Siriano didn't miss a step with his ballet-inspired spring/summer 2013 collection.
Love an old movie? You're not alone. For his fall/winter 2012 collection, Siriano paid homage to the 1933 film The Vampire Bat, which starred the late actress Fay Wray.
"I just thought that she was so stunning in this movie. Even though the movie's, like, creepy and quirky she looked so elegant and I just thought that that was really beautiful and I think that tipped off the whole thing," he told The Wall Street Journal. "And then also, sometimes, it's just, like, what I'm feeling. Like if I'm kind of [in] a little bit dark mood I kind of go for that world, which I was I guess at the beginning of the collection. We lightened it up as the days have gone on because I'm feeling more confident."
According to WWD, the late Katharine Hepburn was Siriano's muse for his spring/summer 2012 show.
Per Fashionista, Siriano looked to black orchids for his fall/winter 2011 show.
According to Vogue, Siriano was inspired by cultures around the world. As he told the magazine, "A bit of African, a bit of Asian, a bit of Mediterranean-Greek."
Vogue, citing Siriano's fashion show notes, also reported he channeled the head-to-toe ensembles of European women during the 1960s for his fall/winter 2010 collection.
"I really wanted it to be about kind of like this travel idea, and this woman is traveling, you know, in Southern Italy along the Amalfi Coast and that kind of envisioned this, like, idea of print. And I did these really graphic digital prints that are really the coast," he told Beauty Launchpad. "But then the idea was, 'What is she going to wear during the day?' So she's in these like blush, nude tones, which are inspired by, like, the beach and the stone colors of the rocks. And that kind of went through a whole collection to day, to evening, to glam."
Gorgeous gowns have always been one of Siriano's specialties.
This show marked Siriano's first-ever spring/summer collection for New York Fashion Week.
This collection, which marked Siriano's New York Fashion Week debut, earned the designer the title of Project Runway's season four winner.