Julia Fox was never going to show up to the British Fashion Awards in jeans and a nice top — and, right on brand, the famously outrageous actress wore a striking, see-through dress.
Fox, 34, wore a sheer white lace gown by designer Dilara Findikoglu, featuring a risqué corseted bodice, to the Monday, December 2, event. Her ghostly white makeup and bleached brows added to the general vibe of creepy Victorian doll that stares at you while you’re sleeping — but with added sex appeal.
Fox’s edgy look is in keeping with the current red carpet trend for see-through outfits, which stars like Lindsay Lohan, Irina Shayk and Blake Lively have all been experimenting with recently — to varying degrees of near-nakedness.
London in December isn’t known for its balmy weather, but Fox braved the cold for the ceremony at the city’s Royal Albert Hall in the distinctive outfit. After the show — which was dominated by ASAP Rocky winning the Cultural Innovator award, supported by his partner, Rihanna, in an iconic blue fur outfit — Fox headed to an afterparty at hip restaurant Chiltern Firehouse with stars including Rita Ora and Maya Jama.
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Meanwhile, in a new interview with The New York Times, Fox talked about how she feels like she doesn’t fit in with the other moms at her 3-year-old son Valentino’s school, due to her quirky sense of style.
“There will be times when I immediately go back to being that insecure 14-year-old girl,” she said on Tuesday, December 3. “On the first day of my kid’s new school, I pulled up in my freak attire — these distressed leather Knwls mules, a huge Vetements blazer and oversize Margiela basketball shorts — and I saw the other moms dressed normally. They were all looking and talking about me, and I reverted to being a young girl: ‘Oh, my God, they know. They’ve clocked that I’m different.’ I don’t feel that insecurity often as an adult, but I felt it very quickly there. I was like, ‘I’m going to have to blend in.’”
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She added: “It’s not easier [to try] to be normal … eventually freaks are like, ‘I’m going to be myself and live my truth because I can’t pretend anymore.’ Pretending is draining; it’s exhausting; it’s depression. Being a freak’s not an easy thing, but it can be a very beautiful thing. That’s why I don’t get salty when people take inspiration from me. I want to guide more women, more queer people, to feel like, ‘Well, if she does it, I can too.’”
The actress also revealed that she scrolls Instagram for fashion inspiration. “On social media I always find designers that have, like, a thousand followers and are just getting their stuff out, and I feel like I’ve struck gold,” she said. “I’ll send them straight to my stylist. It’s an everyday occurrence. I hate that social media eats so much of my time, but sometimes you want to numb out.”
