--- title: NYFW 2017: Hot Felon Jeremy Meeks Makes His Runway Debut description: Jeremy Meeks, the notorious "hot felon" who shot to fame with his sultry mugshot, just made his runway debut at NYFW's Philipp Plein show. canonical: https://time.com/4670703/hot-felon-runway-photos/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-14T19:49:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:07.620Z og:title: 'Hot Felon' Jeremy Meeks Makes His Fashion Week Debut og:description: At the Philipp Plein show og:url: https://time.com/4670703/hot-felon-runway-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8ea324b8de95a6e/6988ba4d097b909fd49b8e8a/hot-felon-jeremy-meeks-nyfw-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Philipp Plein - Runway - February 2017 - New York Fashion Week: The Shows og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Hot Felon' Jeremy Meeks Makes His Fashion Week Debut twitter:description: At the Philipp Plein show twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8ea324b8de95a6e/6988ba4d097b909fd49b8e8a/hot-felon-jeremy-meeks-nyfw-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Notorious 'Hot Felon' Jeremy Meeks Just Made His Runway Debut > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 14, 2017 7:49 PM UTC  Jeremy Meeks on the runway for the Philipp Plein collection during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at New York Public Library on February 13, 2017 in New York City. Jeremy Meeks on the runway for the Philipp Plein collection during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at New York Public Library on February 13, 2017 in New York City. Albert Urso—Getty Images for New York Fashio  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 14, 2017 7:49 PM UTC In case you were wondering what happened to [“Hot Felon” Jeremy Meeks](http://time.com/4368561/hot-felon-jeremy-meeks-head-shot/)‘ modeling career in the year since he was released from prison, he just made his runway debut at this season’s [New York Fashion Week](http://time.com/4666337/political-statements-nyfw/). Meeks’ [mugshot went viral in 2014](http://time.com/3698626/hot-mug-shot-guy-sentenced/) after he was arrested on federal weapons charges. People swooned over the booking photo so much that it eventually lead to multiple modeling offers as well as the enviable nickname “Hot Felon.” Now, thanks to the admiration of the Internet, Meeks has finally entered the world of high fashion by walking in the Philipp Plein show on Monday night during New York Fashion Week, strutting for a front row that included Madonna, Kylie Jenner, Paris Hilton, and Young Thug. It looks like Meeks made good use of his time at fashion week as well to make some friends in high places — he posted a picture on his Instagram with French fashion doyenne Carine Roitfeld, which means we’re probably going to be seeing a lot more of the “Hot Felon” in the fashion world soon. 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