The YouTube bombshell and beauty mogul wasnât just walking the runway⌠she was serving a spiritual awakening, bare-chested, bold, and dripping in drama. Thatâs right, the self-proclaimed "Mother of Draguns" ditched the usual glitz for a metallic net barely clinging to her body, all in the name of embodying Mother Earth. And social media? Yeah, it went into full meltdown mode.
Strutting down the catwalk at the Private Policy show on Friday, Sept. 10, Nikita had only one thing on her mind: a message from the gods, or maybe just fashion's upper realm. âMy nipz are closing shows at NYFW,â she cheekily wrote on Instagram, alongside a video that could singlehandedly revive Tumblr. And while most influencers are still trying to get noticed in the front row, Nikitaâs out here closing shows topless, talk about main character energy.
The showâs theme? Urban greenery. But Nikita wasnât just giving us plant mom aesthetic, she was the goddess of the entire ecosystem. âThey asked me to embody Mother Earth,â she shared. âA goddess sent to warn humanity to change our ways.â Translation: the planetâs dying, but at least weâre going out in high fashion.
And letâs talk about that look. A metallic mesh draped like fairy dust, enough glow to power Times Square, and the kind of confidence that canât be bottled (but if anyone could, itâd be Nikita Dragun). It wasnât just a walk, it was a full-on rebirth, and her millions of followers were living for it.
But this wasnât just a glam stunt. Nikita got real in her posts, admitting she barely slept the night before and felt âscaredâ to close the show. Yet when the moment came, she delivered a walk so fierce, even seasoned models backstage were gagged. âThis was a PERFORMANCE,â she emphasized. âIt pushed me out of my comfort zone.â
As for the haters? Nikita had receipts and a message: âWhy do influencers think theyâre celebrities? Bitch, âcause we are,â she fired back in a fiery Instagram Story. âEveryoneâs watching.â And with 9 million followers on Instagram and 3.6 million on YouTube, sheâs not exactly wrong.
Even Demi Lovato had to chime in, writing, âIâm SO PROUD OF YOU!!!â To which Nikita replied, âI LOVE U SO MUCH.â Cue the waterworks.
Backstage, Nikita was moved to tears seeing so many trans and Asian models taking space at NYFW. âItâs not supposed to happen to a girl like me,â she said, visibly emotional. But guess what? It did. And it was fabulous.
This isnât Nikitaâs first strut, sheâs already walked for Christian Cowan and Philipp Plein, but this moment? It hit different. It wasnât just about fashion. It was about identity, transformation, and shaking the industry to its glitzy, gendered core.
So yes, the girl came, she slayed, and she left us questioning our entire skincare routine. Nikita Dragun didnât just walk the NYFW runway. She owned it. She was it. And if the fashion world isnât ready for this kind of energy, well⌠they better catch up.
Mama Dragun didnât just make it. She made history.