Considered the biggest night in the UK film assiduity, the British Academy Film Awards( BAFTAs) on Sunday autumn was a welcome distraction from a teary climate that extended beyond the country’s rainfall.( Alongside one of the somber layoffs on record, the UK has faced a grueling social and political geography under a new Labour government.)
The 78th edition of the awards, which took place at London’s Southbank Centre, was hosted by Scottish actor and “ Doctor Who ” lead David Tennant and featured musical performances from 1990s boy band Take That and “ Wicked ” star Jeff Goldblum.
Noticeably absent was William and Kate, Prince and Princess of Wales, who flew with their children to their intimately possessed Caribbean islet, Mustique, for the half- term academy vacation. The royal couple last attended the BAFTAs together in 2023, with William( who came a chairman of BAFTA in 2010) attending alone last time.
The sartorial mood disposed modest, with utmost guests concluding to keep effects simple in monochromic black or white aesthetics . It marked a durability of the further pruned- back styles that celebrities have largely decided for across this time’s red carpets, in response to the backfires that devastated Los Angeles in January.
Goldblum, along with actors Gwendoline Christie and Kelly Rutherford, arrived beforehand, elegantly dressed in head- to- toe dark. In stark discrepancy were Pamela Anderson, wearing a white serape dress from Jacquemus’ Spring 2025 collection shown only bare weeks ago in Paris, and Cynthia Erivo in a structured lace number by Louis Vuitton. Mikey Madison and Saoirse Ronan also decided for ethereal, matrimonial-white frocks — a nod to the romantic fashion trend, dubbed as “ bridalcore ”, which has gained fashionability over the once time.
See a selection of the stylish red carpet looks below.
