Nicola Coughlan Style: ‘Bridgerton’ Star Is a Fashion Icon in the Making

The ‘Bridgerton’ star is slaying the purple carpet, and we ought to be paying consideration.

Bridgerton followers are solely weeks away from getting new episodes of their favorite present, however their season 3 main woman is already serving the folks — at the least on the purple carpet, that’s. We’re calling it: Nicola Coughlan is a style icon within the making.

Coughlan is the star of the third season of the hit Netflix collection, Bridgerton, taking part in one half of the season’s OTP #Polin. Whereas having starred in different in style collection like Derry Ladies (IYKYK) and the newly-released Large Temper, it’s her position as wallflower Penelope Featherington for the previous two seasons that has actually catapulted the Irish actress into superstardom.

And whereas her character on the present could also be recognized for her dowdy yellow outfits and harsh orange hair (we’re sorry, however Penelope must get hip to TikTok’s hair theory, stat!), Coughlan — a longtime fashionista — is in full fashion bloom. The star has been strolling the purple carpet and doing press junkets for each Bridgerton and Large Temper in a collection of ‘suits that will make any style fan weep (with pleasure, and perhaps a little bit of envy, after all), and we should be speaking about it.

Kicking off the Bridgerton press tour on February 15, Coughlan set the scene for her sartorial triumph, in addition to appears to be like to return, when she stepped out onto the floral carpet in donning a structured purple outsized blazer and matching textured heels from Stella McCartney.

Weeks later, the actress made an look at Paris Fashion Week in a snatched Vivienne Westwood gown paired with bedazzled Christian Louboutin platforms.

Quickly after, Coughlan was in New York Metropolis for the premiere of Large Temper alongside co-star Lydia West in a black Roland Mouret robe, accessorized with a Haute Cuir belt and assertion earrings from celeb-beloved designer Misho Designs.

After which, the pièce de résistance. On April 12, Coughlan walked the purple carpet at a Bridgerton occasion in what can solely be described as a literal masterpiece — a customized gold breastplate from Misho Designs.

What makes Coughlan’s style moments so A+ is the truth that whereas these appears to be like could seem fairly totally different, they really observe a a fairly particular formulation. Coughlan and her stylist Aimée Croysdill seemingly know what work for the actress’s tastes and almost certainly what she feels greatest in — and it’s working like dynamite.

The Derry Ladies star and Croysdill  gravitate in direction of structured items with sturdy tailoring on the shoulders or waistline that emphasize and intensify the actress’s lovely form. By the gauzy textiles, body-defining silhouettes and deep necklines she dons, Coughlan all the time manages to appear to be an ideal combine between a Renaissance portray and a totally trendy style individual. Who knew it was attainable to look angelic, sensual and style ahead unexpectedly?

Plus, the duo aren’t afraid to embrace fashun with a capital freakin’ F, with Coughlan constantly serving a full second each on and off the carpet. It is a fairly large deal, particularly contemplating how traditionally inaccessible and discriminatory the fashion industry has been to bodies that don’t fit into a sample size.

A part of the attract of Coughlan’s appears to be like is the truth that the actress mixes excessive and low style, popping up in excessive finish designers like Vivienne Westwood after which pivoting to an equally beautiful, however extra accessibly priced Ganni set, or donning a bit from impartial U.Ok. model Styland. A part of this could be intentional, with Coughlan and her stylist selecting to combine high-low as a technique to showcase accessible appears to be like that may be emulated by followers, however one other a part of it could be out of necessity, with Coughlan turning to smaller manufacturers like Misho Designs as a substitute of Schiaparelli couture.

No matter the place the choice comes from, it’s refreshing and essential to see a plus-size actress so wholly within the limelight unapologetically embrace style, and be embraced by the world of excessive style, affirming what we already know: that each physique has a spot in style. (After all, Coughlan is way from the primary public determine with a not-sample-size-body to essentially lean into excessive style. Simply look to fashions Paloma Elsessser, Ashley Graham and Precious Lee, and actresses like Barbie Ferreira for proof.)

That is Coughlan’s star-making second, and she or he’s clearly prepared — and dressed — for the event.