Gifting clothes to celebrities comes at a price.

Designer Christian Siriano, known for his red-carpet ballgowns that look great on a diverse array of body types, tells Sirius Radio host Michelle Collins that designing and shipping clothes for stars like Whoopi Goldberg and Amy Adams during this recent awards seasons set him back $92,000.

“It’s so much money to make these custom things and send them around the world,” he says. “It can be $2,000 to overnight a large box to LA.”

“We probably sent about a hundred pieces out for the Oscars,” says Siriano, who had 19 celebrities, including nominee Laurie Metcalf and singer Janelle Monae, don his creations either for the main event or for one of the after-parties.

Sure, he got a ton of “free” advertising, but it certainly didn’t come cheap.