Alexis Stone in Jack Nicholson at the Balenciaga show

That’s because it wasn’t Jack Nicholson, but Alexis Stone, known for her extreme transformations.

In hotel slippers and a white bathrobe, a glass of alcohol in one hand, a cigar in the other, hair in a frenzy: it’s the scruffy version of Jack Nicholson who showed up at the Balenciaga show in Paris. As if he had left his Parisian palace after a sleepless night of partying to attend the show. Jack Nicholson at Fashion Week? Nonsense? That’s because he wasn’t really Jack Nicholson.

Alexis Stone, known for his extreme transformations, has transformed himself into a caricature of the actor, a fantasy of what he could be in 2024 if he attended Fashion Week. A Jack Nicholson on the decline, but still a party animal who recalls his Summer Vibe of 2009. That summer, stolen photos of the star on vacation in France made the rounds in the celebrity press. In these photos, we saw him slathering himself with sunscreen, enjoying a cigarette while keeping his head above water, having a series of beers, all surrounded by women much younger than him.

In addition to this happening, Balenciaga dressed the drag queen for a photoshoot. Some clothes are a nod to his greatest films, but also to famous photos of the actor in real life.

Alexis Stone, for example, wears socks with the same pattern as the carpet in Shining.

The bathrobe echoes Jack Nicholson in 1974 during the Cannes Film Festival. That year, he won the male performance prize for The last chore. A photo of him at the edge of a swimming pool in a bathrobe and cigar in hand, visibly very happy, will become iconic.

This isn’t the first time Alexis Stone has stepped into the shoes of a star. It has even become his hobby. The Briton had started to make himself known on social networks with his stunning makeup. Popular with the queer community, he was already imitating celebrities with prosthetics and makeup. But it was in 2019 that he broke through. He stages himself in a fake series of extreme cosmetic surgeries that radically change his face. The buzz is huge and people are worried yet fascinated. It was only a few months later that he revealed the deception.

Since then, he has become the king of transformation at Fashion Week. Always with the complicity of Balenciaga, he sometimes puts himself in the shoes of public figures like Jocelyn Wildenstein, aka the cat woman, Jennifer Coolidge, the actress of the series White Lotussometimes fictional characters, like Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada or Madame Doubtfire in the eponymous film.

What happens to the real Jack Nicholson?

The actor, now 87 years old, has been retired for 14 years. His latest film, How to knowa romantic comedy with Reese Witherspoon, was a huge flop. According to American media, he lives reclusively in his property on Mulholland Drive, a well-known area of ​​Hollywood.

The rare public appearances he allows himself are linked to the NBA. An unconditional fan of the Los Angeles Lakers, his hometown, he is sometimes in the front row of games surrounded by his children. But since May 2023, the last time he was seen in the stands, it has been radio silence. According to Lou Adler, music producer and longtime friend of the actor, Jack Nicholson does what he wants to do. “He wants to stay quiet. He wants to eat what he wants to eat. Live the life he wants to lead.” And he deserved it.

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