Not only has the 20-something year old designer shown well-attended collections every season since his Project Runway debut (we’re talking Cathy Horyn from the New York Times), he has always managed to attract a handful of celebrities to his shows.
At the Spring/Summer 2011 Christian Siriano show, aside from the actual runway looks, the front row – which included Alan Cumming, Maggie Grace, Katrina Bowden, Leigh Lezark, and Jo Jodrew – attracted most of the attention, along with chatter about Siriano’s numerous commercial partnerships.
In addition to a past make-up collaboration with Victoria’s Secret (gift bags included a Victoria’s Secret fragrance), Fiji water bottles were being handed out to waiting guests in light of the 40 minute late start, showcasing the designer’s recent collaboration with the brand. Siriano, along with Charlotte Ronson, designed a garment unveiled the morning of his show, inspired by the Fiji water bottle.
It’s Siriano’s teaming with Payless that always garners the most attention, however, and this season the models once again wore shoes made by Siriano and the mass retailer. The problem with the shoes is that they unfortunatly don’t end up looking like what we see on the runway when they hit stores.
Here’s to hoping things are different with this season’s shoes, because they included some sky high, to-die for platform pumps with skewed V-shaped wooden heels. Other shoes featured multiple staps wrapping around the heel, which were closer to works of art than they were to anything one would expect to see from a mass retailer.
