![]() ![]() Instead, he let the buoyant clothes speak for themselves with their brilliant colour palette, including buttercup yellow tops and pants, shimmering long coats in silver, hot pink minidresses, layered tulle skirts and body hugging creations made of red, lip-shaped lace.Ī gown with voluminous sleeves on model Maria Borges (see above) had a luminous colour combination of gold, aqua, azure and magenta. In Paris, Christian Siriano brought a Pop Art sensibility to the collection, without the actual paintings, artist and artwork of New York. ![]() Siriano sees her as a "modern day Warhol" and believes there is mutual inspiration between painters and designers. Longshore's recreation of the pop culture portrait has made her well-known in the art world. At the New York show, there were enormous pastel and neon canvas portraits of Frida Kahlo and Lady Gaga on the runway at Manhattan's Gotham Hall, while the artist herself worked on the paintings. This season, the designer's Spring 2020 collection was inspired by New Orleans painter Ashley Longshore. "The collection was inspired by modern pop artists like Ashley Longshore and her whimsical and playful use of colour and texture" But despite the celebrity, the designer has always been keen to cast a diverse range of models for his fashion shows. He has dressed some of the United States most high profile women from Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey to Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Victoria Beckham and Angelina Jolie. The host of the show, model Karlie Kloss, was in the front row joined by Alicia Silverstone (who captured the Nineties fashion zeitgeist in the film Clueless) along with actors Shannon Purser, Larsen Thompson and Leigh Lezark.Ĭhristian Siriano has worked hard to be taken seriously and has shown his collections at New York Fashion Week for more than a decade. One of the standout winners of the Project Runway television series in 2008, Siriano is now a mentor on the show's new 17th season after its return to the Bravo network. The designer brought American razzmatazz with him as models Coco Rocha and Candy Bruna wore his exuberant evening gowns, striking poses that brought them to life on the runway, with whoops from the star-studded front row. And don't forget prints! I'm all about fabulous floral in a silk gown.Vendôme, Christiano Siriano presented his new collection for the first time in Paris. ![]() I don't think mainstream colors like greens and typical purples and typical reds really work because it makes the dress look even more dated. I love color! I don't particularly use it a lot in my designs, but at prom I love colors - bright colors such as yellow, orange, and fuchsia. Color is pretty important for prom as well. Like, a girl could wear a dress that to me would be amazing, but to all the 17- and 18-year-olds who hate each other, it wouldn't really work.ġ7: What is your idea of a hot prom dress?Ĭhristian: I think the beading and the glitter and the pageant gowns really need to go. The problem now is that you can't be really weird or innovative or interesting. They asked me to design Japanese-like avant-garde dresses.Ĭhristian: I think prom is just horrible! The thing is, I went to a prom at an art school, and it's so cool, because everyone dressed really amazing. And I just got this job offer to design a virtual prom dress for a Website. It's really hard to juggle everything.ġ7: Are you designing prom dresses this season?Ĭhristian: I get a prom request every day! I've had about 30 to 40 prom requests so far. ![]() Literally all I do is talk to my agent, my management company, and Bravo. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to playġ7: Wow! It seems like you're really busy!Ĭhristian: Yeah! I barely even get to talk to my mother. ![]()
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