Gemma Ward makes surprise appearance at Milan menswear show

At Prada’s SS15 runway show, Australian model Gemma Ward staged a comeback following a six-year hiatus from the fashion industry. She hasn’t trod the runway boards since then. Until this afternoon that is, when she made a surprise appearance at Calvin Klein’s AW16 menswear show – wearing what appeared to be menswear. 

“I always liked her,” said Calvin Klein Collection men’s creative director Italo Zucchelli backstage at the show. “She has these brilliant eyes, almost alien...she’s beautiful…”

But Ward wasn’t the only female model to walk; she was joined by fellow industry icons Mariacarla Boscono, Jessica Miller and Iselin Steiro. And this isn’t an isolated incident – it’s become commonplace to see both genders walk in the same show.

Speaking on his decision to include female models in the cast, Zucchelli said, “I wanted to give a statement about the power of tailoring. How it’s modern, how it looks good on everybody. It also can be sexy... Tailoring on women is nice!”

Tailoring appeared throughout the collection, predominantly in black and white, but with flecks of camel, khaki, gold, silver and copper too. It was sleek and heavily imbued with Zucchelli’s sense of sublime futurism.

Watch Calvin Klein’s AW16 menswear show below: