She has become one of Hollywood’s most celebrated stars, known for her striking looks as well as her acting chops and varied roles.
But despite topping lists of the most beautiful women in the world, fashion commentators have bemoaned many of Margot Robbie‘s red carpet looks – saying her stylist is missing the mark with ‘ill-fitting’ and ‘awkward’ dresses.
But now a wild theory is doing the rounds on Twitter that the 32-year-old is deliberately dressing badly to distract from her beauty, which in turn encourages people to take her more seriously as an actress.
Discussing her latest look – a custom-made version of a vintage Versace gown that she wore to the Sydney premiere of Babylon – one fan suggested Margot doesn’t want to be seen as ‘too beautiful’ in order to get a variety of roles.
‘My theory is she does it to hide her beauty so she still has interesting opportunities,’ they speculated on Twitter.
‘Can you imagine if she choose to play up her beauty and shine?
‘She’s made to play Barbie but we know that movie is going to be unhinged, much like Margot’s glam squad.’
Margot started her career as teen heart-throb Donna Freedman on Neighbours before getting her big break opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in 2013’s The Wolf of Wall Street.
In the Martin Scorsese-directed movie, she played DiCaprio’s feisty and flirtatious wife Naomi Lapaglia, and quickly became famed for the film’s sex scenes.
She cemented her status as one of the hottest women in Hollywood three years later after landing the role of Harley Quinn in 2016’s Suicide Squad.
But after a series of suggestive roles, Margot said she didn’t want to be seen as ‘just sexy’ and opted to play the complex Tonya Harding in the 2016 biopic I, Tonya, which garnered her an Oscar nomination.
In an interview with Woman’s Day that year, the actress-turned-producer spoke of her desire to not fall into a certain stereotype because of her sex appeal.
‘I want to keep looking for roles where the main interest will be in the character and her importance in driving a story forward, rather than her relationship with a male character,’ she said.
‘Films like The Wolf of Wall Street and Focus gave me a chance to play charismatic and clever women, even though they do have a glamorous side.’
As her fame has grown, so has the criticism of Margot’s fashion choices, with her stylist Kate Young coming under fire again after the star wore an updated version of a classic Versace number to the Babylon premiere on Monday.
The Oscar-nominated actress returned to Sydney for the Australian premiere of the 1920s-themed Hollywood drama.
Ditching her usual Chanel attire, she opted for a modified dress from Versace’s 1995 archive.
The snug silver-blue number is a modern version of the gown Carla Bruni wore to the Versace spring 1995 couture show. It had featured on the runway the year before.
But Margot’s version featured a red lace-trimmed thigh split, which many fans didn’t like.
‘Nevertheless, she persisted. Her dedication is truly unmatched, because why did you add red lace to this SS95 Versace gown? Like, is she just doing red because she wore a red dress in Babylon? I’d love to know the thought process,’ one fan tweeted.
‘The red lace ruined the dress. Leave it alone. As the old saying goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,’ added another.
‘She could have just worn bold red jewellery,’ commented one.
Others were confused about the fit of the bodice, with some saying the ‘ill-fitting’ underwear looked ‘lumpy’.
‘The fit of the breast cups looks like they stuffed her bra too. I desperately want to see her in the Row or Jill Sander. So we can see her not some terrible outfit,’ one critic wrote.
‘Its just me or the padding on the chest of that dress looks like she has something growing in her breasts?’ commented another.
‘The fit needed to be better around the bust, no red lace, hair clean back, dark red lip,’ commented one.
‘My theory is she does it to hide her beauty so she still has interesting opportunities.
‘Can you imagine if she choose to play up her beauty and shine? She’s made to play Barbie but we know that movie is going to be unhinged, much like Margot’s glam squad,’ said one.
However, many thought the dress Margot wore to the Sydney premiere of Babylon was a marked improvement on her recent red carpet looks.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, stylist Donny Galella said it was good to see her stepping away from her usual Chanel and opting for a different designer.
‘I love this pastel blue Versace on her, so it’s good to see her not wearing Chanel,’ he said.
‘The gown was inspired by a Versace gown worn in 1995 by model Carla Bruni to the Met Gala. But I wish she did wear an Aussie label to the Australian premiere.’
Donny thinks Margot should also be representing her country by slipping into some Aussie couture.
‘Imagine if she wore some Aussie Couture brands like J’Aton, Steven Khalil, Toni Maticevski, Yousef Akbar, Nicky Velani and Pallas Couture. I would love to see her in more jewel tones like blues and greens, more red, more gold and silver,’ he said.
Donny is also excited to see her experiment with couture during her upcoming promo tour for Barbie.
‘This could be her biggest year in fashion and I just hope she can step away from Chanel and wear other brands like Valentino, Schiaparelli, Gucci, McQueen, Balmain, Zuhair Murad and Armani,’ he said.
‘That pale pink Chanel dress [from the Golden Globes] was far from her best look; I was expecting so much more. She is insanely talented and a gorgeous girl and I just want to see her in couture that does her justice,’
He said the pink number was ‘a bit boring’, although it was a subtle nod to the Barbie movie.
‘She has a relationship with Chanel, so she was probably paid to wear that gown. Lots of celebrities have contracts with design houses and are then locked into wearing only that brand.
‘But she just attended the [London] Babylon premiere in a red Valentino gown.
‘I absolutely love that she is wearing Valentino. The back of this gown is sublime. Not a huge fan of the front of the gown. Her hair and makeup, that red lip is flawless. Stunning!’
Last week, the actress opted for a custom Chanel gown to the Golden Globes which was described as ‘boring and bland’, with keyboard warriors claiming her stylist must ‘hate her’ due to a string of red carpet flops.
Despite topping best-dressed lists, many thought the soft pink crystal-embellished dress featuring a ruffled hem was ‘boring and stale’.
Margot’s choice of pink appeared to be an homage to her upcoming role as Barbie in the upcoming Greta Gerwig-directed comedy, while the flapper style is likely a nod to her role in Babylon, which is set in the 1920s.
Despite the clear references to her projects, trolls were quick to criticise the look, with one writing: ‘Imagine being Margot Robbie’s stylist. Managing to make a woman as beautiful as her look bad. Wow. I’m sure it takes a lot of hard work and dedication’.
Margot was named as a brand ambassador for Chanel in 2018, and has almost exclusively worn it on the red carpet since.
In the last five years, critics have heckled her outfits online, with many calling on her stylist Kate Young to ‘free her’ from the contract.
While no details of a formal contract have ever been made public, some speculated her deal with the brand had come to an end after she wore an emerald green Bottega Veneta dress to the Governors Awards in November, which was described as her ‘best look ever‘.
Days later, she was papped leaving a New York City hotel in a Proenza Schouler power suit and an oversized Bottega blazer.
She also wore a flowing charcoal Celine dress to the European premiere of Amsterdam in London in September, with fans taking to TikTok at the time to celebrate the ‘end of her Chanel era’.
However, the I, Tonya star returned with a Chanel look at the Golden Globes this week, which disappointed some amateur fashionistas.
‘Margot Robbie’s stylist knows she would break the internet and everyone would be jealous of her as the most stunning woman in the world, so she lets her wear ugly outfits to protect us,’ one fan joked.
In 2020, celebrity stylist Elliot Garnaut named Margot as his ‘worst-dressed’ Australian star in Hollywood.
The sartorial expert took part in an episode of The Lady Bunch, hosted by Rozalia Russian, where he dramatically asked the former Neighbours star to ‘call him’.
‘Your stylist is literally f**king torturing you. You look like an old wench!’ he said.
SOURCE: dailymail.co.uk
