29 Facts About Christian Siriano

Christian Vincent Siriano was born on November 18,1985 and is an American fashion designer and member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Christian Siriano launched his eponymous Christian Siriano collection in 2008, which brought in revenue of over $1.2 million by 2010 and was estimated to have reached $5 million by 2012.

Christian Siriano was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018.

Christian Siriano was born and raised in Annapolis, Maryland, where he spent a year at Broadneck Senior High School before transferring to Baltimore School for the Arts.

The school allowed Christian Siriano to choose fashion design as his course of study.

Christian Siriano has one older sister, Shannon, who is a community builder and founder of Rebelle Con.

Christian Siriano has said that his parents supported the arts and encouraged him and his sister to pursue creative fields.

Christian Siriano began designing clothes at age thirteen, while working as a hair washer and styling assistant at Bubbles Salon in Annapolis, and eventually began sewing clothes for the salon's annual hair shows.

Christian Siriano moved to New York City after graduating from college.

Christian Siriano decided to audition for the show after the suggestion of a friend's mother.

Christian Siriano's collection was made up of Musketeer-inspired couture, featuring ruffles, feathers and headwear.

Christian Siriano was the youngest designer to win the competition.

Christian Siriano returned to the show to mentor designers in seasons 17,18,19, and 20.

In 2008, shortly before debuting his fashion line, Christian Siriano began collaborating on several mass market retail collections.

On December 4,2008, it was announced that Christian Siriano had signed a deal to design a line of low-cost shoes and handbags for Payless ShoeSource for retail in Fall 2009.

Siriano's eponymous fashion line, Christian Siriano, debuted at New York Fashion Week on September 13,2008.

Christian Siriano's collection is retailed at Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.

In February 2009, Christian Siriano teamed up with LG to create a fashion-themed phone, the LG Lotus.

In 2010, Christian Siriano was named one of Crain's Top 40 Entrepreneurs Under 40, which reported that his line had brought in over $1.2 million in revenue as of 2010.

In January 2014, Disney announced that Christian Siriano would be designing costumes for fairy characters in the Disney animated film The Pirate Fairy.

Christian Siriano celebrated the 10th anniversary of his fashion line in February 2018 with a runway show of his Fall 2018 collection.

Christian Siriano began to receive pop culture attention during his time on Project Runway, primarily for his asymmetrical upswept hairdo and his flamboyant attitude.

Several of Christian Siriano's catchphrases were parodied in the media by multiple blogs and television shows like Saturday Night Live, on which Amy Poehler portrayed Christian Siriano.

On May 1,2008, Christian Siriano appeared as himself on season 2 episode 15 of Ugly Betty, and designed some of the cast's costumes.

In October 2009, Christian Siriano released a book titled Fierce Style: How To Be Your Most Fabulous Self.

Christian Siriano is gay, and became engaged to singer-songwriter Brad Walsh on July 28,2013.

On June 25,2018, Walsh confirmed that he and Christian Siriano had separated the previous month.

Later that year, Christian Siriano began a relationship with fellow designer Kyle Smith.

Christian Siriano has tattoos of a squid and an octopus on his right arm.