It doesn’t take all that much work to make a size-zero supermodel — otherwise known as a walking coat-hanger — look perfect on the red carpet.
Which is why designer Christian Siriano opted for a different approach to Monday’s CFDA awards, which celebrate the best and brightest of the fashion world. He glammed up 55-year-old star Meg Ryan.
“When she got dressed, she was like, ‘I feel like a movie star.’ And we all laughed and said, ‘You are actually a movie star!’ She’s so normal and gracious and nice. It was a perfect date for me. It was a nice change from the regular fashion girls,” Siriano tells Yahoo Style.
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The two had worked together several times before and had an easy rapport, which helped. So he reached out to Ryan and asked her to be his date. He had two fittings with Ryan, who saw the white dress on a mannequin in Siriano’s showroom.
“An actress like Meg knows what she likes and what she would never wear. So that’s easy to start with,” he says. “We tweaked a few things and that was it. That was two weeks ago. It was quick and easy.”
He also dressed honoree Janelle Monae for the CFDAs, which required an utterly different approach.
“I’ve dressed her a couple of times on her awards circuit. Her stylist reached out and asked about making something custom for her. We made her three looks and that’s the one she picked. We made the jumpsuit three days ago. That was quick too,” he says.
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