
If you’ve ever seen a Wes Anderson movie, you’ll know that colour is everything — well, colour and a meticulous attention to symmetry. And moustaches. Regardless, it seems that three months of working in a saturation-heavy environment was all too much for the Asteroid City cast, because at last night’s premiere it was a distinct lack of colour that dominated the red carpet.
To give it some context, monochrome has dominated nearly every red carpet this year, from the Oscars to the Golden Globes to Cannes. Bridal chic was everywhere as celebs accepted their academy awards, the Princess of Wales donned a white dress with black Oscar gloves for the BAFTAs and who could forget Natalie Portman’s archival Dior petal dress at Cannes?