Christian Siriano Spring 2027 went from laser-cut black to tapestry on a French fairy tale that Andrew Lang printed in English in 1900
Christian Siriano showed Spring 2027 on Thursday 10 September 2026, in the 6pm slot on the CFDA's official calendar, and his casting took in a range of body types. Siriano described the fairy tale behind the collection as dark, with a soft, floral ending. In Andrew Lang's text, the little dog that leads the lost princess to a valley of trees in flower and fruit turns out to be the Prince of the Emerald Isles, she marries him, and the fairies take away the vain queen's power.
Lang's Grey Fairy Book credits the story to the Cabinet des Fées, whose fifth volume, printed in 1785, carries it among the tales of Les Illustres Fées. That book was printed in Paris by Brunet in 1698, and was once attributed to Madame d'Aulnoy.
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The post, as it ran
01CHRISTIAN SIRIANO'S SPRING 2027 OPENED ON LASER-CUT BLACK PIECES, TRENCHES AND GOWNS AMONG THEM.
02HIS SOURCE WAS THE STORY OF THE QUEEN OF THE FLOWERY ISLES, AN OLD FRENCH FAIRY TALE.
03BLACK TAILORING FOLLOWED THE OPENING, WITH CROPPED TUXEDO SUITS FOR WOMEN AND LACED-UP TROUSERS FOR MEN.
04THE SECOND HALF TURNED TO FLORALS AND TAPESTRY.
05THE FLORAL HALF DREW ON 18TH-CENTURY COURT DRESS, WITH RUFFLES AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL BODICES.
06A BLACK TULLE MINIDRESS HAD A CORSETED WAIST.
07A HOT-PINK MAXI GOWN HAD UPSIDE-DOWN TULIP SLEEVES.
08THREE DROP-WAIST CIRCLE SKIRTS CLOSED THE SHOW, IN VINTAGE TAPESTRY FABRICS HE REPRODUCED.
09IN ANDREW LANG'S 1900 ENGLISH VERSION, PRINCESSES OF CONQUERED KINGDOMS MUST PAY HOMAGE TO A VAIN QUEEN'S BEAUTY AT FIFTEEN.
10THE TALE WAS PRINTED IN PARIS IN 1698, IN A FAIRY-TALE BOOK NOW CATALOGUED AS LOUIS DE MAILLY'S.