INCLUDE THAT BODY

Body positivity and size inclusivity are somewhat of a taboo especially in the fashion industry but not where, Christian Siriano is concerned. The high-profiled designer doesn’t shy away from provided for the body types that the fashion world usually shuns. He likes to pay specific attention to body positivity and size inclusivity. Designers of his kind are a rarity. He has been hailed as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, Comedian Leslie Jones, found herself in a bit of a bubble when she needed an outfit for a film premiere in 2016. Most designers turned her down, but Christian came to her rescue producing the most beautiful red gown.

“He made me feel like I was supposed to have that dress on,” Jones wrote for Time’s list. “That’s the specialness of Christian Siriano: he makes every piece feel like you are supposed to have it and like it was made for you. He has his talents and then incorporates them into what you want, which in the end is something that both of us want, making him a one-of-a-kind designer.”

Selma Blair, Ashley Graham and Danielle Brooks are a few of curvalicious babes Christian included in his Fall 2018 fashion show. Models stunned the runway in a variety of jaw-dropping gowns that accentuated and celebrated every shape, size and skin colour of those that took part.

It’s fair to say that the fashion industry is becoming more inclusive of diversity where size in concerned but the growth is slow and the pioneers are few. However, Christian stands out from the crowd with his fearlessness in providing for a minority and for that, Atypical cherish him and his compelling desire to make his own difference in fashion.