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With winged dresses and swirls of piping to invoke veins,
Christian Siriano paid homage at New York Taste Week to Fay Wray
and vampire bats in a stark, cavernous runway array worthy of the
creatures of the night.
The fourth-season winner of the rope TV fashion designer
competition "Project Runway" said he was inspired by old fear
films, particularly "The Vampire Bat," a black-and-white from 1933
starring Wray.
He cast-off a near blood red, silvery gray, midnight black and
shimmery gold brocade to set the locality, along with a bright white
as a nod to Fay's skin tone and wardrobe in the movie.
"Over of it almost like you're watching an old film," Siriano
said. "I thought this whole reason of bats, these flying demons in
the night, was kind of cool and very bizarre."
The theme, including blood red lips on models, is darker than
Siriano's above-mentioned looks. He was helped along by shiny black
leather jackets and skirts, some in turncoat and crocodile
patterns.
Source: Quad City Times