Black and white are always popular choices for the red carpet and this was definitely the case here, with actors like Adrien Brody, Orlando Bloom and Jesse Eisenberg wearing classic black tuxedos, and stars like Pamela Anderson and Mikey Madison wearing all white.
The Grammys last month also skewed towards a gothic aesthetic, with Miley Cyrus in black leather, Lady Gaga in an ornate black corset and – of course – Jaden Smith, in a black suit with a black castle hat covering his face.
If Cynthia Erivo’s Louis Vuitton lace dress was white, the extended bodice and pointy nails would have worked well at 80s goth club the Batcave, as would Gwendoline Christie’s long cobwebby plaits and black satin dress with torn sleeves made by Giles Deacon.
A Real Pain star Will Sharpe, also in all black like Chalamet – but with added cool thanks to the classic movie star sunglasses – brought that ultimate goth signifier: black nail varnish.
Goth fashion – which dates back to the 70s in the UK – has had something of a revival of late, with London labels like Dilara Findikoglu, Chopova Lowena and 16Arlington embracing the trend potentially due to new inspirations like the smash hit Netflix series Wednesday and the first album in 16 years from goth stalwarts The Cure.
