LONDON — Is there any higher option to finish a wild evening out apart from chomping down on crunchy, golden Kentucky Fried Hen? No, in line with Sinead Gorey.
At her newest runway present at London Style Week, the designer teamed up with KFC to reimagine the post-party journey house as an empowering second. Fashions got here down the catwalk in itty-bitty get together clothes and striped chainmail units with a crumpled KFC bag in hand.
“The gathering is about redefining the ‘stroll of disgrace’ as a second of confidence, energy, and unintentional class,” Gorey mentioned. “That feeling you will have the morning after the evening earlier than typically might be met with nervousness and I needed to shift that narrative, as we shouldn’t be made to really feel responsible for having a great time.”
A picture from the Sinead Gorey fall 2025 present.
Courtesy of KFC / Sinead Gorey / James Cochrane
One mannequin, carrying a corseted hoodie and black sweatpants, nibbled on a hen sandwich as she stormed down the runway. Ever-so-matted hair and obnoxiously outsized sun shades offered the look, giving a scrumptious, greasy spin on what is often an unglamorous state of affairs.
“For me, KFC is synoptic with my mornings — and my late nights — while you want that craving to hit the spot so you may maintain going,” the designer added.
A picture from the Sinead Gorey fall 2025 present.
Courtesy of KFC / Sinead Gorey / James Cochrane
Whereas it won’t have been the Gorey’s LFW debut, which launched in 2019 a BFC-supported presentation, it marked the primary time KFC has hit the runway.
“Style and fried hen won’t be the obvious pairing, however that’s precisely why we like it,” mentioned Kate Tipper, KFC U.Okay. and Eire’s advertising director. “Sinead Gorey’s AW25 assortment is all in regards to the day after the evening earlier than, and we all know nothing fuels a debrief like a bucket of KFC.”