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25 times Christian Siriano proved it's possible to create red carpet showstoppers for all body types, yet some designers still choose not to

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Gina Gershon, Danielle Brooks, Cardi B, Christian Siriano, Leslie Jones, and Patricia Clarkson pose backstage for the Christian Siriano fashion show during New York Fashion Week. Photo by Jamie McCarthy
Gina Gershon, Danielle Brooks, Cardi B, Christian Siriano, Leslie Jones, and Patricia Clarkson pose backstage for the Christian Siriano fashion show during New York Fashion Week. Photo by Jamie McCarthy

Do you remember rooting for Christian Siriano for every Project Runway challenge during the reality TV show's fourth season in 2008? This is where he often proved victorious until the every end where he won the competition. 

Christian Siriano has since made a name for himself as a designer who's intentional about making clothes for different body types, while also making gender-bending garments. The 34-year-old member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) often expresses that fashion is for everybody, saying, "I think you can be a size two or a size 26, and wear similar things."

And indeed he does live by this truth, designing garments up to a size 28. 

READ MORE: Christian Siriano has brought us even closer to the future with his new designs 

As a result, his bevy of celebrity muses boasts the likes of Laverne Cox, Danielle Brooks, Ashley Graham, Billy Porter, Jason van Ness, and Sia who told InStyle Magazine that "Christian has dressed [her] in every permutation [her] body has ever gone through."

"Even when I wasn’t very successful or overweight and nobody else would dress me, he has always been there saying, ‘I’ve got something for you,’” she said at the Los Angeles Fashion Awards. 

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 17: Christian Siriano and

Here's a look at more of Christian Siriano's outstanding size and gender-inclusive work: 

Orange is the New Black season 7 premiere 

Laverne Cox

In Pre-Fall '19 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 25: Laverne Cox attends

Danielle Brooks 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 25: Danielle Brooks and

Met Gala 2019

Laverne Cox 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Janelle Monae attends

Janelle Monae 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Laverne Cox attends T

Michael Urie 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Michael Urie attends

Emmys 2019

Dascha Polanco

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 22: Dascha Polanco att


Niecy Nash 

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 22: Niecy Nash attends



Chrissy Metz 

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 22: Niecy Nash attends

Jonathan van Ness 

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 14: Jonathan


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Oscars 2019

Billy Porter in the tuxedo dress that made headlines across the globe. 

HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 24: Octavia Spencer atte

Octavia Spencer

HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 24: Octavia Spencer atte


From pregnancy reveals to magazine covers

Cardi B's pregnancy reveal on Saturday Night Live

Ashley Graham enjoyed a few Siriano moments during her pregnancy.

Cardi B attends Christian Siriano fashion show during New York Fashion Week in 2018.

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 10: Hip-hop artist Cardi

Leslie Jones attends the Time Gala 100

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 24: Comedian Leslie Jones an

Whoopi Goldberg attends the 2018 CFDA Awards

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 04: Fashion designer Christia

Ashley Graham at the 2019 CFDA Awards 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 03: Christian Siriano an

Lizzo performs at the 2020 Grammy Awards

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 26: Lizzo perfor

Christina Hendricks at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards

Billy Porter celebrates Pride Month 2019 in a Christian Siriano gown.

Shannon Purser for Christian Siriano's fragrance launch 

Beyonce in a suit 

And then Tiffany Hadish wore it

Lizzo on the cover of Elle U.S. in a Siriano bustier. 

Jonathan van Ness on the cover of Cosmo UK

Images: Getty

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