Un passed from tomboy, a career as a beautiful but talented actress. The status of fashion icon of cool and elegant British style. Today Keira Knightley turns 37 and we celebrate it with its most memorable red carpets.
Keira Knightley, British super star of the early Millennium
Born in London on March 26, 1985 to an actor father and a (feminist) screenwriter mother, at the age of six she has her own agent and works in advertising and television roles. After the part in “Star Wars – Episode 1” (1999) gets the decisive role in “Dreaming of Beckham” (2002), followed by the one in “Pirates of the Caribbean” (2003) which definitively launches it into the firmament of international stars. The look chosen for the premiere of the latter is engraved in the annals of the most amazing red carpets.
June 2003. Keira Knightley at the world premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean. (Getty photo)
At the time, the actress was 18 years old and still can’t give up on her beloved ones very low waist jeans. Which combines with a ultra short white top in true Y2K style by early millennium and to the necklace of Tahitian pearls in homage to the film with Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom.
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In the first decade of the 2000s, the custom of rely on a professional stylist and starting from the press tour of “Atonement – Atonement” (2007) the actress uses the advice of Leith Clark.
The actress in Rodarte dress at the premiere of “Atonement” in 2007.
The transition to the couture style is immediate, as can be seen from the look of Rodarte (ballerina style dispersed in the enchanted forest) worn at the Los Angeles premiere of the film. The roundup of sumptuous but modern clothes, elegant and ethereal. In perfect harmony with the personality of this actress with her refined style not without curious and unexpected anecdotes:
- In an interview (which raised a lot of controversy) he revealed that during the lockdown he also wore at home Chanel dresses and red lipstick to give a different tone to the days.
- She is a shoe collector: “If I see a pair that I like, I’ll buy it right away” he said “even if it’s not my size.”
- Yet as a child he was a true tomboyso much so that in the period from 3 to 14 he never wanted to wear a skirt.
The art of wearing the maternity dress
Mother of two girls, the actress and philanthropist in her career as a fashion icon has created a sequence of unforgettable maternity dresses. Clothes custom made long and sleeveless, which they play with mega flounces, pleatingoverlaps of tulle and chiffon. And they range between the pastel shades of powder pink-beige andsky blue dustthe monochrome looks in saffron yellow And purple plumthe vintage-inspired black & white patterns in in black / ecru.
The star’s elegant maternity dresses. From left: Delpozo, Erdem, Valentino Couture and Chanel.
Unforgettable looks
Pride and Prejudice, Love actually, A Dangerous Method, Anna Karenina, Colette, The Duchess, The imitation game. At just 37 years of age, the important films of this star are already many and between press tour And gala evenings the portfolio of red carpet look is a long sequence of dream stylists. In the early career I am Roland Mouret, Hervé Léger, Vera Wang. Followed by Gucci, Rodarte, Dolce & Gabbana. To then stabilize on the alternation between Valentino, Dior and the brand of the heart, Chanel, of which he has been testimonial since 2007.
Keira Knightley in “Atonement – Atonement”. (IPA photo)
The king of her unforgettable looks, however, is the retro slip dress worn in “Atonement – Atonement” created for her by the Oscar-winning costume designer Joe Wright. A dress long and impalpabledeeply sensual, inspired by slippery 30s silhouettes. Green as jealousy at the center of the film’s plot, he is famous as one of the most beautiful costumes in the history of cinema.
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