Red Carpet Rundown: Charles Finch and Chanel 2026 Pre-Bafta Party

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Darlings, let’s take a break from our extensive BAFTAs red carpet coverage and travel back in time, to a night before the BAFTAs, when a bunch of nominees and other stars posed in front of the Chanel hedges at the BAFTAs’ pre-party.

Caitriona Balfe
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She dressed it up well, but it feels more like a day look. The shoes are horrifying.

Felicity Jones
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Who knows? Who can tell? An outfit designed and chosen not to be perceived, apparently. The jacket looks nice, from what we can see.

Gwendoline Christie in Saint Laurent
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Love this. Her refusal to make herself small is one of the best things about her style.

Henry Golding
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It’s giving drunk finance bro. And the shoes really don’t go.

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in Chanel
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We don’t actually like that feather hem, but it has more personality to it than her last ten red carpet looks combined. The whole thing is hideously shapeless and feels like a bathrobe.

Joe Alwyn
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It’s fine, from what we can see.

Kate Hudson in Ralph Lauren
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Well look at you, Miss Kate; snagging the best look in the pile — oh wait, it’s not Chanel. Good call.

Kirsten Dunst in Chanel
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It’s not bas, as these things go. Can’t say we love the hem or the unfortunate situation with her shoes.

Lily Allen in Chanel
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This is an outfit for an eccentric, chain-smoking, 90-year-old New Yorker. On anyone else, it just looks silly.

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard
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His jacket and scarf look great. Her dress has a pleasingly simple modernity to it. They look chic together.

Odessa A’zion in Giorgio Armani
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Too many oversized cuffs lately, but at least these are fun. Not convinced they work with a crop top, though.

Regé-Jean Page
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Can’t argue with that.

Wunmi Mosaku in Iyadé by Wunmi
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This is from her own maternity line and she looks fabulously comfortable in it. It must be a relief after all the bodycon and sculptural gowns she’s been wearing. Good for her for not allowing herself to be shoved into a Chanel.

[Photo Credit: Ian West/PA Images/INSTARimages]

• Awards
• BAFTA
• BAFTA Film Awards
• Caitriona Balfe
• Chanel
• Felicity Jones
• Giorgio Armani
• Gwendoline Christie
• Henry Golding
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
• Iyadé by Wunmi
• Joe Alwyn
• Kate Hudson
• Kirsten Dunst
• Lily Allen
• Maggie Gyllenhaal
• Odessa A’Zion
• Peter Sarsgaard
• Ralph Lauren
• Red Carpet
• Red Carpet Rundown
• Regé-Jean Page
• Saint Laurent
• Wunmi Mosaku
• YSL
• Yves Saint Laurent