John Malkovich Stars in JW Anderson’s Idler Bag Marketing campaign

John Malkovich has a brand new starring function — as John Malkovich for JW Anderson.

The veteran actor has been tapped because the face of the designer’s new idler bag marketing campaign that launched at this time. In a sequence of firsts, the artistic pictures mark the primary time Malkovich has labored with Anderson and the primary marketing campaign of the brand new period of JW Anderson for the reason that model relaunched earlier this yr.

Anderson’s campaigns, whether or not for his namesake line or Loewe (which he departed to take the highest job at Dior), have sometimes featured a convergence of artwork, objects and style, as a rule in a whimsical manner. That is still true for Malkovich’s entry because the 71-year-old admires an embellished boot, traces the wall together with his hand and hoists a neon coloured material excessive over his head.

The marketing campaign is the work of photographer Heikki Kaski with styling by Bruno. Anderson himself directed the entire affair. Malkovich clutches the luxe idler bag and wears kinds from JW Anderson’s resort spring/summer season 2026 assortment together with knitwear items, Japanese-crafted denim and Chelsea boots embellished with navy inexperienced strass. The artistic crew additionally included set design by Hella Keck, make-up by Phoebe Alana Brown and hair Karim Belghiran.

The marketing campaign comes on the heels of Malkovich’s starring function reverse Ayo Edebiri in Opus and a handful of movie pageant premieres for Sacrifice in Toronto and The Hand of Dante in Venice. See extra of Malkovich under.