Sharjah24 – Reuters: Designer Christian Siriano showed off his spring/summer 2022 collection at New York Fashion week on Tuesday (September 7).

A-listers including Katie Holmes and Lil Kim packed the celeb filled front row to see the Italian inspired collection.

"It's kind of inspired by, you know, my grandmother and this Italian kind of heritage and growing up. And she wore this kind of apricot dress in old photos. And I was like, oh, I kind of want to do that and bring that in collection. And, you know, her in the 60s, you know, in Positano vacationing. So, that was the idea, but in a modern way," said Siriano.

The New York based designer sent 59 looks down the runway with the goal of giving his audience an experience.

The show marked Siriano's 40th collection since he started his fashion house in 2008. After the show he said the milestone shows his love for the industry and the opportunity to create fantasy and dreams.

Also in attendance were actresses Busy Phillips, Alicia Silverstone and Kristin Chenoweth, in addition to reality television stars Leah McSweeney from the 'Real Housewives of New York' and Christine Quinn from the Emmy nominated Netflix show 'Selling Sunset."

The show ended with models hitting the runway in various pieces from Siriano's upcoming denim line he is producing in collaboration with Gloria Vanderbilt Jeans.

New York Fashion Week officially runs from September 8-12 with 91 shows.