How’s this for a look? Part Lanvin-esque swathes of expensive-looking fabric, part Quality Street toffee penny, part reference to classic red carpet frocks – Cate Blanchett and Meryl Streep come to mind – with more than a nod towards fashion’s favourite base layer, the polo neck.
Fans of Scandi TV drama will recognise the face peeking out, too: it’s Birgitte Hjort Sørensen – AKA steely journalist Katrine Fønsmark in Borgen – hitting the red carpet to promote the upcoming HBO show Vinyl on Friday in New York. Sørensen plays Andy Warhol’s muse Ingrid Superstar in the show, which is pretty much peak fabulous.
Though it doesn’t begin until February, Vinyl looks a likely contender for style TV reference of the year, set in the grubby, sequinned, hairsprayed world of 1970s New York, a scene that fashion never tires of mining for inspiration (see: the resurgent Gucci, Marc Jacobs’s now notorious sequins-compulsory party and the recent trend for Bowie boots for details).
Last night’s premiere was the cast and crew’s opportunity to lay down the style gauntlet. The winners were those who chose outfits that felt 70s rock’n’roll without glam rock tribute band connotations – namely Sørensen and Mick Jagger. The real deal rocker and Vinyl series producer wore a silver blazer with navy blue thesp and struck a modest, humanising hands-in-pockets pose – signifying a red carpet pro of the highest order.
