, with shiny silver metallics and highly sculpted futuristic shapes.<\/p>\n

Even the colours were galactic: \u201cPulsar purple,\u201d \u201ccomet blue,\u201d \u201ceclipse black,\u201d \u201castral plane ivory,\u201d \u201casteroid grey,\u201d and \u201csupernova silver.\u201d<\/p>\n

Siriano himself was full of apologies as he came out for his post-show bow, telling the crowd \u201cI’m so sorry!\u201d for the late start \u2014 a result of congestion in elevators leading up to the venue, and lines snaking through the lobby at Rockefeller Center. He repeated the apologies throughout post-show interviews.<\/p>\n

The celebrity guests didn’t seem to mind too much: Debra Messing, Billy Porter and Mariska Hargitay whooped with admiration as some of Siriano’s flamboyant designs came down the runway. Other celebs in attendance included actresses Christina Hendricks, Christina Ricci, Danielle Brooks, and Kelli Giddish.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m thinking of futurism,\u201d Siriano said backstage about his theme, \u201cand what do people think about that, what does futuristic mean to everybody else? So mine was if you had to live in a different realm, a different world, how would you dress, and what would your social calendar be like. What would inspire you?\u201d<\/p>\n

The designer is known for the diversity of his runway \u2014 racial diversity, and also size \u2014 and said he remained committed, \u201cbecause that’s who our customer is, that’s our world, that’s what’s out there. So it doesn’t make sense to not have that, all these different women. I think that was very important to highlight the range of beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plus-sized model Tess HolIiday, who attended the show, said Siriano was \u201csize inclusive and he’s one of the first designers to do it. He continuously not only shows up for our community, but puts on beautiful shows.\u201d<\/p>\n

Siriano said he’d just finished taping his first season as mentor on \u201cProject Runway,\u201d taking over from Tim Gunn, and working alongside supermodel Karlie Kloss.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was awesome,\u201d he said of returning to the reality show, which he won as a contestant in its fourth season. \u201cI love working with Karlie. I think it’s going to be really great.\u201d He said he’d be bringing his perspective as a working designer to the show’s contestants.<\/p>\n

\u201cI treat them the same way I treat my staff, my team,\u201d he said. \u201cLike, ‘Do you like that fabric? Do you think that’s right? I’m giving them advice the same way I would give my team advice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Siriano was full of appreciation for the vocal support he gets from his celebrity guests.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes fashion people can be a bit, you know, they’re tired,\u201d he quipped, \u201cso it’s so nice to have (his celebrity fans) there to support me, because listen, they’re wearing the clothes. So even if an editor hates the clothes, I’m like, ‘Well that’s fine, Debra Messing is nominated for a Golden Globe and I’m going to dress her! So for me, that’s important. And I don’t know why other people don’t think it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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AP video journalist Jill Dobson contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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