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"Today we&amp;#x27;re turning our fashion week attentions to former Project Runway winner (and Amy Poehler muse!) Christian Siriano. What gets his official stamp of fierce approval as he prepares for his runway show? Find out, after the jump. This season marks Siriano&amp;#x27;s second runway show--and the debut of his line of shoes for Payless, which a bunch of you seemed pretty excited about a couple of months ago. After the surprising critical success of his first collection (hey, reality stars really can design clothes!), the fashion crowd is anxious to see what he serves up next. We caught up with him just a few days before his sophomore collection hits the runway. Slaves to Fashion: How many cups of coffee have you been averaging a day? How many hours of sleep? Christian Siriano: I actually don&amp;amp;#8217;t have any coffee, just a Redbull here and there. I try to sleep as much as I can. I think that&amp;amp;#8217;s what&amp;amp;#8217;s helping me stay awake right now. STF: What&amp;amp;#8217;s your recurring fashion week nightmare? CS: I think my nightmare is that no press or editors will attend the show or that I will forget to say &amp;quot;hi!&amp;quot; to my mom! STF: What&amp;amp;#8217;s the inspiration behind your fall 2009 line? CS: My inspiration comes form a few different places -- a bit from Egyptian hieroglyphics, architecture and colors of the rich sand and waters of Egypt. It&amp;#x27;s also a romantic yet strong collection with classic shapes that are soft, not overbearing. STF: What&amp;#x27;s the first thing you&amp;#x27;ll do when your show is over? CS: Get up and get ready for appointments with buyers and hope the economy is in a slightly better place! STF: Who would be sitting in your dream front row? CS: I think I have had my dream front row and I&amp;#x27;m going to keep dreaming until they don&amp;amp;#8217;t show up! STF: Any fashion week rituals our readers would want to know about? CS: Nothing too strange, except that I try to come home and watch American Idol. STF: What&amp;#x27;s your best spot in NYC for escaping your fashion life, if only for a few minutes? CS: I have yet to find that spot! Get even more inside scoop from Siriano here! Are you guys excited to see what he creates this time around? Were you a fan of his first collection and his work on the show? photo: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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