{"id":2171305,"date":"2026-09-30T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2171305"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T09:00:24","slug":"how-gunnar-deatherage-went-from-project-runway-to-designing-for-chappell-roan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2171305","title":{"rendered":"How Gunnar Deatherage Went From Project Runway To Designing For Chappell Roan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How Gunnar Deatherage Went From Project Runway<\/em> To Designing For Chappell Roan<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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His path to fashion was anything but traditional.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the age of social media, sometimes a fateful DM is all it takes to land a job. At least, that\u2019s how Gunnar Deatherage<\/a> started designing custom looks for Chappell Roan<\/a>. The fashion designer shot his shot one day, reaching out to the Grammy-winning musician<\/a>\u2019s stylist, Genesis Webb, after seeing her buzzy wardrobe at Coachella<\/a> in 2024. \u201cI was just like, \u2018this girl is doing something so cool,\u2019 and I wanted to be a part of it,\u201d he tells TZR. <\/p>\n

Just months after the music festival, Deatherage created Roan\u2019s now-iconic swan costume for the artist\u2019s performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em>. \u201cGenesis came over to my garage, which was my studio when I lived in Pasadena, and we just kind of talked about everything,\u201d Deatherage explains. The stylist brought along sketches of Roan\u2019s upcoming looks and asked Deatherage which one he wanted to take on. He immediately gravitated toward the swan \u2014 and had just three days to bring the design to life.<\/p>\n

It was clearly a success, given that Deatherage has created a number of Roan\u2019s looks ever since, including her Saturday Night Live<\/em> performance outfit and a clown masquerade-inspired costume for the Orange Festival in Warsaw, both of which were collaborations with his now-husband, multimedia artist Christopher Minafo. Much like the swan moment, Roan\u2019s festival look quickly gained traction online. \u201cMy fianc\u00e9 painted her face on the bustier; that was a six-day turnaround on the whole thing,\u201d says Deatherage. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of turned into this collaboration between the two of us with them, and I\u2019m really thankful for it,\u201d he adds of working alongside Minafo with Roan and her team.<\/p>\n

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