Daily Mail journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via links on this page we will earn commission - learn more THE CHIC LIST: The fashion piece that's everywhere in The White Lotus season three - and how I style it By JOANNE HEGARTY FOR YOU MAGAZINE Published: 04:00 EDT, 29 March 2025 | Updated: 04:00 EDT, 29 March 2025 e-mail Everyone is gripped by the toxic dynamics between friends Laurie (Carrie Coon), Kate (Leslie Bibb) and Jaclyn ( Michelle Monaghan ) in the third season of The White Lotus . The 40somethings are all from similar backgrounds and successful women in their own right.
They clearly take good care of themselves and have styled their amazing holiday wardrobes to perfection. However, a ‘fun holiday’ with the girls is more like a psychological battleground. Their relationship is competitive, bitchy and subtly mean.
To a certain degree, I imagine most female viewers can recognise elements of this type of friendship. Which is precisely why we are all hooked, to find out what happens next. I definitely have been in this situation – where certain friend groups were making me sad.
Sometimes it can take a while to realise that those who initially seem the kindest are actually the worst for your mental health. Even celebrities can’t escape these dynamics. Gwyneth Paltrow began 2025 by posting on social media what she was letting go of, and on her list were people who were not good for her.
Blazer, Sézane, ski.
