Has a press tour wardrobe ever deserved an Oscar nomination? Margot Robbie and stylist Andrew Mukamal might require the Academy to create a new category. The pair reunited on February 2 as Robbie arrived in Paris wearing a Chanel gown designed by Matthieu Blazy for the occasion, signalling that the Wuthering Heights press tour would be anything but routine.
Margot Robbie famously put method dressing on the map during the Barbie promotional cycle, but with Wuthering Heights she has elevated the practice into something closer to high art. Mukamal has drawn on both the novel itself and a range of historical periods, blending antique silhouettes with modern fabrication and fantasy flourishes to create a distinctly baroque effect.
The gown featured a structured corset-style bodice and a skirt that erupted with drama: layers of white woven faille stacked over silk velvet, with ruby-red fabric draped asymmetrically like a stage curtain across pleated white petticoats. A bustle added a final nod to Emerald Fennell’s loosely period adaptation. While bustles rose to prominence in the late 19th century and Wuthering Heights was published in 1847, historical precision is clearly not the point. As Robbie’s latex-clad appearance in the film trailer suggests, the production prioritises interior fantasy over fidelity.
If the Barbie press tour left some audiences with a toothache, Wuthering Heights has channelled a darker, more operatic intensity. That mood is amplified by Robbie’s chemistry with co-star Jacob Elordi, which has become one of the tour’s most compelling subplots. The pair share what Elordi has described as a “mutual obsession,” and moments like their matching bespoke signet rings engraved with “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same” add a charged romantic layer to the spectacle.
Still, it is Mukamal’s conceptual approach that pushes this tour beyond celebrity styling and into the realm of fashion performance art. A history major who, as Robbie has noted, “really enjoys delving deep,” Mukamal has mined Brontë’s 1847 novel for specific passages that inform each look. The result is a series of visual Easter eggs that reward close attention, transforming the press tour into both a promotional campaign and a kind of literary annotation.
Wearing custom Chanel and Cartier
At the Wuthering Heights Paris Premiere
This is Robbie’s first custom Chanel by Matthieu Blazy. The draped and bustled corseted dress featured an ivory silk faille underskirt adorned with feathers and silk petals, and a dramatic blood-red train that evoked Wuthering Heights‘s themes of curdled passion.
Custom Schiaparelli Couture
At The Wuthering Heights World Premiere
Margot Robbie stepped out in London for the Wuthering Heights world premiere in a custom Schiaparelli couture bustier gown with a blood-red hem that seemed to seep into the reflective red carpet. The silhouette was recently seen in an electric blue-black design as part of Daniel Roseberry’s The Agony and the Ecstacy Couture Spring/Summer 2026 collection.
Robbie completed the look with a piece of historic jewellery: the Taj Mahal diamond taken from Elizabeth Taylor’s estate collection. The Taj Mahal diamond was acquired by Cartier in 1971 and gifted to Taylor by Richard Burton in 1972. The diamond itself dates back to the 17th century and was originally designed by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahangir as a gift to his wife, Nur Jahan. The diamond was inscribed with her name and the words “Love Is Everlasting.”
Dilara Findikoglu
Beverly Hills photocall
In one exchange in Brontë’s novel, Heathcliff exclaims, “I’d rather be hugged by a snake.” Mukamal was inspired by the line for Robbie’s crimson snakeskin, Dilara Findikoglu, the serpentine motif underscoring the darker, more poisonous themes of Heathcliffe and Catherine’s passion.
Roberto Cavalli
Starting the press tour, Robbie channelled both gothic drama and some of Catherine’s childish innocence in a batwing Roberto Cavalli mini dress. The simple look was styled with a black velvet choker and a dramatic baroque pendant along with a lethal pair of Christian Louboutin’s.
Bespoke Cece Rings
Jeweller Cece Fein-Hughes designed bespoke signet rings for Margot and Jacob, both engraved and hand painted with Champlevé enamel. The rings are inscribed with the Brontë quote: “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same,” along with Catherine and Heathcliff’s initials.
Victoria Beckham
Feathers have been a theme both on the couture runways this season and on the Wuthering Heights press tour, and Mukamal was inspired by a specific line from Brontë’s original novel when choosing from Victoria Beckham’s collection.
Victoria Beckham
“Tossing about, she increased her feverish bewilderment to madness, and tore the pillow with her teeth…she seemed to find childish diversion in pulling the feathers from the rents she had just made, and ranging them on the sheet according to their different species,” Mukamal captioned his post. The line and the feathers capture some of Catherine’s borderline feral passion.
Mark Gong
We loved this simple Mark Gong look from the designer’s Spring 2026 show. The layered lingerie dress featured two ruched bras under a simple floral slip with straps falling down her shoulders. With ribbons tied loosely in her hair, the whole look had a feeling of coming undone, while the BDSM-style stiletto boots only added to the sensual darkness.
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