She’s become synoynymous for her array of eerily similar transformations.
And Alexis Stone pulled off her most-eye catching look yet, as she transformed into The Devil Wears Prada battleaxe Miranda Priestley to attend the Balenciaga show at Haute Couture Fashion Week in Paris on Wednesday.
The renowned British drag artist and makeup artist, whose real name is Elliot Rentz, turned heads with her eery likeness to the famous character, which was played by Meryl Streep in the 2008 film.
Sporting Miranda’s famous coiffed curles and trench coat, the look even came with a replica of the famous Book.
Alexis’ entrance was hilariously timed as she entered close to the arrival of Vogue Editor-In-Chief Anna Wintour, who was famously the inspiration behind the character of Miranda in the film.
Drag artist Alexis Stone pulled off her most-eye catching look yet, as she transformed into The Devil Wears Prada battleaxe Miranda Pristley to attend the Balenciaga show on Wednesday
The renowned British drag artist and makeup artist, whose real name is Elliot Rentz, turned heads with his eery likeness to the famous character (picture right played by Meryl Streep)
Sporting Miranda’s famous coiffed curles and trench coat, the look even came with a replica of the famous Book
In an interview with Barbara Walters that aired the day the film’s DVD was released, Anna called the film ‘really entertaining’ and said she appreciated the ‘decisive’ nature of Meryl’s portrayal.
‘Anything that makes fashion entertaining and glamorous and interesting is wonderful for our industry. So I was 100 percent behind it,’ she said.
This is far from the first time that Alexis has turned heads with incredible transformations, as she fooled many onlookers by turning into actress Jennifer Coolidge for the Diesel show in Milan back in February.
Jessica even shared her own appreciation for Alexis’ looks, sending a private message that read: ‘You are a brilliant superstar… I really thought it was me.’
While attending the Jean Paul Gaultier Show in January, Alexis turned into the singer Lana Del Rey, and shared a glimpse of the transformation on TikTok, and has also dressed up as American Horror Story alum Jessica Lange for the Balenciaga Couture show in July.
Alexis, who is from Manchester, uses his self-taught make-up skills to turn himself into a whole host of celebrities – ranging from singing sensation Adele to Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
The fashion designer, who has worked with Lady Gaga and Italian Vogue during his career, started dabbling with make-up as a young teenager before dedicating the majority of his time into drag.
Speaking to FEMAIL, Alexis said: ‘They are all done on the first attempt. I’m normally inspired by either current news or movies.
Alexis, who is from Manchester, uses his self-taught make-up skills to turn himself into a whole host of celebrities
Alexis’ entrance was hilariously timed as she entered close to the arrival of Vogue Editor-In-Chief Anna Wintour, who was famously the inspiration behind the character of Miranda
This is far from the first time that Alexis has turned heads with incredible transformations, as she fooled many onlookers by turning into actress Jennifer Coolidge in February
With the help of makeup and prosthetics, Alexis transformed into singer Lana Del Rey for the Jean Paul Gaultier show in Paris in January 2024
While attending the Balenciaga show in Paris in July 2023, Alexis channelled actress and American Horror Story icon Jessica Lange
Elliot also transformed into Robin Williams iconic character Mrs Doubtfire to attend the Balenciaga show in March 2022
While attending the Balenciaga show in Paris in 2022, Alexis turned into the ‘Catwoman’ Jocelyn Wildenstein with a head-to-toe leopard print catsuit
‘I then go on to download an image of the subject before sitting down and transforming into them straight away in around 40 minutes.’
Alexis was among a slew of big names in attendance for the Balenciaga Couture show, incuding Katy Perry, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts and Ashley Graham.
The star-studded front row comes two years after the iconic designer was thrown into chaos after running a pair of adverts featuring a child holding a teddy bear dressed in a BDSM outfit and another with court documents about child pornography.
The ensuing scandal saw a mass boycott of Balenciaga products, with some critics even burning clothes and graffitiing store fronts.
The brand issued an apology, but over a year on sales were still down with the ‘Other Houses’ division it falls into at parent company Kering dropping 15 percent in the third quarter of 2023, according to Vogue.
In the photo shoot, the kids also appeared surrounded by empty wine and champagne glasses.
The adult themes troubled many who asked why children had ever been used.
Balenciaga ignored the scandal at first and seemed to allow the photographer who was involved, Gabriele Galimberti, to take the heat.
He released a statement saying he had no control over the content of the shoot and eventually, Balenciaga released its own statement agreeing with him and taking responsibility for the campaign. It has since been pulled from the internet.
After the BDSM bears adverts, critics started examining the rest of Balenciaga’s campaigns.
They found that in the background of an image from the Spring ’23 campaign was a printout of a Supreme Court ruling on whether or not internet child porn can be legally considered free speech.
On the back of the bears scandal, many critics said it pointed to a troubling pattern within Balenciaga.
Balenciaga blamed North Six, a production company that helped arrange the shoot, for the inclusion of those documents.
They claimed that they entrusted all of the props from the photoshoot to North Six, and that their team was assured everything that was included was fake.
