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11 Carey Mulligan Period Costume Moments That Totally Slayed, Because The Woman Can Rock A Flapper Dress
Carey Mulligan is just one of those people that just... always looks fabulous, even when she's essentially wearing a bejeweled sack. She's got impeccable style on the red carpet, off the red carpet, and perhaps most of all in Mulligan's filmography of period dramas. The roaring '20s, the swinging '60s, the empire waists of the Regency Era, and the corsets of the Victorian era — Mulligan has done it all. So, read on to relive some of her most winsomely romantic period costumes!
As Ada Clare in 'Bleak House
Mulligan has been playing stylish Victorian ladies throughout her whole career — one of her first roles was in a BBC adaptation of Bleak House.
Image: Bleak House/BBC Television
As Kitty Bennet in 'Pride and Prejudice'
As the annoying second-youngest Bennet sister, these costumes didn’t quite rate up with Keira Knightley and Rosamund Pike’s — that said, she is rocking that bonnet.
Image: Pride and Prejudice/StudioCanal
As Isabella Thorpe in 'Northanger Abbey'
Isabella Thorpe is one of the best Jane Austen mean girls of all time — and of course she’s accordingly well-dressed.
Image: Northanger Abbey/Granada Productions
As Isabella Thorpe in 'Northanger Abbey'
Another day, another fabulous bonnet.
Image: Northanger Abbey/Granada Productions
As Violet Willett in 'Agatha Christie's Marple'
Can we start an official petition for Mulligan to wear vintage cat eye glasses always?
Image: Agatha Christie’s Marple/ITV Studios
As Rachel in 'When Did You Last See Your Father?'
This may be the most judicious use of red polka dots ever, and I’d about die for her castle-shaped collar pin.
Image: When Did You Last See Your Father/Film4
As Jenny Mellor in 'An Education
I practically had to include this for the hairstyle alone.
Image: An Education/Sony Picture Classics
As Jenny Mellor in 'An Education'
Monet’s “Water Lilies” meets Holly Golightly-style fab? Iconic.
Image: An Education/Sony Picture Classics
As Daisy Buchanan in 'The Great Gatsby'
SO MANY JEWELS.
Image: The Great Gatsby/Village Roadshow Pictures
As Bathsheba Everdene in 'Far From the Madding Crowd'
Carey and her dancing partner here get extra points for mixing prints (both equally fabulous, of course).
Image: Far From the Madding Crowd/BBC Films
As Bathsheba Everdene in 'Far From the Madding Crowd'
What a pretty, pretty indigo dress (with a handy assist from a quite handsome border collie).
Image: Far From the Madding Crowd/BBC Films
