{"id":106352,"date":"2025-10-10T10:48:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T10:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=106352"},"modified":"2025-10-10T15:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:54:14","slug":"sarah-jessica-parker-iris-van-herpen-nyc-ballet-fall-fashion-gala","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sarah-jessica-parker-iris-van-herpen-nyc-ballet-fall-fashion-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"When Fashion Learns to Fly: Sarah Jessica Parker Soars in Iris van Herpen at the NYC Ballet Fall Fashion Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 08: Sarah Jessica Parker, wearing Iris van Herpen, attends the New York City Ballet 2025 Fall Fashion Gala at The David H. Koch Theater on October 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Sean Zanni\/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are red carpets, and then there are moments when fashion transcends fabric. At the 2025 New York City Ballet<\/a> Fall Fashion Gala, Sarah Jessica Parker didn\u2019t simply arrive; she ascended. The actress, philanthropist, and longtime ballet devotee appeared at Lincoln Center in a sculptural masterpiece from Iris van Herpen\u2019s Fall 2025 Haute Couture collection<\/a>, styled with a pair of black AQUAZZURA 105 Be Mine Sandals \u2014\u00a0a look so ethereal it felt more like movement than dress.<\/p>\n

The gown \u2014 a lattice of sheer black mesh layered over a soft nude base \u2014 unfurled into floor-length translucent wings that rippled with each step. Crafted from van Herpen\u2019s signature \u201cair fabric,\u201d the design was built using a honeycomb technique that allowed the wings to billow almost imperceptibly, catching the light like a dancer\u2019s breath. It was couture in motion \u2014 and Parker, ever the performer<\/a>, made it feel alive.<\/p>\n

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 08: Sarah Jessica Parker attends the New York City Ballet 2025 Fall Fashion Gala at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on October 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Couture in Motion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cI’m so fortunate to wear it,\u201d Parker told Vogue<\/em> on the carpet, adding that the wings were \u201cso comfortable\u201d and \u201cweigh nothing.\u201d But the deeper weight of the moment was symbolic.<\/p>\n

As Vice Chair of the NYC Ballet\u2019s Board of Directors, Parker has spent over a decade bridging the worlds of choreography and couture \u2014 co-founding the Fall Fashion Gala in 2012 to pair designers with dancers in a creative pas de deux. This year, that dialogue materialized quite literally on her shoulders.<\/p>\n

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 08: Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is seen arriving at the New York City Ballet 2025 Fall Fashion Gala at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on October 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo\/GC Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 08: (L-R) Helena Christensen, Julia Fox, Mary Leest, Nicole Ari Parker, Sarah Jessica Parker and Iris van Herpen, all wearing Iris van Herpen, attend the New York City Ballet 2025 Fall Fashion Gala at The David H. Koch Theater on October 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Sean Zanni\/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Designer Who Turns Air Into Art<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Van Herpen, known for merging craftsmanship with science and sculpture<\/a>, described her Fall 2025 designs as an exploration of morphing forms and energy made visible. For Parker, that philosophy became a metaphor \u2014 for art that evolves, for movement that endures, and for the woman who continues to redefine New York glamour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Standing beside her husband Matthew Broderick, Parker looked serene and radiant, her hair softly twisted into a ballet bun, her jewelry minimal \u2014 as though any extra embellishment might interrupt the poetry of the gown. Cameras captured her turning slightly, the wings fanning outward like a quiet crescendo.<\/p>\n

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 08: Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker attend the New York City Ballet 2025 Fall Fashion Gala at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on October 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sarah Jessica Parker at the New York City Ballet 2025 Fall Fashion Gala held at the David H. Koch Theater on October 08, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by Stephanie Augello\/Variety via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Legacy of a Living Muse<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There was a time when the New York City Ballet Gala was simply a night of performances. But under Parker\u2019s guidance, it has become something greater: a conversation between art forms, a reminder that elegance can have velocity.<\/p>\n

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Sarah Jessica Parker at NYCB Fall Fashion Gala at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on October 08, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by Lexie Moreland\/WWD via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And so, as the evening lights reflected off her sculptural silhouette, Sarah Jessica Parker didn\u2019t just honor fashion \u2014 she embodied its future. Because sometimes, when fashion learns to fly, it looks a lot like her. And because in a city that never stops moving, Sarah Jessica Parker reminds us that true style isn\u2019t about standing still \u2014 it\u2019s about taking flight, again and again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42686,"featured_media":106353,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17,16],"yoast_head":"\nSarah Jessica Parker Soars in Iris van Herpen Couture: NYC Ballet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sarah Jessica Parker wore a winged Iris van Herpen haute couture gown to the NYC Ballet Gala, transforming fashion into a moment of flight.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sarah-jessica-parker-iris-van-herpen-nyc-ballet-fall-fashion-gala\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When Fashion 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