
Most notably last week, he used purple wool suiting to make a gown. Remember the glamping challenge where he uses a heavy fabric and does a sculpture in the front out of THICK wools all combined. Ken has picked really thick fabrics all along. It have a good texture, and it was quite thick. But it will work.” He said, “Let’s hold it here, and we’ll keep looking.” I said, “Okay!” He looked more and brought over the other green (that the dress was made from). And then I followed him and he showed me an olive green jersey that he had pulled. At some point Ken came over and I showed him the ones I had pulled and he said, “No, no, and no.” Okay. I found some really beautiful prints, flowing, small floral, and gauzy lovely draping silks. I let Ken go and do his own thing and I went to the silk area. Obviously I was wildly excited to be there. We entered in separate groups, then, once the cameras were rolling, we were allowed to speak again. We were taken away from the work room and sequestered. And besides, everything changes when you go to Mood and start to turn the sketch into an actual LOOK. I wear a lot of bright colors and I was glad we were not in the beige and nude pallet. From the sketches on, he started in green. And let me say FOR THE RECORD – he picked that green. I must have said 100 times, “I want you to love it,” “I want you to be happy with the look.” And on and on. But at this point, I was really trying not to dictate his process.

He sketched a gown, a short dress with a kicky skirt and a jacket, and the dress that they showed. This was their chance to really show their point of view and I think they should have RUN with it. They never said, “do a party look” or “show the lady to her best advantage.” To be honest, I was really hoping for something dazzling. They did not really define the challenge AT ALL. It was amazing to watch him work and sketch. We got together, chatted and he sketched. So they were tired, worn down, seasoned, and being introduced to “real women.” They told me I was paired with Ken, I greeted him and congratulated him on making it so far. When we were introduced, we knew that these were the top 50% of the designers and that they had just come off 8 challenges in a row. You have to remember, when we walked into the workroom, that was our introduction to each other. But first, let’s just get down to brass tacks: Ken, the green fabric, and the dress. I have oh-so-much to say about my time in New York and the inside look at the making of the show. I am giggling and delighted at how they edited “me”. But I can show you some amazing shoes! Later. I invited people over for a party to watch my episode of Project Runway, asked them to “dress like you mean it” and let people go from there.

“Siriano, let me remind you of your genius, you created an entire collection in your tiny NYC apartment for the Bryant Park Project Runway fashion show and went on to win with the most amazing fashions I’d ever seen to date! Release the stress and work that genius magic we all know that lives in you! I’m even more excited now to see the red carpet Siriano fashions! They are gonna slayyyyyy!!!” Commented a sweet fan.Whew! How fun was THAT?!?! Wow. There were also many people supporting the designer with encouraging comments. “I can almost hear Tim Gun whispering “make it work,” added another.

“I don’t remember this challenge in Project Runway,” wrote one user. “Wow wow.”įans couldn’t help but make light jokes in the comments. He shared a video showing his team hard at work writing “This is our studio this week I guess. A post shared by Christian Siriano revealed in the caption that thankfully only of a few dresses were ruined, but showed his frustration by writing “WORST EVER.” With the Oscars just days away, the designer had to get to work, making an impromptu studio.
