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Vogue World
On Monday night, Vogue staged its inaugural live editorial fashion show Vogue World: New York, an eclectic mashup of expected supermodel strutting, pop performance and bursts of dance routines and street drumming—led by a stunning Serena Williams in shimmering, custom Balenciaga. Set live at bustling Fulton Street in downtown Manhattan and available to be watched by at-home viewers via livestream, the show, in trying to harness as many different experiential opportunities as possible (another feature let viewers “try on” featured outfits via AR lenses), ended up feeling a bit scattered.
Editors from the magazine curated their favorite looks from Fall 2022 to be modeled in Vogue World, meaning a mix of models and hip sophisticates flooded the runway (in groups) in pieces by Balenciaga, Dior, Bode, Christopher John Rogers and many others without any clarity on who was wearing what. That being said, when Lil Nas X popped out of his plum seat beside editor in chief Anna Wintour to belt “Industry Baby,” it was goosebump-inducing, and the high point came when heavy-hitters like Karlie Kloss, Lara Stone, Shalom Harlow and Kendall Jenner strutted in a traditional straight line, vamping to the sounds of Madonna’s “Vogue.” When it comes to runway magic, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.