Belfast breakout star Jude Hill has become the new face of a New York-based designer’s luxurious childrenswear range.
This year’s Critics Choice Award winner for best young actor, 11-year-old Hill and his accent stole hearts in Kenneth Branagh’s Academy Award winner “Belfast.” His performance has attracted attention from Thom Browne, who has cast him to model his spring childrenswear range.
The Thom Browne campaign was shot by Cass Bird and imagines Hill in a series of cinematic moments alongside a young girl and one of the brand’s most visible symbols — Hector, the silhouette of a wire-haired dachsund, who happens to be a giant. Browne himself also makes a cameo.
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The designer dressed the Northern Irish youngster for the recent Oscars telecast and has also appeared on a slew of notable Hollywood men in recent months.
Hill follows in the footsteps of Alan S. Kim, the social media sensation and star of the 2020 film “Minari.” Kim starred in a short film for the brand in the weeks following his 2021 awards run, hand-in-hand with distributor A24 and rocking Browne to numerous carpet appearances.
The designer is a three-time recipient of the CFDA menswear designer of the year award. His work has been recognised by museums including the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria & Albert, the Costume Museum at Bath and the Mode Museum Antwerpen.
