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Hosted by Bravo’s “Project Runway 4” winner Christian Siriano last Thursday, Basil Hayden launched the finale to their series of Seattle events introducing local tastemakers to their new bourbon while raising money for the Gay City Health Project.

The party was sponsored by Out Magazine and took place at Ibiza in Seattle.

 Above (from left):  Rickey & Jess (my fab plus-ones), Christian, Steve (Basil Hayden “Whiskey Professor”), Me and Colleen (Basil Hayden PR)

After sipping on couple BH Tropic cocktails while watching obsessed fans bid on Christian’s specially designed vest to be auctioned for the Gay City Health Project (photo above), I  had the chance to sit down with Christian and ask him a few questions.

Here’s a little recap of our convo: 

What has he been doing since Project Runway?

Working on his SS09 collection of course, which will debut at NY Fashion Week this September. According to Christian, the feminine and futuristic line was inspired by a painting and includes lots of greys paired with bright yellow accents.

This collection will be mostly high end, but he’s considering creating a contemporary line for next season.

Here are some fierce candids from his last collection (as seen in Elle):

On his charity:

Christian support the Art of Elysium, an organization that encourages working actors, artists and musicians to volunteer their time and talent to children who are battling serious medical conditions.

For fun, I brought Jess and Rickey into the conversation where we asked a few light-hearted questions. We learned:

• He defines ”tranny” as anything fierce or fabulous. 
• If he had to tote around an Olsen like a chihuahua, he’d pick MKO. He sang karaoke into her Chloe boot right after winning Project Runway.
• His first splurge was on a Burberry bag.
• If his ass was branded with a tattoo, it’d read “fierceness.”
• He’d give up just about anything before he’d give up a blow dryer.

Last, we showed Christian the following images for him to decide “Fierce or Fugly”:

Agyness Dein - Fierce! He LOVES her and wants her to walk in his Sept. runway show. 

 Fringe - Fierce! Reminds him of Noxema Jackson from To Wong Foo.

Anna Wintour - Fierce! “Tranny fabulous.”

Latex - Fierce! Reminds him of Lady Gaga.

Miss Piggy – Fierce!

Us! - Tranny fierceness! We had him sign the pic.

**Special thanks to the lovely ladies of Basil Hayden PR for inviting me to a wonderful evening.

Lately there’s been a ton of chatter around steampunk…specifically how to define it. Is it a hobby, fashion, culture or all of the above?  Now thanks to a recent New York Times article, trendspotters are one step closer to a unified translation. Excerpt below:

“…a subculture that is the aesthetic expression of a time-traveling fantasy world, one that embraces music, film, design and now fashion, all inspired by the extravagantly inventive age of dirigibles and steam locomotives, brass diving bells and jar-shaped protosubmarines…”

The article also quotes Steampunk Workshop’s Jake von Slatt who defines steampunk as “the intersection of technology and romance.” Here’s a collage of photos to help visualize what he might mean by “technology and romance.”

What do you guys think of steampunk? I’m anxious to see designers’ interpretations on the runways this fall!

Sources: tFS, NYT, Coachella

After various requests, I am excited to bring you my first men’s dedicated post.

In my daily browsings in the Fashion Spot’s “What are you wearing today” thread, I was so intruiged by this look from Neo (also known as Phaelan in the men.style.com forums): 

I love the whole ensemble, but I was especially captivated by the unsnapped continental tie. I’m going to try this with some of my collared shirts…talk about fashionspiring!

Where else have we seen the crossover tie? Not exactly fashionable in the past…

Photo credits: tFS, Uniforms by Sharon, Smithsonian Legacies, Lyons Uniforms, Jim’s Formal Wear