No chauffeur wanted — Billie Eilish drove herself to the Gucci get together in her honor Friday night time in L.A., pulling as much as the plant-based restaurant Nic’s on Beverly in her matte black Dodge Challenger.
A lifelong animal rights activist, Eilish is the face of Gucci’s new Horsebit 1955 bag made using Demetra, a vegan different to leather-based. She arrived proudly carrying the monogram model of the asymmetrical bag, pairing it with a sheer monogram prime, Gucci headband, glasses, denims and her vegan Air Force 1 sneakers by Nike, one other model she’s altering along with her next-gen activism.
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“It’s been a process and we’re really happy with the results. Leather is unnecessary,” she mentioned of the milestone for the heritage leather-based items model’s sustainability efforts, given the carbon impression of animal merchandise. Two years in the past, Gucci launched sneakers fabricated from Demetra, and the model turned to Eilish to entrance photos and movies to unveil its first bag within the animal-free materials.
“It’s amazing,” mentioned Jessica Chastain, proffering her black Demetra bag for a pet (shiny and substantial, the fabric containing upward of 77 % plant-based uncooked supplies in addition to bio-based polyurethane from renewable sources, does have a luxurious really feel).
The cocktail get together was held on the eve of the Gucci-sponsored LACMA Art + Film gala, which is able to mark the Hollywood coming-out for Gucci’s new creative director Sabato De Sarno.
“It’s a big moment..No pressure!” he laughed when requested concerning the occasion, throughout which he will likely be debuting his first eveningwear on a few of the world’s largest stars.
De Sarno has spent the week attending to know a few of them, together with Miley Cyrus, mountain climbing along with her to the Hollywood signal to shoot the following Gucci perfume marketing campaign.
“My first time here with my husband about nine years ago, I hated L.A. because I was looking for a square, a center like a European city. But then I really fell in love. Now we love to do the touristy things. This morning I went to Venice and rented a bike. It was nice,” he mentioned.
“He’s so talented,” mentioned Julia Garner, mingling on the cocktail get together with Maude and Iris Apatow, Elliot Page, Jodie Turner Smith, Daisy Edgar Jones, Gucci chief model officer Alessio Vannetti and Gucci president and chief executive officer Jean-Francois Palus.
“Her look for the gala we knew at the show,” mentioned stylist Elizabeth Saltzman, along with her shopper Jodie Comer. “I didn’t know there was going to be a war, but the look is perfect. I just couldn’t go all out, you feel stupid,” she mentioned of the tense and turbulent occasions towards the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
“I don’t think it’s about wearing black, that’s not going to solve anything. I just don’t think you want to post a thousand selfies out of respect. But this is an artists’ dinner and until we can’t, we will.”
The new Gucci marketing campaign conceived by De Sarno and photographed by Tyrell Hampton options the music “What Was I Made For?” by Eilish, a vegan since she was 12 and a longtime advocate for animal safety, pushing for designers and types to cease utilizing leather-based and fur.
At the tip of August in London, the singer spoke on the second version of Overheated, a local weather activism occasion offered by the nonprofit organization Support + Feed. She talked about her help for thrifting and different strategies of sustainable procuring.
To additional amplify its sustainability commitments, Gucci made an undisclosed donation to Support + Feed, which was based in L.A. by Eilish’s mom, Maggie Baird, to create an equitable, plant-based meals system and fight meals insecurity.
The Oscar and Grammy-winning Eilish has represented Gucci on a number of pink carpets, together with carrying a Regency-inspired upcycled ivory and duchesse satin corseted costume to the Met Gala final 12 months, and a monogrammed sleep masks and blanket to final 12 months’s LACMA Art + Film Gala. She has additionally fronted a marketing campaign selling Gucci’s eyewear collections.
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