Natalie Portman is fluent in Dior. The French home crowned the American star the face of its Miss Dior Chérie fragrance after the runaway success of Darren Aronofsky’s deeply disturbing Black Swan in 2011, and she’s been offering great Dior dress considering that. In 2015 at Cannes, for instance, Portman restored among the most remarkable gowns of Monsieur Dior’s period: the ornately beaded autumn-winter 1949 Junon, called after the Roman goddess.
For the Dior haute couture spring-summer 2024 program, Portman left the fairy tale storytelling to the runway and used a lively appearance that was less Cinderella, more May/DecemberThe movie star, who is on the awards-show circuit representing the Todd Haynes melodrama, appears to have actually been transporting her callous character, Elizabeth, on the red carpet with commanding black gowns boasting attractive information (hey there, exposed bra. Taking her seat on Maria Grazia Chiuri’s front row together with Ali Wong, Felicity Jones, and Juliette Binoche, Portman was practically incognito as a brand name face.
Portman and her platforms at Dior
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No bar coats for Portman, simply sports jackets used as gowns and black platforms– the sort of subtle hot appearance Elizabeth may use to jazz up the indie movie circuit. Okay, we’re reaching, however by the way, another star doing “technique dressing” in Hollywood has actually used that very same commanding shoes this January. Rosamund Pike, who is moonlighting as Saltburn aristo Elspeth, teamed her black lace Dior couture gown with a set of beast heels to provide her “Elspeth at the funeral service” look something of an edge (if that didn’t do it, the lace veil definitely did.
Contributing to Portman’s new-look Miss Dior appeal? Her shiny yet untidy, naturally wavy hair, which had the exact same ambiance as her projects, in which she says the never-ceasing line, “And you, what would you provide for love?” while in the throes of a wild love. Natalie Portman will never ever be the most snazzy (see Rihanna, who rocked as much as the program in a directional variation of Dior’s well-known ’50s shape), however there’s peaceful power in understanding when to play it cool and when to pop. Her Oscars minute remains in sight.
This post initially appeared on British Vogue.