{"id":132208,"date":"2026-02-13T06:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T06:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/132208\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T06:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T06:44:15","slug":"christian-siriano-invites-new-york-fashion-week-guests-into-his-surrealist-dream-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/132208\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Siriano invites New York Fashion Week guests into his surrealist dream"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Christian Siriano barely had 48 hours to design his finale gown for his New York Fashion Week<\/a> show. The iridescent green liquid fabric Siriano had ordered from Italy was stuck in customs for weeks before it finally arrived shortly before Thursday\u2019s runway show. <\/p>\n

The designer of \u201cProject Runway\u201d fame may have been accustomed to executing his designs on a tight deadline but with months to design his other looks, he told The Associated Press, that the last-minute design brought a fresh wave of excitement ahead of his show.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best dresses come at the end because I\u2019m really, really in it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Unlike his previous shows, where Siriano<\/a> decorated his venues in sync with this theme, this time around the designer pared down the atmospheric drama allowing his clothes to speak for themselves. For his latest collection, the designer experimented with texture and a variety of colors to create his surrealist dream.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was more of an idea of this fantasy dream, maybe like a Dali painting that can never be explained,\u201d he said. \u201cIt really is this dreamlike world that hopefully everybody feels really beautiful in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Siriano\u2019s fashionable crew of celebrity friends and loyal customers sat front row, including actors Leslie Jones, Uzo Aduba, Julia Fox, Natasha Lyonne, Whoopi Goldberg<\/a> and rock singer Taylor Momsen.<\/p>\n

The show opened with black and white structured looks before models emerged dipped in a sea of colors. They stopped along the runway to pose with their hair transformed into a surrealist swoop style, crisscrossed around their necks.<\/p>\n

Siriano\u2019s collection reimagined red carpet silhouettes including eye-catching gowns with dramatic asymmetric necklines and exaggerated tulle sleeves or peplums. Even his black and white designs, featured shimmering fringe, alluring cut outs, feathers or delicate beading.<\/p>\n

Siriano\u2019s looks are not for the wallflower. The designer fashioned several revealing sheer looks. <\/p>\n

In typical Siriano fashion, the runway was filled with models of all sizes and genders.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to escape and be somewhere else \u2026 in a dream world,\u201d he said. This will be a celebration of like, beauty, bodies, age and cultures and we need that.<\/p>\n

Siriano\u2019s standout looks of the night featured pops of color including a chartreuse lace cropped jacket and maxi skirt, and the bright green ombre bubble gown that arrived shortly before his show.<\/p>\n

Siriano\u2019s supermodel muse Coco Rocha closed the show in the ombre bubble gown. As Rocha theatrically posed down the runway, she locked eyes with guests. Celebrity guest Jones cheered on the model, yelling \u201cdrama\u201d as she passed by.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe makes you feel secure in his clothes,\u201d Jones said of Siriano. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what size you are; he\u2019s going to make you feel beautiful and that\u2019s the essence of Christian.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP entertainment producer John Carucci<\/a> contributed to this report. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Christian Siriano barely had 48 hours to design his finale gown for his New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2571,2408,11778,56563,157,1242,33294,56562,232,56566,9,24,11,10,48202,56565,56564,34992],"class_list":{"0":"post-132208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-arts-and-entertainment","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-christian-siriano","11":"tag-coco-rocha","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-fashion","14":"tag-julia-fox","15":"tag-leslie-jones","16":"tag-lifestyle","17":"tag-natasha-lyonne","18":"tag-new-york","19":"tag-new-york-city","20":"tag-new-york-headlines","21":"tag-new-york-news","22":"tag-send-to-apple-news","23":"tag-taylor-momsen","24":"tag-uzo-aduba","25":"tag-whoopi-goldberg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}