Demi Moore wore custom gown by Irish designer to the BAFTAs

Demi Moore wore a custom gown by an Irish designer to the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards, which took place in London's Royal Festival Hall last night.

The American actress was nominated for Leading Actress for her role in The Substance, and chose a design by Alexander McQueen - currently under the creative direction of Dubliner Seán McGirr - for the event.

The custom gown featured a form-fitting halterneck silhouette and an open back, and was covered in a colourful hammered bullion, crystal and sequin embroidery. Large panels of blue, red and yellow accented the shimmering silver beadwork, creating a pattern that resembled a stained glass window. It was certainly a gown worthy of her on-screen character, Elizabeth Sparkle.

Styled by Brad Goreski, Moore paired her custom design with a matching McQueen T-Bar Box clutch bag.

She finished her look with simple black peeptoe high heels, diamond jewellery from De Beers and her trademark poker straight raven hair worn loose down her back.

McGirr was named as the Creative Director for Alexander McQueen in 2023, picking up the torch from Sarah Burton who had been Creative Director since 2010 and had designed a number of memorable pieces, including Kate, the Princess of Wales' wedding dress.

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The Dubliner was previously Head of Ready-to-wear at JW Anderson, the eponymous label of Derry native Jonathan Anderson, now the Creative Director of Spanish label Loewe. He originally joined JW Anderson in 2020 to oversee men's collections and eventually took on womenswear too.

McGirr is a graduate of Central Saint Martins where he obtained a Master of Arts in Fashion in 2014 and trained under Louise Wilson, an ambitious professor who mentored and influenced the careers of designers including Christopher Kane, Roksanda Ilincic and Mary Katrantzou.

The designer has drawn on his Irish heritage in his collections so far, most recently in his S/S2025 presentation at Paris Fashion Week last September, which channelled the figure of the banshee, a motif that Lee McQueen himself tapped into for his A/W 1994 show "Banshee".

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"The banshee is rooted in the history of McQueen, but it's also a story that I grew up with, so it feels deeply personal to me—something I remember my mother talking about in Ireland, describing the cry of this solitary, foreboding figure," McGirr explained backstage to W magazine.

McGirr's designs in that collection featured diaphonous silhouettes, contoured tailoring, raw-edge heritage lace and a striking chainmail-inspired gown.