
STYLEMAKER
CHRISTIAN SIRIANO
Deemed "his generation's Marc Jacobs" by style mentor Tim Gunn, Project Runway's 22-year-old season four winner paraded out of fashion's confines in 2008 to become a veritable pop culture darling. Siriano's caricature-like persona helped him launch two of this year's most inescapable catchphrases and landed him a cameo on Ugly Betty, with more TV appearances coming this winter. Yet the young New York City threadster doesn't fear his celebrity will eclipse his sartorial talent. "I don't think it's hindered me at all," says Siriano. "It's made my career even better."