Cillian Murphy announced as the new face of Versace

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Irish actor Cillian Murphy has been announced as the newest face of Versace with a new vogue marketing campaign.

The 47-year-old, who portrayed American theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the biographical struggle movie, will entrance the marketing campaign, sporting key items from the males’s Versace Icons assortment.

Launching globally on April 3, it is going to be Murphy’s first marketing campaign for the Italian luxurious vogue firm.

“I am thrilled that Cillian is joining the Versace family. He is a truly exceptional actor and totally deserves his Oscar win,” chief inventive officer Donatella Versace informed WWD. “He is magnetic and mesmerising in front of a camera, and I loved seeing him bring Versace to life.”

It comes after Murphy wore a black customized Atelier Versace tailor-made swimsuit to the the 96th Academy Awards, in Hollywood on March 10. The outfit consisted of ‘a wool tweed single-breasted jacket with contrast silk peaked lapels, a silk formal shirt with pleated front panel and concealed buttons, and mohair wool tailored pants with a large silk waistband’, the model posted on Instagram.

It was a nod to the label’s previous, stylist Rose Forde, who helped design Murphy’s look all through the movie’s press tour and awards, informed Vogue.”We checked out quite a bit of ’90s Versace references,” she mentioned.

Murphy accepted the award for finest actor, whereas Oppenheimer additionally gained finest image, finest supporting actor, finest director, finest unique rating, finest cinematography and finest movie modifying.

The movie is the sixth mission Murphy has collaborated on with British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan. He has additionally starred in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises and Dunkirk.

The actor from Douglas, Cork, additionally starred in the BBC tv sequence Peaky Blinders, a historic drama a few legal gang in Birmingham, post-World War I.

During Milan Fashion Week final month, Versace unveiled their new 2024 autumn/winter assortment, and Solange Knowles’ son Daniel Julez Smith Jr. walked the runway.

The Versace assortment “considered wildness, where tailoring is disrupted, print deconstructed, and Atelier Versace fabrics shredded and meticulously hand-woven into new materials”.

“This collection has a rebel attitude and a kind heart. The woman is a good girl with a wild soul. She is prim but sexy. Don’t mess with her! The man is her soulmate, a shy genius. They are breaking the rules to make new ones,” mentioned Versace at the time.

Versace additionally announced {that a} smaller Medusa ’95– the Versace brand – will characteristic throughout their designs.