Pro-Trump Joy Villa dress designer talks importance of MAGA representation on the red carpet

Hollywood's blacklisted personage manner decorator Andre Soriano stunned audiences astatine the 2017 Grammys aft his statement-making "Make America Great Again" gown, but the backlash helium received failed to dampen his MAGA tone – and emotion for freedom.

"I highly judge that we person the close to explicit ourselves arsenic Americans and are capable to acceptable our ain constituent of view. That's what America is each about, is the state of speech," helium told Fox News Digital successful an interrogation past week. 

"I grew up successful a household wherever it's astir camaraderie and being an optimist, and America has fixed america the level to unrecorded beingness and unrecorded that American dream."

For Soriano, whose household immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines successful the 1980s, the American imagination is simply a imagination travel true. He learned to sew done a precocious schoolhouse sewing programme that supplied him with the skills needed to jumpstart his 3-decade career.

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Fashion decorator Andre Soriano (left) designed the attention-getting "Make America Great Again" formal singer-songwriter Joy Villa wore to the 2017 Grammys. (Fox News Digital; Getty Images)

Now, manner lovers everyplace tin browse Soriano's luxury bridal, swimwear and evening gown collections. He has curated customized ensembles for a star-studded clientele of celebrities and governmental figures alike, including Republican Reps. Lauren Boebert and Anna Paulina Luna, Miley Cyrus, Carly Rae Jepsen, Macy Gray and Courtney Love, among others.

Perhaps astir notably, singer-songwriter Joy Villa caught media attraction for donning the Soriano-curated, figure-hugging "Make America Great Again" Trump tribute gown astatine the 2017 Grammys. Just implicit a week ago, Villa caught attraction successful different Soriano connection portion astatine the 2025 Grammys – a customized cryptomeme ensemble – golden and peppered with coins.

Soriano besides has a boutique successful Occoquan, Virginia. His website detailing his enactment proudly proclaims, "Land of the free, manner is freedom!"

"That's what this state stands for," helium said, acknowledging his inheritance and success. "You bash it right, past you tin unrecorded the American dream."

But the imagination has had immoderate nightmarish elements since his Trump enactment went public.

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Joy Villa wore a cryptomeme ensemble to the 2024 Grammys. (Joy Villa)

The patriotic decor extracurricular his Virginia storefront has been met with absorption from anti-Trump activists. Some person adjacent thrown stink bombs into the store and popped their heads successful to shriek derogatory phrases.

"I really had a hard clip navigating myself aft the information that I'm a Trump supporter. I'm truthful disposable [after] making that gown astatine the Grammys. That was the beginning," Soriano said. 

"I had to downsize my car due to the fact that it was getting dented. The Karens are real. I'm being attacked successful my store. They were precise offended with my Trump flags, Trump dresses and Trump signs… it's conscionable truthful unbelievable."

"Karen" is simply a slang word referring to an entitled White woman.

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Andre Soriano stands with the "Make America Great Again" dress. (Andre Soriano)

When asked astir the hazard of backlash and nonaccomplishment of enactment from members of his clientele for making governmental statements done fashion, Soriano said helium "does everything connected [his] sleeve" and that helium didn't similar the communicative coming retired of Hollywood. 

"Life goes on, and it's either they similar maine oregon they don't. They don't cognize maine personally arsenic a person," helium said.

"I'm an American, archetypal of all, and, successful America, we person the state to determine who you privation to be… that's wherefore we respect this country. As acold arsenic for those radical that conscionable hatred me, God bless them. Peace beryllium with them. I'm successful my ain lane. I'm surviving the American dream. I've traveled the satellite and there's nary spot connected satellite Earth similar America."

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Fox News' Gabriele Regalbuto contributed to this report.