'Like a brash baby giraffe leaving a club!' Male model's BIZARRE catwalk stomp leaves Twitter in a fit of giggles - and even gets a smile out of the usually stony-faced Anna Wintour
- Leon Dame closed the Maison Magiela Spring 2020 show with a dramatic, and rather wonky, stomp down the runway
- The German model's walk is now going viral on social media
- Leon, 20, seemed to delight notoriously hard to please Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, who smiled as he walked past her
- Fashion legend Tim Blanks called him a 'star' and said he 'murdered the catwalk'
- Leon was previously deemed a 'male model to watch' by The New York Times
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A model's dramatic runway walk has taken the internet by storm - with his moody stomp being compared to everything from a stroppy teenager to a drunken club goer stumbling around at 7am in the morning.
German model Leon Dame was given the honor of closing the Maison Margiela Spring 2020 show at Paris Fashion Week; a runway outing that brings together the most important figures in fashion.
Dressed in white hot pants, a cinched leather jacket and platform heeled boots, the 20-year-old took to the catwalk with such energy it seemed to both thrill and frighten the high-profile audience, including Anna Wintour who smiled in disbelief as she watched him.
He means business! Model Leon Dame stalked down the runway looking somewhat menacing at the Maison Margiela Spring 2020 show during Paris Fashion Week
A star is born! Fashion insiders deemed Leon the breakout star of the runway thanks to his frenetic walk
Viral: Members of the audience rushed to capture the unusual and intense walk - and quickly circulated it on social media
Berlin-based Leon, who is also a student and saxophonist, came to prominence last season when he walked in the Maison Margiela show with a similarly frenetic walk.
Today, for the house's Spring 2020 collection preview, Creative Director John Galliano enlisted the 6'1 model to reprise his infamous stomp.
And it seemed to go down a treat.
Fashion's most prominent critics and influencers quickly captured the moment and circulated it online.
Tim Blanks, The Business of Fashion 's editor-at-large, shared a snippet of Leon looking steely-eyed and claimed he 'murdered the catwalk'.
He also quoted the iconic movie, 42nd Street, captioning an image of Leon with the words, 'You're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!'
She smiles! Anna Wintour, pictured, was notably enthused by Leon's strut as she smiled and watched him prance down the runway
Stare down: Leon makes menacing eye contact with British Vogue Editor Edward Enninful, pictured in suit, as he skulks past
Leon Dame's walk at Maison Margiela offers all the inspiration you need to stomp through hump day. (Via IG: @anderschristianmadsen) pic.twitter.com/oyHI1IhDTT
— i-D (@i_D) September 25, 2019
He's watching you: Clips of the German model and his intense runway presence were circulated on countless Instagram stories
Several videos of Leon's walk inadvertently capture Anna Wintour in her signature black sunglasses in the background.
The Vogue veteran, 69, recently said that often when she's sitting front row, she's looking for 'something to make her smile'.
She found it, thanks to Leon, as she was seen visibly amused with her head turning to follow his strut down the runway with her mouth slightly agape.
New York-based model Aleali May caught the moment on camera, titling her video 'Queen approved'.
Back in 2016, Leon was charted as one of the New York Times' eight male models to watch.
So far in his career he has walked for Hermès, Topman, J.W. Anderson, Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Jil Sander, Gucci, MSGM and V..
Back by popular demand: Leon's signature dramatic walk was also seen at the Maison Margiela Fall/Winter show in February
Busy: Leon was seen walking at the hotly anticipated Bottega Veneta show in Milan on Thursday
He even lent his talents to the runway for womenswear shows at Roberto Cavalli and Just Cavalli after he impressed former Creative Director Peter Dundas.
On Twitter, the video quickly racked up hundreds of likes and retweets.
'Leon Dame's walk at Maison Margiela offers all the inspiration you need to stomp through hump day,' the fashion magazine declared.
One tweeter responded, '(zoolander joke placeholder)' - referring to the satirical fashion film.
Another said, 'Too much tequila!'
One person suggested that Leon looked akin to a 'brash, baby giraffe' that was 'leaving [a nightclub] at 7am on a Sunday morning'.
Reaction: Twitter users tried to get their head around the model's unique walk
Some users joked it was the energy they planned to channel to get them through the rest of the week.
While clips of Leon make their way around the net, the show, as a whole, was also praised.
Legendary British fashion designer Galliano, 58, presented 39 looks inspired by World War I and II-era clothing, updated with his signature theatrical flair.
Some models wore old fashioned tailored pinstripes, juxtaposed with ripped denim, while other outfits evoked vintage nurse uniforms complete with garrison caps. Subsequent looks were nautical- and navy-inspired, with several topped with war helmets.
