Billy Portershowed up to London Fashion Week with one intention — to have fun with fashion.
ThePoseactor, 49, made the streets of London his own runway as he attended all the A-list shows, including Victoria Beckham, Roksanda and JW Anderson, in one stop-and-stare outfit after the next.
“As a man, I really want to make a different kind of statement and show up in a way that could also be transformative, that could also be political,” Portertold PEOPLEabout his boundary-breaking red carpet style. “My goal was to be a walking piece of political art. When I show up that’s what my goal is.”
And London Fashion Week was no exception. Below, see every single one of his statement-making quick changes.
Billy Porter.Darren Gerrish/WireImage; Santiago Felipe/Getty Images (2), Mike Marsland/WireImage
(Left to right: House of Holland show, Sharon Wauchob show, Gareth Pugh’s Virgin Cruise capsule collection, Ashish show)
At House of Holland, he arrived wearing a feathery headpiece, a bright pink suit jacket with brooch, black pants and high-shine boots, and kept the suit-and-headpiece trend going at Sharon Wauchob, in a white floral and mesh fascinator, black suit jacket, black crushed velvet pants and netted gloves.
The next day, he attended Gareth Pugh’s Virgin Cruise launch in an all-black ensemble, wearing a long dress with thigh-high slits, revealing fishnet tights underneath and carrying a statement-making handbag. For his headpiece, Porter opted for a black fedora.
The same bag made a return at the Ashish show, where Porter wore a metallic silver drape top, a metallic rose gold skirt, matching silver sequin boots and Alexis Bittar jewels.
Billy Porter.Santiago Felipe/Getty Images; Dave Benett/Getty Images; Neil Mockford/GC Images; Darren Gerrish/WireImage
(Left to right: Backstage at “Talk: Billy Porter in conversation with Lindsay People Wagner”, JW Anderson show, Roksanda show, Victoria Beckham show)
For his last show of LFW, JW Anderson, Porter wore a black sleeveless waistcoat dress with a sheer, feather-adorned hat, white platform loafers, white top-handle bag and white bow gloves.
At the Roksanda, he donned a burnt-orange oversized dress with pleated ruffles and a ruffle neckline. To add to the oversized trend, Porter wore a large black bow on top of his head.
Mike Marsland/WireImage; Karwai Tang/WireImage; Santiago Felipe/Getty Images(2)
The actor kept it simple, yet elegant for Naomi Campbell’s Fashion for Relief charity show. His black asymmetrical black dress with a high leg slit gave a peak at his black leather pants underneath and platform shoes and was accented with a feathery jacket and matching fascinator.
Porter’s lemon-yellow satin gown packed a punch at Halpern when layered underneath his iridescent printed overcoat. While he didn’t don a headpiece, the bejeweled collar and his Alexis Bittar jewels completed the look.
While LFW is over, theEmmy Awardsare just around the corner and Porter promised PEOPLE that his Emmys look on Sunday night will be show-stopping.
“It’ll be a fashion moment,” he teased. “I don’t know what it is yet, but it’s going to be a moment. It has to be a moment now! I’ve created something where I have to show up, it has to be a moment. I don’t know if it’s going to be a dress or anything like that but we’ll see.”
source: people.com
