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Winona Ryder has been in a relationship with Scott Mackinlay Hahn since 2011
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The Stranger Things actress and the fashion founder have kept a low profile over the years, but he has supported her at various events
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Hahn is a fashion designer and entrepreneur
Winona Ryder and her boyfriend, Scott Mackinlay Hahn, have been together since 2011.
The Stranger Things actress and the fashion designer have kept much of their personal life private over the years, but that hasn’t stopped them from supporting each other over the years.
In 2024, Ryder shared rare insight about her partner, expressing her gratitude for him.
“He’s so great. He really is. I’m really lucky,” she said during an interview with Harper’s Bazaar in July 2024.
Hahn is a fashion designer and entrepreneur who founded the sustainable brand, Loomstate. Over the years, he has worked with several brands — including Chipotle, Whole Foods and Shake Shack — to create environmentally friendly uniforms.
So, who is Winona Ryder’s boyfriend? Here’s everything to know about Scott Mackinlay Hahn and his relationship with the actress.
He’s a fashion designer
Frazer Harrison/Getty Winona Ryder and Scott Mackinlay Hahn attend the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 19, 2020, in Los Angeles
Hahn is a fashion designer and the co-founder of the green and socially-conscious line Loomstate.
During an interview with TIME in August 2012, he explained that the brand was focused on creating organic cotton as a means of minimizing the environmental damage traditional cotton farming caused.
As Hahn told Racked in 2010, his business was born out of a desire to create a company that’s both sustainable and profitable.
“Even though it’s this idea of being environmentally conscious, inspired by nature, and socially responsible, it was really born out of wanting to make our factory profitable,” he said. “It has to go hand-in-hand. And we wanted to create criteria that raised the bar in supply chain operations. So, using certified organic cotton was the only way we were going to make jeans.”
Notably, Loomstate designed Chipotle’s uniforms in 2012.
Hahn also serves as the chairman of the Sustainability Steering Committee for the Council of Fashion Designer of America (CFDA) and as a board member of the Council for Textile Recycling.
He’s from New York
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Ryder and Scott Mackinlay Hahn attend the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills
Hahn may appear alongside Ryder in Los Angeles, but he’s originally from the East Coast. As Ryder told Harper’s Bazaar, Hahn grew up on Fire Island, N.Y., before moving to Brooklyn.
He told Racked in 2010 how the Big Apple influenced his overall lifestyle.
“The reality of moving to Bushwick gave me light and space I didn’t have in New York City — in a community that’s kind of an industrial utopia. It was definitely more inspiring artistically in a way,” he said.
The designer continued, “Even the street vibration out there, it’s a little bit harsh. It’s the sort of place you would never decide or aspire to live. It’s changing, but the way I grew up — it’s literally the farthest place from where I’d say, ‘I’m going to live there one day.’ “
Not only is Hahn’s professional life focused on environmentally sustainable practices, but his Williamsburg home is as well.
He explained to Racked at the time, “The building I live in is very efficient. It’s a six-story building. The building was built recently, it was finished about a year ago, a year and a half ago, it’s a new construction, it was done by a guy named Rob Herschenfeld, who developed a lot of the lofts out in Bushwick.”
Hahn also said that the building was made using “reclaimed materials,” including salvaged bricks.
He didn’t recognize Ryder the first time they met
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Winona Ryder and Scott Mackinlay Hahn attend a red carpet for the movie “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at on August 28, 2024 in Venice, Italy
While speaking to Harper’s Bazaar in June 2022, Ryder revealed that Hahn is so removed from show business that he didn’t even know who the actress was when they first met.
“He thought I was Milla Jovovich,” Ryder said. “He told me I was great in The Fifth Element.”
Despite the early mishap, Ryder said she appreciated Hahn’s lifestyle away from the public eye.
“We connected on so many levels. But it was amazing that he’s not in this business. … I really did try to keep it quiet,” she told the publication of their romance.
He’s supportive of Ryder’s career
Theo Wargo/Getty Winona Ryder and Scott Mackinlay Hahn attend Netflix’s “Stranger Things” Season 4 New York Premiere at Netflix Brooklyn on May 14, 2022 in Brooklyn, New York
Though Hahn generally keeps a low profile, he has supported Ryder at several red carpet events over the years.
In July 2016, the couple made their red carpet debut at the premiere of Stranger Things season 1.
Hahn also joined his girlfriend at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in January 2020 and the New York premiere of Stranger Things season 4 in May 2022.
Most recently, Hahn accompanied Ryder to the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice premiere in August 2024 at the Venice Film Festival.
Ryder has said she’s unsure if she’ll ever get married
Matt Winkelmeyer/FilmMagic Scott Mackinlay Hahn and Winona Ryder attend the premiere of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” Season 3 on June 28, 2019 in Santa Monica, California
Despite dating for over a decade, Ryder and Hahn might never tie the knot, mainly because the actress does not want to get a divorce.
She told The Edit (via TIME) in July 2016, “Marriage? I don’t know. I’d rather never have been married than been divorced a few times. Not that there’s anything wrong with divorce, but I don’t think I could do it if that was a possibility.”
She added, “When your parents are madly in love for 45 years, your standards are really high.”
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