William and Kate of Wales: strategic, 9
There is no story. Here she falls right in. Or rather the story of a style built with intelligence and strategic enough to make an example of it. That of the Princes of Wales. Here they are guests of honor at the Bafta ceremony held in London last night February 19, 2023 and if the Baftas are the pre-Oscars, William and Kate the Oscar of style they’ve already earned it. Prince William at double breasted tuxedo in black velvet, a fabric he prefers having chosen it several times, while his wife Kate in a starry white dress Alexander McQueen. According to the British media, it would be the same dress always worn at the Baftas in 2019 but with some variations. Instead of the flowers she had on her shoulder last time, here she chose a drapery on her shoulder. More upcycling of this. To make Charles III happy, the greenest ruler the United Kingdom has ever had. And for them the expression is used more and more matchy-matchy, it sounds like the name of a Chinese dish, actually it means that a couple creates looks that refer to each other (her black gloves and his black tuxedo). So matchy-matchy it is. Saw the results.
Kate Princess of Wales: diva, 9
In addition to playing on symmetries with her husband, Prince William, Kate Middleton has chosen to do so by giving a diva touch with tall black gloves. They brought out even more the delicate drapery of Alexander McQueen’s upcycling dress. And a further boost is the clutch, one Jimmy Choo black but the name of the model is “Celeste” and macro fast fashion floral earrings: they are by Zara and can be purchased online for around 25 euros. Actually gigantic flowers, approaching spring. Miranda Priestly who knows if she would have succinctly commented «Pure avant-garde» as in the famous scene of Devil wears Prada?
Andreea Cristea: fossilized 4/5
Andreea Cristea it is not known if after the red carpet she was able to lower her arms or if thefossil donut effect that forced her to assume the sleeves forced her to that position all evening. As a matter of fact this creation all floral embroidery – but from afar they looked fossil shells – by Rahul Mishra made it look like one of those experimental desserts that Willy Wonka loves to make in his own Chocolate Factory.
Frankie Bridge: basica, 6
Frankie Bridge was one of several divas who followed the example of the Princess of Wales and chose white evening gowns. Which ended up making a sort of wedding red carpet. Very basic, she chose a long with train by Saint Laurent from last winter. Tear the sufficiency with a smile.
Krishnendu Majumdar: fedele, 7
Krishnendu Majumdar, president of the Bafta, wanted to remain faithful to his Indian ancestry, and here he is presenting himself with a traditional gold-colored suit, the color of the award combined with a blue jacket. Even the touch of the scarf with tassels is there.
Jamie Lee Curtis: willing, 5
Jamie Lee Curtis said so. I commit myself and choose a look that is in tune with the red carpet trend: black & white. He put his effort into it, but the long satin skirt over the black jacket in another fabric and worn like this, without a jewel or an accessory makes one say: studies but does not commit.
Vera Wang (73 years old): Timeless, 6.5
Vera Wang, the 73-year-old designer, appeared on the BAFTA red carpet. The British media have applauded her splendid form. And a timeless attitude. Such as to allow (perhaps he could have dared a little less), a white dress with a black bandeau crop top. Let’s put it this way, stylists are allowed (almost) everything.
Madeleine Arthur: ritardataria 5/6
We know it: everyone inside before the royals. Court protocol when representatives of the royal family are present at a public event. Madeleine Arthur must have remembered the presence of the Princes of Wales she is she wore this nightgown dress. And she came out. The result thus brought is to lose all the seductive power of her.
Dylan Llewellyn: rigoroso, 7
Dylan Llewellyn selected the penalty by a strict white tuxedo in following the diktats of this red carpet where black and white were the masters.
Richard E. Grant: sbadato, 5
He wanted to find an alternative touch Richard E. Grant: he said to himself I wear a white tuxedo and I also wear a white tie. Strictly instead associated with the tailcoat. An alternative blunder which gives him nothing.
Jodie Turner-Smith: preziosa 7,5
Among the few choices out of the total white choir, the one with lilac shades, embroideries and plumage (by Gucci) by Jodie Turner-Smith was admirable.
Munroe Bergdorf: Why? 4
The need to leave nothing to the imagination is truly a question that seems to have no answer when it comes to look choices. Unless it’s the usual one: I pretend to get dressed, I show everything, so I’ve secured the photo. Probable consideration made by Munroe Bergdorf. An example does not necessarily have to be followed.
Eddie Redmayne: no gender 7
Eddie Redmayne is confirmed as an actor with a thousand faces and unique expressive ability. So here he is wearing an Alexander McQueen tuxedo with no gender proportions. Tight-fitting jacket worn bare-chested over exaggeratedly soft trousers. The result is award-winning.
Julianne Moore: a single woman, 6/7
Julianne Moore seems to say: you don’t change a perfect look. Thus the black & white look worn in one of the most beautiful scenes of Tom Ford’s «A single Man» is proposed again here, albeit in another version by Saint Laurent and with excellent results.
Florence Pugh: annodata, 4/5
Tulle, tulle and more tulle. Florence Pugh seems to say it about her in her orange Nina Ricci by Harris Reed. It is revealed by the maison to be inspired by an archive piece from 1988. Great but all this knotted tulle makes it look like one vitamin candy.
Naomi Ackie: Horsewoman, 7
Naomi Ackie presents herself as a sort of female Lancelot of the lake. A more regal Amazon. With a long white dress, with a sweetheart neckline and peplum applied like armor. Highly seductive.
Michelle Yeoh: hieratic, 6.5
Her solemn expression made Michelle Yeoh famous on the big screen. So she chose a Dior Couture trouser suitequally monastic. She would have been perfect with a few less jewels and the less “dragoness” nails.
Anya Taylor-Joy: alternativa, 6,5
Either they don’t know how to wear the stole or they don’t know how to put it on. Anya Taylor-Joy with this Schiaparelli couture has solved the problem. And the stole has also become a cape. And the light of the fabric also taken from Tiffany jewels.
Lily James: Imprisoned, 4/5
The mystery then is how they sit. Sounds like a joke but it’s not. Lily James with a creation also white by Tamara Ralph showed up with a dress partly like a mermaid and partly with a graceful seclusion effect so as not to cover the décolleté. Just so you don’t miss anything anticipated Easter with a mega bow on the lower back. To envy the imperturbable smile.
Sandy Powell: whimsical, 7.5
Sandy Powell is proud of her Bafta Fellowship Award, the first time given to a costume designer. And she pulled it off with a whimsical dress, also reminiscent of David Bowie’s looks. But also much more. Double award: Bafta and the one for style.
Aimee Lou Wood: indecisa, 5
The risk of trains (here we mean those of dresses) has always been that they must be interpreted, otherwise they make an appendix. When Aimee Lou Wood chose this look (by Valentino Haute Couture, Le Club Couture exact 2023) she had to be undecided on short or long. The expression with which she appeared on the red carpet confirms that the indecision has remained.
Emma Thompson: sanremo 4
If Emma Thompson is also inspired by it, it really means that whether nationally popular or not, the Sanremo Festival is setting a trend in terms of looks. Even across the border. Here is an undeniable unbearable desire to feel like Marco Mengoni by the diva. In one of the evenings Mengoni showed up on stage with a white coat on his shoulders which he then threw on the floor and showed his rounded shoulders. The actress, on the other hand, kept everything in a white tuxedo. She included wedges with lugs.
Cate Blanchett: Sustainable, 6
Cate Blanchett’s choice suggests that the vintage/upcycling effect promoted by Kate Middleton in many of her public appearances, including this one at the Bafta, is becoming the common denominator of the divas’ look choices. In Blanchett’s case she re-worn (because she can: she doesn’t change size) a dress she created for her for the 2015 Academy Awards, a long black one in silk velvet sewn to her skin by John Galliano for Maison Margiela. She sustainable she turned out, perhaps a little too chastised.
Jessica Henwick: minimal, 7
Jessica Henwick must have said to herself: «Few, precious and practical». So a three-piece suit with skirt and bandeau top. Jacket if it’s cold. And she arrived determined on the total black Look by Brunello Cucinelli red carpet. The other face of the evening’s looks. The gaze is almost the only “point of light”.
