Romeo Beckham closes Tommy Hilfiger show at New York Fashion Week

Romeo Beckham has taken to the runway for Tommy Hilfiger at New York Fashion Week, closing a star-studded show at Manhattan’s Plaza Hotel.

The 24-year-old son of former England footballer Sir David Beckham and fashion designer Victoria Beckham walked the runway in a red, green and navy plaid jacket layered over a striped shirt and loosely knotted navy tie.

He completed the preppy look with layered necklaces and a small hoop earring as he closed Hilfiger’s spring/summer 2027 show on Thursday.

It marks another high-profile modelling appearance for Beckham, who also walked the autumn/winter runway during London Fashion Week in February.

Supermodel Gigi Hadid opened the show, wearing an oversized beige blazer with padded shoulders, a white T-shirt and loose-fitting tomato-red trousers.

The 31-year-old model topped off the look with a navy bucket hat, while carrying a dark clutch tucked under one arm.

The show took place inside the famed Plaza Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, where Hilfiger and his wife Dee Ocleppo previously owned a penthouse.

The American designer returned to the landmark venue for a collection that revisited the preppy styles that helped make his label a household name during the Eighties and Nineties.

Red, white and navy – colours synonymous with the Tommy Hilfiger brand – ran throughout the collection, appearing across oversized tailoring, rugby shirts, polo tops and relaxed separates.

The designer described the collection as “modern prep”, with archival pieces reworked for a contemporary audience.

Classic rugby shirts were updated in silk, while sailing jackets incorporated suede detailing and Nineties-inspired plaid appeared across menswear and womenswear.

The styling also hinted at the return of some divisive preppy trends, with models sporting popped collars and multiple polo shirts layered on top of one another.

Among the collection’s more nostalgic pieces was a long white dress printed with a recreation of Hilfiger’s famous 1985 Times Square billboard, which positioned him alongside American designers Ralph Lauren, Perry Ellis and Calvin Klein.

The spectacle extended beyond the clothes, with guests greeted by a string quartet and waiters carrying silver trays of champagne inside the historic hotel.

A host of famous faces attended the show, including British supermodel Kate Moss, singer Camila Cabello, Blackpink star Jisoo and actor Patrick Schwarzenegger.

The front row also included basketball stars Josh Hart, Miles McBride and Karl-Anthony Towns, alongside Towns’ wife Jordyn Woods and former New York Knicks player Carmelo Anthony.

As the final models made their way down the runway, the string quartet played an instrumental rendition of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ New York anthem Empire State Of Mind.

American singer Slayyyter then performed for the finale, taking to the runway with a microphone in a bright red shirt and black shorts.

Hilfiger brought proceedings to a close in characteristically playful fashion, running down the catwalk behind his fluffy white dog, which he held on a red lead, before waving to the crowd.