A glitzy movie premiere is, of course, an opportunity for stars to promote their work, but the red carpet also provides a great outlet for celebrities to be creative with their fashion choices. Having spent so many weeks and months researching and playing a particular role, many stars often choose to pay sartorial tribute to the film once the premiere rolls around, incorporating its themes or embodying character with their look. This can be difficult to master; literal dressing – or 'method dressing', as it has been dubbed – is not fancy dress, but it is a great way to nod to a project and to have fun with fashion.
"Sometimes you want to celebrate a character, a feeling, or more general aesthetic from the film," the celebrity stylist Leith Clark, who works with Keira Knightley, Rosamund Pike and Lucy Boyton, tells us. "But it comes more from a place of celebration and inspiration, rather than emulation." While method dressing is nothing new, it has been taken to new levels of late, thanks to , and and .
Scroll through to see all the times actors found inspiration from the films they were promoting on the red carpet – and got literal dressing just right. Daisy Edgar Jones was inspired by the natural elements when it came to choosing this Vivienne Westwood dress for the European premiere of Twisters. The corseted gown, in earthy shades of brown and black, featured plenty of sheer, flowing material that swirled around her in the wind.
"Daisy really wanted to capture the ea.