DUBAI: US Dutch Palestinian model Gigi Hadid is back on the runway. For the latest updates, follow us on Instagram @arabnews.lifestyle The catwalk star opened French label Jacquemus’s show in Saint-Paul-De-Vence, France, donning a textured cream-colored coat adorned with exaggerated curved sleeves. The coat was layered over a crisp, white-collared shirt. Accentuating her silhouette, the coat was cinched at the waist with a wide belt boasting a gold buckle. The model also showed off a coordinating leather handbag and white bow-embellished slingbacks. With this collection, Simon Porte Jacquemus – the maison’s head designer – sought to move past recent turbulence in his business with a glamorous show in front of stars including Julia Roberts and Kylie Jenner. Held among the post-modernist artworks of the Maeght Foundation, it was a more sober and elegant collection than his previous sunny shows in the region’s lavender fields or the salt marshes of the Camargue. There were no more than three colors on display on the models: Black and white, with recurring flashes of bright red. The collection, titled “Sculptures,” mixed simple, elegant designs with touches of surrealism like exaggerated sleeves and rounded shoulders, or waistlines and collars jutting out to the side. There were references to the artists around the room: A leather jacket inspired by one belonging to sculptor Alberto Giacometti and a bag following the curves of Henry Moore, for example. An ecstatic-looking Roberts declared it all “stunning” when asked by AFP — about as much as celebrities tend to give on the sidelines of fashion shows. Reality TV star and entrepreneur Jenner was also present, alongside five-year-old daughter Stormi. This is not the first time Hadid has walked for Jacquemus. In June 2023, she walked the “Le Chouchou” fashion show at Chateau de Versailles in France wearing a sheer lace ensemble, while in January 2020, she showed off a backless, beige dress complete with thin straps at the shoulders and elegant rouching on one hip during Paris Men’s Fashion Week. Launched in 2009, the independent label has seen rapid growth thanks in large part to the founder’s canny social media presence — all smiles and warmth, in contrast to the icy elitism of many of his peers.