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Christian Siriano Says the Biggest Setback of His Career Came from Being "Young" & "Different"
The Project Runway mentor discusses the early challenges he faced as a designer.


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Christian Siriano Reveals the Biggest Setback in His Career
Christian goes deep on the obstacles he's overcome and shares his advice for how to succeed in the world of fashion.
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1:53S18 - E1 | Part 1Who Do Asma Bibi and Jenn Charkow Think Will Win Project Runway?
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2:08S18 - E1 | Part 2Asma Bibi and Jenn Charkow Didn't Actually Select Each Other as Partners?!
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4:07S18 - E1 | Part 3Christian Siriano Reacts to That Surprise Double Elimination Twist
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2:06S18 - E2 | Part 1Veronica Sheaffer Reveals Which Designer Gave Her a Tiny Heart Attack
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3:08S18 - E2 | Part 2What's the Most Christian Siriano Has Ever Charged a Client for a Dress?
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4:12S18 - E2 | Part 3Is Christian Siriano Starting His Own Underwear Line?
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2:53S18 - E3 | Part 1Ariana Grande Is Going on Tour with Alan Gonzalez?
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1:56S18 - E3 | Part 2Was Alan Gonzalez Sabotaged?!
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4:50S18 - E3 | Part 3Christian Siriano Just Shut Down This Project Runway Designer
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3:26S18 - E4 | Part 1A Project Runway Alum Makes a Cameo on the After Show!
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2:43S18 - E4 | Part 2Tyler Neasloney's Harsh Reads of the Other Designers' Work Leaves Christian Siriano Stunned
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3:44S18 - E4 | Part 3Christian Siriano Addresses That Major Shade Thrown by the Eliminated Designer
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1:43S18 - E5 | Part 1Melanie Trygg's Secret Talent is Revealed in Unseen Project Runway Footage
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3:14S18 - E5 | Part 2Christian Siriano Has a Theory About Why Melanie Trygg's Designs Didn't Pop
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4:30S18 - E5 | Part 3Cyndi Lauper Dishes with Christian Siriano About Her Fashion Past
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2:17S18 - E6 | Part 1What Does Oscar de la Renta Eat for Lunch?
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2:35S18 - E6 | Part 2Christian Siriano Has "Lots of Thoughts" on Sergio Guadarrama's Runway Breakdown
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5:06S18 - E6 | Part 3Why Christian Siriano Was So Sad to See This Designer Go
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2:56S18 - E7 | Part 1Christian Siriano Dishes on Ballroom Culture with Marquise Foster
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3:11S18 - E7 | Part 2You Need to See Christian Siriano Impersonate the Designers
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3:48S18 - E7 | Part 3Christian Siriano: "The Blouse Was Not the Best..."
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3:05S18 - E8 | Part 1How is Dayoung Kim Doing Now?
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2:48S18 - E8 | Part 2Who Does Christian Siriano Think Will Win Season 18 of Project Runway?
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4:01S18 - E8 | Part 3Christian Siriano Knows "Celeb Girls" Who Would Rock the Eliminated Look
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2:15S18 - E9 | Part 1Christian Sirano Attempts a Unique Approach to Predicting This Season's Winner...
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3:41S18 - E9 | Part 2What Is Project Runway Season 17 Winner Sebastian Grey Doing Now?
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3:58S18 - E9 | Part 3Christian Siriano Sits Down with a Surprise Guest in the After Show
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2:39S18 - E10 | Part 1Christian Sirano Reveals One of His Favorite Hair Moments of the Season
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3:24S18 - E10 | Part 2Delvin McCray Throws Some Serious Shade at Nancy Volpe-Beringer's Design
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3:54S18 - E10 | Part 3Christian Siriano Can't Stop Laughing at Leslie Jones' Comments
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2:35S18 - E11 | Part 1Christian Siriano's "Mind Is Blown" by This Hair Care Secret
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2:48S18 - E11 | Part 2Watch Christian Siriano Learn How to Wrestle!
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4:23S18 - E11 | Part 3Christian Siriano Reveals the Biggest Setback in His Career
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3:06S18 - E12 | Part 1The Project Runway Designers Dish on All the House Drama You Don't See
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3:20S18 - E12 | Part 2Does Christian Siriano Regret Giving Brittany Allen His Save?
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3:28S18 - E12 | Part 3Christian Siriano Used to Be a Hairdresser?!
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2:39S18 - E13 | Part 1Christian Siriano's Fall 2020 Collection Was Inspired by a "Gothic Funhouse"
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2:35S18 - E13 | Part 2A Project Runway Alum Now Works for Christian Siriano?!
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4:44Digital SeriesChristian Siriano Brings You Behind the Scenes at His New York Fashion Week Show
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4:18S18 - E14 | Part 1Geoffrey Mac Tells Christian Siriano: "Before the Show My Career Was a Disaster"
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1:44S18 - E14 | Part 2The Project Runway Season 18 Finalists Reveal What's Next
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3:58S18 - E14 | Part 3Christian Siriano Asks the Runners Up: Was It Hard Not to Win?
On episode 11 of Project Runway Season 18, the designers had some good news: No one went home!
But as Christian Siriano noted, that presented a bit of a challenge for the Project Runway After Show, in which Christian interviews the eliminated designer from each week's episode. So he decided to take this opportunity to open up more about his own past as a designer with his guest, Olympic gold medalist wrestler Helen Maroulis.
She flipped the script on Christian and asked him, "What was the biggest setback to you feeling like you weren't going to achieve your dream and how did you overcome it?"
Christian responded, "Probably like what you think: I think that if you're young or different, people think you can't be something. Or like you can't run a successful business because you didn't go to this school, or you didn't do this; things like that in the beginning of my career. When I was trying to sell to retailers and they were like, who is this child trying to be like oh, here's my collection? They didn't get it at first, so you have to work on it."
Hear more from Christian and Helen Maroulis in the video above. Preview Thursday's episode below.


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