Precious Lee Opens and Closes Christian Siriano's Spring/Summer 2022 Show
For his 40th collection, Siriano kicked off New York Fashion Week with a celebration of life and diversity.
Christian Siriano is a showbiz man. Not only because he was the winner of Project Runway Season 4, but because he knows how to move (and sell himself) like few of his generation — whether as a media character or by famous friends.
In this face-to-face New York Fashion Week return, which began today, the stylist celebrated his 40th collection with a sizable show and party featuring a live performance from singer Marina Diamandis and an A-list group of unmasked celebs.
On the catwalk, Siriano showed that he knows how to take his studio to where post-quarantine youth fashion is pointing: a desire for small escapist extravagances for everyday life, strong colors, striking and shiny fabrics, and a respect for diversity, race, and the body—so much so that he opened and closed the show with plus-size model Precious Lee.
Siriano spoke to the masses and, therefore, appropriated and translated everything that insiders already loved to the real world: whether it's Valentino's couture moods, Dior's laces, or—as social networks were quick to point out and compare—the overuse of colors and prints by Christopher John Rogers, New York's latest fashion favorite.
