Imaan Hammam shares runway tips
Dutch Moroccan Egyptian model Imaan Hammam gave insight on what it takes to close out a major fashion show in a short video on Instagram.
The model, who recently hit the catwalk at US label Ralph Lauren’s star-studded Spring/Summer
2023 show in California, shared a promotional video on Instagram on Tuesday in which she lauded the designer and spoke about the new collection.
“If I think of American designers, I think of Ralph. He is someone I’ve always looked up to… Ralph gets a lot of inspiration from cinema, Hollywood,” she said in the video that was shot before the show.
Hammam went on to detail what it is like to be the last person on the runway, a responsibility that is usually given to models with celebrity status.
“When you’re closing the show, you’re the last person so you just want everyone to feel your energy,” she said, before adding “I think I’m just going to walk very strong.”
The model walked the runway in mid-October wearing a purple outfit that featured a floor-length taffeta skirt with a thigh-high slit and a matching tank top. Lauren spiced up the look with a rainbow-colored bucket hat and a green satin scarf wrapped around Hammam’s neck.
The show’s backdrop was a setting sun at the grand Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, near Los Angeles.
“So honored to be a part of such a special evening. Your legacy lives forever Ralph Lauren,” the model wrote on Instagram after the show.
Apart from Hammam’s outfit, there were plenty of cowboy hats, worn-in jeans and boots to begin with, gradually morphing into fancier wear such as long, bright skirts and slinky cut-out gowns. Always a celebrity magnet, Lauren brought out a slice of A-list Hollywood with Lopez and Affleck, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, Sylvester Stallone, John Legend, Diane Keaton, Jessica Chastain, Laura Dern, Chris Pine and James Marsden, to name a few.
Over dinner, Kushton and Kunis chatted with Legend, who said in an interview before the show that
Lauren is “obviously an icon in the fashion business and has meant so much to style for such a long time.”