Los Angeles; the city of fame and success, lit up on Sunday night as models strutted through Paramount Studios.
The lot was an active set, featuring countless original costumes from some of Hollywood’s classics.
Last year’s Vogue World took place in Paris – as the Olympics were due to commence a week later, the event paid homage to different sports through the decades.
This year, the runway paid its respects to Film & TV in its birthplace, Hollywood.
Paramount Studios is a legendary American film production company based in Hollywood.
The runway was designed on the studio’s 65-acre site. The grandeur set and lavish budget gave the studio a storybook feel.
A-list stars from the movie industry sat front row.
Though, the event had a twist this year in addition to the original theme: supermodels and actresses swapped places.
Models’ walks were less serious and included less sashaying than usual; instead, they were expressive and bubbly.
With each look the models were given, they truly brought their assigned characters to life.
For example, high-fashion model Anok Yai wore a remake of Edward Scissorhands’s famous costume, originally designed by Colleen Atwood.
Yai gave a captivating performance when walking the runway, doing a reenactment of the iconic “haircut scene” from the movie.
Names like fashion icon Anna Wintour watched the dazzling show on the edge of her seat, as Yai’s presentation quickly went viral on social media.
But this wasn’t the only avant-garde moment during the showcase.
The runway was quickly transitioned from Edward Scissorhands to a campy “Marie Antoinette” themed segment.
As Antoinette’s reign was notably one of glitz and glamour, creative directors brought her chaotic opulence to life.
Actress Julia Garner stepped into a new role when opening.
Garner wore a recreation from Sofia Coppola’s 2006 blockbuster Marie Antoinette.
Her dress was a vanilla colored gown with billowing ruffles.
The undergarments were embellished with berry-pink tulle which she made sure to flash when bouncing down the set.
Each model following behind appeared to have come straight out of Versailles itself.
The looks were a series of pastel gowns with tight-corsets and over the top accessories.
The hair was straight out of the 1700’s in France, with tight pin-curls covered in flowers.
Makeup was pasty-white, reminiscent of the era when pale “doll-like” skin was all the rave; to be so ghostly white you almost blended in with the dead was at one point a sign of wealth, and on this night, Hollywood decided to bring it back.
After dozens of movie references were made on the runway, the show came to a close as hundreds of models took their final bow.
Again, Vogue secured another successful exhibit in the books.
What can we predict Vogue World will do next year?
And what trends will rise up from the show?