LONDON – The Christopher Kane show during London Fashion Week was “Bridgerton” star Nicola Coughlan’s rare day off from filming the third season of the hit Netflix Regency drama.
“We’re shooting well into the new year, it takes months and months to film a season,” Coughlan said, adding that they’re two episodes down.
“It’s so nice to dress like yourself and not like Penelope [her character from “Bridgerton”]”, she said, sitting next to model Lara Stone.
The show, she added, “has had a massive influence on my style because I think seeing an outfit being made from scratch and the amount of effort that goes into it has really made me appreciate fashion in a different way and has made me want to explore it.”
Coughlan has become a fixture on the fashion scene with designers such as Emilia Wickstead, Susie Cave of The Vampire’s Wife and Roksanda Ilinčić offering to dress her.
GC images
“Every time I wore something of his [Kane]it feels really feminine but really cute because it has a skirt,” she said, describing her long black dress with beaded embroidery on the chest.
“He’s just a very cool, nice guy, and I think in this world we have to support good and good people,” Coughlan said, praising the designer’s good nature.
In June, she hinted to WWD that Lady Whistledown was getting “a whole different color palette” that might not be so far from Tiffany blue.
“The look is huge,” Coughlan teased about the new season, explaining that there were moments where she was shown fabrics that brought tears to her eyes.
“I know it sounds silly, but it’s amazing to see the evolution of the character, becoming a woman and the cut of the dress,” she said.
“One person just embellishes my dresses, that’s her only job,” Coughlan said, adding that viewers will get a preview of one of her looks in the coming weeks.
