Anna Wintour and stars attend Ralph Lauren show in New York City
Sarah Catherine Cook, Andra Day and more dazzle at Ralph Lauren’s NYC runway show.
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NEW YORK — Ralph Lauren is going romantic.
And in true fashion, the designer’s runway show in downtown Manhattan Thursday afternoon brought out all the biggest celebs, from actresses Anne Hathaway and Sadie Sink to country music star Kacey Musgraves.
The fall/winter 2025 collection, the designer’s first outing since his starry and extravagant Hamptons showcase just before New York Fashion Week’s September kickoff, was an off-calendar show that packed just as much star power as its predecessor.
A cast of leading ladies sat front row, including Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, Emmy-winning comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “White Lotus” star Sarah Catherine Hook and actresses Naomi Watts, Michelle Williams and Eiza González. Ryan Destiny, Chase Sui Wonders, actress-singer Andra Day and more were in attendance.
Hathaway donned a tan trench coat and coordinating bejeweled tan denim, topped with a high ponytail. The blonde bobs of Watts and top Vogue editor Anna Wintour popped up just seats away from one another in the front row, while Ralph Lauren darling Musgraves opted for a white cowboy hat and Western-themed belt. González and DeBose dazzled in classic suiting, while Day paired springtime whites with a gem-encrusted top.
“I loved the show. I love the mixing of the themes, I think that’s something that’s really intrinsic to me when it comes to fashion,” Day tells USA TODAY. “I love exploring different worlds. I think they do classic very well, but they’re innovative with classic.”
She recalls her most memorable Ralph purchase, a vintage coverall with a vintage scarf. “I love it so much I had a friend of mine wear it to last year’s fashion show,” she says with a laugh. “I knew I was being dressed (by the brand), but I was like ‘Oh wear this, I love this!’”
Hook, fresh off her role as Piper in Season 3 of “The White Lotus,” thought the show was “so gorgeous.”
“And so different from what I was expecting! It was really quite dark and edgy, but had this really gorgeous, romantic feel to it,” Hook says, “but still maintained the timeless look that Ralph Lauren always achieves.”
Dubbed “the modern romantics,” the designer played with texture, moody colors and silhouette for the April 17 runway.
“This collection is a study in beautiful contrasts – feminine flourishes juxtaposed against menswear motifs,” Lauren, 85, says in an exclusive statement to USA TODAY. “Romantic ruffles paired with masculine tailoring, sleek leather skirts topped with feminine bustiers. Each look tells a story of duality celebrating the confidence of a woman’s personal style.”
Glamorous gowns swished down the stairs of the former Gilded Age palazzo-turned-art gallery in Tribeca’s Clock Tower Building, as ruffled ascots romanticized more traditional tailoring and crushed velvet in deep purples appeared alongside lacy frocks.
Lauren, whose ethos and clothes have become part of the underpinning of stylishly seminal Black people for decades, looked to “subvert the classic dandy trope” with the collection ahead of the 2025 Met Gala. Only weeks away from the first Monday in May and its “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” theme, focused on the Black dandy and tailored wares, the runway show looked to highlight “precise tailoring” while “upending previousness with daring, while revealing an underlying sensuality,” according to the show notes.
Grammy-winning singer Day says she’ll be in attendance at annual Costume Institute fête, though she can’t tease much before her appearance on the famed steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“It will be a good time, it will be a dandy time and it will definitely be a statement,” she says with a coy smile.
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