Moonlighting: Stars of Best Picture are unveiled the morning after as the faces of new Calvin Klein campaign

Mahershala Ali, 43, Trevante Rhodes, 27, Ashton Sanders, 21, and Alex R. Hibbert, 12, star in the new Calvin Klein underwear campaign
On Sunday, their film Moonlight took home the Oscar for Best Picture after the winner was mistakenly announced as La La Land
Mahershala also won for Best Supporting Actor
Calvin Klein unveiled the new campaign just hours after their win

Published: 19:25 GMT, 27 February 2017 | Updated: 20:39 GMT, 27 February 2017

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Their victory may have been a bit overshadowed by an embarrassing flub, but the stars of Best Picture Oscar winner Moonlight are still having a heck of a 24 hours.

Though host Jimmy Kimmel joked in the beginning of the Academy Awards broadcast that no one had seen the film, it went on to win best picture — and its stars also all scored theirs first major modeling campaigns.

Just hours after taking home their golden statues, Mahershala Ali, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders, and Alex R. Hibbert were all announced as the new faces of Calvin Klein.

Calvin Klein has revealed that four of the stars of Moonlight, including Mahershala Ali (pictured), are the new faces of Calvin Klein underwear

Trevante Rhodes, 27, also models in the campaign, showing off toned abs and muscular arms

The campaign also stars 21-year-old Ashton Sanders and was shot by photographer Willy Vandeperre

Alex R. Hibbert, 12, is the fourth star of the ads; he, Ashton, and Trevante all play the same character at different ages

Eagle-eyed fashion fans may have suspected something was up when most of the cast turned up to the Academy Awards wearing Calvin Klein.

Even Best Supporting Actress nominee Naomi Harris wore a dress by the brand, joining 27-year-old Trevante, 21-year-old Ashton, and 12-year-old Alex.

The three young men all play the film's main character, Chiron, at different stages of his life. Naomie plays their mother Paula, and Mahershala, 43 — the only one of the group who opted for a Ermenegildo Zegna Couture tux — plays a drug-dealing father figure named Juan.

Mahershala, 43, poses shirtless in several black-and-white shots

The ads were revealed on social media just hours after Moonlight took home the Oscar for Best Picture

Mahershala also took home his own statue for Best Supporting Actor

Calvin Klein proudly shared snaps of the actors getting ready for the event on social media, followed by more on the red carpet.

But the news wasn't announced until early this morning, when Calvin Klein updated its Facebook page

'Introducing the Spring '17 men’s underwear campaign, starring actors Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Mahershala Ali, and Trevante Rhodes,' the brand wrote, uploading nine shots by photographer Willy Vandeperre.

Mahershala and Trevante both show off chiseled abs in the ads, Mahershala taking off his shirt while wearing low-hanging jeans and Trevante lounging in a chair in just a pair of briefs.

This is the first ad campaign for the newcomers, and was shot before the Academy Awards

The film was one of the breakout stars of the award show season and came as a surprise win

Trevante (left), Alex (center), and Ashton (right) all wore Calvin Klein to the award show

Naomie Harris, who also appeared in the film, wore Calvin Klein as well, while Mahershala wore Ermenegildo Zegna Couture

Ashton also gives off a moody stare while modeling boxer briefs, while Alex — the only teen of the bunch — keeps his pants on and flashes an adorable smile instead. In another shot, the youngster seems to be mimicking his older co-stars, rolling up a sleeve to show off some muscle.

'You get older and you think you have some things figured out, but [these younger guys] remind me of the power of exploring,' Mahershala said while shooting the campaign. 'They reminded me that it's okay to not know everything about life.'

This is the second campaign under designer Raf Simons, who took over the label in August and showed his first collection in January at men's fashion week.