This year, the event had set its sight on Hollywood—aiming to celebrate the connection between fashion and film while raising money for the Entertainment Community Fund, especially those costume designers impacted by the Los Angeles fires. Award-winning costume designers, such as Colleen Atwood, Milena Canonero, Ruth E. Carter, Catherine Martin, Arianne Phillips, Sandy Powell, and Jacqueline West would collaborate with the world’s top fashion houses to create their costumes from iconic movies, and show how iconic movies inspired real-life fashion.
On Sunday, before it was time to call “action,” Luhrmann was up and about, kissing cheeks and shaking hands (including with California governor Gavin Newsom, who sat front row with his family). He mingled through the Hollywood heavy crowd that included Dakota Johnson, Jennifer Connelly, and Henry Golding. Then the lights dimmed and the music started—showtime!
Once the cameras began to roll they didn’t stop for 30 minutes. Kendall Jenner (or as Luhrmann introduced her, “KJ,” hit the runway in a bedazzled costume once worn by Kidman in Moulin Rouge. One of her BFFs, Hailey Bieber, wearing a black leather Mugler dress, whipped out her phone to film Jenner as she walked by. More costumes designed for Luhrmann’s films, including The Great Gatsby, were interspersed with romantic looks from Miuccia Prada and Alessandro Michele’s Gucci.
