A performance by Aya Nakamura, an audience of celebrities and the biggest names in French fashion, from Jacquemus to Olivier Rousteing, gathered on Sunday, under the gold of Place Vendôme, in Paris, for a historic fashion show on the theme of sport, almost a month before the Olympics.
“We are here to celebrate the wonders of French fashion. I am very grateful for the support from everyone here in France and from the fashion world, and from the mayor,” declared event organizer Anna Wintour a few minutes before the show.
On the blue carpet installed at the exit of the Ritz, in a joyful atmosphere, the biggest names in fashion met before the start of the show, including Simon Porte Jacquemus, John Galliano, Maria Grazia Chiuri. On the cobblestones of the square transformed into a podium, stars of music (Sabrina Carpenter), sport (the Williams sisters, Djibril Cissé) and even television (the drag queen Keiona, candidate for season 13 of “Dancing with the stars”, below).
Among the distinguished guests, we could see Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Alexa Chung, Eva Longoria, the influencer Lena Situations. Singer Aya Nakamura, anticipated for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, sang during the evening, just like rapper Bad Bunny.
For almost an hour, like a perfectly timed ballet of 500 models, dancers and athletes surged onto the square, leaping, surging and twirling in all directions for a painting in ten parts. For ten decades of “fashion and sport”.
Vogue World has committed to making a significant donation from a portion of the proceeds and paying one million euros to Secours populaire. The first edition of this event, a sort of MET Gala traveling imagined by Anna Wintour, took place in 2022 in New York then in 2023 in London.
