Coco Rocha Irish dances at Jean Paul Gaultier’s final runway show

Irish Canadian supermodel Coco Rocha did an impressive Irish dance down the runway at Jean Paul Gaultier’s final show last week.

The event, which showcased the French fashion legend’s Haute Couture Spring 2020 collection, was held at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on Wednesday night, Jan. 22.

The 31-year-old's first runway Irish step dance was at Jean Paul Gaultier’s fall 2007 show, The New York Times reports.

In a Facebook video, Rocha, who was discovered by a modeling agent at an Irish dancing contest when she was 14, recalled the first time she danced for Gaultier. “Not a week goes by that I’m not reminded by someone I work with of the time I Irish danced down Jean Paul Gaultier’s runway in 2007.”

Thirteen years later, Gaultier asked her to perform the dance again at his couture presentation this month, in honor of his 50 years in fashion. However, Rocha didn’t know it would be his last show before his retirement until five days ahead of the event.

On Wednesday before the event, Rocha posted a video of herself practicing her Irish dance moves in anticipation of the show.

Rocha also posted a clip of her dancing in the final show on Instagram, writing: "One final dance for my friend and mentor Jean Paul Gaultier. Words fail me as I try to describe what his support has meant to me for more than half my life. Thank you, thank you, thank you Jean Paul."