These Celebrities Brought The Fashion To The 2023 BAFTA Awards

The recent BAFTA awards have been a huge blast, with many well-deserving nominees winning awards for their work. German director Edward Berger’s new project All Quiet on The Western Front won big time, accumulating several awards, including Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Director. 

On the other hand, Austin Butler won Best Actor for Elvis, and Cate Blanchett took home Best Actress for her portrayal of Lydia Tar in Tar. While awards were all the heat at the ceremony, fashion was also quite noticeable. Here are some celebrities who showed up in outstanding outfits and damn near stole the show.

Jodie Turner-Smith and Michelle Yeoh

Turner-Smith is known for her highly acclaimed film White Noise. She also stars in the prequel to The Witcher series, The Witcher: Blood Origins. Turner-Smith stars with actress Michelle Yeoh who was nominated for her fantastic role in Everything Everywhere All At Once. Jodie Turner-Smith was seen wearing a bold yet elegant lilac gown by Gucci. She also wore a beautiful Chopard choker studded with diamonds and sapphires to accentuate her overall look.

“I wore all the sparkles tonight,” said Turner-Smith

On the other hand, her co-actress from Bloof Origins, Michelle Yeoh, showed up in a sophisticated high-class Dior suit that perfectly went with the actress’ persona and character. She also wore a diamond-studded watch by Richard Mille and a blue ribbon around her finger to show support and solidarity with UNHCR, the UN refugee agency. Other celebrities were spotted wearing the same.

Cate Blanchett and Austin Butler

The star winners of the evening both came in magnificent black colors and looked fantastic, holding their awards for Best Actress and Actor. Blanchett and her stylist worked together to repurpose one of her older outfits that she wore at the Oscars back in 2015. It was a black Maison Margiela dress which was sleeveless and topped off with “repurposed Tahitian pearls and a step-cut tourmaline recovered from a previous High Jewelry design,” according to the Instagram post of her stylist, Elizabeth Stewart.

Austin Butler, on the other hand, wore a black woolen tuxedo by Alexander McQueen. Butler won Best Actor later in the evening, which is a huge feat and well deserved too. Butler had to undergo rapid body transformations gaining and losing weight for his role as Elvis Presley. Fitting back into the stellar black suit is nothing short of magic. Butler put his best foot forward and took the award home. “This means the world to me,” he said as he received the award.

Angela Bassett and Viola Davis

The veteran actress Angela Bassett showed up in stunning colors wearing a silk Pamella Roland dress.  Angela Bassett was one of the nominees for her famous role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. 

Her stylist Jennifer Austin took to social media to talk about the dress and the inspiration behind it. She noted that the dress “was inspired by the tulips and flowers of spring.” Basset was spotted wearing luxurious silk extensions around her arms that gave her a majestic look, completed by the  Judith Leiber Couture clutch shaped like a flower.

Her co-actress from the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Viola Davis, was also present and nominated for her leading role in The Woman King, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Davis was seen wearing a purple dress by Stella McCartney. The message of the dress was quite environmental in nature, according to Davis’ stylist, Elizabeth Stewart:

“This Stella McCartney dress shows their commitment to being a zero deforestation brand by using a beautiful cellulose acetate fabric made from traceable wood pulp and lead-free crystals.”