Christian Siriano Pre-Fall 2022

Christian Siriano is in a nostalgic mood. He recently bought a house for his mother and was going through old photographs. “We used to have this living room in our old house that had this lipstick red, camel back sofa, with this mahogany furniture and damask curtains,” he said over Zoom. His muse? His sister, getting ready for school. “When she was 17, she worked in a couture hat store and she’d wear these huge hats and platform shoes and tutus and I’d be like, ‘Where are you going?’ And she was like, ‘This is how I dress.’ It was wild.” Siriano’s pre-fall collection was shot against a dark red background, channeling his youthful memories. His eccentric goth-leaning teenage sister pops up too, mainly in the form of ruffled peplums around the waist, but the lineup is otherwise focused on Siriano’s hits. “We’re a very event brand. Events are happening but we’re not sure what they’re wearing anymore. Is it suits? Is it cocktail? Is it full evening?” In turn, he showed a little bit of everything, from an easy, almost pajama-like silky red suit to a dress constructed of wavy, vertical layers of red, black, and white fabric.