Hordes of fans line the road outside Paris’ Shangri-La hotel each year, waiting to get a glimpse of stars at what has become the most celebrity-studded event during September’s Paris Fashion Week.
On Saturday night, the story was no different. Kylie Jenner, Wizkid, Thai actress Davika Hoorne and K-pop singer Bright were among the guests that received the highest decibels of screams, as floods of fashion’s great and good made their way into the BoF500 Gala.
The Business of Fashion event, run by CEO and editor Imran Amed, celebrates it’s fashion power list — which this year welcomed 100 news names, from Charli XCX and Tyla to actors Michelle Yeoh and Greta Lee and creative directors Chemena Kamali, who took the helm of Chloe last February, and Seán McGirr, designer at McQueen.
Inside, three decadent rooms were stuffed with the cream of the fashion designer crop alongside their muses. Some extravagant looks made the journey from a banquet room, complete with an explosion of flowers and canapes, to the smoking area, where the Eiffel Tower glistened on demand, somewhat treacherous. The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri, who opted for a straight-off-the-catwalk hooped, floral dress from Loewe making her her two-metres wide, said she had found herself stuck while trying to hunt down a vodka cocktail. Others attempted to give Jenner, who wore a Miu Miu crystal embellished mini-dress, a wide birth so as not to catch their lace creations in her bling.
Industry heavyweights also spotted letting their hair down included Miuccia Prada (who carried a brush in her pocket to keep her’s in order) Victoria Beckham, Gabriela Hearst, Clare Waight Keller, Simon Porte Jacquemus, Zac Posen and Casey Cadwallader. They came together for a performance by Nigerian singer Wizkid, before spreading into corners, and hobnobbing with a host of other A-listers, including Jared Leto, Paris Jackson and French singer Yseult.
Designers Serhat Işık and Benjamin Huseby, behind the brand GmbH, took the arrivals red carpet as an opportunity to speak out about the Israel Gaza conflict. The pair wore black and red Keffiyeh jackets which they designed in collaboration with scarf making label SEP.
“It feels once again absurd to be at Paris Fashion Week this season. Most people are running and parading around in oblivion,” Işık wrote on Instagram the following day. “No one else dared to wear our Keffiyeh jackets to PFW, so we came to let no one forget there is still a genocide happening. Free Palestine until Palestine is free!”
The party rolled into the early hours, before the stiletto clad masses dispersed to hotel lobbies and obligatory night caps in the Marais.
Inside the BoF500 Gala
