Popsugar Fashion Celebrity Interviews Why Christian Siriano Is Making Medical Masks in Colour Why Christian Siriano Is Making Medical Masks in Colour: "It Helps Us Get Through the Day" 24 April 2020 by Sarah Wasilak View this post on Instagram The color really helps us get through the day. It still feels inspiring to us to keep creating. 🧡🧡🧡Masks are only being donated and you can support us on ChristianSiriano.com Thanks everyone! A post shared by Christian Siriano (@csiriano) on Apr 23, 2020 at 10:30am PDT Christian Siriano's impressive team has now shipped over 10,000 masks to medical workers on the front lines fighting the coronavirus crisis, and his good friend Kelly Clarkson hopped on a video call with him for a candid interview about the process. Siriano was in his New York City office space at the time, and he elaborated on how wildly different the task at hand feels, especially since his sewers are used to creating couture dresses: "It's wild. After I tweeted at the governor and they responded, they gave us permission to open my office with a small team. My sewers are couture sewers, and now they're making masks. It's quite monotonous work, and it's the same thing over and over again. In the beginning, we were only making white masks, but then I was like, 'We need to have colour.' We've done almost 15,000 masks, and your eyes are bulging out from looking at the same thing. It's hard to make quality control when you don't have a mask factory." Christian has been posting nonstop on Instagram about his team's tireless efforts and also inviting followers to make donations through his website. Siriano, whose Instagram feed has always been a rainbow's worth of colours, is now keeping up with his true sense of style in more ways than one. While we're seeing fewer posts of floor-sweeping gowns exploding in colour, it brightens our day just as much to see piles of medical masks in colour as Christian and his team keep up with their initiative. Scroll down to watch a snippet from Siriano's interview, then check out the sketches Siriano surprised Kelly with for her birthday. Related: 5 Fashion Brands Selling Cotton Face Masks — Many of Them Sustainable Christian Siriano Talks Making Masks on the Kelly Clarkson Show 1 / 6 View this post on Instagram The color really helps us get through the day. It still feels inspiring to us to keep creating. 🧡🧡🧡Masks are only being donated and you can support us on ChristianSiriano.com Thanks everyone! A post shared by Christian Siriano (@csiriano) on Apr 23, 2020 at 10:30am PDT 2 / 6 View this post on Instagram Thankful Thursday to my amazing team for doing this all day everyday day. Luckily a little bit of color brings some joy to our day! #thankfulthursday 💕🌺💛 Donate at ChristianSiriano.com A post shared by Christian Siriano (@csiriano) on Apr 16, 2020 at 11:09am PDT 3 / 6 View this post on Instagram A colorful Tuesday making masks! I have to give a huge Thank you today to my friends @maybelline for their donation. We couldn’t be doing thousands a day without your help so I can’t thank you enough. 💚💛💕 A post shared by Christian Siriano (@csiriano) on Apr 14, 2020 at 11:27am PDT 4 / 6 View this post on Instagram They are not Easter eggs but they are colorful and the next best thing this holiday weekend. Wishing everyone a beautiful Friday from our studio in NYC. Swipe for more color! #easterweekend #christiansiriano 😷😷😷 A post shared by Christian Siriano (@csiriano) on Apr 10, 2020 at 9:59am PDT 5 / 6 View this post on Instagram Finally some color and brightness to our day! 5,000 masks complete and we are still going! Thank you for all the donations on ChristianSiriano.com. #mondayvibes A post shared by Christian Siriano (@csiriano) on Apr 6, 2020 at 9:37am PDT 6 / 6 Celebrity InterviewsStaying HomeCOVID-19The Kelly Clarkson ShowFashion InstagramsFashion NewsFashion DesignersChristian SirianoKelly Clarkson