How Daisy Edgar-Jones and Dakota Johnson Wear Bold Sequins
Dakota Johnson and Daisy Edgar-Jones are sisters in bangs—and sequins.
At the Cannes Film Festival, the actresses have put on a united front in how to do classic Hollywood sparkle now. Their joint approach? With a new twist that speaks not only to what's trending today, but their usual day-to-day fashion tendencies, too.
Consider first Edgar-Jones's arrival on the red carpet for the premiere of The Phoenician Scheme, the latest film from Wes Anderson. The English star chose a Gucci gown, as she so often does, in a brown shade to give the otherwise simple, sparkling dress a fresh angle.
Here was all the makings of a classic gown (strapless, floor length, stunning), but thanks to the deep bitter chocolate color of the embellishment, it was given a fresh angle that brought it up to speed with the decree that a brown dress is set to be summer 2025's MVP. And Edgar-Jones stuck with this memo into the evening for Kering's Women in Motion event.
Arriving at the function hosted by Gucci's parent group, Edgar-Jones once again looked to the Italian house for her look (she is its current face, after all). She swapped out the earlier dress for a two-piece that delivered shine in murkier tones compared to what we usually see at Cannes, where bright shades tend to prevail amongst the sunny Côte d'Azur climate.
Johnson has been playing it a little more to the book. For that same Kering event, the actress also chose sparkle. Although her approach was not as obviously obtuse as Edgar-Jones's brown pieces, it still spoke to a grittier look to classic metallics in its grey, armor-like color.
The shared point of view on sparkle here makes for a textbook example in how to wear the shiny stuff if it's not your usual choice. Opting for surprising, grittier hues that perhaps already live in your wardrobe but are now delivered in embellishment could be your entry point to unlocking a whole new sartorial world. Sparkle summer? Shine on.
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