Hamnet star Jessie Buckley always had a dicey relationship with the red carpet, giving the impression that she either wasn’t a fashion girlie or that she had a more art-punk approach to style that doesn’t lend itself well to certain red carpets. Looking over her major red carpet appearances over the last year, it’s clear she was campaigning from the minute the film opened and her team had a very specific image and plan in mind.
At the Toronto International Film Festival in Alexander McQueen
If we had to sum up her style, it would with the somewhat backhanded “restrained awkwardness.” There’s a real sense that she’s trying to project that prestige actress style that tends to define awards season…
At the BFI London Film Festival in Roksanda
… but her own preferences for goofiness tended to poke through now and then.
At the Governors Awards in The Row
Minimalism in shape and color ruled her choices…
At ELLE Magazine’s Women in Hollywood Party in Ralph Lauren
… but she usually found ways to inject a little personality into her looks.
At the Palm Springs International Film Festival in Dries van Noten
Looking over the results, one after another, we can’t say we’ve responded well to most of it.
At the Critics Choice Awards in Dior
To us, it always felt like there was some sort of tension underlying these choices; a sense that she was chafing against the restrictions she’d settled on.
Some of the choices felt like they didn’t really represent her.
At the London Critics Circle Film Awards
While others felt very much like her own preferences having a say.
At the Oscar Nominees Luncheon in Alaïa
That was the story of her red carpet campaigning this year: a constant bouncing back and forth between very staid and sober looks that speak of prestige…
At the BAFTA Film Awards in Chanel
… and slightly goofy attempts to meld her own style with red carpet glamour.
At the British Vogue Fashion & Film Party in Chanel
We suspect very strongly that she does a lot better with casual day looks than the endless parade of gowns and formalwear awards season tends to require.
At the Actor Awards in Balenciaga
We expect her Oscar night look is going to be along these lines: restrained, but with an awkward or unusual element, and highly polished.
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