The International Herald Tribune reports:
Thursday, July 24, 2008
TWO episodes into the fifth season of "Project Runway," unofficially subtitled the Farewell to Bravo season, the competition that seems to be shaping up is less about who is the best designer and more about who can come up with the best catchword.
Um, girlicious? Not likely to go mainstream, Blayne.
For this, we can thank Christian Siriano, the winner of season four and progenitor of the word "fierce" as a description for just about anything meeting the stylistic threshold of a drag queen.
Siriano, 22, is by most accounts a design prodigy, one of the few alumni of the series who has a rightful claim to a future career in fashion. Since he won in March, Siriano has been lining up sponsors to show a full signature collection during Fashion Week in September, but he has also designed prom dresses, small collections for Puma and — as part of the "Project Runway" prize package — a nine-piece distillation of his look for Bluefly, the online retailer, which went on sale Wednesday.
"Obviously, everything that is said on that show is said over and over again and sticks in people's heads," Siriano said. "So when you finish, it's like people ask me every day: 'Where is it?' 'Did you get your car?' 'Where's your Bluefly line?' It's like, 'It's coming lady, calm down.' "
It's here. The clothes are a little more fitted and a lot less ruffly than what Siriano showed during the show's finale, but the flavor is still there. For example, the most extravagant look is a black cotton blouse with puffy organza sleeves, for $590, called the "Posh," after Siriano's most vocal supporter, Victoria Beckham. A jersey T-shirt, for $96, is trimmed with a row of neat pleats at the shoulders and is called the "Transylvania." (His other catch phrase from the show was "hot tranny mess.")
"We named all the pieces hilariously because it's superfun," said Siriano, before offering a taste of the trademark attitude that made him famous — well, reality-show famous — when asked about the new season.
"I met some of the new designers, and I think they're a little forced," he said. "And I don't think the clothes are that great either."
To his credit, he did not once utter the word fierce.
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