After New York, London and Paris, the fourth annual Vogue World headed to California this autumn, for a dazzling celebration of fashion and film. As models and A-listers dressed in costumes, couture, custom looks and archival gems mingled on the historical Paramount lot, here’s every single moment you might have missed from Vogue World: Hollywood.
Nicole Kidman opened the show
After sponsored segments featuring Maude Apatow and Cynthia Erivo, it was the Moulin Rouge star who got the glittering event off to a flying start with a showstopping rendition of ‘Put the Blame On Mame’ from the 1946 Rita Hayworth vehicle Gilda. Then, she strutted down the studio lot runway in a custom black draped satin bustier dress by Chanel’s Matthieu Blazy, a tribute to Hayworth’s original look. Directing her was, of course, none other than Baz Luhrmann.
Kendall Jenner played the showgirl
After a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it tribute to Jessica Rabbit, it was the supermodel who graced the catwalk in Kidman’s original Moulin Rouge costume from 2001, which she wore to croon ‘Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend’. Cheering her on from the front row was everyone from designer Aurora James to recent Oscar winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph and legendary costumer Ruth E Carter.
Kyle MacLachlan stole hearts
On the heels of a string of models in extravagant costumes, plus Bridgerton’s Regé-Jean Page, the silver screen icon was met with rapturous applause when he appeared in a baby blue Tom Ford dressing gown. Behind him, were more stars: Adut Akech and the impossibly willowy Elizabeth Debicki.
Louisa Jacobson became Edward Scissorhands
Cue smoke machines and act two: a love letter to the renegades, featuring Gabbriette in Schiaparelli, Kodi Smit-McPhee as the Mad Hatter and Anok Yai as Edward Scissorhands, before The Gilded Age’s Louisa Jacobson took on that particular mantle in custom McQueen. As the latter stomped down the catwalk, Anok gave Gabbriette a makeshift haircut.
Julia Garner let them eat cake
Make way for the Queen! In act three, the Weapons star skipped down the catwalk as the Manolo-clad French monarch from the Sofia Coppola cult classic, followed by trays of pastries, a swaggering LaKeith Stanfield and an elegant Greta Lee, both in Dior.
There was a misty-eyed tribute to Annie Hall
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Following the industry’s recent and heartbreaking loss of Diane Keaton, model Betsy Gaghan nodded to one of the legend’s most beloved looks from the 1977 rom-com, in head-to-toe Ralph Lauren, as the sound of Keaton herself singing Carmen Lombardo and John Jacob Loeb’s ‘Seems Like Old Times’ came in through the speakers. Pass the tissues.
Gracie Abrams gave us all goosebumps
Kicking off act four, the musician gave a sweet rendition of Carole King’s ‘I Feel the Earth Move’, before transitioning to ‘That’s So True’, as Adria Arjona sang along from the front row. Accompanying Gracie was Cara Delevingne in custom Marc Jacobs, Lila Moss in Valentino and models sporting costumes from and inspired by the likes of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Walk the Line, A Complete Unknown, Atonement, Grease, Rear Window and Breathless.
Hunter Schafer was a balletic Orlando
The apple-munching Euphoria actor slipped into Tilda Swinton’s plush period dress from the ravishing 1992 drama, joined by Jeff Goldblum, Wicked’s wizard himself, in sparkly Gucci. His strut was everything.
An all-star cast led the charge for Afrofuturism
Danai Gurira and Teyana Taylor as Black Panther’s Dora Milaje; Jeremy Pope in Off-White; Jodie Turner-Smith in Diotima; Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in an original zoot suit from Malcolm X; F1’s Damson Idris in Dries Van Noten; and a supremely regal Angela Bassett as Queen Ramonda—act six was a total knockout.
Doja Cat took us into the joyous finale
Then came costumes from Dune, a runway return from Adriana Lima, in Burberry and Doja Cat shimmying to ‘Gorgeous, in a custom chainmail mini by costume designer Michael Schmidt, which drew inspiration from Tina Turner’s unforgettable look from 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. In the show’s final moments, everyone returned for their bow and Luhrmann declared, “It’s a wrap!”
This story was originally published on British Vogue.
