Not just a black comedy with a feisty feminist heart, the Oscar-tipped film The Favourite is packed with trends for 2019. “As well as looking at references and images from the period, I always look at fashion,” says The Favourite’s costume designer, Sandy Powell. “There is always something in contemporary fashion that is inspiring.” We agree. So here are the film’s most inspirational fashion moments.
Armour up
When Rachel Weisz’s Duchess of Marlborough slowly puts Olivia Colman’s Queen Anne in leather armour before a horse ride, it’s not only a sexy woman-on-woman subdom leather fetish moment for the ages, but the logical conclusion of the autumn/winter 2018 “fashion-as-armour” trend as seen on the catwalk at Alexander McQueen.
Monochrome matters
One of the things that makes The Favourite such a visual feast is its gleefully non-period approach to wardrobe. Powell amped up the film’s fashion cred by making bursting bodices black and white – monochrome being, of course, a perennial trend. Oscar de la Renta, Victoria Beckham and JW Anderson are fans for this spring – but, if you’re more cosy than corset, head to Weekday for monochrome knitwear.
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