Most famous people are blessed with photogenic faces, glam teams and access to expensive clothes, but it takes more than elegance to inspire the imagination and move pop culture forward. Emma Corrin is among the few celebrities–along with perhaps Rihanna and Hunter Schafer–who understands that fashion can (and should) be a chance to stir new thoughts and feelings in people.
The images that Corrin and stylist Harry Lambert have created on red carpets evidence this generous approach to dressing. There have been Pierrot-inspired Miu Miu gowns with ruffled collars; JW Anderson minidresses designed to resemble a goldfish in a plastic bag; gartered Saint Laurent dresses; and corseted Schiaparelli jackets crafted from rows on rows of buckled belts. The most successful look of this partnership was the pannier-hipped Dilara Findikoglu dress (decorated in plumes, dipped in silicone) that Corrin wore last night, to the Brazil premiere of Deadpool Wolverine.
The dress–itself a descendant of the feathered showpieces Lee McQueen debuted in his The Horn of Plenty and Voss Alexander McQueen collections–first appeared in Findikoglu’s fall 2024 presentation. “I am not a politician, but I have decided that I am going to destroy the patriarchal system,” the designer said at the time, leafing through racks of rib-crunching corsets and deconstructed tailoring. “I am going to provide a dream world for people so they can manifest a better future.” Corrin and Lambert are doing that in their own ways, too.