Lily Allen ensured all eyes were on her as she strutted down the catwalk for the 16Arlington x Antony Price salon show in London on Monday night.
The singer, 40, proved she is every inch the career chameleon as she swapped the microphone for the runway after receiving acclaim for her latest album, West End Girl.
Lily has stepped into the spotlight and attended a number of public events since the release of her music, which charters the bitter end of her marriage to David Harbour.
The Tennis hitmaker paid homage to Audrey Hepburn’s iconic Breakfast At Tiffany’s look as she sauntered down the catwalk with a cigarette in hand.
Wearing her hair in a high chignon, Lily looked incredible in a plunging navy velvet strapless gown and evening gloves.
The songstress was joined by a number of famous faces who had turned out to support Antony’s first runway show in 36 years.
Lily Allen ensured all eyes were on her as she strutted down the catwalk for the 16Arlington x Antony Price salon show in London on Monday night
The songstress was joined by a number of famous faces who had turned out to support Antony’s first runway show in 36 years
The designer pulled on the likes of Lila Moss, Adwoa Aboah and Lara Stone to showcase the 16 looks from the collection.
Antony has collaborated with London-born designer Marco Capaldo, 32, who heads the London label 16Arlington.
Kate Moss’s daughter, 23, shimmered in a silver feathered number which showcased her long legs, while Lara, 41, modelled an animal print dress.
The dress is inspired by the tiger-print gown Jerry Hall wore Bryan Ferry’s Let’s Stick Together music video.
Adwoa, 33, dazzled in an embellished number as she posed up a storm for the camera.
Stars turned out to watch the show. Annie Lennox’s artist daughter Tali, 32, sported dramatic eye make-up and a sequin brown dress.
Meanwhile, Bridgerton actress Simone Ashley, 30, looked stylish in a leather coat with furry trim.
Lily has continued to lay bare the wreckage of her marriage to David, 50, with the release of a new video to accompany her revenge album.
The singer’s new album was a musical dissection of her marriage to the Stranger Things actor. The couple married in Las Vegas in September 2020 before their split last year, ending four turbulent years together.
The singer, 40, proved she is every inch the career chameleon as she swapped the microphone for the runway after receiving acclaim for her latest album, West End Girl
Lily has stepped into the spotlight and attended a number of public events since the release of her music, which charters the end of her marriage to David Harbour
The Tennis hitmaker paid homage to Audrey Hepburn’s iconic Breakfast At Tiffany’s look (Audrey pictured in the 1961 film)
Kate Moss’s daughter Lila, 23, shimmered in a silver feathered number which showcased her long legs
Wearing her hair in a slicked back bun, Lila showcased the dramatic number
Lara, 41, modelled an animal print dress which had a daring split in the skirt
Lara’s dress is inspired by the tiger-print gown Jerry Hall wore Bryan Ferry’s Let’s Stick Together music video
Adwoa dazzled in an embellished number as she posed up a storm for the camera
The model, 33, appeared in her element as she showcased Antony’s creation
Rebecca Corbin-Murray and Simone Ashley appeared in high spirits
Beth Ditto appeared in high spirits
A number of stars turned out to watch the show. Annie Lennox’s artist daughter Tali, 32, sported dramatic eye make-up and a sequin brown dress (pictured with Simone)
Lily officially split with Stranger Things star David when she discovered his three-year affair and profile on celebrity dating app, Raya (pictured in 2022)
Earlier on Monday, the singer shared a look at the ‘visualiser’ clip for Tennis, track number four from the album West End Girl.
The video sees Lily dressed in black and sitting on a park bench as two men carry a funeral floral arrangement spelling ‘husband’ into shot.
A despondent Lily doesn’t flinch as the men dump the flowers in the bin before a tennis ball is thrown at her.
The song, Tennis, sees Lily namecheck Madeline, a women she accuses a partner of having an affair with after seeing a text message from her appear on his phone.
Through lyrics Lily uses the racquet sport as a metaphor for sex as she sings: ‘So I read your text, and now I regret it.’
She continues: ‘I can’t get my head round how you’ve been playing tennis/ If it was just sex I wouldn’t be jealous.
‘You won’t play with me and who the f**k is Madeline?’
Her lyrics have been described as ‘scathing, devastating and unflinchingly personal’, with tracks telling the story of the painful breakdown of their relationship.
Earlier on Monday, the singer shared a look at the ‘visualiser’ clip for Tennis, track number four from the album West End Girl
Lily Allen has continued to lay bare the wreckage of her marriage to David with the release of a new video to accompany her revenge album
During a recent interview, Lily insisted that she didn’t want to seek ‘revenge’ on her ex-partner and didn’t feel like she was being ‘mean’ by divulging their private lives.
However, her lyrics – which she has confessed is a blend of fact and fiction – questions if her ex is a sex addict and recounts finding a plethora of sex toys and condoms at his other apartment, which she dubs ‘Pussy Palace’.
She also recounts confronting David’s mistress because she ‘can’t trust anything that comes out of his mouth’.
West End Girl has been critically acclaimed and quickly became the UK’s most-downloaded album of the week, landing at Number 1 on the Official Albums Downloads Chart.
Lily released her new single, titled Madeline, earlier this month. The singer addresses David’s infidelity with lyrics: ‘I can’t trust anything that comes out of his mouth’
Upon the album’s release, the star’s millions of fans took to social media en masse, hungrily asking just who Madeline was – or, as Lily put in lyric form – ‘Who the f*** is Madeline?’
It immediately drew comparisons with a track on Beyonce’s 2016 album Lemonade, which launched worldwide speculation about the identity of ‘Becky with the good hair’ – a woman who allegedly had an affair with Jay-Z.
And while Lily has been at pains to point out that Madeline is, just like Becky, a pseudonym, it has prompted a similar hunt for the real woman who inspired the song and several others on Lily’s rage-filled album, her first in seven years.But it was The Mail on Sunday who exclusively revealed the identity of ‘Madeline’ as Natalie.
The single mother, who lives in New Orleans, spoke to the newspaper from her home in the city’s historic Treme district to admit that she was the woman at the heart of Allen’s new album – and at the centre of her marriage break-up.
‘Of course I’ve heard the song,’ Natalie had said, rolling her eyes.
‘But I have a family and things to protect. I have a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, and I understand this is going on. It’s a little bit scary for me.’
It is understood that Natalie met 50-year-old David, who is 16 years her senior, while filming the Netflix movie We Have A Ghost in 2021, on location in New Orleans.
David was the movie’s leading man, while Natalie worked in the costume department. Their affair reportedly began shortly after shooting started.
David had married Lily, who has two daughters, Ethel, 13, and 12-year-old Marnie from her previous marriage to Sam Cooper, in Las Vegas the year before.
Even after filming ended, Harbour reportedly flew Natalie to his home in Atlanta, Georgia, as the affair continued behind Lily’s back.
But his secret fling was exposed when Allen saw an incriminating text message on his mobile phone, and as her marriage fell apart she turned her heartache into music.
