Barbie walked so Catherine Earnshaw could run, if Margot Robbie's press tour wardrobe for Wuthering Heights is anything to go by.
Set to be one of the most talked-about movies of the year so far (for many reasons), the Emerald Fennell-directed Emily Brontë adaptation won't hit UK cinemas until February 13 – but clever Margot already has us in our gothic romance feels with her latest looks promoting the film.
Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are getting hot and steamy in the first trailer for Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel.
For an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on 26 January, the actor wore a sheer black lace mini dress with floaty sleeves from Alexander McQueen's spring/summer 2026 collection, hammering home the aesthetic with her hair in a long, wavy, half-up style.
And in a further image shared by her stylist, Andrew Mukamal, Margot wears another gothic-coded black mini dress with similar fluted sleeves (this time by Roberto Cavalli), teamed with a Victorian-inspired ribbon-tie pendant around her neck. For a smidge of sex appeal – and likely noting Emerald Fennell's supposedly horny interpretation of the book – she wears towering patent Christian Louboutin heels, too.
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Margot Robbie is no stranger to method dressing, of course, having successfully fronted one of the most memorable press tours in recent history with Barbie by wearing countless doll-inspired looks. She previously credited stylist Andrew with the idea in an interview with British Vogue, saying: “The method dressing was Andrew’s genius; I definitely can’t take credit.”
In a similar vein, fashion will play a significant role in Wuthering Heights – within the film as well as its promotion – as Fennell and Robbie teamed up with costume designer Jacqueline Durran (who also worked on the costumes for Barbie, in fact) to produce some subversive looks for the film.
In stills released from Wuthering Heights, we see Robbie's Cathy in everything from high-shine red gowns to a milkmaid-style dress and a 50s-inspired wedding look – not to mention bold Chanel jewellery incorporated into the costumes.
Speaking to British Vogue about the costuming, Durran confirmed that the aesthetic aims to be “stylised” and not necessarily historically accurate – with a number of themes meshing together. “Emerald had been working on Wuthering Heights for maybe a year, maybe longer, by the time we met to talk about it,” she said. "She had this massive range of references, which had a bit of everything – the Tudor period, the 1950s, contemporary things sprinkled throughout.
“Our references ranged from Elizabethan through to Georgian and Victorian, and from paintings and historical dress to contemporary fashion and representations of period costume in 20th-century films. The challenge was to distill that into looks that told the story that Emerald wanted to tell.”
It's going to be a good year for film, especially if you're Anne Hathaway.
With that in mind, there's every possibility that Robbie has a few curveballs up her sleeve when it comes to her Wuthering Heights promotional looks – but as of now, it's strictly sexy Victoriana to set the tone.
