Ringing in 2024 With Glitter and Glam: Irina Shayk Dazzles in a Sequined Mini Dress for the New Year
Leave it to supermodel Irina Shayk to welcome the new year with a healthy dose of high-wattage glamour. On the first day of 2024, the Russian beauty took to Instagram to unveil her New Year’s Eve ensemble: a scene-stealing Nara sequined feather mini dress by Retro fête that embodied festive fabulousness. Shirring, fringe, and beadwork gave the dress plenty of eye-catching texture and movement as Shayk frolicked on the beach in a series of photos and videos. Its plunging neckline and thigh-skimming hem showed off the model’s enviable figure as she splashed in the surf, the sea breeze sweeping her dark locks behind her.
Of course, no party-ready look is complete without a pair of haute heels. Shayk’s strappy nude sandals elongated her legs without distracting from the glitzy dress. In most images she is barefoot, better to avoid sinking into the sand. “The morning of 2024,” she captioned the post with green heart and dragon emojis, likely referring to 2024 being the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac. Though brief, her caption conveyed her optimism for the year ahead. Judging by her dazzling start to 2024, great things surely await the supermodel.
Shayk’s beaded bombshell moment comes on the heels of her refreshingly honest December 2022 Harper’s Bazaar cover story, in which she discussed the impossible standards imposed on models. “She’s not skinny, she’s too sexy, she’s never going to be a model,” critics allegedly told her early in her career. But Shayk refused to bend to expectations. “I was always like, ‘No, I’m not going to do that. I’m not going to lose 10 pounds,’” she asserted.
Now at the height of her powers in her mid-thirties, the famously private star opened up about the constant juggling act required of single working mothers. “We don’t have a nanny, so between trying to run my career, cook, clean, dress my daughter, bring her to school, and do all the mom stuff, I have no time for people’s opinions,” she confessed, referring to the daughter she shares with ex Bradley Cooper. For Shayk, being a present, loving mother is the most meaningful role. “We’re teaching our daughter that the most important thing is to be kind to people,” she said.
Kindness surely prevails between the amicable exes, who split in 2019 after four years together. Shayk recently praised Cooper’s acclaimed new film Maestro, in which their daughter Lea makes her screen debut. “So proud Daddy and Lea,” Shayk wrote over a movie poster. Coparenting goals, indeed!
If starting 2024 in glittering style is any indication, Irina Shayk’s stardom will continue shining brightly in the months ahead. She has proven her beauty, talent, determination, and devotion as a mother. With grace and grit, this Russian dynamo charges fearlessly into the new year. What glamorous surprises might 2024 have in store? One thing’s for certain: all eyes will be on Irina.
