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IN THE DECADE SINCE CHRISTIAN SIRIANO BECAME PROJECT
Runway’s youngest-ever winning designer, he’s been reinventing the
red-carpet experience. Recently, plus-size model Ashley Graham closed
Siriano’s fall 2019 show at New York Fashion Week swathed in a
glittering, curves-hugging couture gown—and wearing heels from his
Payless line of shoes. A few weeks later, at the Oscars, Pose star Billy
Porter arrived in a Siriano creation that melded a black velvet tuxedo
blazer with a ball-gown skirt. The recurrent message of the 33-year-old
CFDA designer’s work? Fashion belongs to everybody. He’s dressed
First Lady Michelle Obama, Oscar winners Angelina Jolie and Kathy
Bates, and hip-hop icon Nicki Minaj. He produces his designs in sizes 2‘RUNWAY’
SUCCESS
HOW CHRISTIAN SIRIANO
TRANSFORMED FROM REALITY
STAR TO HOUSEHOLD NAME
BY MAKING GLAMOUR
ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY
BY KAREN VALBYNEXT
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