Exclusive | Newly engaged Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin rocks a wedding dress at the Naeem Khan show

Olympic champion cross-country skier Mikaela Shiffrin was shopping for wedding favors on Naeem Khan’s show.

The slopestyler announced her engagement to Norwegian superstar Aleksander Aamodt Kilde in April. The glamorous pair met at a ski camp and have been together for more than three years.

“This is my first fashion week in New York and it’s the second show of my life,” said the five-time overall World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist, who was dressed in an evening dress glittering Naeem Khan.

“I like to look and see what everyone is wearing. One of the reasons I wanted to come to Naeem Khan is the absolutely beautiful bridal collection.”

After New York Fashion Week, Shiffrin is returning to the runway. “We were in Chile for three weeks training in the snow, and then I’ll be home in Colorado for a week and then we’re going to Argentina,” she told Alexa. “I get together with my teammates as much as possible, but I’m the only one doing speed and tech – like slalom, super-G and downhill – so we have to go to some pretty unique places to get training for all of them.”

Shiffrin says the wedding will likely take place after the 2026 Winter Games and the couple has not decided on a location. “He’s from Norway and lives in Austria and I live in Colorado and we love Maui, so there’s a bunch of places. Maybe a mountain wedding, or maybe the ocean, or maybe somewhere random in Europe,” she added.

Her fiance is recovering from a horrific 75mph crash during a World Cup downhill race in Wengen, Switzerland, in January. The two-time Olympic medalist suffered a dislocated shoulder, two torn shoulder ligaments and a deep tear in his calf that required emergency surgery for nerve damage, later followed by shoulder surgery .

Shiffrin described the injury as “pretty horrible” and said “he’s doing great.”

Meanwhile, she returned from a left knee injury to win her eighth World Cup title of the slalom season in March.

Khan opened his show at the Angel Orensanz Foundation with an array of romantic ivory cakes that wouldn’t be out of place at the altar, followed by beaded, crystal-encrusted and embroidered evening jewellery. He closed out his runway parade with a brilliant “Wicked” collaboration with Universal Studios. The capsule will drop in time for the November release of Jon M. Chu’s film adaptation starring Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba.

“Wow, just…WOW,” Shiffrin gushed on her Instagram after the event. “I have never seen anything like this and I am amazed by the beautiful art these designers create. amazing.”