Rosamund Pike has long been a devotee of refined glamour—the kind that whispers rather than shouts. “Elegance is something that will be timeless,” she mused in a 2022 Dior film. And last night in New York, at the premiere of Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, she proved her point with a masterclass in modern sophistication.
Stepping onto the red carpet in a butter-yellow Dior column gown, Pike delivered a fresh, luminous take on the trending pastel hue. Crafted under the eye of Dior’s newly installed creative director Jonathan Anderson, the gown revived a house archive reference: the 1949 Francis Poulenc dress. Anderson’s interpretation—complete with sunray pleats, a languid drop waist, and a fluid cowl neckline—felt both archival and astonishingly contemporary. It’s a silhouette he has been quietly defining as his signature since joining the maison in April. (Fashion observers will recall Monica Barbaro’s black version at the Venice Film Festival, a subtle prelude to Anderson’s Spring/Summer 2026 debut.)
Pike has remained a loyal Dior muse through the house’s creative transition, having worn some of her most memorable red-carpet looks under former creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, now at Fendi. From the tea-length couture confection she wore to the 2024 Golden Globes—paired with a Philip Treacy headpiece shaped like a sliced apple—to her penchant for pieces that edge toward the unconventional, Pike has always gravitated toward designers willing to experiment with form and fantasy.
Anderson’s tenure promises an entirely new realm for her to explore. With his sculptural silhouettes, unexpected draping, and daring proportion play, it’s easy to imagine Pike embracing his more avant-garde creations next. (Someone alert her stylist: the flying back-peplum tuxedo is begging for a red-carpet moment.)
In butter-yellow satin and pleated precision, Rosamund Pike didn’t just wear a trend—she transformed it into something enduring, poetic, and unmistakably her own.
