Sarah Burton has unveiled her debut ideas for Givenchy menswear in the latest campaign for the house, starring The Clash bassist Paul Simonon, accompanied by Rooney Mara. 

 
The spring 2026 campaign offers the first glimpses of menswear created for Givenchy by Burton, who staged her greatly admired first women’s ready-to-wear collection for Givenchy as recently as March this year. Both the famed rock icon Simonon and movie star Mara were photographed by Collier Schorr, the cult photographer known for her spirited realism.
 
Both subjects were photographed dressed in sharp black tailoring, juxtaposed with a high-collar men’s shirt on Simonon and a modernist white blouse on Mara, a signature element in Givenchy’s DNA. Mara looks particularly stunning in a black lace sheath, while Simonon is seen as an insouciant seducer in a razor sharp wool suit, as he cuddles a black Dobermann puppy.

“My friends are often my muses, and my muses often become friends,” said Burton. “The second in our Portrait Series celebrates this creative relationship with both Rooney Mara and Paul Simonon.”
 
The American actor Mara and British punk legend and fine artist Simonon join a list of personalities Collier Schorr has photographed in her second campaign for the house. All styled by noted editor and stylist Camilla Nickerson. Previous subjects in this series have included a group of current day and veteran super-models: Adut Akech, Vittoria Ceretti, Nyaduola Gabriel, Kaia Gerber, Eva Herzigova, Emeline Hoareau, and Liu Wen.

 
After over a decade of designing at Alexander McQueen, Burton decamped to Paris in 2024, taking the reins at Givenchy, an iconic but far from immense fashion house within the LVMH luxury empire.
 
Burton staged her Givenchy debut collection in March inside the house’s salon at 3, Avenue George V, Paris. It was a series of savvy nods to founder Hubert de Givenchy and the opening look was a black fishnet top emblazoned with ‘Givenchy 1952,’ the year of the house’s founding. Though, Burton subtly subverted Hubert’s oeuvre with sexy, semi-sheer fabric, along with pink and canary yellow leotards folded elegantly at the neck, couture style.
 
The new campaign continues this direction, adding a smart suggestiveness and a playful tone to Givenchy’s classic elegance.