*Saturday Night Live cast member Leslie Jones took to Twitter on Tuesday to complain about fashion designers refusing to dress her for the “Ghostbusters” movie premieres.
Jones tweeted:
“It’s so funny how there are no designers wanting to help me with a premiere dress for movie. Hmmm that will change and I remember everything.”
As we previously reported, Christian Siriano — the winner of “Project Runway” season 4 who has dressed everyone from Sarah Jessica Parker to “Orange is the New Black” star Danielle Brooks — raised his hand via two waving emojis, offering to dress the 48-year-old comedian.
“I love Leslie and I’m a huge fan of her work,” Siriano said via email on Wednesday. “I can’t wait to create something special for her to wear. Hopefully I will see her in my studio this week to make something new and exciting for her to wear. I support all women no matter age or size!”
Then on Wednesday Leslie tweeted:
“Hmm what a difference a tweet makes. Should I name the designers that didn’t look out? Put y’all ass on blast. You will not get my love later.”
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As SandraRose.com reports, stylist Jessica Paster blamed Jones for not giving designers enough time to work their magic for her.
“This is nobody’s fault except Leslie’s,” Paster told Pret-a-Porter.com. “She should have known four to five months ago the date of premiere, and said, ‘I’m not a sample size, I need to go to designers early or buy myself a dress.’ Don’t be blaming designers and saying they don’t like you.”
Stylist Jeanne Yang also spoke out, explaining the financial challenges of designing a one-off dress:
“When you’re a designer, sitting with your accountant, you have to think about how much it costs to create a sample,” said Yang. “It may take hours to do a muslin, and thousands of dollars to create one specific piece. You justify it because you use it for so many things.”
Yang said designers often do not have the luxury of designing one-off dresses that they can’t use again.
“One dress has to serve for the runway show, for sales, and to get publicity. If you have a sample that has to fit a model, you don’t have the option of creating things for premieres,” she said.
“No one ever does a variety of sizes. No one has those resources, even the biggest designers don’t. For something as big as the Oscars or when you are given enough time, designers may lay out the expense of creating something. But then, a lot of designers who do go through the trouble to create things, and spend the money and time, sometimes they take a gamble then the client says they don’t like it. Then you’ve spent $5,000 to $10,000 for a dress that’s not worn. It can be the death of a line.”
Siriano is a man of his word and he and Jones eventually hooked up, as evident by the photo above.
