From Emma Stone to Meryl Streep, conventional dresses were out, with a ‘drouser’ the garment of choice for the politically and fashion conscious
Red-carpet fashion is traditionally a safe seat for the play-it-safe-glamour party, but in the turbulent times of 2017, even the frocks look different.
The fashion news of the night at the Baftas was the appearance of matching trousers under Emma Stone’s Chanel dress. The look – complete with shoes and one pearl anklet – was taken directly from Chanel’s most recent haute couture show. The only detail changed from the catwalk was that Stone, perhaps following Coco Chanel’s own style directive that before leaving the house the chic woman should try to edit one accessory, wore the outfit without its wide silver belt.
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