Phrases to explain Rosamund Pike throughout awards season 2024: elegant, spirited, alive. Phrases her stylist would use: Trustworthy, true, Elspeth Catton. The second Leith Clark noticed Saltburn, the movie for which her consumer has acquired finest supporting actress nominations, she knew Pike needed to pay homage to the English aristo with an “utter horror of ugliness.” The catch? Clark had mere days to tug all of the appears to be like collectively.

The pair crossed paths 15 years in the past at Venice Movie Competition, however solely began working collectively in a vogue capability in December, when Clark was heading to Canada for Christmas and the style business had shut up store for the vacations. Dior, who already had a relationship with Pike, was on board, however each different model jumped to consideration in January. “I knew what I needed and other people had been very responsive,” says Clark, who reduce her tooth as a vogue assistant at British Vogue. “It got here collectively in a fantastic method.”

“Would Elspeth approve?” may need been the bar for every look, however The Vampire’s Spouse, Molly Goddard, Simone Rocha, and Erdem attire worn in La La Land to this point encapsulate Pike as a lot as they do Elspeth. “She’s an distinctive human being with such Britishness and eccentricity,” asserts Clark, who, together with Rosamund’s glam squad, needed to honor that expertise. Leith’s secret has been to permit the star a way of fluidity, slightly than being too prescriptive on the awards season path.