NEW YORK (AP) — Hidden behind cream curtains, designer Christian Siriano remodeled the athleisure aisles of the Herald Sq. Macy’s division retailer right into a cinematic universe as he ushered his New York Style Week runway present attendees on a journey by means of movie from black-and-white robes to full Technicolor seems.
Very like his inspiration for his runway present, the VIP guestlist was straight out of Hollywood. Whoopi Goldberg sat between Oprah and singer Lizzo. Entrance row celebrities cheered as longtime Siriano muse Coco Rocha opened the catwalk in her traditional excessive powered supermodel strut, sporting a black-and-white stripe and polka dot organza blazer paired with a mini skirt and matching hat.
For his spring 2026 assortment, Siriano mentioned he drew inspiration from actor Marlene Dietrich and the way she performed with each female and masculine kinds.
“A lot of the collection is black-and-white, but a lot of texture,” he mentioned. “We have this beautiful plaid sequin, polka dot, stripes … that she’s worn in her kind of repertoire of clothes and then we end in this idea of like, what if all of a sudden the film turned to color?”
Sticking with the outdated Hollywood glamour theme, fashions wore their hair in slick backed buns with one pin curl wave. In a contemporary twist, some fashions wore their structured blazers with solely tights.
From tailor-made blazers to voluminous bubble attire, Siriano performed with patterns and construction all through his assortment.
Stripes, polka dots and plaid
Siriano relied on his shade palette to move attendees to the silver display screen with black-and-white patterns from polka dots, stripes and plaid on the high of his present earlier than transitioning his seems to Technicolor materials together with a tiffany blue ball robe and a barbie pink deconstructed tuxedo gown.
The present was a primary for “White Lotus” star Natasha Rothwell. “I want to spend an insane amount of money,” she mentioned after the present. “For my first fashion show, it was everything.”
Attendees got here dressed prepared for the drama of their tulle and corsets. Singer Adam Lambert arrived in a bronze belted blazer coat with matching outsized bronze sunglass shades.
On the runway, Siriano dressed fashions of all sizes, genders and backgrounds in his designs. The designer continues to champion inclusivity whereas others have pulled again.
“It’s simply necessary to have a mixture of stunning folks, he mentioned.
Hats galore
Siriano accessorized his designs with an array of flat high and outsized whimsical hats. The designer himself has worn his fair proportion of hats.
Siriano, who gained the design competitors “Project Runway” in 2007, lately returned to supply his experience as a mentor to rising designers on the latest iteration of the present, which options picture architect Legislation Roach and supermodel Heidi Klum.
Siriano can be serving as artistic director for Macy’s ready-to-wear I.N.C. model because it marks 40 years. Siriano mentioned by bringing trend week to Macy’s he hoped to convey prospects again to retail procuring.
Minutes earlier than the beginning of the runway present, Siriano’s backstage crew have been stitching and touching up the ultimate look of the night time worn by Rocha, whose showstopping moments have turn into a signature factor of Siriano’s reveals. In a black-and-white polka dot billowing robe, Rocha elegantly posed as she sauntered within the off-the-shoulder tulle look to shut the catwalk
“I love my shows to be a little bit more like a performance too,” Siriano mentioned. “I want people to feel like when they walk in the room, they’re in a different world. We work so hard on making all these beautiful things, and I think it’s escapism. We need that so much right now.”
