Saint Laurent&rsquo;s Winter 2025 campaign pairs Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Christopher Walken in a cinematic study of masculine fashion.

<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/tags/saint-laurent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saint Laurent</a>&nbsp;is no stranger to steamy campaigns and sultry storytelling. For its Winter 2025 menswear ad, the house leaned fully into its legacy of sensual tension and cerebral edge, casting&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/men/aaron-taylor-johnson-long-curly-hair-transformation-leather-outfit-28-years-later-movie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aaron Taylor-Johnson</a>&nbsp;alongside Christopher Walken in a powerful visual narrative. Shot by Glen Luchford under the creative direction of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/hailey-bieber-yves-saint-laurent-suit-tie-burgundy-handbag-outfit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Vaccarello</a>, the campaign explores masculinity not as a fixed archetype, but as a spectrum of experience&mdash;from the restless ache of youth to the gravitas of age.
A series of portraits and cinematic vignettes draw clear inspiration from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/art/implicit-tennsions-robert-mapplethorpe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert Mapplethorpe</a>&rsquo;s 1983 campaign for the house. Saint Laurent&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion-week/saint-laurent-mens-fall-winter-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Winter 2025</a>&nbsp;imagery unfolds with charged duality, as explained by the house in a press release.
In one short film, Taylor-Johnson appears in a&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/kYQCu0qgmrk?si=5pfHnAhvHp3tGxEd">feral emotional state</a>&nbsp;with his performance moving through obsession, longing, and despair with a visceral intensity. His scenes, drenched in emotion and charged with heat, channel the angst and eroticism of youth.

In contrast,&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/PVIWQkHnRbA?si=dURXPP8ktA-Ffxhd">Walken&rsquo;s film</a>&nbsp;remains entirely in black and white&mdash;his movements slow, eyes searching, every frame pulsing with lived experience and internal weight. Both embody provocation, but from opposing sides of the human condition: Taylor-Johnson is immediate and instinctual; Walken, restrained and reflective.

The campaign is a masterclass in contrast, and yet both actors feel distinctly Saint Laurent. Taylor-Johnson (known for roles in&nbsp;Bullet Train,&nbsp;Nosferatu, and the upcoming&nbsp;28 Years Later)&nbsp;embodies physicality and passion. Walken, whose decades-spanning career includes&nbsp;Dune: Part Two,&nbsp;Sleepy Hollow, and&nbsp;Pulp Fiction, brings a timeless, enigmatic charisma. Together, they represent the ever-evolving codes of the house.

Courtesy of Saint Laurent.

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