There was maybe no person higher suited to usher in Sarah Burton’s new period at Givenchy than Elle Fanning—and no higher event than the 2025 Oscars. On the 97th Academy Awards, Fanning wore the designer’s first-ever customized high fashion look as artistic director of the storied French home.
The second got here simply forward of Burton’s inaugural Givenchy present in Paris on March 7, but it surely was a landmark in Fanning’s profession as properly. “Sarah has develop into an expensive buddy and collaborator,” Fanning tells Vogue. “This 12 months marks my first time ever attending the Academy Awards. And it’s an honor to be the primary lady to put on a Sarah Burton couture Givenchy design!”
Now, the 2 are coming into a brand new chapter collectively. “There’s all the time an emotion, a sense, whenever you placed on the garments. Fittings are a very powerful half to me—that’s when all the things involves life,” Burton says of realizing Fanning’s Oscars gown. “When Elle and I have been making an attempt on the toiles, how she felt led us to the ultimate alternative.” Fanning concurs: “As regular, we began with sketches, which have been all superb, however the look actually got here alive when Sarah and I obtained within the room collectively. She flew to L.A. to suit me in particular person,” she says. “We’ve completed this collectively earlier than for Cannes, however I’ll by no means tire of watching her create…reducing and draping proper on my physique! 5 attire held on the rack, however there was a white toile so elegant and attention-grabbing, all of us silently knew it was the winner.”
