The Vogue World: London guest list might read like an A-Z of fashion’s great and good, but Jodie Turner-Smith is in a league of her own. The Queen & Slim star, who pushed the envelope around pregnancy dressing before the “Rihanna effect” took hold, never lets an opportunity to go full glam pass her by. A night in the West End demanded serious drama and, in Turner-Smith’s world, this means knickers—Viktor & Rolf knickers.
If the pantless trend is taking planet celebrity by storm, Jodie played the trump card in a pair of black briefs, with her shoulders wrapped in a cloud of sculptural fabric. Look past the acres of skin on display and that surrealist take on bondage is actually Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren’s signature bow, positioned jauntily to one side and held together with the sheer grit and determination of someone committed to serving a look.
Jodie’s other secret? Channeling her inner Goop. “I try and ground myself as much as possible,” Turner-Smith has previously told Vogue of psyching herself up for the paps. “Whenever you’re not comfortable, you’re not totally in your body… It all depends on how I’m feeling.”
Watching the former Fashion Awards host sashay past theatergoers in Covent Garden wearing that whisper of black satin, there was no doubt she was on a higher plane. “Jodie is such a risk taker in fashion and has true energy, fun, and confidence,” affirms stylist Harry Lambert, who helped conjure up this moment with a capital M. The British actor’s language is maximalism and, even though her couture red-carpet wear was positively minuscule, she looked larger than life on Drury Lane.
See every look from the Vogue World 2023 red carpet in London here.
