Christian Siriano’s Fashion Sense Decidedly Not A Hot Tranny Mess

While we concede that Project Runway is a good-to-great show (even if you include this current supes boring season), isn’t it a bit troubling that it’s utterly failed in its mission to produce a great designer? You never see anyone sporting a Jay McCarroll outfit or a Chloe Dao handbag, do you? Perhaps the show is better at creating personalities than people who can actually cut the mustard in the fashion industry. At least that seemed to be the case until everyone’s favourite gay mullet-headed pixie unleashed his Spring 2009 collection on an unsuspecting New York City. That’s right, Christian Siriano just had a runway show and people cannot stop raving.

Using a predominantly grey colour scheme, Christian wowed the crowd with his ruffled, flowing masterpieces. They looked similar to his work on P.R., but even more mature and wearable. It wouldn’t be surprising to see women all over the world donning his duds. But then again, I’m just a straight dude who knows nothing about fashion. So, what did the experts have to say about it?

Runway judge Nina Garcia chimed in: “Not everybody at his age could pull this together so effortlessly. I am blown away and proud and excited and happy–I feel like a doting mother.”

“It was very classy and beautiful,” Hedi Klum teutonically intoned.

But there could be no more ringing of an endorsement than the one from Tim Gunn, who said of Christian, “He really is the next great American fashion designer.”

High praise, indeed. Shocking as it seems, maybe something good can come out of reality TV once in a while. Maybe.

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