From Jeu de la dame to Cannes Film Festival, Anya Taylor-Jo’s daring fashion marathon

She is a 28-year-old woman who has been seen everywhere for several years, but leaves an imperceptible mystery around her. Anya Taylor-Joy is a comedienne whose career exploded when she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her role in the hit Netflix miniseries. Queen’s game (2020). This win came five years after she appeared in a horror film at just 19 years old The sorcerer. Her clothing style has evolved since then. Becoming more and more daring during the promotion of feature films, in which he often plays a leading role.

A fashion boom that begins in October 2021, when the American-British actress becomes the global fashion and beauty ambassador for the house of Dior. Anya Taylor-Joy is given the opportunity to appear in the front rows of the house’s fashion shows and wear the most daring creations imagined by artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri.

Maxi-promotion, big fashion moment

Then comes the promotion of the film You: second part which will begin in early 2024. Accompanied by stars like Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet or Florence Puig, accompanied by a more than harmonious cast, the environment is suitable for all kinds of fashion daring. So Anya Taylor-Joy dares to wear a haute couture dress with an ultra-tight Maison Margiela corset at a preview in New York on February 25. A moment that has been buzzing on social media since the look comes from the famous fashion show that rocked Paris Haute Couture Week earlier in the year. All this ten days after wearing the House of Dior’s spectacular wedding dress from the spring-summer 1961 collection.

The same story at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. On May 13, the day before the opening ceremony, all the paparazzi focused their lenses on the porcelain-skinned actress who arrived on the Croisette wearing an Atlein veil and a large raffia Jacquemus hat. Three days later, at a movie photocall Furiosa: Mad Max SagaShe wears a cropped jacket and a Jil Sander silk hoop knit skirt. A retro look reminiscent of the 1920s or a vintage silhouette of her character Elizabeth Harmon Queen’s game. “I love drama. I love theatricality. I like to look at the subject,” Anya Taylor-Joy explains to the magazine V: .

Her stylist Ryan Hastings is behind this extravagance. The one who dressed Natalie Portman at the 2024 Golden Globes and who looked after Carey Mulligan’s looks while promoting the film. The Great Gatsby in 2013. Dresses that expertly balance between elegance and recklessness… just like the characters she plays on screen, after all.