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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Simon Chilvers

From Passages to Priscilla: film’s biggest fashion moments in 2023

Park Ji-min’s leather jacket in Return to Seoul
Humming with meaning and expectation… Park Ji-min’s 80s leather jacket in Return to Seoul. Photograph: Mubi

Fashion and film have always had a mutually beneficial relationship, but 2023 was a year for the ages. Acting royalty Dame Maggie Smith appeared in a Loewe advert, Margot Robbie all but turned into Barbie on the red carpet, Timothée Chalamet wore deliciously glossy custom lavender Prada to launch the jolly Wonka film and Jacob Elordi not only brought 90s eyebrow piercings back in Saltburn but also wore 90 different outfits to play Elvis in Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla. In a competitive field, here’s our pick of some of most insouciant, meta and voluminous outfits seen on the big screen this year.

The leather jacket in Return to Seoul

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