Florence Pugh's BFI London Dress: Lavender Wiederhoeft — Get the Look, From the Crystal Strap to the Metallic Skirt

A structured corset bodice in a single pastel shade, anchored by a metallic skirt and one crystal strap doing all the work on one shoulder.

Florence Pugh wore a design from Wiederhoeft's Spring 2027 collection to the world premiere of In the Shadows at the 70th BFI London Film Festival on October 9, 2026. The dress pairs a structured, pale lavender corset bodice with a sweetheart neckline and floral embellishment with a fitted silver metallic skirt, the two halves held together by a single thin crystal strap over one shoulder rather than a full set of straps. She styled it with a sparkling silver pendant necklace and matching earrings, silver open-toe platform heels, and a half-up, half-down hairstyle with loose waves — a look put together by stylist Rebecca Corbin-Murray.

Why It Works

The dress works because it commits to one color story instead of competing patterns or clashing metallics: lavender and silver sit close enough together on the color wheel that the embellished bodice and the plain metallic skirt read as a single considered look rather than two different dresses stitched together. The single crystal strap is doing real structural and visual work at once — it's load-bearing for an otherwise strapless-leaning silhouette, and it keeps the shoulder line from reading as either fully bare or fully covered, which is a harder balance to strike than it looks.

How to Wear the Idea

The transferable idea here isn't the exact dress — it's the one-strap, one-shoulder detail on an otherwise structured corset silhouette, which reads as more considered than a plain strapless gown without adding real complexity. A monochrome or near-monochrome color pairing (two shades of the same family, like this lavender-and-silver combination, or a champagne paired with gold) does a lot of the same visual work this dress does: it makes an otherwise simple silhouette look pulled-together rather than plain. Metallic or sequined skirting under a solid-color, structured bodice is also an easy way to add formality to an outfit without needing embellishment across the entire piece.

What to Avoid

A single asymmetric strap only works if the rest of the bodice is genuinely structured enough to hold its shape without it doing all the support — on a softer or less boned fabric, the same detail can look like a wardrobe malfunction waiting to happen rather than an intentional design choice. Pairing a busy, embellished top half with an equally busy or differently colored bottom half is the mistake this specific dress avoids; matching the metal tones (silver jewelry with a silver skirt, not gold) is part of why the whole look reads as considered rather than mismatched.