Barry Keoghan Is Burberry’s New Model Ambassador

DOUBLE B: Burberry has named Irish actor Barry Keoghan as its newest model ambassador.

In a picture launched by the model, the actor is carrying a black trenchcoat, certainly one of Burberry’s signature gadgets.

The “Saltburn” star attended Daniel Lee’s fall 2024 present held in Victoria Park in East London in February. 

“I’ve been a fan of Burberry for a few years now. It’s such an iconic heritage model with innovation at its coronary heart, and a dedication to supporting arts and tradition. I’m very excited to be part of this subsequent chapter,” the actor stated.

Keoghan attended the 2023 Met Gala, which honored the legendary Karl Lagerfeld, carrying a blue tartan go well with with an identical blue rose within the pocket of his double-breasted blazer.

“His uncooked, distinctive expertise is extremely inspiring and completely displays the spirit of our model,” stated Burberry’s chief inventive officer Daniel Lee, who has recognized the actor for greater than 5 years.

The actor’s rise to fame has been by means of his critically acclaimed roles in Christopher Nolan’s World Battle II movie “Dunkirk”; Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” and Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin,” scoring him a BAFTA win as Greatest Supporting Actor in 2023.

Keoghan stars in Apple TV+’s new sequence, “Masters of the Air.”

The nine-episode drama tells the story of the World Battle II pilots who have been a part of the a centesimal Bomb Group, which carried out bombing raids over Nazi Germany. The sequence additionally stars Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Nate Mann and Ncuti Gatwa, amongst others.

On the purple carpet, Keoghan has been getting a serving to hand from his stylist, Ilaria Urbinati.

“He’s inherently very rebellious — type of like a playfully rebellious individual,” the stylist instructed WWD earlier this 12 months. 

“He’s at all times the man with a smile on his face, you already know? He’s simply kind of fascinating like that and I feel that he likes the thought of enjoying with garments in a means that’s going to be completely different or shock folks or that performs with the thought of what formalwear seems to be like,” she added.

On the “Masters of the Air” London premiere, the actor eschewed a proper look in favor of a mohair blue vest and black trousers from Burberry. 

“It’s very him. It’s type of slightly punk, cozy and cute. It’s not too severe, not too dressy. You then see him standing up there with everybody in a go well with and he simply stands out. He’s so assured that he doesn’t care that he’s the one one not in a go well with,” Urbinati stated.