If Dior’s glass-set runway was meant to evoke an enchanted garden, it also delivered a full greenhouse effect. By mid-afternoon, the unseasonably warm Paris sun had turned the venue (prophetically painted, yes, green) into a sun-drenched sauna, sending front-row guests in search of shade.
Anya Taylor-Joy ducked onto a shaded back patio, where she chatted with director Pedro Almodóvar in Spanish. Taylor-Joy confessed she’s been bingeing “Love Story” — and luckily she was seated near the series’ star.
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It was the second Dior show for the Ryan Murphy show’s breakout star, Paul Anthony Kelly. Under the glass he ditched fashion for comfort, shrugging off his leather jacket. “It’s a little too warm to wear at the moment,” he said.
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The actor, who was doing community theater when he was plucked to lead the series in what he described as a “pretty wild” jump, said playing John F. Kennedy Jr. taught him a few style lessons.
“Just have fun with it. You know, like I got to be styled after a certain gentleman who always had fun with it. And I think that there’s a confidence when you make it your own. You don’t take it too seriously,” he said.
As for the sudden superstardom? “I thought that there would be a little bit more of a ladder process,” he said. “But I put in the hard work and I had a blast and great support. I’m excited for whatever comes next.”
With no next project confirmed, Kelly plans to explore Paris on a bike while he is in town: “Two feet and a heartbeat is my motto for transportation,” he said.
Macaulay Culkin brought literary nostalgia to the front row in a “Very Hungry Caterpillar” sweater from Dior creative director Jonathan Anderson’s last collection, complete with green-and-red painted nails to match. While he said that “Where the Wild Things Are” was his favorite read as a kid, he said he reads the “Caterpillar” to his own offspring.
But the child star said he can’t recall his childhood wardrobe: “It was back in the ’80s. It was so long ago that Reagan was president,” he joked.
Ever Anderson, currently filming the action-thriller “Father Joe” with Al Pacino, recalled her first red carpet look at age 9 in custom Bonpoint.
Blackpink’s Jisoo breezed through, while Stray Kids’ Hyunjin required a small battalion of assistants wielding electric fans to keep him cool.
Anderson had possibly the best idea of all, eyeing the fountain at the center of the runway, joking: “It’s so hot right now, I’m ready to take a dip.”