Pierce Brosnan, Val Kilmer & Gary Oldman’s Hot Sons Walk Saint Laurent
Pierce Brosnan’s son walked the Saint Laurent menswear show. Photo: Imaxtree
In 2013, French Vogue editor Emmanuelle Alt told Vogue that Hedi Slimane belonged in Los Angeles. “It’s much more his world…Freedom, skateboarders, the beach. If you’re that interested in music, Paris is not the right city for you.” Sure it has all that—but also a wealth of hot celebrity spawn.
The designer bought a home there in 2009, and he’s been designing Saint Laurent from Southern California since 2011, showing his collections in Paris. This weekend, his latest menswear show was signature Slimane: A host of young, unknown models who looked like they might have been picked up at the local skate park showed off babydoll dresses, chokers, palm trees, tie-dye, grungy hair, and one Kurt Cobain reference after another.
Gary Oldman’s son Charlie walked the Saint Laurent menswear show. Photo: Imaxtree
Three of those models stem from Hollywood royalty. Slimane cast the sons of Pierce Brosnan, Gary Oldman, and Val Kilmer in his show. Pierce told the AP that Slimane “just discovered him at a juice bar coffee shop in Malibu,” and mentioned he’d never modeled before, which isn’t quite true. Dylan Brosnan and Jack Kilmer were named the faces of Saint Laurent menswear last year. There’s an entire portfolio of the former, shot by Slimane, on YSL’s website. It was, however, their runway debut.
Dylan Brosnan for Saint Laurent. Photo: Hedi Slimane
Meanwhile Oldman, who himself modeled for Prada in 2012, said Slimane discovered his son at a concert—he was wearing a Saint Laurent jacket. “I’m a little nervous for Charlie. The Yves Saint Laurent house is such a tradition … It’s great that he, in a small way, can be part of it,“ Oldman told the AP.
Val Kilmer’s son Jack walked the Saint Laurent menswear show. Photo: Imaxtree
This weekend might have marked the boys’ first turn on the runway, but it’s unlikely it’ll be their last.