Christian Siriano Shows His Spring 2010 Collection At NY Fashion Week
Project Runway season 4 winner Christian Siriano showed off his third NY Fashion Week collection here at The Tent in Bryant Park yesterday and by pretty much all accounts, it was a stunning success. Siriano made a huge splash on the competitive reality TV series Project Runway but he has really made a name for himself in the years since he appeared on the show:
Designers from “Project Runway” have come and gone — sadly, mostly gone. But Christian Siriano has shown he plans to stay. Siriano’s spring 2010 collection shown Saturday was his third at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week following his stint on the reality show, and in that time he’s made his way to the windows of Saks Fifth Avenue and to the shoe aisles of Payless. The collection was a lush take on Mediterranean travel, concluding with three intricate ball gowns that elicited spontaneous applause from a crowd that included actresses Mena Suvari and Tori Spelling and model Alessandra Ambrosio. A satin-faced organza strapless gown in blush, elegantly draped and with a beaded bodice, cried out for a red carpet. “I feel like a proud dad,” said Tim Gunn, the “Project Runway” mentor. He said he knew Siriano would be a standout from the competition, and thinks he’s evolved into something more: “I believe he’s this generation’s Marc Jacobs. I do.”
Christian Siriano is such a stunning talent, it’s really great to see him grow into his own. After the jump, see a few of the pieces he crafted for his Spring ‘10 collection and read the rest of this glowing review of his show …
Some of Siriano’s most striking pieces were made from a fabric print created using an aerial photograph of the Italian coast line — “flipped, modified, repeated and saturated with Volcanic and Oceanic colors,” as Siriano described in his notes. The result was a richly intricate pattern that looked almost animalistic rendered in reds and orange and like a deep ocean cartography in blues. Siriano is a natural showman, so wearability seems beside the point. But his weakest moments came when he strived for it — as in a fitted khaki funnel neck dress with blue piping — and when he totally ignored it, as in an ocean print body suit that was unflattering on the model, who looked famished even by model standards.
But he showed a capacity to wow with some of his tamer pieces in shades of blush, nude and khaki — there was elegant draping, delicate pleating and gathered flounces at the shoulders and hips, two body parts getting a lot of attention at Fashion Week. Also meant to be wearable: the sky-high shoes for his third Payless line with a curved, pointed heel and sometimes upturned toe. Just don’t try walking too far. It wouldn’t be fierce. Nina Garcia, a “Project Runway” judge and fashion director of Marie Claire, said she agreed with Gunn’s assessment of the designer, calling Siriano “pretty amazing.” “Go to the Saks Fifth Avenue third floor and you’ll see him among all the big designers. So clearly it’s not just us who think that way but I think also the retailers,” she said. “Christian had just fearlessness about him, he just kept pushing the envelope. At the end of the day you have to have that to make it.”
It pains me that I could not attend his show yesterday … our travel plans were already in place by the time the invite arrived but seeing the fruits of his labor in these photos almost makes up for not being able to see them in person. I agree with Tim Gunn that Siriano is this generation’s Marc Jacobs but, to be honest, I could see how CS could go even further and be any generation’s Christian Siriano. Well done, CS … this looks like a fabulous show.
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September 13th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Wow such amazing designs, color palate, elegance and grace. He is so amazing, I think everyone fall in love with him and his fashion skills.
September 13th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Trent? Season 5? Isn’t he the winner of Season 4???
September 13th, 2009 at 9:28 am
@Teeshah — Eep! You’re right, I’ve amended the post.
September 13th, 2009 at 9:30 am
LOVE the blush gown and short blue dress above! Christian is amazing, all of his designs are so innovative and fun to look at (which is more than can be said for this year’s PR contestants). Think I might have to make a trip to payless since I’ll never be able to afford his high end stuff lol.
September 13th, 2009 at 11:00 am
wow… thats all i can think of saying. the designs are amazing, especially the long blue dress!!! OMG!!!!! seeing his designs, gets me inspired to work on my own swimsuits! the colors are divine! wish i could have been there!
September 13th, 2009 at 11:06 am
I’m not one who’s really into fashion, but I LOVE seeing what CS designs..His pieces actually excite me, which doesn’t happen often..That guy has so much talent in that tiny little body of his! Love him!
September 13th, 2009 at 11:12 am
FIERCE.
September 13th, 2009 at 11:31 am
SOooo talented!!! :)
September 13th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
you know what I truely love his work I think it is so beautiful and really what any woman would be excited to wear…with the exception of maybe the blue jumpsuit lol
September 13th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
and I am so in love with his ball gowns
September 13th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
i’m in love with him! he’s definitely fierce in my books!
September 13th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
He is the pussy cat’s ME-OW!!! I love him so much it’s almost tragic! He is the most deserving Project Runway winner to date!
September 13th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
o.m.g!!! that’s Fierce with a capital F!!! i love his designs to bits! as of today, he’s my favourite designer. can’t wait to see moahhh!!!!
September 13th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
He’s got some lovely designs, but I don’t think he’s in the same league as Marc Jacobs.
September 13th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Ohh my goodness. I love the first dress.
September 14th, 2009 at 1:21 am
For the most part, fashion shows have ALWAYS put me off – models never smiling, walking funny & wearing outfits that are absolutely atrocious.
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So imagine my shock when I look forward to seeing the FIERCE designs of Christian Siriano… Even though robots are parading them down runways, I can actually focus on the clothes.
September 14th, 2009 at 1:38 am
*sigh and faint with the love of his fashion line* It’s fresh air within a dream….I’m in wonderland over this, and absolutly would want to wear the ice blue trench coat.
September 14th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Those are pretty. He deserves everything that is going for him.
-meream
September 14th, 2009 at 7:04 am
amazing indeed! i am impressed!