Michael Strahan is taking ABC viewers into design studios and onto runways for Michael Strahan’s Iconic Fashion. His guests include designer Tommy Hilfiger, Project Runway host Heidi Klum, NBA champion Dwyane Wade and Molly Rogers, the costume designer who dressed Meryl Streep for her return as Miranda Priestly.
The hourlong special premieres Tuesday, November 10, at 10 p.m. ET on ABC, immediately after Grammy Night on Dancing With the Stars. It’s the first of three specials the Good Morning America co-anchor is hosting and co-producing with SMAC Productions, the production arm of the company he founded with his longtime business partner Constance Schwartz-Morini.
“With this series, I wanted to take audiences inside their worlds and go beyond what we already know about them,” Strahan told People, which shared a preview on November 4. Michael Strahan’s Iconic Television and Michael Strahan’s Iconic Music will follow on ABC in 2027, with those installments streaming the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.
Strahan has picked fabrics for his own label. After 15 seasons with the New York Giants, he found himself wearing suits to work on television. In 2015, he and Schwartz-Morini launched a clothing brand of their own. Its first collection for JCPenney included suit separates, dress shirts and sport coats, in patterns such as herringbone and windowpane.
Strahan Asks Tommy Hilfiger How His Clothes Reached Musicians and Racing Teams
Hilfiger visited Good Morning America in September to talk about his latest collection and New York Fashion Week. In the Iconic Fashion teaser, Strahan asks him about a different part of his career. How did a designer known for American sportswear get rock musicians, pop stars, hip-hop artists and racing teams into the mix?
Hilfiger has traced one turning point to a single television performance. In 1994, Snoop Dogg wore a striped Hilfiger rugby shirt with “TOMMY” across the chest on Saturday Night Live. Hilfiger told Vogue that the appearance helped his look catch on. Racing took him in another direction. He designed uniforms for Ferrari’s Formula One team and later worked with driver Lewis Hamilton on a clothing collection that debuted in 2018.
Heidi Klum and Molly Rogers Share a ‘Devil Wears Prada’ Connection
In the preview, Strahan asks Rogers what it’s like to have worked on a show with such an influence on fashion. Her credits span television and film. She worked with Patricia Field on the original The Devil Wears Prada as associate costume designer, then led the costume department on the sequel.
One of the first pieces Rogers wanted for The Devil Wears Prada 2 was the cerulean sweater that inspired Miranda’s lecture in the original. Rogers told the Motion Picture Association that the studio couldn’t find it in the archive. The sequel’s prop master had to recreate it from photographs.
Klum and Rogers had already crossed paths over the film. On Project Runway, contestants competed to dress Klum for the sequel’s premiere, and Rogers visited the workroom. Wade came to fashion through basketball. He partnered with Chinese sportswear company Li-Ning on Way of Wade, which released his first signature shoe in 2012, while he was still playing for the Miami Heat.
Strahan Wore His Podcast Hat to the Knicks’ Championship Ring Ceremony
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Strahan’s October 21 Instagram post from Madison Square Garden doubled as a plug for Hustle Like You’re Broke, the weekly video podcast he hosts with Schwartz-Morini. He wore the show’s hat to the Knicks’ home opener and championship ring ceremony. His guest that week was Kith founder Ronnie Fieg, who also serves as the Knicks’ creative director.
The podcast debuted September 23 on The Intersection, the network SMAC started with the AMP Media division of Sinclair. Its title comes from a motto Strahan and Schwartz-Morini have used for years. In the first episode, they interviewed each other about how they met and decided to go into business together.
The October 7 episode paired NFL commissioner Roger Goodell with his wife, journalist and producer Jane Skinner Goodell. She discussed her move from television news to projects about women in football. He recalled his college jobs as a bartender and bouncer and the pitch he eventually made to become commissioner.