Miranda Kerr has made a surprise return to the runway after nearly a decade. The former Victoria's Secret Angel turned heads as she took to the catwalk for Stella McCartney on Tuesday, marking her first runway appearance in almost 10 years.
Miranda, 43, looked incredible in a seafoam green jersey dress with a knotted waist, hip cut-outs and oversized shoulder pads. She kept the rest of her look simple, wearing minimal makeup while styling her hair in a sleek braided ponytail. But Miranda wasn't the only familiar face to make a rare runway appearance at Stella McCartney's show.
Veteran models join the line-up
Karlie Kloss, now a mum-of-three, also walked in the Paris Fashion Week show. While the 34-year-old hasn't stepped away from modelling completely, she has significantly reduced her runway appearances compared to her busy schedule a decade ago.
Amber Valletta, 52, was another veteran model to join the line-up. Although she remains a regular on the front row at fashion events, it had been two and a half years since she last walked in a runway show.
A significant return for Kerr
For Miranda, the return marks a particularly significant moment, as she hasn't appeared on a catwalk since June 2017, when she walked for Moschino. Her latest appearance is also only the third time she has walked for Stella McCartney. She first appeared on the designer's runway in October 2011 before returning two years later in September 2013.
Miranda retired as a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2013, but her return to the catwalk comes just weeks before the lingerie giant's fashion show is due to air.
Early career controversy
Kerr began modelling when she was just 13-years-old, winning the 1997 Dolly magazine model search competition. From here, she travelled to Sydney a week before her 14th birthday to shoot for a magazine, with local media expressing their "concerned outrage" over her young age.
As the photoshoot included images of a teenage Kerr in a swimming costume, there were concerns about the glorification of young girls within the fashion, beauty, and entertainment industries.
Speaking at the time, a young Kerr said: "In the media at the time they were trying to cling on to anything remotely to do with paedophilia. Dolly is a magazine for teenage girls, not for old men. And I was fully clothed! Doing a winter shoot! They just made something out of nothing."
