Models, Mohawks, and Mavericks: Backstage at Vogue World 2023
Theatre Royal Drury Lane has been around for a cool 360 years, but the backstage area may never have been as lively as it was in the lead-up to Vogue World: London. While Eugene Souleiman coaxed models’ hair into mohawks with Bumble and bumble products and Pat McGrath paid tribute to the New Romantics with electric blue eyeshadow and bold red lips, Rambert dancers stretched in preparation for their performance with FKA twigs, Sophie Okonedo geared up to recite her speech from Henry IV: Part II, James Corden kept the jokes coming, and Lila Moss slipped into her Eliza Doolittle costume—ready, like everyone else, to dance all night. Below, go backstage at Vogue World: London with photographer Morgan O’Donovan.
See every look from the Vogue World 2023 red carpet in London here.
Morgan O’Donovan1/21James Corden, Sienna Miller, Damian Lewis, and Cush Jumbo preparing for their “Ushers” sketch.
Morgan O’Donovan2/21Edie Campbell, in a look worthy of The Blitz nightclub.
Morgan O’Donovan3/21A spirit of glamorous rebellion defined the fashion in the second act, as epitomized by this Gucci look.
Morgan O’Donovan4/21Models sported elaborate feathered hats, inspired by the Ascot scene in My Fair Lady, which debuted at Drury Lane in 1958.
Morgan O’Donovan5/21Rambert, gearing up to perform as FKA Twigs sang a rendition of Opus III’s “It’s a Fine Day.”