The press tour officially kicked off on the festival circuit. At Sundance, comfort was key given the adverse weather, but that was also where Stewart leaned into gym rat territory, rocking a white muscle tank with red and white striped track pants, and Adidas Superstars. As time went on, though, sporty references became a bit more oblique, like the Chanel leg-warmers and Camp Stewart baby tee. At the Berlinale festival, she began experimenting with hosiery—a recurring piece in her press tour looks—wearing white tights under her Chanel skirt set.
“We’ve never really done hose,” Swennen says. “It’s very hard to find a hose that don’t have a control top system anymore, so we were like, Let’s just lean into it. I love her personal flare.” The duo’s longterm personal relationship—Swennen has been dressing Stewart since the actor was 14-years-old—lends to the final product. “For us, it’s always been a collaboration,” she says. “It’s one of my most beautiful relationships in my styling career.”
As the film began to gain more traction, the looks began to get wilder. At the Los Angeles premiere, Stewart wore an ultra-high-cut Bettter bodysuit that mimicked a wrestling singlet, with her tights’ control top on full display. Swennen repeated this effect again with nude tights underneath Brunello Cucinelli cable-knit hot shorts. With that same outfit, she left Stewart’s nude bra exposed. “We decided to play with underpinnings, using foundational garments less as substructures to the look, but leaning into them as focal points or layering pieces,” she says. “[We were] not necessarily using it as outerwear, but having that juxtaposition of something a little harsh, yet feminine peeking from unexpected places.”
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Stewart’s noticeably bolder, sexier style has made headlines in the last week. Between the unbuttoned Tibi vest, latex garters, and beaded Monôt halter that betray a hint of nipple, the actor has been taken a big swings with her fashion. “For us, there was a beauty in sort of disguising [nakedness] in a way, but seeing a little subtle hint that you can play with, or a little nod to this or that,” the stylist says.
