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Gillian Anderson’s catwalk debut for L’Oreal has the lesbians living: ‘God is a woman’

Oct 01
Written by Sophie Perry

Gillian Anderson wowed at Paris Fashion Week (Lyvans Boolaky/Getty Images)

Check in on the welfare of your local lesbian because Gillian Anderson’s catwalk for Paris Fashion Week has the sapphics feral.

The X Files star, bi icon and universal crush of queer women everywhere, 56, took to the L’Oreal runway on the first night of the the legendary fashion week (29 September) in a gorgeous, ankle-length strappy dress featuring a metallic silver chain print.

As part of a star-studded show celebrating sisterhood in front of Paris City Hall, entitled ‘Liberty. Equality. Sisterhood. Because You’re Worth It.’, Anderson graced the runway alongside of a host of famous names, including Helen Mirren, Viola Davis, Cara Cara Delevingne, Jane Fonda, Heidi Klum and Kendall Jenner.

“It’s pretty incredible,” Anderson told PEOPLE ahead of the event in Paris.

“I’ve been slightly not wanting to think about it because obviously it’s a big deal [and] I’ve never walked a catwalk before.

“[But] it’s an honor to be asked, and it’s really important what it stands for and the fact that L’Oréal is an inclusive brand that really embraces such a diverse community.”

Gillian Anderson walks the runway during the Le Défilé. Liberté, Egalité, Sororité “You’re Worth It” L’Oréal Paris Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week at Hotel de Ville on September 29, 2025 in Paris, France. (Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images)

Anderson became a Global Ambassador for L’Oreal back in February and told PEOPLE she spent most of her life “not really paying that much attention to any kind of a routine” when it came to skin care.

“I would be very lazy and wear the same makeup for a few days — not washing it off and adding to the layers of the mascara. Since becoming an ambassador and really talking about routine, I have [created one].”

Anderson admitted when she was asked to represent the brand she “worried about feeling that it would feel cheesy or I would be putting something on”.

“And then I saw the Ilon Specht documentary,” she said – Ilon Specht being the woman who coined L’Oréal’s iconic slogan in 1971.

“She is such a firecracker. The way that she talks about why she came up with that slogan oh so many years ago, she’s literally lying on the bed with her 80-something beautiful wrinkled face, basically saying f**k you to all the men who doubted her.

“And I thought, ‘You know what? I get it now. I get what it means. I get the importance of it. I get the history of it.’ I see it as a courageous, bold, feminist statement because it’s about self-value.”

Anderson added about believing in yourself that “sometimes it does mean saying it when we don’t believe it yet, and acting as if we are the person who believes it, until we become the person who believes it”.

Unsurprisingly, Anderson fans on the internet lapped up her runway debut, declaring “God is a woman” and “nobody is doing it like Gillian Anderson”.