At Tuesday’s London premiere of her concert film “Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour,” Billie Eilish presented a masterclass in refined structure. The Grammy winner stepped onto a blue carpet in a sharply tailored Celine ensemble, a deliberate departure from her famously fluid, oversized aesthetic. Her look—long docks trousers in dark wool, a blue silk poplin shirt, and a double-breasted blazer from the French maison’s spring 2026 ready-to-wear collection—spoke to a quiet power, anchored by six silver buttons marching down the front placket. Celine, founded in 1945 as a made-to-measure children’s shoe boutique before Céline Vipiana transformed it into a luxury ready-to-wear house, has long championed clean lines and understated luxury. Eilish’s choice of flat sneakers and a striped tie, glimpsed beneath the jacket, nodded to the house’s ethos of ease within formality. The look was curated by stylist Spencer Singer, with tailoring by Faye Oakenfull, while Benjamin Mohap handled hair and Emily Cheng delivered a soft, eye-focused makeup palette. This appearance aligns with a broader red-carpet resurgence of menswear-inspired tailoring on women—a tradition that traces back to Marlene Dietrich’s tuxedos in the 1930s and, more directly, to the corset-free liberation of the 1920s, when women first claimed the tailored suit as their own. Charlize Theron echoed the trend at the “Apex” premiere in New York, wearing a men’s fall 2026 look from Christian Dior, whose post-war “New Look” itself redefined female structure. Eilish’s streamlined silhouette, far from the boned and bustled foundations of lingerie history, reminds us that structure—whether in a corset or a blazer—remains a potent language of self-expression.
Originally reported by WWD