In case you needed reminding, Lily Allen knows exactly what she’s doing. The 40-year-old’s album, West End Girl, has become a global phenomenon, sparking viral conversations around nonmonogamy, infidelity, and what it means to be a woman who’s taking control of the narrative. Written in just ten days in the wake of her split from Stranger Things star David Harbour, Allen’s album has been viewed by some as an eviscerating act of revenge, with fans around the world making all sorts of assumptions about what really went down in the celebrity couple’s short-lived marriage.
It was a matter of time that Allen would go a step further, progressing from the revenge album to the revenge dress as she did this week making a surprise appearance at the 16Arlington x Antony Price fashion show on Monday. Paying homage to Audrey Hepburn’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s look, the musician sauntered down the runway with her hair in a slick updo while smoking a cigarette. As for the dress, it was a classic revenge aesthetic: fitted, velvet, strapless, and complete with a plunging neckline, thigh-high slit, as well as a splash of colour by way of a lime green interior. She looked sensational.
