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British actor Ian McKellen attends British fashion label S.S.Daley’s Autumn/Winter 2023 collection catwalk show on the third day of the London Fashion Week, in London, on February 19, 2023. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by Niklas HALLE’N / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images)

Sir Ian McKellenbrought a bit of poetic panache to London Fashion Week!

McKellen was dressed in the designer’s nautical theme of the evening, wearing a sailor’s cap, trousers, striped scarf, and navy peacoat with the image of a nude male figure featured on one side.

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TOPSHOT - British actor Ian McKellen attends British fashion label S.S.Daley’s Autumn/Winter 2023 collection catwalk show on the third day of the London Fashion Week, in London, on February 19, 2023. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by Niklas HALLE’N / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images)

The designer, Steven Stokey-Daley, is the winner of last year’s LVMH prize and emerging designer gong at the British Fashion Awards and is known for incorporating theatricality into his runway events. However, according toVogue, McKellen himself was the one toapproach the designerwith the idea to open the show.

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In addition to McKellen, Stokey-Daley’s celebrity fans includeHarry Styles, who wore the designer to accept his trophies during the2023 Brit Awardsearlier this month.

McKellen was knighted in 1991 for his service to the performing arts, and has won a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award and six Laurence Olivier Awards over his six-decade career.

source: people.com