What do Princess Marie-Olympia of Greece, Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, actress Zoe Kravitz, and socialite Nicky Hilton Rothschild have in common? Not a whole lot until now.
The four women — along with supermodel Carolyn Murphy, actress Thandie Newton, and others — all came together for a new fashion editorial for W magazine’s September issue.
The feature spotlights Oscar de la Renta’s new creative directors, Laura Kim, 35, and Fernando Garcia, 30, who seem to be fans of these particular famous faces and invited them to model the fashion house’s latest collection.
Interesting crowd: Princess Marie-Olympia of Greece (center) poses with Huma Abedin (left) and model Sasha Pivovarova in a fashion feature in the new issue of W
Fashion friends: The unlikely duo both modeled Oscar de la Renta designs
Co-stars: The editorial on de la Renta’s creative directors also includes (L to R) Nicky Hilton Rothschild, Carolyn Murphy, de la Renta’s stepdaughter Eliza Bolen, and Thandie Newton
The fashion feature takes a look at the changes that Kim and Garcia are bringing to the Oscar de la Renta brand since signing on in September of 2016, and how they landed such coveted positions.
Together, the design-duo also helms the label Monse, and had previously worked at de la Renta in other roles before succeeding Peter Copping as co-creative directors.
But while Oscar de la Renta has plenty of famous fans — including Karlie Kloss, Selena Gomez, Emma Watson, Sarah Jessica Parker, and W cover star Katy Perry — the new bosses brought in some surprising names for the feature.
Posing on the first page with the designers themselves is Big Little Lies star Zoe Kravitz.
Star-studded: The creative directors, Laura Kim (center) and Fernando Garcia (right), pose with Zoe Kravitz
Star power: Zoe also poses in an addition dress in another image
Next, Nicky Hilton — who called the design duo’s first Oscar de la Renta collection ‘next-level insane’ — Carolyn Murphy, and de la Renta’s stepdaughter Eliza Bolen pose together in dresses and jumpsuits.
Thandie Newton poses alone in a bright green number, while the final spread features Spanish socialite and former model Naty Abascal, model Sasha Pivovarova, Huma Abedin, and Olympia.
A thrilled Olympia took to Instagram to share the image of herself with Huma and Sasha, writing, ‘Oscar Oscar Oscar @wmag September issue.’
In the image, she wears a black suit, pumps, and a glitzy choker, her hair parted and slicked back and dark red lipstick on her mouth.
Fan club: The feature is about Oscar de la Renta’s new designers, of whom Olympia is a fan
Not her first model moment: The 21-year-old often turns up at fashion shows and even walked for Dolce & Gabbana in February and June of this year
Couture: Hillary Clinton aide Huma, meanwhile, wore a custom Oscar de la Renta gown for her wedding in 2015, before Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia took over as creative directors
Sitting beside her, Huma — who a custom Oscar de la Renta gown for her wedding in 2015, before Kim and Garcia were the brand’s creative directors — wore a wears a strapless black top over black pants, her hair wavy around her shoulders.
In the article, Huma recalls being there the day the designers told de la Renta that they were leaving his label to start their own. She’d been stopping by with Clinton, and turned up just a half hour after Kim and Garcia broke the news.
‘I just remember seeing Laura in the corner crying, with Fernando consoling her,’ she said. ‘And Oscar telling us, “Can you believe it?! These young people are leaving me!”‘