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Danielle Mariann Dove, Surrey Future Fellow and Lecturer in English Literature, University of Surrey

Margot Robbie’s Wuthering Heights dress is inaccurate, but not because it’s white – an expert explains

The tiered 'polonaise' style dress would have been popular with women like Cathy Earnshaw during the period the book was set. Wikimedia, CC BY

The upcoming Wuthering Heights adaptation by Saltburn director Emerald Fennell has courted controversy since it was first announced, with Fennell’s choice of leading lady and man drawing internet critics.

Playing tragic heroine Catherine Earnshaw is the 34-year-old blonde Margot Robbie, and as tortured Heathcliff will be fellow Aussie, the 27-year-old Jacob Elordi. If you’re familiar with Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel then you know the ages, vibes and looks are just off.

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