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" Ever since Christian Siriano won Project Runway in 2008, I fell instantly in love with him \u2014and the word &amp;quot;fierce&amp;quot; which he became synonymous with. Over the past few years, I&amp;#039;ve seen him reach heights that some designers who&amp;#039;ve been around for decades haven&amp;#039;t. From runway shows at New York Fashion Week to designing shoes for Payless, he&amp;#039;s made a name for himself. And he just recently launched a line of limited edition sponges (yes, sponges!) for O-Cel-O so you can clean with style! We talked to the designer extraordinaire to find out more about his current and upcoming fashion ventures, and to get his style tips.  Your life has changed tremendously since winning Project Runway in 2008. Among other accomplishments, you now have your own fashion line, a low-cost line of shoes and handbags for Payless Shoes and now you&amp;#039;re designing sponges for 3M&amp;#039;s O-Cel-O. How do you find time to do it all? I like to take every project as it comes. There isn&amp;#039;t that much time in the day, but I pick the projects I think are interesting and exciting, and that I can learn something from. I am usually very excited about a project so it doesn&amp;#039;t feel like work to me; it feels like something that is fun and fresh. I get to do what I love every day! It&amp;#039;s a lot of work, but it&amp;#039;s exciting work. I think I need to do as much as I can now and then I can relax and take a break later. I understand that the limited-edition sponges were inspired by your Spring 2011 collection. How does fashion translate to cleaning products? When working on the O-Cel-O project, I was taking it as this kind of design project. For Spring 2011, it was all about prints, texture, color and things that were vibrant and exciting so I wanted to translate that into the design for the sponges. I really feel the best way was to incorporate the idea of spring prints, that are going to be on trend and going to be fresh. Who doesn&amp;#039;t want a really great little bright colorful cleaning item in your kitchen? If your kitchen is drab and ugly, and you have all these dirty sponges out anyway why not have them be cute, fun and exciting? I kind of love that! What&amp;#039;s the best way for someone to incorporate her personal style into her home and wardrobe? I think personal style is kind of what gives us all our signature look. You have to incorporate that every day in what you wear and love what you look like. I think your home should be the same thing and you should pick the furniture that most represents you. For example, if you are a bohemian-cool girl, you aren&amp;#039;t going to be sitting on a glass table with super modern lines \u2026 I don&amp;#039;t know if that would be your thing. I am the same way, I love to let my home reflect the way I design. A little opulence, elegance\u2026 all of those things. I personally consider you my favorite fashion designer. What fashion do&amp;#039;s and don&amp;#039;ts would you give our readers? Thank you darling! For me, fashion should be fun and exciting. It should not be stressful and it shouldn&amp;#039;t be work. That&amp;#039;s something you really have to think about. You don&amp;#039;t always have to think there are dos and don&amp;#039;ts. You should always try to look your best, which will make you feel your best. Lastly, what can we expect to see next from you? Nothing too different, just working on little collaborations. The Spiegel collaboration that I am working on will launch this month, which is exciting. I am also looking at some fun retail opportunities in NYC and just traveling. That will keep me pretty busy until I work on my next collection for Spring 2012! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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