DRAMA QUEEN: Sean McGirr dialed up the drama with a theatrical runway present that includes a smoke-filled runway and Irish lore-filled appears.
It was the inventive director’s second Paris Vogue Week outing.
Salma Hayek sat with husband and Kering chief government officer François-Henri Pinault, as she confirmed off the lower of her gold sequined gown. It scooped low however had hidden panels that supplied added protection.
Hayek chalked the development as much as sartorial smarts.
“I’d have by no means considered it,” she mentioned, categorizing McGirr’s appears as “dramatic, refined, however inside my consolation zone.”
Hayek had simply completed a photograph shoot earlier within the day showcasing the runway appears. “I saved so many issues for my actual life. Typically it’s thrilling to seek out issues that make you’re feeling snug however have that further ‘wow’ issue,” she mentioned.
The actress has her choose of the corporate’s manufacturers, however praised McGirr’s reinvention of the McQueen DNA.
She’ll begin filming Romain Gavras’ “Sacrifice” in a fortnight with WWD Weekend cowl star Anya Taylor-Pleasure, Chris Evans and Vincent Cassel. Although French star Cassel performs her husband, the movie can be in English.
It was the primary time attending Paris Vogue Week for The Rose’s Woosung. The singer is about to launch a solo album and embark on a world tour, and he embraced the “grungy” vibe of McGirr’s McQueen.
Woosung on the McQueen Spring 2025 ready-to-wear present
Courtesy of McQueen/Dave Benett
“They’d a few outfits for us to select from, and we immediately picked this coat, which is so lovely, a pleasant character,” he mentioned, taking part in up the outsized fake fur’s classic rock ’n’ roll model.
Preparing with WWD earlier within the day, he divulged the entire look was from McGirr’s first assortment, and featured a formfitting Henley, spiked equipment and a few very intricate footwear.
His new album, titled “4444” strikes the guitarist in an EDM route, he mentioned. “As a solo artist, I do love experimenting what I actually like on the time, and this album actually represents who I’m proper now, this minute. So I’m very excited for folks to listen to it.” It can drop Friday.
Within the entrance row, Woosung was seated throughout from Cardi B, who has been benefiting from her very busy trend week, hitting up a present or two every day. Backstage she praised McGirr’s imaginative and prescient.
Cardi B on the McQueen Spring 2025 ready-to-wear present
Courtesy of McQueen/Dave Benett
“It was lovely, it was darkish, it was edgy,” she mentioned, declaring a lace mesh gown with a excessive collar her favourite as a result of she knew that it will look good on her physique. “Give me 14 of them,” she joked.
McGirr mentioned that he dug into the McQueen archives to seek out inspiration for the gathering that touched on the Irish folklore of the banshee. The present was held within the Ecole des Beaux Arts, the place they replicated the constructing’s unique tiled ground solely to crack it and insert a metal plated runway from artist Tom Scutt.
“There’s lots of treasure within the archive,” mentioned McGirr, together with unused scraps of cloth and unreleased equipment. “I’m all the time these little particulars and the way we will convey them into the gathering.”
Cardi B additionally beloved the final look, a windswept silver sheath with intricate beading and a headdress. “I can inform it’s very, very heavy, however f–ok it, it’s trend. I’d put on it.”
— With contributions from Tianwei Zhang